Nonetheless, Eisenhower signed legislation making Alaska a state on July 7, 1958. On January 3, 1959, Alaska was officially admitted as the 49th state. That same year, Hawaii would become the 50th.

Vladimir Solovyov called for the U.S. state's return to Russia after Russian military aircrafts recently entered international airspace close to Alaska.

The territory once belonged to Russia but was sold to the US in 1867. Vladimir Putin has previously said this sale was "illegal" and wants the land back.

In a controversial statement aired on Russian state television, Vladimir Solovyov, a prominent TV host and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, called for the return of Alaska to Russia. The remark,

Former national security adviser Robert O’Brien said in a Sunday interview that Denmark should let the U.S. “buy” Greenland if it cannot defend the self-governing country, noting the territory

NORAD dispatched four F-16 fighters, an air tanker and an electronic surveillance plane to intercept the aircraft.

The findings are unique because the mammoth's head and trunk survived all these years. The trunk typically thaws first and is eaten by birds.

Russia said Sunday that Ukraine had launched a "counterattack" in the western border region of Kursk, where Kyiv's forces began a shock ground offensive last August.

The head of the North American Aerospace Defence Command says Chinese and Russian air co-operation in the Arctic has Norad's 'full attention.'

Vladimir Solovyov, a Russian TV host and known associate of Putin, has sparked controversy by suggesting that Alaska should be returned to Russia. During a recent broadcast on state-run media ...

Alaska once belonged to Russia. In 1867, it was sold to the United States after then-President Andrew Johnson signed the Alaska Treaty. It gained the status of a state on January 3, 1959.

The Arctic recently made headlines after Donald Trump repeated his desire to buy Greenland. Trump cited national security interests, but for many the territory's vast mineral wealth is the main attraction. Yet economic development elsewhere in the vast polar region has ground to a halt.