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American forces reportedly fired a missile that disperses small tungsten pellets at the city of Lamerd · FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises after US-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Iran, on March 13, 2026. ©  Fatemeh Bahrami / Anadolu / Getty Images · The US struck a school and sports hall in the southern Iranian city of Lamerd with a ballistic missile previously untested in combat, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing its own…

Tyler Robinson’s defense team may use this argument in an attempt to get the charges against him dropped · Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, September 10, 2025 ©  Getty Images;  Trent Nelson · Investigators could not match the bullet that killed conservative influencer Charlie Kirk to the rifle used by his alleged assassin, lawyers for the suspect have…

Tehran has warned Kiev it would become a legitimate target if its involvement in the US-Israeli war continues, Farhad Ibragimov has said · A missile fired from a vessel during Iranian navy drill in the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean, August 21, 2025 ©  Masoud Nazari Mehrabi / Iranian Army via AP · An Iranian strike that reportedly destroyed a depot of Ukrainian anti-drone systems in Dubai served as a “slap in the face” to…

From selling out to the US to admitting green-power failures to aiding the war on Iran, the bloc is wearing out its knee pads at a record pace By Rachel Marsden, a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English. https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/rachel-marsden/rachelmarsden.com · European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ©  Kena Betancur / Getty Images · Hey, good…

Finnish MP Paivi Rasanen was fined €1,800 over statements in a decades-old church pamphlet she had written · Paivi Rasanen testifies on "Europe's Threat to American Speech and Innovation," the US Capitol, Washington, DC, February 04, 2026. ©  Heather Diehl / Getty Images · [RT] The Finnish Supreme Court has found Christian Democrat MP and former cabinet minister Paivi Rasanen guilty of “insulting homosexuals” in a 2004 church…

The government of Kosovo has said it will back Trump’s so-called stabilization force in the Palestinian enclave · FILE PHOTO. Soldiers of the Kosovo Army during a simulation training on February 24, 2021. © Getty Images / Ferdi Limani · The breakaway region of Kosovo has approved sending troops to Gaza as part of a force proposed by US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, its prime minister, Albin Kurti, announced…

American forces are bound to face heavy losses, ex-officer and military commentator Stanislav Krapivnik has told RT · US President Donald Trump has deployed thousands of troops to the Middle East and said he wants to seize Iran’s foremost crude export hub, Kharg Island, to “take the oil.” However, such an assault promises heavy losses and a logistics quagmire for Washington, according to former US Army officer Stanislav Krapivnik. ·…

Moscow has given Kiev’s forces two months to retreat from Donbass, the Ukrainian leader has claimed · Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky © Getty Images / Militello Mirto;  NurPhoto · Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has claimed that Moscow has given Kiev two months to withdraw its forces from areas still under its control in Russia’s Donbass region. Zelensky made the comments ahead of…

In a rare backtracking, Israel caves to international pressure and admits it mishandled the situation at the Church of the Holy Sepulchure in Jerusalem. Police blocked a senior Catholic priest from holding Mass on Palm Sunday. Israel claims Yemen's Houthis have launched a drone attack on its territory. This follows the group announcing its decision to fully back Iran militarily. Ansar Allah's spokesperson tells us why. A Russian…

Russia has agreed to extend a contract on gas supplies to Serbia, according to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic · RT composite. ©  Getty Images / Marco Tacc;  Sputnik / Alexander Kazakov · Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, discussed energy security amid the ongoing Iran and Ukraine conflicts in a phone call on Monday, according to…