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Putin sub dives deep in Black Sea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken an underwater expedition in the Black Sea to see the remains of an ancient shipwreck.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken an underwater expedition in the Black Sea to see the remains of an ancient shipwreck.

Scientists say the unearthing of a 2-million-year-old finger bone suggests that modern humans evolved earlier than previously thought.

Hillary Clinton voices opposition to drilling in the Arctic after approval by the Obama administration.

At least 15 people are killed following Saudi airstrikes on a residential area in the northwestern Yemeni province of Amran.

The Pentagon is sending out evaluation teams to assess military and federal prisons that can be used as replacement for Guantanamo.

A Turkish soldier is killed and four others are injured in clashes with the PKK fighters in southeastern Turkey.

The Scotland-based Wood Group energy company has laid off 13 percent of its employees since the end of 2014.

A Boko Haram ambush claims the lives of up to 150 people in northeastern Nigeria.

The Red Cross says it is very concerned over the growing number of unattended corpses in Yemen.

The Iranian foreign minister says Tehran supports the Iraqi government’s fight against Daesh.

South Sudan's government censures the African Union-mediated peace deal as a "sell-out."

A team of scientists in Russia develop a physical model of a brain with the capacity to educate itself.

An analyst says that deploying arms in European countries is another vain US policy that is derived from the Cold War mentality.

The Syrian army and Hezbollah fighters are in the final stage of their push to fully liberate Zabadani.

Dubai's Emirates Airline says it is planning to resume flights to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Two separate US drone strikes kill seven people in the central-eastern region of Afghanistan.

A senior Iranian official says Iran’s ties with Syria are the "backbone" of Tehran's regional relations.

Amnesty International calls for a UN-commissioned inquiry into potential war crimes committed by Saudi Arabia in Yemen.