The USSR’s ambitious space exploration plans foundered due to the lack of a viable rocket system. We’re almost four decades away from the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold ...

On April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded, resulting in the worst nuclear disaster in history. The incident ...

A divided panel of appeals court judges ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can suspend or terminate billions of ...

A Tennessee man avoided a trial and possible death sentence by pleading guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three people and ...

The days have been slowly shortening since the Summer Solstice in June, but the change becomes more apparent here in southern ...

Russia’s newly appointed cultural envoy to Egypt has pledged to deepen cooperation in education, film, and vocational ...

One of the largest earthquakes on record struck far eastern Russia this week. The last time the region was hit by a such a ...

The Ekranoplan concept was born in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. Its design stemmed from the discovery of the ground effect, a phenomenon in which an aircraft flying close to ...

In an ironic twist, President Donald Trump is set to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at a ...

Son of U2 pilot captured by Soviet Union in 1960 coming to Fargo ‘Spy Pilot’ author Francis Gary Powers, Jr. will speak at Fargo Public Library on July 29.

Regina Spektor is bringing her unique flare to Spokane. Spektor was born and spent a portion of her life in Moscow, Soviet Union, before her family moved to the Bronx in New York City. After ...

Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on August 18. Check what happened ...