Emily Dixon, who lives near the park, said the abatement comes as a relief. For months, she said, neighbors have felt ...

Closer to Russia than to mainland Alaska, the remote island is 280 miles from the nearest Russia-owned island in the area. It is near the western end of Alaska's Aleutian Islands.

Rear Adm. Bob Little is the new commander of the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska, just as the big budget bill passes the president ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The U.S. military is responding after Russia and China increased their military activity near Alaska.. The U.S. military deployed 130 Army airborne soldiers with mobile rocket ...

President Trump threatened to punish Russia with heavy tariffs on countries that trade with Moscow if the Kremlin fails to ...

The largest state in the union, Alaska boasts a wealth of natural resources, rich in oil, fish, minerals, and beautiful scenery. When The United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867, though ...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command says it detected four Russian military aircraft flying near Alaska on Monday, less than two weeks after US Army soldiers were deployed to the area as ...

It is in no one’s interest to militarise the Arctic but thanks to something of an arms race heating up between the US, Russia and China, that is precisely what looks to be happening.

President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a pair of steps intended to pressure Russia to end its war in Ukraine, including ...

To many Americans, Russian Alaska in the 1860s — decades before the discovery of the gold and oil that would eventually make Alaska one of the wealthiest American states — was little more than ...

In 1867, Russia sold Alaska to the United States for $7.2 million. That would be around $120 million today. There were several reasons. Russia lacked the tools and people to develop the land.

It was in the middle of the 19th century that the U.S. saw its first big foreign lobbying scandal — and arguably its most impactful one before 2016. That was when czarist Russia, hoping to unload the ...