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Emomali Sobirzoda has been appointed Tajikistan's new Defense Minister, replacing Sherali Mirzo, who now heads the Department for Protection of State Secrets. Bobojon Saidzoda is the new First Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the General Staff
Tajikistan’s President, Emomali Rahmon, has appointed Emomali Sobirzoda as the country's new Defense Minister, following a decree signed recently. Sobirzoda, who previously served as First Deputy Defense Minister, takes over from Sherali Mirzo, who led the ministry since 2013. Mirzo has been reassigned to head the Department for Protection of State Secrets under the Government of Tajikistan.
In addition, Bobojon Saidzoda has been named First Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, further strengthening Tajikistan's defense leadership.
These changes mark a significant shift in Tajikistan's military leadership as the country continues to focus on national security and defense modernization.
AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
A Polish Air Force pilot was killed on Thursday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight ahead of the 2025 Radom International Air Show.
Music mega-star Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce announced their engagement. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married," the couple wrote in a joint Instagram post, alongside photos of Kelce proposing to Swift in a garden of pink and white flowers.
On September 14, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev visited the Hadrut settlement in the Khojavend district. The head of state was briefed on the developments in the settlement.
On September 14, 2025, Karen Albertovich Avanesyan, an Armenian-born resident of Khankendi, born in 1967, went from his residence to a forest area near the city, where he had previously hidden an AK-47 assault rifle, four magazines filled with ammunition, and five hand grenades.
The inaugural Assembly of the Turkic World Insurance Union has officially begun today in Shusha, Azerbaijan.
On Sunday (September 14), an Israeli airstrike targeted the Muhanna multi-storey building in Gaza City, with locals watching from a distance.
The Turkic States Organization (TSO) will soon send its flag into space, the organisation’s Secretary-General Kubanychbek Omuraliev has announced.
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