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Finnish MP Paivi Rasanen was fined €1,800 over statements in a decades-old church pamphlet she had written · Paivi Rasanen testifies on "Europe's Threat to American Speech and Innovation," the US Capitol, Washington, DC, February 04, 2026. ©  Heather Diehl / Getty Images · [RT] The Finnish Supreme Court has found Christian Democrat MP and former cabinet minister Paivi Rasanen guilty of “insulting homosexuals” in a 2004 church…

The government of Kosovo has said it will back Trump’s so-called stabilization force in the Palestinian enclave · FILE PHOTO. Soldiers of the Kosovo Army during a simulation training on February 24, 2021. © Getty Images / Ferdi Limani · The breakaway region of Kosovo has approved sending troops to Gaza as part of a force proposed by US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, its prime minister, Albin Kurti, announced…

American forces are bound to face heavy losses, ex-officer and military commentator Stanislav Krapivnik has told RT · US President Donald Trump has deployed thousands of troops to the Middle East and said he wants to seize Iran’s foremost crude export hub, Kharg Island, to “take the oil.” However, such an assault promises heavy losses and a logistics quagmire for Washington, according to former US Army officer Stanislav Krapivnik. ·…

Moscow has given Kiev’s forces two months to retreat from Donbass, the Ukrainian leader has claimed · Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky © Getty Images / Militello Mirto;  NurPhoto · Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has claimed that Moscow has given Kiev two months to withdraw its forces from areas still under its control in Russia’s Donbass region. Zelensky made the comments ahead of…

In a rare backtracking, Israel caves to international pressure and admits it mishandled the situation at the Church of the Holy Sepulchure in Jerusalem. Police blocked a senior Catholic priest from holding Mass on Palm Sunday. Israel claims Yemen's Houthis have launched a drone attack on its territory. This follows the group announcing its decision to fully back Iran militarily. Ansar Allah's spokesperson tells us why. A Russian…

Russia has agreed to extend a contract on gas supplies to Serbia, according to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic · RT composite. ©  Getty Images / Marco Tacc;  Sputnik / Alexander Kazakov · Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, discussed energy security amid the ongoing Iran and Ukraine conflicts in a phone call on Monday, according to…

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…