Only one of Russia's 85 regions, a sparsely-populated patch of the Arctic known for reindeer herders, voted against changes granting Russian President Vladimir Putin the right to stay in power until 2036.
Work crews have removed a statue of U.S. naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury in Richmond, Va., a day after crews took down a statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson on an order from the mayor to remove all Confederate statues on city land.
Canada and four other countries whose citizens died when the Iranian military mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet are formally joining forces to seek "full reparations" from Tehran, according to a letter sent to the families of the victims on Thursday.
Hugh Downs, whose congeniality and authoritative manner allowed him to move between the world of game shows and U.S. network news in a career that lasted more than 60 years, has died at the age of 99.
A fire and an explosion has struck a centrifuge production plant above Iran's underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, western analysts say. It's one of the most tightly guarded sites in all of the Islamic Republic after earlier acts of sabotage there.
