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The Israeli army says it will target Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s successors amid the ongoing war in the Middle East · FILE PHOTO. ©  Global Look Press / David Silverman · [RT] The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has threatened to assassinate anyone who replaces the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader. · Khamenei and several other senior Iranian officials were killed in the first wave of US‑Israeli airstrikes…

The Commission chief has used the Middle East escalation to question the global order and push for a more militarized security doctrine · European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. © Getty Images / Thierry Monasse · [RT] European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has failed to condemn the US-Israeli war on Iran, saying “there should be no tears shed for” Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who…

Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, · Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has condemned remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Budapest says amounted to a threat against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. · Responding to comments made during a press briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, Szijjártó said the statement was “beyond every limit” and reflected what he described as “the kind of ‘culture’ coming from Kyiv.” · “This is the…

The Russian president’s comment comes as Kiev has halted oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline, jeopardizing energy security in the bloc · ©  Sputnik/Kristina Solovyova · Russian President Vladimir Putin has likened the relationship between Ukraine and the European Union to “the tail wagging the dog,” saying that despite the aggressive behavior of the government in Kiev, Brussels keeps supporting it. · The Ukrainian…

Doing so is a “legitimate tool” to make Kiev resume oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, the Slovak prime minister has said · FILE PHOTO: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico. ©  Global Look Press / IMAGO · [RT] Bratislava is ready to block a planned EU loan for Ukraine if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is voted out of office in the upcoming election, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. It would be a…

The statement comes after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian apologized for strikes on Gulf countries · US President Donald Trump ©  Andrew Harnik / Getty Images · US President Donald Trump has released a new threatening statement to Iran, just hours after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian issued an apology for previous strikes on Gulf countries. · In a post on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, Trump claimed that…

The Ukrainian leader’s suggestion that his military should speak personally with the Hungarian prime minister “in its own language” has upset has backers in Brussels · Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky ©  Charles McQuillan / Getty Images · [RT] The European Commission has criticized Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky for threatening Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, calling his comments unacceptable. · Earlier this week, the…

Washington has rapidly warmed up to Caracas after kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro and forcing his administration to comply with US demands · FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump. ©  Global Look Press / Jim LoScalzo · [RT] The US has “formally recognized” the interim Venezuelan government, President Donald Trump has stated. He has also touted a new “deal” with Caracas on the nation’s gold. · Trump drastically changed his…

Ofer Cassif tells RT the war is driven by personal and political agendas, not real threats · As Israel and the United States press ahead with their sweeping military campaign against Iran, political consensus in Jerusalem appears nearly absolute. · In Israel, the war has drawn support across much of the political spectrum. Opposition leader Yair Lapid, long a fierce critic of Netanyahu, has embarked on a series of international…

Reza Pahlavi, who lives in exile in the US, has previously called on protesters to topple the Iranian government · Reza Pahlavi. ©  Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images · [RT] Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah, has told Russian pranksters that Europe should join the US-Israeli military campaign against the Islamic Republic. · Pahlavi, 65, who has resided in the US for decades, called on protesters to topple the…