The Diomede Islands, located in the Bering Strait between Russia and the United States, are home to one of the most ...

Russian TV host Vladimir Solovyov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, recently called for Alaska's return to Russia during a recent Russian-state media program. Newsweek has reached ...

Over the course of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Russian officials have threatened to reclaim Alaska, which the U.S. bought for $7.2 million from Russia in 1867, such as Vyacheslav Volodin ...

This became moot in 1995, however, when the International Date Line was moved to the east of Kiribati, and that country's easternmost time zone (GMT+14) is now the world's earliest. Related articles ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She ...

China, Russia send 11 military vessels near Alaska, U.S. responds with 4 Navy destroyers 01:32. Russian warplanes were detected flying off the coast of Alaska and tracked by the U.S. military, the ...

Russia sees scope for international investors in Arctic. By Reuters. March 26, 2025 12:59 PM UTC Updated March 26, 2025 ... which runs eastward to the Bering Strait near Alaska.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military on Monday released video of what it said was an unsafe maneuver by a Russian fighter jet near Alaska during an intercept by the U.S. military last week. The United ...