The Catalans have taken to the streets of Barcelona to express solidarity with Jordi Sanchez, president of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC), and Jordi Cuixart, the leader of Omnium Cultural, who were jailed yesterday in Madrid amid accusations of sedition, Sputnik reports.

Azerbaijan today marks the State Independence Day, Trend reports.

A bomb exploded as a bus carrying police was passing by in the southern province of Mersin on Oct. 17, wounding a dozen officers, officials said, APA reported citing Hurriyet Daily News.

President of the State of Palestine, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Mahmoud Abbas congratulated Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of his country’s State Independence Day, APA reports.

The Austrian OSCE Chairmanship closely followed the meeting of the President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, organized under the auspices of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group in Geneva on 16 October, APA reports quoting official website of OSCE.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on marking the 100th jubilee of famous Azerbaijani composer Gara Garayev.

Azercosmos OJSC has been taken out from subordination of Ministry of Transport, Communication and High Technologies, APA reports.

Azerbaijani MP Bakhtiyar Sadikhov has commented on the meeting of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan in Geneva.

A coal mine collapsed in southeast Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least six miners, according to the Associated Press. Rescuers were trying to reach one other mine worker who was still trapped inside.

Details have emerged of the murder of an Iranian student in Azerbaijan.