Yemen ‘peace initiative’ still stands despite coalition airstrikes, Houthi rebels say

Follow RT on Yemen’s Houthi rebels said on Wednesday their offer to halt all attacks on Saudi Arabia still stands despite new airstrikes allegedly launched by a Arab-led coalition fighting the insurgents. Twenty-two civilians, including children, were killed in air raids earlier this week in Dhale and Amran provinces, according to the United Nations. The […]

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Japan sees China space activity, N. Korea missiles as threat – military

Follow RT on Tokyo has raised its caution level about North Korea’s missile capability, saying in a defense report that the country resumed missile tests while taking no concrete denuclearization steps and had succeeded in making miniaturized warheads, AP reported. The annual defense paper, approved Friday by the Cabinet, underscores Japan’s fear of being targeted […]

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Bangladesh plans to install barbed-wire fences around Rohingya refugee camps – minister

Follow RT on Authorities in Bangladesh will build barbed-wire fences around sprawling camps which house Rohingya refugees to stop their expansion, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Thursday. The fences were ordered by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, AP reported, citing the minister. The PM had previously told authorities to open the border to allow hundreds […]

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Khmeimim 2.0: Large-scale renovation at Russia’s airbase in Syria protects jets & allows deployment of even MORE (PHOTOS)

Follow RT on The Russian airbase in Syria has been boosted with hangars to shelter planes from drone attacks and a centralized fuel system, the Defense Ministry said. The upgrade will also allow for additional aircraft at the strategic base. While it can already be called a “first class airfield,” capable of accepting all types […]

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Schiff’s ‘re-telling’ of Trump phone call with Ukraine head gets mocked as ‘unhinged Orange-Man-Bad fan fiction’

Follow RT on With impeachment efforts against President Donald Trump resting on the content of a single phone call, who could blame Congressman Adam Schiff for embellishing the truth a little, all to sell his “Orange Man Bad” narrative. Though Trump released a transcript of the call in question on Wednesday, the Democrat-controlled House Intelligence […]

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Defiant Erdogan says Turkey will continue to buy oil & natural gas from Iran, despite sanctions – report

Follow RT on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said it’s “impossible” for his country to stop purchasing oil and natural gas from Iran, suggesting that Turkey will disregard a raft of US sanctions now imposed on Iran’s energy sector. Erdogan told reporters aboard his return flight from the UN General Assembly meeting in New […]

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