A combat air patrol of American and Canadian fighter jets was scrambled this week after multiple Russian warplanes were ...

There is no indication that the Arctic conditions had anything to do with the recent F-35 crash in Alaska—but Russia has said so anyway.

In late September, a US HC-103J Super Hercules spotted four foreign vessels operating about 440 miles southwest of St.

Few realize that Russia established colonies in North America. But it's a fact that in the mid-18th century, Russia had begun ...

Three of President Trump’s controversial Cabinet nominees faced confirmation hearings Thursday. Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F.

The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. To mark the 150th anniversary of the sale in 2017, we asked William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, a visiting professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage ...

From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.

In 1867, the US purchased Alaska from Russia for just USD 7.2 million! But did you know this wasn’t just a simple deal? It’s a story of politics, power struggles, and a nation’s ambitions.

With a stroke of a pen, Tsar Alexander II had ceded Alaska, his country’s last remaining foothold in North America, to the United States for US$7.2 million. That sum, amounting to just $138 million in ...

When Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo looks at Donald Trump, she says she sees a president-elect who for all of his ...