Today in Kryvyi Rih, a powerful explosion occurred following the announcement of an airstrike threat. A large fire broke out ...

Tensions are escalating between Russia and Azerbaijan, an oil-rich Caspian Sea nation, driven by a series of contentious ...

Nasim Bahr Kish, an Iranian firm that holds a controlling stake in Russia's Astrakhan Port, has submitted an offer to acquire ...

The Caspian Sea is shrinking at an alarming rate, a crisis now visible to the naked eye and driven by climate change and ...

Located between Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea is the world’s largest landlocked body ...

So, it isn’t surprising that some stray land formations go unnoticed—like a whole new island in the northern part of the Caspian Sea, recently discovered by researchers from Russia.

Russian scientists confirmed a new island in the northern Caspian Sea during a research expedition. The island emerged due to a decrease in the Caspian Sea's water level linked to climate change.

Instead, Russia was effectively able to divide up the shares as it saw fit, and the way it saw fit was to benefit its existing ally, Kazakhstan (which was assigned a 28.9% share), and its wished ...

As part of a 20-year cooperation pact, Iran is supplying Russia with drones and ballistic missiles in exchange for military and nuclear support, with Caspian oil revenues helping finance these ...

Water levels in the Caspian Sea - which is bordered by Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan - are falling as rising temperatures mean more water is evaporating than flowing in.

Rapid decline of Caspian Sea level threatens ecosystem integrity, biodiversity protection, and human infrastructure. Communications Earth & Environment, 2025; 6 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02212-5 ...