New Zealand pilot freed in Indonesia after 19 months in rebel captivity

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released from captivity by rebels in Indonesia’s restive region of Papua and is in good health despite the 19-month… Read more

More than 100 killed or missing as cartel war rages in Mexico

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ Some 53 people have been killed and 51 others are missing in Mexico’s western Sinaloa state since rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel began clashing on… Read more

Israel says its strike on Beirut killed top Hezbollah military official as Lebanon reports 12 died

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday, the Israeli army said. It… Read more

Harris slams Trump for hypocrisy on abortion as U.S. starts voting

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ Kamala Harris on Friday attacked Republican rival Donald Trump and his party as “hypocrites” over abortion, as the first voters cast their ballots for November’s knife-edge… Read more

Azerbaijani acrobatic gymnasts crowned world champions

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijani men’s pair Daniel Abbasov and Murad Rafiyev have captured gold medals at the 29th FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships, taking pace in Guimarães, Portugal. The… Read more

Azerbaijan initiates joins statement on protection of rights of landmine victims at UN Human Rights Council

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ A joint statement titled “Revising the effects of landmines and explosive remnants of war on human rights” was issued during the 57th session of the UN… Read more

President Ilham Aliyev: There are favourable opportunities for advancing cooperation between Azerbaijan and Malta

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ “There are favourable opportunities for advancing friendly relations and cooperation between Azerbaijan and Malta,” President Ilham Aliyev said in his congratulatory letter to President Myriam Spiteri… Read more

Former OSCE Minsk Group co-chair: I am pleased to see there has been good progress on number of issues regarding peace agreement

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ “I think it is important to reach peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia,” James Warlick, former US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, told AJMEDIA. “I… Read more

SOCAR, “MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas” ink Memorandum of Understanding

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ Rovshan Najaf, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), met with Zsolt Hernádi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the “MOL Hungarian… Read more

Biden opens home to ‘Quad’ leaders for farewell summit

Tokyo, 21 September, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Australia, Japan and India at his Delaware home this weekend to bid farewell to the so-called “Quad”… Read more