Articles in ‘World News’

Donald Trump demands Iran open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours or face a sustained blitz against its power plants. As the three-week mark is passed in the war - scores of people in Southern Israel are wounded by retaliatory Iranian missiles on Saturday. In a potentially catastrophic attack - Iran's major port of Bushehr - home to a nuclear plant - is targeted. No damage is reported to the reactor itself - but civilian and oil…

If Washington proves willing to sacrifice cohesion for unilateral escalation, its allies will drift away just to protect themselves 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 · March 2, 2026, Tehran, Iran ©  Majid Saeedi / Getty Images* · [RT] What is unfolding around Iran is not only another Middle…

The art of diplomacy is relaying messages to your interlocutors in a polite manner, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has explained · FILE PHOTO: The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. © Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresenskiy · [RT] The Russian government does not resort to obscene language in contacts with other countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. · The Financial Times reported last week that French President Emmanuel…

Former chief of the FBI and ex-special counsel in the probe into alleged Trump-Russia ties, Robert Mueller, has passed away · FILE PHOTO. Robert Mueller. ©  Getty Images / Alex Wong · [RT] US President Donald Trump has gloated over the death of Robert Mueller, a key figure behind the Russiagate probe, stating he will no longer be able to “hurt innocent people.”  · Mueller, who led the Federal Bureau of Investigation…

Iran releases footage of its drones targeting Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv after Israel confirmed at least three planes were hit there. Even as it keeps bombing Iran, the US lifts sanctions on the Islamic Republic's oil shipments - for the first time in 30 years - in a bid to avoid a global market collapse. The illusion of Trans-Atlantic unity fades, as Donald Trump brands European NATO members 'cowards' for refusing to join his…

The auto giant’s profits fell by almost half in 2025  · © Getty Images / picture alliance / Contributor · The EU’s largest automaker, Volkswagen (VW), has announced that it will cut about 50,000 jobs in Germany, citing plunging profits, soaring energy costs and mounting trade pressures.  · In its annual report on Tuesday, VW said that net income nearly halved in 2025, falling to €6.9 billion (over $8 billion), its…

Over $430 billion has been spent to service the debt, which is approaching $39 trillion, the Congressional Budget Office states · © Getty Images / Greggory DiSalvo · [RT] The US government has borrowed some $1 trillion in the five months since October, adding to the ballooning federal deficit, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has reported. · The estimates have come amid media reports claiming that the US military…

Team Russia finished third at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy, and athletes were awarded state honors for their performance · Russia’s Anastasia Bagiyan and guide Sergey Sinyakin celebrate gold in the 20 km freestyle event at the XIV Winter Paralympics. © Sputnik / Yuri Kochetkov · [RT] Five Russian Paralympians have been added to the ‘kill list’ run by Ukraine’s state-backed Mirotvorets website, which publishes the…

Even the Ukrainian leader’s staunchest supporters have refused to give him a concrete date for membership · Vladimir Zelensky speaks to the press in Kiev, Ukraine, February 24, 2026 ©  Getty Images;  Danilo Antoniuk · [RT] Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has once again demanded a “clear date” for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. However, the prospect of Zelensky’s…

A recent missile attack on the Bushehr facility shows “flagrant disregard” for international safety principles, the head of Rosatom has said · The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. © Getty Images / Iran International Photo Agency · [RT] A missile strike just meters from an operational Iranian nuclear reactor shows “flagrant disregard” for international safety principles, Russia’s nuclear corporation, Rosatom, which…