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The bloc’s economic situation was dire even before the shocks of the Iran war, and yet it doubles down on supporting the US and Israel ByTarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of…

Chronic manpower shortages have pushed Kiev into forced mobilization, which is growing increasingly brutal · © Getty Images / Libkos / Contributor · [RT] Fewer than one in ten Ukrainians joining the country’s armed forces are doing so voluntarily, making it impossible to abandon forced mobilization, a senior Kiev lawmaker has acknowledged. · The general call‑up of able‑bodied men aged 25 to 60 has not been enough to cover…

The state should work to save marriages, instead of simplifying their termination, Natalya Moskvitina has said · A young woman looks at the stand of Gosuslugi at an exhibition in Moscow. © Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev · Russians currently have the option of filing for divorce online. However, Natalya Moskvitina, the deputy head of the Public Chamber’s Demography Commission, insists that breaking up should be harder to do. ·…

Sharing footage of attacks can lead to a prison term, hefty fines or deportation under the Gulf state’s laws · FILE PHOTO: Police cars in Abu Dhabi, UAE. © Getty Images / Cedric Ribeiro · Forty-five people of various nationalities have been arrested for sharing videos of Iranian missile and drone strikes on the UAE, police in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi have confirmed. · Iran has extensively targeted American bases and…

The US, Hungary and Fiji are supporting West Jerusalem, while over a dozen others back South Africa’s lawsuit · Gaza. © Getty Images / Anadolu / Contributor · Several more states have moved to take part in the Gaza genocide case at the UN’s top court, deepening international divisions over Israel’s military campaign in the Palestinian enclave, according to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). · The case, brought by South…

Tehran may engage in self-defense against Kiev over its “drone support” for Israel, a senior legislator says · FILE PHOTO. A Shahed-136 kamikaze drone on display during a rally Tehran, Iran. ©  Getty Images / NurPhoto / Morteza Nikoubazl · [RT] Ukraine has become a party to the war launched by the  US and Israel against Iran, senior Iranian MP Ebrahim Azizi has said, threatening potential retaliation against Kiev. · The…

At least 23 Russian civilians have been killed in Ukrainian strikes, some using Western-supplied Storm Shadow missiles · A view of the hospital in Donetsk People’s Republic struck by Ukrainian drones on March 10, 2026. ©  Administration of the Donetsk People's Republic · [RT] Ukraine has launched a series of deadly attacks on Russian territory, using  Western-supplied weapons and targeting data from its backers while the…

Contacts with the Trump administration come as nationwide blackouts deepen following Washington’s oil restrictions and the Iran war · Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel. © Getty Images / Horacio Villalobos / Contributor · [RT] Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has confirmed that officials in Havana are holding talks with the administration of US President Donald Trump, as the island grapples with a deepening energy crisis…

The paperwork should reflect the person’s “lived gender” rather than their biological sex, the European Court of Justice has decided · FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators carrying transgender flags. © Getty Images / Vuk Valcic · [RT] EU member states are obliged to amend the data on gender in the identification documents of citizens who have undergone a sex change, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. · The…

The continued US-Israeli attack on the country with a population of 90 million could lead to a mass exodus, a research study has warned · Civilians stand amid the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by US and Israeli strikes in Tehran, Iran, March 12, 2026. ©  Majid Saeedi / Getty Images · [RT] Most Iranians fleeing the war, should the US and Israel choose to continue their aggression, would likely head for Germany, a…