Azerbaijan's foreign minister to meet international mediators over Karabakh conflict and two women scientists win Nobel chemistry prize.

*) Azerbaijan top diplomat to meet international mediators

The recent military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over occupied Karabakh has entered its second week.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov will meet the leaders of OSCE’s Minsk Group in Geneva to discuss the issue.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin ruled out intervention in the conflict as it does not fall within the scope of Moscow's pact with Armenia.

*) Kamala Harris and Mike Pence spar at vice presidential debate

Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has made history by becoming the first Black women to stand on a vice presidential debate stage.

US Vice President Mike Pence and Harris faced off in a strikingly less contentious debate than last week’s presidential square up.

The two sparred on Covid-19, taxes, economy, the trade war with China and climate change.

Election Day is less than four weeks away and millions of Americans are already casting ballots.

*) Greek court rules Golden Dawn operating as criminal organisation

A Greek court has found neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party guilty of operating as a criminal organisation.

The court’s landmark ruling said seven of the party’s former lawmakers, including party leader Nikos Michaloliakos, are guilty of leading a criminal organisation.

Police used tear gas and a water cannon as clashes broke outside the courthouse in Athens at an anti-fascist rally after the ruling.

*) Russia puts Belarus opposition leader on its wanted list

Russia has placed Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on its wanted list.

Tikhanovskaya faces charges in Belarus over allegedly making public calls to harm the country’s security, according to Russian news agency RIA.

The 38-year-old took refuge in Lithuania following her claim to have beaten long-running leader Alexander Lukashenko in the August election.

And finally...

*) Two women win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool

Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the US have won the Nobel chemistry prize for their work on CRISPR, a gene-editing technique.

The two researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision using the tool.

Charpentier and Doudna are the first all-women team and the sixth and seventh women to receive the Nobel prize in chemistry.