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There has been a 650% increase in the number of trained exorcists in the country, Father Chad Ripperger has said · FILE PHOTO. © Getty Images / D-Keine · The demand for exorcisms in the US has skyrocketed in recent years, leading to a significant increase in the number of priests trained to perform the ritual, a leading Catholic exorcist has revealed.  · Speaking to the New York Post, Father Chad Ripperger of the…

Stewart Battle- EIRNS - Iran has now caused many of America’s military bases in Southwest Asia to become “uninhabitable.” Credit: CC/Tasnim News Agency/Amin Ahouei · As the Iran War continues to play out, it has revealed fundamental and irrevocable cracks in today’s global order. Iran continues to defy the illegal and unprovoked U.S.-Israeli war, launched at the height of negotiations, with no indication that it is on the brink of…

In this episode of Moscow Mules, Chay Bowes and his crew ask if “Getting rid” of the Iranians was the aim, and question whether NATO will go first. · The “Winning” keeps coming as the latest US war rolls on. · Iran keeps (inconveniently) fighting back (how dare they) and the victory timelines are shifting. · And a lone green goblin begs for attention.

Breaking news on RT. Rage spreads across the catholic world, as Israel blocks top clerics from holding Palm Mass inside the iconic Church of the Holy Sepulchure. Church leaders say this sets a 'grave precedent' in the Holy Land. IDF Forces kill three journalists in Southern Lebanon. Israel confirms it was a targeted strike - linking one of the slain reporters to Hezbollah. Beirut calls the attack a 'war crime'. The one-month stage…

Karol Nawrocki has criticized the union’s energy and migration policies that “go against common sense” as well as “ideological projects” · Polish President Karol Nawrocki delivers a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, US, March 28, 2026. ©  AP Photo / Gabriela Passos · Polish President Karol Nawrocki has said the EU “needs urgent repair” and criticized self-defeating energy and…

America steps back, and the Alliance starts to wobble · https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/dmitry-trenin/By Dmitry Trenin, a research professor at the Higher School of Economics and a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He is also a member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/dmitry-trenin/ https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/dmitry-trenin/RIAC · US…

Any attempts to fast-track Ukraine’s bid to join the EU will also be blocked if the issue is not resolved, PM Robert Fico has warned · FILE PHOTO. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. ©  Getty Images / Thierry Monasse · Bratislava will veto the EU’s proposed 20th package of sanctions against Russia, as well as derail any attempts to simplify the potential accession of Kiev into the bloc, should Brussels continue to favor…

Washington’s overtures concern the Ukraine peace process that has effectively been on hold since February, according to Yuri Ushakov · Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov. © Sputnik / Kristina Kormilitsyna · The US has made “interesting offers” to Russia regarding the Ukraine peace process, although it has effectively been paused in recent weeks, President Vladimir Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov has said. ·…

A man claiming to be a US national managed to prevent a violent mobilization episode in western Ukraine · ©  Social media · A man claiming to be a US national managed to stop a violent forced mobilization attempt in Ukraine by merely announcing he was an American, footage circulating online suggests. · The video, said to have been taken in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv and showing yet another incident in the…

Moscow has said it will not allow Kiev to possess nuclear arms under any circumstances · Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky speaks to journalists in Kiev, on September 27, 2025. ©  Ed Ram/Getty Images · Vladimir Zelensky has demanded that Kiev’s Western backers either admit Kiev to NATO or supply it with nuclear weapons, arguing that nothing less can protect Ukraine against a nuclear-armed Russia. · In an interview with French…