Iran will launch a new domestic satellite Zafar, Iran's Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi tweeted, Trend reports.

Flight data recorders of the Ukrainian passenger plane, which was accidentally downed outside Tehran, will be sent to Kiev, Hassan Rezaifar, head of the accidents investigation commission at Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, said on Saturday, Trend reports citing TASS.

Overall 2019 was a busy and successful year for Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Kazakhstan and ADB hopes to further build on the projects and initiatives that were launched, a representative of ADB told Trend.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks by phone ahead of the international conference on Libya scheduled for Sunday in Berlin, the Turkish leader’s office told reporters, Trend reports citing TASS.

Attraction of German companies is a priority for strengthening investment relations between Kazakhstan and Germany, Trend reports with reference to the press office of Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister.

The rates of 11 foreign currencies have increased in Iran, while the rates of 27 currencies have decreased on Jan. 18, compared to the rates on Jan. 16, according to Iran's official state exchange rate, Trend reports referring to the Central Bank Iran (CBI).

The Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan has declared the reasons given in Bek Air appeal to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development to be unreasonable, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Civil Aviation Committee.

The body of former director of the Armenian National Security Service Georgi Kutoyan was found in one of the houses on Paruyr Sevak Street in Yerevan, the Armenian Investigative Committee said.

Chairman of Kazakhstan’s Senate Dariga Nazarbayeva advocated the need to reconsider the program for development of country’s agro-industrial complex due to the decline in production and stagnation in the sector, Trend reports with reference to the press office of Senate.

A number of Kazakh-Iranian joint projects in Kazakhstan are currently at the various stages of implementation, the majority of them accounting for agriculture, a representative of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Trade and Integration told Trend.

Identities of 166 people that were killed in the Ukraine International Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 plane crash near Parand city in Iran’s Tehran province Jan. 8 have been established, said Mehdi Forouzesh, director general of the Iranian Medical Examination Organization, Trend reports referring to Tasnim news agency.

The information that China Oil HBP Science & Technology company will take part in construction of a gas processing plant at Kazakhstan’s Kashagan field is not true, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is looking for new opportunities in the financial sector of Uzbekistan, especially the ones, which will contribute to the development of private sector in the country, EBRD’s representative told Trend.

China’s state planner said on Thursday it has approved a railway project with a total investment of 81.49 billion yuan ($11.84 billion), Trend reports citing Reuters.

Armenian economist Tatul Manaseryan has said that post-revolutionary Armenian authorities are involved in corrupt practices.

Strengthening of Azerbaijan’s army, its place among the most powerful armies in the world is increasingly becoming the sources of concern for the Armenian military-political leadership.

Turkmenistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov met with Regional Coordinator for Central Asia of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Dmitry Godunov in Ashgabat to discuss the issue of the stages of the country's entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Trend reports referring to Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Joint working plans for 2020 were signed between Turkmenistan and UN organizations in Ashgabat on Jan. 14, Trend reports referring to the Turkmen government.

Georgia’s Economy Minister Natia Turnava has refuted Armenian PM Nikkol Pashinyan’s recent claims that Armenia left behind Georgia for GDP per capita in 2019, saying that Pashinyan must familiarize himself with “elementary methodology”.

Identities of 100 people that were killed inthe Ukraine International Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 plane crash near Parand city in Iran’s Tehran province Jan. 8 have been established, Trend reports referring to Iranian Medical Examination Organization.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors continue monitoring activities in Iran, IAEA told Trend commenting on the latest decision of Iran regarding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Oil prices slipped on Wednesday on concerns that the pending Phase 1 trade deal between the United States and China, the world’s biggest oil users, may not boost demand as the U.S. intends to keep tariffs on Chinese goods until a second phase, Trend with reference to Reuters reports.

Turkmenistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov held meetings in Ashgabat with regional representatives of several units of United Nations, Trend reports referring to Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Jan. 14.

Several people have been arrested in connection with the downing of Ukraine International Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 by the Iranian Air Defense System near Parand city in Iran’s Tehran province on Jan. 8, Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said at a press conference.

Iran’s airspace security is important for both Iran and the world, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said at a meeting with officials in Tehran, Trend reports citing IRINN.