Articles in ‘World News’

Lebanese Hezbollah, Iraqi armed groups and the Houthis in Yemen are helping the Islamic Republic widen the conflict and raise its costs By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow). https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/murad-sadygzade/Telegram · ©  Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Getty Images · The war’s second ‘ring of fire*’ is no longer forming around Iran. It…

In this episode of RT’s Sanchez Effect Rick exposes the Israeli government’s anti-Christian sentiments and how US officials are bowing to Israeli lobbyists despite that fact. There’s no better guest to help us do it than former Miss California and current conservative activist Carrie Prejean Boller. She has faced religious and lobbyist pressure herself, with the Trump administration asking her to resign from the religious freedom…

British and Australian citizens are paying the price for a war that their leaders refuse to condemn · https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/rt-newsroom/ By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/rt-newsroom/ ·…

Russian forces declare the Lugansk Republic fully liberated after securing two more towns in the Zaporozhye and Kharkov regions. Warehouses ablaze. Three drones target a major British oil company’s stock in Iraq - it comes as Tehran declares American tech firms in the region to be legitimate targets of war. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches a new wave of massive strikes at Israeli military sites, while Netanyahu is convinced the…

In this episode of RT’s Sanchez Effect Rick discusses the Iran war with Trita Parsi, co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Amid news and speculation about a possible US ground invasion of Iran, Parsi says it would be a disastrous mistake for Trump because right now, he still has the backing of many Americans, with Fox News and legacy media ‘misinformation’ helping him. · However, …

No help from the US. As Washington's war on Iran sends shockwaves across the global energy market.. Donald Trump tells oil-poor nations to buy pricey American Petrol, or attack the Strait of Hormuz themselves. Israeli hardliners celebrate the passing of a hugely controversial bill that green-lights the hanging of those convicted of carrying out deadly terror attacks in West Bank. Critics say the law discriminates against…

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…