Armenia has exported domestically produced weapons for the first time, according to High-Tech Industry Minister Mkhitar Hayrapetyan.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced former State Duma deputy Magomed Gadzhiev to life imprisonment in absentia.

The 13th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13), the UN's largest international platform on urbanism and sustainable development, has begun in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan and Georgia are resuming passenger rail service after a multi-year hiatus.

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement today commemorating the anniversaries of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars and Circassians.

The country's Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into murder threats and plotting an assassination attempt against the head of government.

Azerbaijani opposition figure Gulu Mehmedli harshly criticized the authorities, accusing the country's leadership of repression, fear-mongering, and suppression of public activism. 

Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin stated that the imposition of Western liberal values ​​and pressure on the church are leading to a split in Armenian society.

On May 16, unmanned aerial vehicles attacked the Nevinnomyssk Azot chemical plant in Stavropol Krai. A massive fire broke out at the facility.

At the 135th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, held in Moldova, Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili presented her vision of the challenges facing Europe.