Daesh terrorists that remain in the Syrian city of Raqqa have been surrounded and about one third of the city has been cleared, US special presidential envoy Brett McGurk said on Thursday.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin talked over the phone with Turkish President Recep Erdogan in a rare conversation between the two leaders over the escalating tensions around East Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque compound, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

The United States will not accept the results of the so-called elections held on July 19th as affecting the legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh, the U.S. Department of State spokesperson told in response to APA’s question.

Chester Bennington, lead singer of the band Linkin Park, has committed suicide by hanging, TMZ reports.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning against the misuse of AIDS medicine leading to drug resistance, and gradually increased deaths, Press TV reports.

Azerbaijan and Pakistan have agreed to establish relations in the field of humanitarian mine clearance as chairman of the Pakistani National Disaster Management Agency Omar Mahmoud Hayat met with director of Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) Gazanfar Ahmadov.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry Thursday called Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias's statement on the 43rd anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation "unacceptable", Anadolu reports.

The construction of the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) has been completed by 77.3 percent, said Rovnag Abdullayev, president of Azerbaijan’s state

The Czech Republic is supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, said Czech Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vitezslav Pivonka in an interview with Trend.

UN support for substantive talks on the resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is highly appreciated, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said during his meeting with UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenča, the Foreign Ministry told APA.