Caspian Sea

World / Science & Health Apr 17, 2019

Seals, caviar, oil, warming: Caspian Sea faces severe pollution threat

Seals waddling along the waterfront were once a common sight in Baku Bay, the Caspian Sea home of Azerbaijan's capital. Not anymore. Of the more than 1 million seals that inhabited the shores and islands of the Caspian a century ago fewer than 10 percent ...

World Oct 9, 2015

Up to four Russian cruise missiles launched at Syria from ships in Caspian came down in Iran: U.S.

As many as four of the 26 long-range cruise missiles that Russia said it fired at Syrian targets landed instead in Iran, two U.S. defense officials said Thursday. The officials said it's unclear whether the errant missiles, launched from Russian ships in the Caspian Sea, ...