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

Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators ...

Moscow is growing its footprint at the top of the world, working with China—and leaving the U.S. behind.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled U.S. and Canadian fighter jets last week to accompany a formation of ...

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.

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

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

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.

One of President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders has reignited a debate over the future of Alaska’s vast wilderness ...

Last September, a Russian military jet was filmed flying dangerously close to an American fighter plane, patrolling off the coast of Alaska. NORAD later condemned the action of the Russian Su-35 ...

Because of the time difference, the islands are sometimes referred to as Yesterday Island and Tomorrow Island.