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Russia has issued one of its strongest warnings yet about the future of the international order, arguing that the world is moving dangerously close to a global confrontation as the post-World War II security framework comes under increasing strain. By INR International Desk · Addressing the United Nations Security Council during a debate on upholding the UN Charter, Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia,…

A Colombian mercenary captured by Russian forces after being wounded in combat has spoken with his family for the first time since his detention, describing his decision to fight for Ukraine as the worst mistake of his life. William Andres Gallego Orozco’s relatives in Colombia learned he was alive after seeing an interview he gave to RT last month. Following the broadcast, family members reached out and contact was established, leading to an…

Russia carries out a series of massive strikes across Ukraine, deploying an arsenal of hyper-sonic missiles in retaliation for Kiev's terror attacks on Russia, of course Vladimir Putin had promised such a response. Outrage in Poland. · Vladimir Zelensky renames an elite military unit after a group that Warsaw considers responsible for the Volyn massacres of World War 2. While Donald Trump tries to broker a ceasefire between Hezbollah and…

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has condemned the French seizure of an oil tanker in international waters as “borderline piracy.” Paris had hailed the move as the enforcement of anti-Russian sanctions. The crude oil tanker Tago was boarded by French commandos in the Atlantic, with support from the UK and other countries, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday while presenting footage of the raid. · Macron claimed the vessel posed…

The UK authorities have denied The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur entry into the country days ahead of two events where he was due to speak, apparently over his repeated criticism of Israel. Uygur’s nephew, Hasan Piker, who is a left-wing political streamer in his own right, has said his British visa has also been revoked “at the behest of Israel.” On multiple occasions over the past few years, pro-Palestinian activists have accused the UK’s…

The General Court of the European Union has registered a Central Bank of Russia lawsuit against the European Parliament and the EU Council over the bloc’s €90 billion ($105 billion) loan to Ukraine. · The filing contests an EU mechanism adopted in February that allows proceeds from frozen Russian sovereign assets held in Europe to be used to repay a joint loan to Kiev, the central bank said. · Kiev’s Western backers froze about $300 billion in…

Breaking news on RT - Iranian media reports say Tehran has suspended negotiations with Washington in response to Israeli aggression in Lebanon. · It also follows another round of tit-for-tat strikes overnight between Iran and the US. As IDF bombs come crashing down, the death toll in Lebanon ratchets up. That's as the Israeli PM orders an attack on the capital city Beirut, despite the so-called ceasefire. · As Norway rips up a huge missile…

The Ukrainian military attacked Russia’s Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), puncturing a hole in the machine hall of one of the facility’s units, Aleksey Likhachev, CEO of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has said. The ZNPP – which has repeatedly been attacked by Kiev forces over the past years – came under a new attack on Saturday, with a fiber-optics-guided drone making it to the machine hall of the sixth power unit of the…

The US military has been covertly guiding vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks, The New York Times reported on Sunday, citing officials familiar with the matter. Iran closed the vital waterway, which previously handled around 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies, to ships from “hostile countries” in response to the US and Israeli airstrikes launched on February 28. Tehran later said that vessels from third…

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has compared the EU to the Roman Empire in its twilight years, arguing that Brussels is weakening the bloc through its economic, climate, and security policies. Babis returned to office in December after his ANO movement won 34.5% of the vote and 80 seats in the 200-member lower house of parliament. Since then, he has positioned himself as a leading advocate of national sovereignty, a reassessment of EU…