The European Central Bank (ECB) decided on Thursday to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low level of 1 percent, Xinhua reported. The decision, taken by the governing council of the ECB in Luxembourg, is in line

Russia is convinced that all the differences that emerged in Iran after the presidential election should be resolved exclusively in the legal field in strict accordance with the Constitution and laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russian Foreign Ministry's

Share of KazMunayGaz will hit 50 percent in project of Kazakh Caspian Transportation System, the first vice-president of KazMunayGaz Maksat Idenov told Trend Capital in Astana. "Share of KazMunayGaz hits 50 percent in Kazakh Caspian Transportation System. Shares of two

Head of the Georgian Parliamentary delegation, Parliamentary Deputy Speaker Qiqi Tsereteli and members of his delegation Akaki Minashvili and George Kandelaki took an active in debates at the sessions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation

Two passenger boats overturned, killing 30 people in the Kabul River in Afghanistan's province of Nangahar, Afghan AVA Press news agency reported. "This morning, the boat, moving along the river in the Lalpur city of Nangahar province, faced with another

FIFA referee Babek Guliyev to go on hunger-strike because of his removal from Azerbaijani football matches, referee said at the press-conference on July 2. "I will go on hunger strike in a week as a protest to my illegal removal.

Major reason for Russian soldier Dmitry Artemyev to desert to Georgia was dedovshchina made by soldiers, High-ranking source in North Caucasian military unit told RIA Novosti over phone on July 2. "According to information, Artemyev left base because of dedovshchina

Azerbaijan does not see any other ways to solve the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, but to give the autonomy to the Nagorno-Karabakh in its composition, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said in an interview with the AzerTaj state news agency. Azerbaijan's position

Abkhazian side is ready for return of refuges, head of Abkhazian delegation, deputy foreign minister of Sukhumi puppet regime Maxim Gvindzhia told media during Geneva talks. "We are ready for launching this process. But it deals with Gal region," he

Religious leader of Muslims of the Caucasus declared his readiness to dialogue with the Catholicos of all Armenians. "As a chairman of the Advisory Council of the Muslim Leaders of the CIS states, I have sent the Catholicos of All

The Israeli navy boarded a boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists and humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip Tuesday in defiance of an Israeli blockade and brought the vessel to a port in Israel, Reuters reported. "No shots were fired during the

Honduras' post-coup leader, Roberto Micheletti, joined a rally of sympathizers in a public park in Honduras capital Tegucigalpa on Tuesday, a day after anti- government rallies were dispersed by troops with tear gas and shooting, Xinhua reported. "They told me

At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured overnight in Italy when a freight train hauling liquefied petroleum gas derailed and exploded as it passed their homes, officials said on Tuesday. About 1,000 people were evacuated following the blast

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday after talks with the U.S. Middle East envoy that it was too soon to say whether Israel would freeze West Bank settlements as demanded by President Barack Obama, Reuters reported. Barak said

Policies of Azerbaijan have never brought harms to other states, the head of international relations department of Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov briefed the media on June 30. "Azerbaijan has always independently pursued its foreign policy, not bringing harm

Overcoming the current conflict between European countries and Iran, as well as building relations between these countries depends entirely on Iran, the British Foreign Ministry's official who asked to remain anonymous wrote to Trend News in an email. "We have

The contract for the sale of Azerbaijani gas, which was signed on Monday in Baku between SOCAR and Gazprom, is for five years with a possibility to export at least 500 million cubic meters of gas per year, said the

A lawyer for Michael Jackson's family said Tuesday a will by the late pop star has been presented, Associated Press reported. The word came just a day after the family said in court documents it believed the entertainer had died