Brits expecting a gentle glide into the warm embrace of spring are in for a frosty shock - a staggering cold snap is eyeing the UK, poised to deliver an unexpected snowy surprise across vast regions.

Brits are bracing for a surprise snowfall in the coming days, with large parts of the UK set to be blanketed just as many were enjoying the milder spring weather. Weather experts at WXCharts have ...

The two countries have never formally formed a peace treaty following the war due to Japan's claim to the four southernmost islands of the Kuril chain of islands, which were captured by the Soviet ...

This is stated in the annual report on diplomacy of the Japanese Foreign Ministry published today, April 8, entitled "Blue Book", which reintroduced the wording about the "illegal occupation" of the ...

"The government will continue to adhere to the policy of resolving the issue of ownership of the four northern islands (b.r. - this is how Japan calls the Russian southern Kuril Islands) and ...

The archipelago, known in Russian as the Kuril Islands and in Japanese as the Northern Territories, lies off the northeast coast of Japan.

Russia said today it had outlawed a Japanese group calling for the return of a disputed island chain annexed by Moscow during World War II, amid simmering tensions with Tokyo. The archipelago ...

Out on the tiny islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, locals spent the past few days trying to get to the bottom of a perplexing mystery: Who sold so much stuff to a buyer or buyers in the U.S. that ...