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Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for an “objective investigation” into a drone incident in Romania in which two people were injured. Moscow is ready to share its assessment if it is provided with either the debris of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or the data about it, he told journalists on Friday. A drone crashed into an apartment block in the eastern Romanian city of Galati near the Ukrainian border early on Friday. The…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to occupy 70% of Gaza, in violation of the US-brokered ceasefire deal between West Jerusalem and Hamas, which allows Israel to control no more than 53% of the enclave. The 2025 agreement, backed by a UN Security Council resolution, envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in exchange for Hamas disarming and relinquishing control of the territory. Instead, sporadic…

Vladimir Putin calls out Western media on its hypocrisy as they turn a blind eye to the Starobelsk massacre that killed 21 civilians instead reporting on how Kiev produces drones. · Moscow says Western actors are using a drone incident in Romania to shift attention away from Kiev's lethal UAV strike on a Donbass college campus. · RT hears exclusively from Russia's Ambassador to Romania who says Bucharest is resorting to manipulative…

Israel ramps up its military actions in Lebanon despite a shaky ceasefire being in place, striking the capital for the first time in weeks. · Tensions over the Strait of Hormuz boil, as the US warns nations could be exposed to sanctions if they quote - cooperate with Iran’s new Persian Gulf Strait Authority, which controls the critical waterway. · The Russian and Kazakh presidents put pen to paper on a construction agreement for the Central…

Senior figures within Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) are allegedly discussing the possible ousting of Chancellor Friedrich Merz due to his record-low approval ratings, according to German media reports. According to Bild, talks about potentially “swapping” Merz for another chancellor are reportedly taking place within the party’s top ranks, including among regional leaders such as Hendrik Wust of North Rhine-Westphalia, Boris Rhein…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the destruction of Gaza, warning that Muslims may soon teach him a “lesson.” Erdogan made the remarks during Eid al-Adha celebrations in his hometown of Rize, where he called for Muslim unity and putting pressure on Israel. · “What is happening in Palestine, in Gaza, gives us a special stance, a special vigil this Eid. God willing, this tyrant…

The US Department of Energy has selected a number of private companies as potential recipients of weapons-grade plutonium, including one where Energy Secretary Chris Wright served on the board before joining the administration of President Donald Trump. The US government holds roughly 50 metric tons of fissile material recovered from dismantled nuclear weapons at highly secure sites. The Trump administration said last year that it intended to…

Moscow’s UN envoy calls Kiev’s deadly strike on a college in the Lugansk Republic an act of vengeance against former citizens who chose to join Russia rather than Ukraine. · Brussels and several European nations summon Russia's envoys over Moscow’s recent warning of major retaliatory strikes on Kiev. We'll speak live to Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE on that. And the EU's top diplomat claims the bloc has always championed peace…

Russia says Ukraine's latest terror attack which left 21 students dead was the last straw, announcing it will now carry out a series of systematic strikes on Kiev's military industrial complex. · Russian Federal Security Service clearly lays out what's happening in Ukraine, saying the nation is being used as a testing ground for new types of warfare under a foreign flag. · Tehran says the US is violating the ceasefire, as Donald Trump…

The UK, France, Spain, Italy, and Canada have rejected a proposal for NATO member states to spend 0.25% of their GDP on military assistance to Ukraine, The Telegraph has reported. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte was hoping that mandatory funding for Kiev would be approved at the bloc’s summit in Ankara, Türkiye on July 7-8, The Telegraph said in an article on Sunday. · A NATO insider told the paper that Britain, France, Spain, Italy, and…