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Syrian government troops gesture as they drive past residents fleeing violence in the restive Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood, in Aleppo’s Fardos neighborhood on December 13, 2016. Hundreds of foreign-backed militants have laid down arms in Aleppo in the past 24 hours during which almost 6,000 civilians left terrorist-held districts of the Syrian city, the Russian Defense Ministry says. The ministry also said Wednesday that over the same period 366 terrorists had laid down their arms and moved out of militant-controlled parts of the city. The evacuations follow a ceasefire deal, brokered by Russia and Turkey, under which the militants were to start leaving from Aleppo along with civilians in the early hours of Wednesday. Russia, however, said the terrorists resumed fighting at dawn, but that Syrian government forces repelled their attacks, the Interfax news agency reported. Syrian state television said militant rocket fire on government-held parts of Aleppo killed seven people and wound

Iran has threatened to develop nuclear technology for its navy before Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered his officials to develop nuclear-powered ships, accusing the United States of violating last year's international nuclear deal. World powers had agreed to lift sanctions in exchange for curbs to Iran's nuclear programme. But Congress recently voted to extend its laws regarding sanctions on Iran. President Barack Obama is expected to sign the laws, but says they will not affect the international agreement. He insists the White House will continue to suspend all the sanctions linked to Iran's nuclear programme. Sponsor Video In a statement, Mr Rouhani criticised the Congress move as a breach of the accord and said he had asked his officials to start work on "planning the design and production of nuclear fuel and reactors for maritime transport." He also says Iran will make a legal complaint to the committee overseeing the agreement. In his pr

Included in the collection was a gold Scythian ceremonial helmet (L) dating back to the 4th Century BC An Amsterdam court has ruled that ancient treasures on loan to a Dutch museum should be handed to Ukraine and not the Crimea museums they came from. Russia annexed Crimea in March 2014, while the collection was on display at the Allard Pierson museum in Amsterdam. Four museums in Crimea asked for the collection to be returned, but Ukraine argued that it was state property. The court decided that under Unesco rules the treasures should be handed back to the sovereign state. As Crimea was not a sovereign state, the court ruled that it was for Ukraine to decide where the collection should go. The judges said it would be up to the courts in Ukraine to decide who was the rightful owner of the collection. They ordered the government in Kiev to pay the museum €110,000 (£93,000) for looking after the treasures over the past two years. 'Ukraine has won on every count' Sponsor Vid

The footprints may have been made by a male walking with smaller females and juveniles Footprints made by early humans millions of years ago have been uncovered in Tanzania close to where similar tracks were found in the 1970s. The impressions were made when some of our distant relatives walked together across wet volcanic ash. Their makers, most likely Australopithecus afarensis, appear to have had a wide range of body sizes. Scientists say this gives clues to how this ancient species of human lived. Australopithecus afarensis is one of the longest-lived and best-known early human species. The fossil of "Lucy", a young adult female who lived in Ethiopia 3.2 million years ago, is perhaps the most famous individual. The newly discovered footprints may have been made by a male walking with smaller females. "This novel evidence, taken as a whole with the previous findings, portrays several early hominins moving as a group through the landscape following a volcanic eruption