Day: May 7, 2024

‘Nightmares about Rwanda’: Iranian asylum seeker facing deportation from UK  The Guardian

Why Iraqi Kurdistan is important for Iran  Press TV

The 4th Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Dialogue is being held in Baku on the topic “Consultations with interested parties on the 4th Voluntary National Report of Azerbaijan, expansion of women’s economic rights and opportunities and progress on the 5th SDG”, Azernews ​reports.

On May 6, First Deputy Minister of Defense – Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev met with the delegation led by Professor Talat Canbolat and Lieutenant General Yaşar Kadıoğlu, Azernews ​reports.

Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, has been named the World Capital of Sport for 2026 by the European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation (ACES Europe), Azernews reports.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexei Overchuk discussed with the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Mukhtar Babayev preparation for the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will be held in Baku, Azernews reports.

The Israeli military has launched a targeted counter-terrorism operation in the eastern part of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip

In January-April 2024, the revenue of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) from Shah Deniz gas and condensate sales amounted to $202.715 million, $733.039 million, or 4.6-fold, less than the same period in 2023, Report informs, citing the Fund.

Azerbaijan and Slovakia will continue to work on new agreements, which will further increase bilateral trade