Russia will make changes to its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons in response to what it regards as Western escalation in the war in Ukraine, state media quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Sunday.

“So far everything has been very smooth, as expected. We hope the rest of the day will go smoothly. Once we receive back the report from our data center in New York we will have an idea of the first round of results. We do not have that back yet,” said Vlada Galan, member of the Oracle Advisory Group, News.az reports.

Chief of the General Organization of Workers in Israel, or Histadrut, Arnon Bar-David has announced a one-day general strike action on Monday, September 2, demanding the country’s authorities make efforts for the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, News.Az reports citing TASS .

The snap parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan concluded at 7:00 PM. With the polling stations now closed, the ballot counting process has commenced, News.Az reports.

A panel titled "COP 29 and Green Horizons: Navigating Climate Change" was organized by the AIR Center in partnership with GLOBSEC 2024 in Prague, News.az reports.

Roman Gofman, a military adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has visited Moscow to hold meetings on topics related to the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, the prime minister’s office said, News.az reports citing TASS .

"All necessary conditions have been provided for citizens to freely express their will in Azerbaijan's liberated cities of Fuzuli and Khankandi, where we are observing the voting process," the Deputy Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Sergey Khomenko told journalists, News.az reports.