Articles in ‘World News’

The US-Israel strikes against Iran could provoke a global economic crisis as well as a war in the Middle East · Smoke rises over the city center after an Israeli army launches a wave of airstrikes on Iran on February 28, 2026. ©  Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images · [RT] The US and Israel have launched a major attack in order to lay waste to much of Iran’s military as well as deny it the ability to build a nuclear…

A court ruling has suspended the top opposition party’s designation as a “confirmed right-wing extremist” group · Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leader Alice Weidel, Idar-Oberstein, January 6, 2026. ©  Harald Tittel / picture alliance via Getty Images · [RT] Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leader Alice Weidel hailed as “major victory” for the party and the nation a Thursday court decision that suspended its…

The British PM’s Labour Party came in third place in a constituency it’s held since the 1930s · Keir Starmer meets Labour Party members in London, UK, February 27, 2026 ©  Getty Images;  Stefan Rousseau · [RT] The UK’s Labour Party has lost a parliamentary seat it had held for almost a century to the Green Party in an embarrassing defeat for Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Labour is…

Both sides report progress but key differences remain, with technical negotiations set to resume in Vienna next week · Iranian delegation seen after the indirect talks between Iran and the US with Oman acting as mediator in Geneva, Switzerland on February 26, 2026. © Getty Images / 'IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / HANDOUT;  Anadolu · [RT] The US and Iran have concluded their third round…

The decision comes as a €90 billion package from the EU is still being blocked by Budapest · FILE PHOTO. ©  Global Look Press / Soeren Stache · [RT] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a new four-year loan for Ukraine, which is currently facing an acute budget deficit. A much larger sum offered by Brussels and backed by EU taxpayers remains blocked by Hungary’s veto. · The IMF has allocated $8.1 billion,…

No agreement will be made without Beijing, the American secretary of state has said · US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. © Getty Images / Janos Kummer · [RT] Any future nuclear arms control agreement must include China alongside the US and Russia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. He stated that Washington will continue pressing for trilateral talks with Beijing and Moscow. · The New START treaty, the last…

Should NATO provide Kiev nuclear weapons, it would provoke Russia and risk a wider conflict, Aleksandar Pavic has told RT · FILE PHOTO. © Getty Images / FPG · [RT] Nuclear weapons in Ukraine would be a “recipe for disaster” as it would risk sparking a wider war by provoking Russia, Serbian lawmaker Aleksandar Pavic has warned. · Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service alleged this week that France and the UK are plotting to…

On today’s Sanchez Effect, Rick asks why Trump has been driving up tensions across the Middle East. Could it be because of Israel’s influence? Rick thinks all the evidence points in that direction. · The second major topic is corruption in Ukraine. Today, he discusses the issue with the ideal guest: Vasily Prozorov, who was a high-ranking officer in the Ukrainian security services before the 2014 Maidan coup. He says that since…

A record 129 media workers lost their lives last year, most of them in Gaza, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found · FILE PHOTO. © Getty Images / Doaa Albaz;  Anadolu · [RT] A record 129 media workers were killed worldwide in 2025, marking the second consecutive annual high for such deaths, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported. The New York-based…

The UK and France are planning to smuggle nuclear materials or a warhead into Ukraine, according to Russian intel · FILE PHOTO. © Getty Images / Gerasimov174 · [RT] An alleged Franco-British plot to secretly provide Ukraine with nuclear materials or a warhead shows just how desperate European NATO member states are to “maintain relevance,” RT contributor Thomas Penn has said. · On Tuesday, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence…