The US Vice President told the Israeli Prime Minister that peace must come to the region. The Palestinian radicals Hamas must release the Israeli hostages, and the Israelis must establish humanitarian supplies to Gaza.

Getting from Russian cities to the emirate of Sharjah in the UAE will become easier in the autumn. Air Arabia is increasing the number of flights.

The earthquake has occurred in the Lerik district of Azerbaijan, the Seismic Survey Center of ANAS writes.

The Armenian side is committed to fulfilling the agreements with Türkiye reached earlier during the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.

The Heads of the Russian and ASEAN Foreign Ministries signed a joint statement on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Russia's accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.

According to the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic to Yerevan Mehdi Sobhani, Iran has not concluded any military contracts with Armenia.

Today, the key rate in Russia has been raised to 18%. The decision has been made at a meeting of the Board of Directors. The corresponding press release following the meeting has been published by the press service of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk and Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin, who are the co-chairs of the bilateral intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation, met in Astana, accordong to the Russian government's website.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was upset by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' statement after their meeting and is concerned it will harm the negotiations over a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal.

Irish mixed martial artist Conor McGregor recently took to social media to taunt former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov over his alleged financial troubles.

The risk of the oropouche fever, which has already killed two in Brazil, in Russia is ruled out, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) press office said.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Azerbaijan's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'BBB-' from 'BB+'.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed the schedule of upcoming top-and high-level contacts, the Russian foreign ministry said.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has approved an agreement on cooperation in the field of migration signed with Türkiye in June, 2024 in Ankara.

Russia's Central Bank still assesses the state of the Russian economy as being substantially overheated, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said.

The Bank of Russia will not follow the Turkish scenario and raise the key rate sharply, the regulator’s governor Elvira Nabiullina said.

Astana and Baku have reached an agreement on several veterinary certificates, the Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture reported.

The ceremony to endorse Masoud Pezeshkian's presidential decree by Iran's Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei will be held in Tehran on July 28.

The Council of the European Union has appointed Magdalena Grono EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, the Council's press serice reported.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Syrian President Bashar Assad would probably hold a meeting at a border crossing in August, Türkiye reported.

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