It is as great a nightmare as any parent can face: you love the daughter you have raised, but you suddenly discover she is not yours.

The bear 'had wrong compass settings’ and came south, the first polar bear seen in city since 1970s.

The meteorite that crashed to Earth in the Urals was attacked by a UFO causing it to explode and shatter, it was claimed on Thursday.

Graham Vavangas collided with Scania tanker, say police in Yakutia.

Stunning pictures as shamans from around the world gather in Sayan Mountains.

Vlada Dzyuba, 14, was dreaming of catwalk stardom, but now her parents 'cannot afford to fly her body home' to bury her.

Bid to put Russian island on the world's surfing map.

Eyewitnesses speak of carnage after head-on collision with truck.

Scientific expedition on way to retrieve remains of Ice Age giant.