Aktau (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan are meeting in the Kazakh port city of Aktau on Sunday to sign a landmark deal on the Caspian Sea. Here are five facts about the inland sea whose legal status has been the subject of fraught ...
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Sunday that based on the Caspian Sea convention no foreign country has the right to navigate or establish military base in the Caspian Sea. “According to the convention, no foreign country has the right to navigate militarily and ...
AKTAU, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Iran and four ex-Soviet nations, including Russia, agreed in principle on Sunday how to divide up the potentially huge oil and gas resources of the Caspian Sea, paving way for more energy exploration and pipeline projects. However, the delimitation of the seabed - ...
On Sunday, the presidents of Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan met in the small Kazakh coastal city of Aktau to sign a legal convention on the Caspian Sea. The landmark deal was made after more than two decades of diplomatic efforts, by the the five littoral Caspian nations – ...
It has taken more than 20 years. But on August 12, the leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan will meet in the Kazakh port city of Aqtau, reportedly to sign a new convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea. An 18-page draft of the agreement, posted briefly on ...
TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Saturday announced that the foreign ministers of the five Caspian Sea littoral states, including Iran, are scheduled to take part in the fifth Caspian Sea summit in Kazakhstan on Sunday to adopt a convention on its legal status, IRIB reported ...
on Monday said she supported a local New York official’s order with transgender athletes from using county-owned facilities. The ban applies to over 100 athletic facilities in New York City's Long Island suburbs. Speaking alongside Nassau County Executive at his office in Mineola, Jenner said ...
When dawn broke last Monday morning, signalling the beginning of Ramadan, it brought a cruel irony for the people of Gaza./ The holy month when Muslims fast during daylight had arrived amid a looming famine./ Gazans had already endured five months of war. Virtually the entire population was ...
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds rally in Richmond/ has so far been unable to obtain a bond that would allow him to appeal a $454 million judgment against the former U.S. president in a New York civil fraud case without posting the full amount ...
'The situation here is catastrophic'/ Displaced Gazans have been told to leave the area around the hospital Image caption: Displaced Gazans have been told to leave the area around the hospital Eyewitness have told of how panic gripped those inside al-Shifa hospital after Israeli forces launched ...
area cyclists who helped one of their own escape the jaws of a cougar recounted their story this weekend, saying they fought the cat and pinned it down. The woman who was attacked, Keri Bergere, sustained neck and face injuries and was treated at a hospital and released following on a trail ...
Israeli forces have launched an overnight raid on the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, with reports of tanks and heavy gunfire at the facility./ An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said the IDF was carrying out a "high precision operation in limited areas" of the hospital./ The IDF said "senior ...
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Amedy Dewey, 24, sits on a chair outside her home, holding a portrait of herself as a high school cheerleader in Scottville on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Dewey lost her vision after her stepfather shot Dewey in the face with a shotgun. He then killed Dewey's mom and killed himself. Dewey, who was ...
vowed on Saturday that there would be a “bloodbath” if he’s not reelected in November. The comments came at a rally here as Trump discussed the possibility of an increasing trade war with China over auto manufacturing. The rally was intended to whom Trump endorsed in December, ahead of Ohio’s ...
The Long Beach Police Department coordinated with stores in The Pike Outlets to close early following a large disturbance and multiple altercations on Saturday. There were reports that roughly 200 people gathered at the Long Beach shopping center after a post on social media about a meetup went ...