On Sept. 15, 1968, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 5 spacecraft on a mission to loop around the moon and return to Earth. There were no cosmonauts aboard Zond 5, but there were several smaller ...

Russian pilots ignored signals when they flew into NATO airspace on Friday, a senior Estonian military official told The Associated Press. Three MiG-31 fighter jets entered Estonian airspace between 9 ...

Three Russian military jets crossed into Estonia’s airspace Friday in what the NATO member called an “unprecedentedly brazen” violation during an alarming escalation of tension in the region. The trio ...

Russia has powered its war in Ukraine by keeping its oil flowing. Now, after more than 3½ years of conflict, the gusher is slowly starting to peter out. The toll of the war and Western sanctions have ...

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2024, image taken from video, a U.S. Air Force F-16 operating under the direction of North American Aerospace Defense Command, conducts a routine intercept of a Russian Tu-95 ...

The United States and Canada scrambled multiple aircraft to track Russian military planes flying near Alaska on Wednesday. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said that its aircraft ...

In this Sept. 23, 2024, image taken from video, a U.S. Air Force F-16 operating under the direction of North American Aerospace Defense Command, conducts a routine intercept of a Russian Tu-95 ...

On September 21, 2025, in Fujian, China, a security video captures a pet tortoise navigating a stairway. In the video, the tortoise slowly makes its way down the stairs, then suddenly begins sliding ...

Estonia’s foreign minister described the flights, which lasted for an unusually long 12 minutes, as an “unprecedentedly brazen” intrusion. By Steven Erlanger Reporting from Warsaw Three Russian ...

U.S. fighter jets scrambled Wednesday to intercept four Russian warplanes off the coast of Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Thursday. NORAD said in a statement it ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that a Russian incursion into NATO airspace is “unacceptable,” only a few days after multiple Russian fighter jets entered Estonian airspace. “Important ...