Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.

Volunteers flooded the beaches to help with cleanup eventually prompting the federal government to step to help clean up thousands of tons of fuel oil.

Pet owners have been warned to keep their dogs on leads after pollution hit Aberafan Beach, in Port Talbot, Wales.

Rescue workers have successfully removed nearly 1,500 tons of oil from a stranded tanker involved in a significant oil spill ...

Any danger of the oil reaching Bulgaria is speculation, the tourism minister said. SOFIA - Following a significant oil spill ...

Activists say the spill - caused after two ships ran were battered by a storm - could cover an area of 400 sq km.

The Russian government declared a federal emergency in response to the oil spill. Cleanup efforts have involved around 8,500 ...

Russian officials say rescue workers have successfully removed almost 1,500 tons of oil stranded onboard a tanker that ran ...

Russians are ditching their summer holiday plans at popular Black Sea destinations because of an oil spill, while local ...

More than a month has passed since two two oil tankers began leaking thousands of tons of oil into the Black Sea after being ...

In the Black Sea, Russia is dealing with what experts in and outside Russia say might be the worst environmental disaster the country has seen this century. Thousands of tons of heavy fuel oil leaked ...

Emergency workers toiling to clean up an oil spill in the Black Sea have detected seven new slicks, a Russian official told ...