During a joint training exercise between Russian and Japanese forces in May of 2006, a Russian helicopter was performing amphibious maneuvers off the coast of the island of Sakhalin when disaster ...

a historian based at the Sakhalin Regional Museum of Local Lore. He is known for his studies of Japanese-related sites on the Chishima islands, which Russia refers to as the Kurils. His team ...

Jimmy Carter: Carter’s greatest presidential success arguably came in the Camp David Accords, the framework for peace negotiated in 1978 between Israel and Egypt after decades of conflict. Carter did ...

ISLANDS aren't all just sun, sea and sand. There's some creepy outcrops lurking around the world - and some you can only visit on Google Maps. The Island of the Dolls, or La Isla de las Munecas as ...

According to Kommersant, a court on the far eastern Russian island of Sakhalin found soldier Roman Ivanishin guilty of voluntary surrender, of attempting to voluntarily surrender, and of desertion.

White sand and emerald waters make this Panhandle destination ideal for a beach vacation, but there's also a number of ...

NASA scientists rediscovered an abandoned U.S. nuclear base that lies entombed beneath at least 100 feet of ice.

China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area.

and is building a 10 Bcm per annum pipeline to export gas from Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East. Another pipeline — known as Sila Sibiri 2 — would transport 50 Bcm per annum of Russian gas ...