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Bodies of missing Azerbaijani soldiers found

Araz News:  The bodies of the servicemen of Azerbaijani Armed Forces, who got lost on June 23, have been found, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported on June 15. The ministry said search for Lance Sergeants Musa Musayev and Tural Yolchuyev, who...

Today is Abulfaz Elchibey’s birthday

Araz News: Today, 24th of  June 2015, is birthday of former Azerbaijani President Abulfaz Elchibey, one of the leaders of National Freedom Movement. Abulfaz Aliyev Gadirgulu (Elchibey) was born on June 24, 1938, in the small town of Keleki in Ordubad District....

Iran allows women to watch volleyball – but not football, swimming or wrestling

Araz News: A limited number will be allowed into the stadiums of Tehran as part of a move to lift a ban on women at male sporting events. But some sports remain strictly off limits. Iran is to allow a limited...

Iran ‘trains Taliban fighters’ in four camps

Araz News: Iran has stepped up its support for the Taliban in Afghanistan, providing at least four training camps for the movement’s fighters inside its territory, according to officials quoted in the Wall Street Journal. While Iran’s Shia rulers sit at...

Former Iranian vice-president indicted of embezzlement

Araz News: The vice president for executive affairs of Iran ’s ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2013), has been indicted of embezzlement, said Baghaei’s attorney Ali Asghar Hosseini. Baghaei’s indictment was related to paying bonuses illegally to some ministers as well as government...

Iraq bans egg import from Iran following bird flu case reports

Araz News: Iraq has banned egg imports from the Islamic Republic following reports on outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in some farms in the country. Farzad Talakesh, the secretary of Iran’s Egg Layer Poultry Breeders Union said...

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project to strengthen Baku-Ankara energy corridor

Araz News:The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway construction project will strengthen the energy corridor between Baku and Ankara, governor of the Turkish province of Kars Gunay Ozdemir said in an interview with Trend. “Some 79 kilometers of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway stretch through...

Azerbaijan ready to host Olympic Games, says Spanish team official

Araz News: Azerbaijan is fully ready to host the Olympic Games, Raul Valentin Sus Dolcet, Spanish team official at the First European Games in Baku told Trend June 23. Sus Dolcet said he expected that the European Games in Baku will...

Large-scale protest resumes in Yerevan (PHOTO)

Araz News:Protests resumed in the capital of Armenia, users of social networks said. Hundreds of people in the center of Yerevan participated in a rally against the increase in electricity tariffs June 22, RIA Novosti news agency reported. Earlier it...

Azerbaijan’s volleyball players advance to semifinals at Baku 2015

Araz News: Azerbaijan’s volleyball team gained a victory over the Dutch team at the First European Games in Baku and advanced to the semifinals June 23. The Azerbaijani team took the lead in all three sets – 25:21, 25:23, 25:14. The...

WikiLeaks Saudi cable says Iran shipped nuclear equipment to Sudan

Araz News : DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi diplomats in Khartoum believed Iran shipped advanced nuclear equipment including centrifuges to Sudan in 2012, according to a document leaked last week that WikiLeaks says is a cable from the embassy. “The embassy’s sources...

I will encourage forming new government, Turkish President says

Araz News via HDN: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he will encourage the formation of a new government in line with the people’s expectation. “As president, I will encourage the formation of a new government as immediate as possible...

Youth unemployment rate in Iran hits 21.5%

Araz News via trend: Iranian Deputy Minister of Cooperative, Labor, and Social Welfare Hassan Taei said Iran’s economy should grow by the rate of seven percent so that enough job opportunities for the educated youth are created, adding that the unemployment...

South Azerbaijani takes gold in teakwondo at European Olympics

Araz News via today.az: So far half of the national taekwondo fighters representing Azerbaijan at the European Games have won medals for their country. The bouts were tough, as national athletes competed with Europe’s strongest rivals, many of whom were the Olympic,...

Volleyball ban for female fans reignites debate in Iran

Araz News via TGN: A ban on women attending two volleyball matches against the US is reviving a fierce debate in Iran, with some accusing the government of backing down to conservatives. The Volleyball World League men’s games in Tehran, one...