Category: News

US President Donald Trump has allowed his attorney general to declassify information about what prompted the Russiagate investigation – and ordered the heads of the intelligence agencies to cooperate with the reveal. Attorney General William Barr has been allowed to begin declassifying information related to the counterintelligence investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 election […]

A plane flying from Moscow to Crimea was forced to return after one of the passengers snapped, assaulting fellow travelers and crew. The rowdy passenger was injured in the rampage and died on the way to the hospital. The freak incident occurred on board of Red Wings flight WZ-307, shortly after it departed Moscow’s Domodedovo […]

The US trade war with China stems from the same strategy used on Mexico and Canada, and the recent end of metals duties for America’s allies could mean that the trade spat with Beijing is far from over, analysts have told RT. Washington announced its decision to remove tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from […]

Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon gave an impassioned account of what is driving the US war on Chinese tech firm Huawei… and trade has little to do with it. The US wants to destroy its competitor, for good. Bannon, often credited with putting Trump in the White House, said that driving Huawei out […]

The 28 EU member states, comprising some 512 million people will take to the polls to elect a total of 751 MEPs between now and Sunday, but what’s at stake and what can we expect? Elections for the ninth European parliament come at a critical juncture for European politics, with rising geopolitical tensions worldwide thanks […]

A plan by Libyan National Army commander Khalifa Haftar to wipe out “terrorists” has sparked concern in Moscow as it is unclear who is considered a target. It comes as the UN warns that Libya is on the verge of a new civil war. If Haftar genuinely seeks to free Libya from terrorists, he should […]

Tel Aviv is considering seeking help from “friendly” neighbors as the country was hit by an extreme heatwave and subsequent wildfires that have already destroyed dozens of houses and displaced some 3,500 people. Raging fires forced evacuation of several small towns in central Israel on Thursday. The blazes affected wooded areas between Jerusalem and Tel […]

A man sitting in a massive copper pot over a burning fire may sound like grim fairytale material. But it’s actually among the content on the YouTube channel of one Russian fundamentalist businessman. The man in the pot is scandalous Christian tycoon German Sterligov himself. He explained in the footage that this was a great […]

At least two people have been killed and 16 others injured as an explosion rocked a mosque full of people during Friday prayers in the Afghan capital Kabul, according to the interior ministry. “We have rushed ambulances to the blast site,” said a senior official in Kabul. “The mosque was filled with many men praying.” […]

The US government’s indictment of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange on 17 additional charges under the Espionage Act has shocked and horrified journalists who are calling it an unprecedented attack on press freedom. The new indictment claims Assange endangered the lives of individuals working for the US government when Wikileaks published leaked documents received from intelligence […]