US National Weather Service claims smoke haze from deadly inferno has crossed the Pacific.
Helicopter crash kills three including leader of expedition to find schooner lost in infamous 1914 tragedy.
Haunting beauty of massive hole as scientists examine frozen lake formed after giant blowout.
Ten fishermen were plucked to safety after their vessel - Chance-101 - sank 31 miles east of Svetlaya village, in Primorye region in the Russian Far East.
Mother-of-two buried alive in forest prepares to be transferred to another hospital for treatment to start.
Residents complain of 'severe carbon monoxide poisoning' as satellite images show blanket of smoke across eastern Siberia.
Vasily Yurchenko, 53, ousted after dossier of complaints sent to the president.
The Russian national carrier is examining a scheme to base a new air operator on its assets Vladivostok Avia and Sakhalin-based SAT Airlines.
Mystery over circumstances of crash when chopper was on 'unsactioned' flight.
Il-76 plane crashed while battling wildfires; Minister vows 'We will never forget them.'