More than 600,000 new cases of novel coronavirus have been confirmed globally in the past 24 hours, pushing a total number of infections to 96.87 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin, Trend reports citing TASS.

President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that COVID-19 vaccinations will begin in the coming weeks in Iran, the Middle East’s worst hit country, Trend reports citing Reuters.

A Turkish ship called Mozart was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Guinea, Trend reports citing Turkish media.

Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh underlined on Friday that the volume of Iran’s oil export has witnessed a sharp increase in recent days.

The post-war crisis in Armenia is getting worse, MP of Azerbaijan Kamran Bayramov told Trend.

A group of Armenians who joined the 44-day war against Azerbaijan as volunteers have gathered outside the Defence Ministry demanding an explanation of why they, like the others, have not been paid compensation so far, the Armenian media reported.

About 100 representatives of the Armenian opposition on Jan. 22 began a protest in from of the building of the Armenian Parliament, expressing disagreement with the initiative of the parliamentary majority to elect two new members of the Supreme Judicial Council, Trend reports citing TASS.

The Ministry of Economy submits for public discussion the draft decree "On Approval of the Concept of Development of Creative Economy in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2021-2023," Trend reports citing Kabar.

European Union leaders will on Thursday seek to address the coronavirus pandemic’s mounting challenges, from containing more infectious variants to the threat of border closures and the slow roll-out of vaccines across the bloc, Trend reports citing Reuters.

Iran and Turkey have signed three documents to maximize the potential of cargo and passenger transportation between two countries, Deputy Minister for Roads and Urban Development and the CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) Saeed Rasouli said, Trend reports citing the ministry.

Electricity has been supplied to the city of Shusha, Trend reports on Jan.16 referring to Azerishig OJSC.

Turkey’s investment in natural gas distribution has reached TL 27 billion ($3.6 billion) since 2002, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah.

The EU would like the new Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to significantly enhance bilateral relations in many areas, including regional cooperation in Central Asia, a representative of the EU Delegation in Kazakhstan told Trend.

Georgia will get the first part of Covid vaccine shots presumably in one month, said Tengiz Tsertsvadze, General Director of Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Trend reports citing 1tv.ge.

More than 688,000 new cases of novel coronavirus have been confirmed globally in the past 24 hours, pushing a total number of infections to 92.5 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Saturday, Trend reports citing TASS.

The UK will host the June 11-13 G7 Summit in the resort town of Carbis Bay at the Cornwall Peninsula, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Office said in a message published Sunday, Trend reports citing TASS.

First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has made an Instagram post on her visit to the liberated city of Shusha.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday received the first dose of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine at Ankara City Hospital in the Turkish capital, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah.

George Soros and his agents will leave Armenia alone after squeezing everything out of it, Russian historian, political analyst, professor Oleg Kuznetsov told Trend.

More than 566,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide in the past day, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 89.7 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Tuesday, Trend reports citing TASS.

Today Turkey is an important player in security issues in the Caucasus region, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan inflicted at least $38.4 billion in damage to Armenia and the Armenian people, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Military Insurance Fund Mesrop Manukyan wrote on his Facebook page on January 12, Trend reports referring to the Armenian media.

Under the interstate agreement, Moscow will allocate $1.15 billion to Yerevan to cover the debt generated as a result of arms supplies to Armenia during the Karabakh war in autumn 2020, Trend reports citing Russian media.

The revision of the results of World War II is an ongoing strategy of various liberal foundations and the governments of Western countries controlled by them. This is how Garegin Nzhdeh becomes a hero in Armenia, well-known Russian political strategist, director of the Russian Institute for Contemporary State Development Dmitry Solonnikov told Trend.

Turkey will begin vaccine jabs for coronavirus by this weekend, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah.