Troops and government ministries checked 'for fulfilling tasks under wartime conditions'.

Mammals were being readied for sale to aquariums in China, but now are to return to wild after public campaign.

Siberia's colossal resource potential is a great competitive advantage that needs to be skilfully deployed.

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.

Think Thailand, and probably schools are not the first thing to come into your head.

The large bear falls on its back and waves paws in the air in exact copy of the whale’s moves.

With oil prices so high, people might sympathise with the man who dug a 60 metre tunnel to obtain his own supply.

Nicknamed Forrest Gump, he completes a 9,905 kilometre odyssey braving temperatures as low as minus 48C on his 18 month adventure.