The opening ceremony of the World Sumo Championships has been held in Baku, marking the first time Azerbaijan’s capital has hosted the competition.
Day: October 18, 2026
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has rejected calls for his resignation as student-led protests over corruption, jobs and education spread across the country.
Rama said the demonstrations threatened Albania’s progress towards EU membership rather than his government.
Police said 388 people had been charged with criminal offences during the protests, while scores of police officers and demonstrators have been injured.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days remains available to Washington. Under the proposal, the waterway would reopen within six days if the U.S. accepts Iran’s conditions, with talks resuming on the seventh day.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has congratulated Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day of the Restoration of Independence, Report informs.
“I wholeheartedly congratulate my friendly and brotherly Azerbaijan on the Day of the Restoration of Independence, on behalf of my country and my nation.
I extend my greetings to my brother, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and to my Azerbaijani Turkic brothers and sisters, with whom we are always together in joy and sorrow,” Erdogan wrote on X.
This year, Azerbaijan marks the 35th anniversary of the restoration of its state independence.