Things in the Arctic have never been hotter. In the past year, Russian nuclear submarines have practiced firing cruise ...

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

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 ...

A Russian state TV host who suggested that Alaska secede from the United States and become part of Russia once more has fallen into a deep coma, according to his wife. Tigran Keosayan, 59 ...

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 ...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers flying near Alaska Wednesday in ...

The U.S. bought Alaska and its significant natural resources and beautiful scenery for what amounts to a steal. AP Photo/Mark Thiessen ...

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 ...

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 ...