Azerbaijan`s Deputy Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Karim Valiyev has met with a Russian delegation led by First Deputy Minister of Defense Ruslan Salikov, AzerTag reports.

Members of National Preventive Group (NPG) carried out the next visit to the detention center of Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, APA reports.

The amount of minimum work pension in Azerbaijan will increase from 160 manats to 200 manats from October 1, 2019 in accordance with the law "On Amending the Law "On Work Pensions", approved by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijani Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population told Trend on Aug. 15.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed decrees today to dismiss Arsen Gasparyan and Aram Garibyan as his chief advisors, according to the statement posted on the official website of the government.

A solemn closing ceremony of the "Sea Cup - 2019" contest, organized in Baku as part of the "International Army Games - 2019", was held on Aug. 15, Trend reports.

The position of Azerbaijan on Jammu and Kashmir issue is consistent, Leyla Abdullayeva, spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told reporters on Thursday.

Myanmar insurgents killed at least 15 people on Thursday, most of them members of the security forces, in attacks on an elite military college and other government targets in the country’s north, an army spokesman said, Reuters reported.

The Azerbaijani community of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan has sent a letter to the Australian officials containing a protest in connection with the visit of "representatives" of the illegal separatist regime established in occupied Nagorno-Karabakh to this country and a meeting there with some Australian officials, Trend reports referring to the community's message.

Flights from the Libyan capital's sole functioning airport were suspended Thursday after deadly overnight rocket fire, a spokesman for the country's unity government said, AFP reported.

The Canadian Visa Application Center (CVAC) in Azerbaijan operated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in partnership with VFS Global and authorized to provide administrative support services to visa applicants in Azerbaijan continues its work at the new address - in the Yasamal District, 23, Izmir str., near the Hyatt Regency Hotel.