Russia and China did not come to Iran’s aid during the Israel-Iran War. Neither sought to prevent the attacks on Iran, or appeared to care very much that their Iranian partner was being attacked.

The Caspian Sea is the planet’s largest inland sea and its largest lake, an enormous body of water roughly the size of Montana. Its looping coastline stretches more than 4,000 miles and is ...

Damming, over-extraction, pollution and, increasingly, the human-caused climate crisis are driving the decline of the Caspian Sea. Some experts fear it’s being pushed to the point of no return.