In recent days, Azerbaijan has been actively discussing the initiative to organize tours to the occupied territories of Artsakh for refugees for money. In particular, the chairman of the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan Fouad Nagiyev said that they were going to organize tourist trips to Nagorno Karabakh, first of all for the refugees who …

Russian Interior Ministry has banned former Azerbaijani Ambassador Isfandiyar Vahabzade from entering the country for 50 years, RBC reports. The former ambassador insulted the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the Russian people. The message of the Ministry mentions that Vahabzade allowed expressions on the Internet, which “incite ethnic hatred.” …

Search-and-rescue crews in northern Turkey recovered 10 more bodies overnight, raising the death toll from the severe floods and mudslides that struck the region to 27, officials said on Friday. Dozens more people were believed to be missing. Torrential rains pounded the Black Sea coastal provinces of Bartin, Kastamonu, Sinop and Samsun on Wednesday, causing …

Six people were fatally shot in Plymouth, England, on Thursday, a rare occurrence in a country that has some of the world’s strictest gun control laws and had not endured a mass shooting since 2010. The gunman was one of the six people killed, the police said. One of the victims was under 10 years …

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense reports that the units of the Artsakh Republic Defense Army opened fire at around 02:30 on August 13 in the direction of the Azerbaijani positions in the villages of Yukhari Veysal and Sghnakh, as well as near Shushi, are false, a statement by Artsakh Defense Army said. “It is obvious …

Up to 48.8 degrees Celsius. As Mediterranean countries struggle with the effects of the abnormally hot summer, the Sicilian commune of Katenanuova has already surpassed the 40-year European record temperature. And this is not the end, warn meteorologists. The peak of heat is ahead, Euronews writes. “As an expert, I was impressed by the intensity …

Russian Defense Ministry has reported one case of ceasefire violation in Nagorno Karabakh. “On August 11, at 7:29 and 7:58, the Azerbaijani armed forces carried out two strikes, using strike drones against Armenian positions in Nagorno Karabakh. There are no victims. The command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent has taken steps to prevent further aggravation …

A cargo ship has broken into two pieces after running aground in a northern Japanese port and is spilling oil into the sea, Japan’s coast guard has said, ABC reported. All 21 Chinese and Filipino crew members were safely rescued by the coast guard, the ship’s Japanese operator, NYK Line, said. The 39,910-tonne woodchip carrier …

Nine residents of Khanjyan community in Armavir province were diagnosed with intestinal infection of unknown etiology, Investigations Committee said in a report. A criminal case has been launched. In order to find out the essential circumstances of the criminal case, drinking water samples were taken from the apartments of the poisoned persons, forensic examinations were …

One person died and 15 people were injured after a blast in a bus in the city of Voronezh in central Russia on Thursday evening, the RIA news agency reported, citing regional health department. Representatives of Russia’s FSB security service have arrived to the scene to investigate the bus, it said. About 30 people were …