Employees of the Penitentiary Service of Azerbaijan's Justice Ministry, arrested in connection with the escape of two detainees during transportation to Baku, were transferred to a Baku detention facility.

As a result of the special operation carried out by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, a group of persons planning a terrorist attack at a rally of the National Council in Baku were liquidated.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev signed an order to provide funding for construction of the Dalimammadli-Muzdurlar-Girigli road in Goranboy District.

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog will visit Iran on Sunday for talks with senior officials there, as opposition from the United States threatens to undermine an international accord to curtail Iran’s nuclear program, Reuters reports.

Brazil’s President Michel Temer is in hospital after feeling ill, Globo News TV channel reported on Wednesday, adding that the cause was a urinary condition, AP

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory letter to President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen, Trend reports.

The National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have conducted a joint cleaning operation in connection with a blast that has occurred in the area of a military unit in Khizi district.

The Azerbaijani State Migration Service has limited entry for almost 800 foreigners, Trend reports.

"The Houston Chronicle" newspaper has published a comment by Art McHaffie, a former senior Amoco executive and now an honorary consul for Azerbaijan, who said the country is key to Europe's energy security, according to AzerTag.

In an operation conducted by the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan, Masalli district residents Azer Babayev, Mehman Gafarli and Nofal Mammadov have been detained on suspicion of smuggling large amounts of foreign currency from the country.