Turkey has sealed a three-year,11 billion cubic metres (bcm) natural gas accord with Azerbaijan and is making “significant” progress in securing additional natural gas supply, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Friday. Turkey’s record demand for natural gas this year is forcing it to step up purchases on a surging spot market as it scrambles …

The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday elected the United States to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, more than three years after the Trump administration quit the 47-member body over what it called chronic bias against Israel and a lack of reform, Reuters reported. The United States, which was unopposed, received 168 votes in the secret …

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a phone talk with his Russian counterpart on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known commonly as the Iran nuclear deal, the Iranian Mehr News Agency reported. Following the resumption of talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the European Union that saw negotiations between Iranian Deputy …

Yesterday, the Dutch parliament passed an almost unanimous resolution against the Azerbaijani authorities, stating that “the pressure on the opposition and the citizens of Azerbaijan has intensified in Azerbaijan,” the director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, Leyla Yunus, has told the Azerbaijani Turan agency. She said the initiator of the discussions was the …

Another serviceman of the Azerbaijani army has killed himself. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has said that on October 14, Sub-officer Namin Ruslan oglu Mammadov, who was on vacation, committed suicide at his own home. A criminal case has been launched, a preliminary investigation is underway. No other details were reported.

Some 15,616 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 1,765 new cases; 39 people died. As of October 15 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,855,238 Confirmed positive cases – 278,431 Deaths – 5,713 Recovered – 252,211 Patients currently receiving treatment – 19,275

Artsakh Republic State Minister Artak Beglaryan said the operations on the tree Armenian servicemen wounded last night were successful. “I just returned from the Stepanakert military hospital and the Republican Medical Center, where three wounded soldiers underwent surgery. They all passed successfully, none of the wounded soldier’s life is in danger. Thank you very much …

Artsakh Ministry of Defense press service said that the operative-tactical situation is calm at the moment after the incidents in the border zone. The Armenian units have no positional or territorial losses. It is reported that the Defense Army Command is coordinating with the authorities and the Russian peacekeeping command to further defuse the situation. …

The World Health Organization unveiled Wednesday a team of scientists it wants to investigate new pathogens and preventing future pandemics — plus reviving the stalled probe into Covid-19’s origins. The group of 26 experts will be charged with producing a new global framework for studies into the origins of emerging pathogens of epidemic and pandemic …