UN chief urges Nagorno-Karabakh rivals to respect truce

Azerbaijan shot down another Armenian Su-25 fighter jet, according to the country’s ministry of defense. Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of violating the newly agreed truce, which came into force at midnight on Sunday (20:00 GMT Saturday), following mediation by the co-chairs of the Minsk Group. Defence ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh region said the death toll among its military has risen to 710. Sunday, October 18 18:00 GMT – UN chief urges rivals to respect truce, condemns civilian deaths UN chief Antonio Guterres has called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to respect the truce and condemned attacks on civilians in fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. Guterres singled out one of the deadliest attacks on civilians so far, when a missile hit a residential area of Azerbaijan’s second city Ganja on Saturday, killing 13 people including children. 16:20 GMT – Nagorno-Karabakh says 37 more of its military killed in the conflict The defence ministry of the ethnic Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh said it had recorded another 37 deaths among its military, pushing the toll to 710, Interfax news agency reported. style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;">