Two Russian soldiers killed by shelling in Syria's Deir al-Zor province

Two Russian servicemen have been killed in Deir al-Zor province after Islamic State militants shelled a convoy they were escorting, the Russian Defence Ministry was cited as saying on Monday by the Interfax news agency, Reuters reported. The convoy was transporting Russian ceasefire monitoring military staff when it came under mortar attack, the ministry was quoted as saying. One soldier was killed on the spot and the other died in hospital after sustaining serious injuries. Both were awarded posthumous military awards, the ministry said.

Trump’s Iran policy fell short of equivocal IAEA report 

The Trump administration’s policy of pressure towards Iran was in need of an equivocal report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to push its agenda, a former Iranian parliamentarian believes. US efforts to wring a favorable IAEA report failed when on August 30 the United Nations nuclear watchdog released its most recent quarterly report confirming for the seventh time that Iran is committed to limits on its nuclear program under the July 2105 nuclear agreement.

Uzbek president due in Kyrgyzstan

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a state visit to Kyrgyzstan on Sept. 5-6 at an invitation of President Almazbek Atambayev, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry’s press service said in a message. During the meetings and negotiations at the highest level, the two presidents will discuss key issues of development of bilateral relations, the prospects for further expansion and deepening of cooperation in the political, trade and economic, transport and communication, cultural, humanitarian and other spheres, the intensification of cooperation between border regions of the two countries, as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest, says the message.

Poignant peaceful protest infuriates Armenians

Rising above the hubbub of the London streets, the timbre of the violin soared like the sound of a human voice at the touch of the deft fingers of a mysterious musician. The dark gloomy skies and spatters of rain were a fitting backdrop to this sombre event. Shrouded in black, to signify mourning, the soloist played the melancholy melodies of her homeland – Azerbaijan – in commemoration of the district of Qubadli. This fell under Armenian occupation 24 years ago on 31 August 1993, during the invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven surrounding regions.

“If you safe one human being, you have saved human kind”- Jeroen Willems - EXCLUSIVE

Recently, on the invitation of theInternational Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF), Head of Cooperation of the Delegation of the European Union to Azerbaijan Jeroen Willems together with the Project Manager in the EU delegation who is dealing with rural/regional development Ramila Aslanova joined the trip to the war affected regions of Azerbaijan. The purpose of the trip was to acquaint the guests with the wide social and economic development of the Tartar and Barda regions of Azerbaijan, and also to show clearly the work that the IEPF has been conducting there for many years.

Azercell retains its leading position

Azercell, the leading mobile operator in the communications market for its quality service, continues to justify the confidence of its 4,5 million subscribers. Customer Service agents of the company also excel on social networks for providing quality service to clients. It is no coincidence that Azercell has achieved 100% rate for responding to the customer inquiries on Facebook page in the 2nd quarter of 2017. Azercell received next “Socially devoted” award for responding to thousands of inquiries in a prompt manner.

Armenian leadership trying to put pressure on Russia, says expert

The Armenian leadership is trying to put pressure on Russia, using such intrigues as rapprochement with the European Union, NATO and, in general, with the Western Coalition, Sergey Markov, Russian president’s confidant, member of Russian Civic Chamber, told Trend Aug. 23.

Margvelashvili: Azerbaijanis prove they are Georgians’ true friends

Georgia’s President Georgi Margvelashvili has expressed gratitude to firefighters from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Armenia and Belarus for their help in extinguishing fire in Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park (Samtskhe-Javakheti region), Sputnik-Georgia reported Aug. 23.

"I want to share this beauty with the world" - Fakhriya Khalafova - VIDEO

Fakhriyya xanim, looks like you have  a lot of work to do  for creation of a  new Uzbek collection. How could you rate your spiritual state? I know, I read a lot about you, the whole world knows about you. And I would like to hear how Azerbaijani citizen Fakhriyya Khalafova, perceives Uzbek culture, Uzbek silk, Uzbek fabrics, Uzbek colors and Uzbek spiritual world?

The Silk Road – and the spirit of Azerbaijan – combines with Monet’s inspirational environment

The Festival Musique de Chambre à Giverny, which takes place each year in the Normandy region of France, paid tribute to Azerbaijani classical music as a part of the main theme of its 13th edition, which was La Route de la Soie (The Silk Road). The festival, which took place from 17−27 August, comprised 11 concerts and a conference. The French office of The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS) supported the event. Taking place in a range of picturesque and evocative locations, including the Musée des Impressionnismes (Museum of the Impressionists) in Giverny and the Mairie de Vernon (Vernon Town Hall), the concerts in the Silk Road strand of the festival featured original works by Azerbaijani and Eastern composers, alongside their western counterparts who were inspired by the Orient.

Turkey supports Iraq’s territorial integrity – presidential administration

Turkey stands for Iraq’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, a source in the Turkish presidential administration told Trend Aug. 17. It was noted that Iraq’s territorial integrity, as well as peace and stability in the region are important for Turkey. “The US, Iran and a number of other countries, just like Turkey, are also against the holding of a referendum on independence in Iraq’s Kurdish Autonomous Region,” the source said. It was also noted that Turkey hopes that the decision of the Kurdish administration of Iraq to hold a referendum will be reconsidered.

Kamaladdin Heydarov reelected as World Taekwondo VP

Customers recommend Azercell

The leading mobile operator of the Azerbaijan Azercell Telecom LLC, the company that always introduces the latest technological innovations in the Telecom market of the country has achieved another success. Thus, Azercell has scored 64% in the latest Net Promote Score (NPS) evaluation for the second quarter of 2017, by surpassing all of its competitors. In fact, Azercell became the first company in Azerbaijan that started to measure the Customer Loyalty Index – NPS in 2014. the company retained its leading position in NPS performance in local mobile telco market in the second quarter of 2017. It should be noted, that this time the methodology of NPS evaluation included both Baku and the regions.

A special discount for Bakcell Ulduzum subscribers from Qatar Airways”

Under an agreement between Qatar Airways and Bakcell, The First Mobile Operator and Leading Mobile Internet provider in Azerbaijan, the Ulduzum subscribers of Bakcell will be offered a special discount from the airline company.

36 dead, 13 injured in NW China road accident

At least 36 people were killed and 13 others injured in an expressway accident in northwest China's Shaanxi Province Thursday night, local authorities said Friday morning, Xinhua reported. The accident occurred at around 11:34 p.m. when a coach hit the wall of the Qinling tunnel of the Xi'an-Hanzhong Expressway, according to the public security department of Shaanxi. The coach was en route to Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, from Chengdu City, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.