Articles in ‘World News’

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio used his first major address at the Munich Security Conference to argue that the West is facing a civilizational crisis driven not by external enemies alone, but by decades of self-inflicted policy failures. His core message was that decline is a choice, not an inevitability — and that the United States under President Trump intends to reverse it, preferably in partnership with Europe. 1. The post-Cold War…

The bloc should move away from overreliance on US security guarantees, the UK prime minister has said · UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. © Getty Images · [RT] European NATO members must move from “overdependence” on the US and toward more autonomy and “hard power,” UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said. This comes as Washington has pressed the rest of the bloc to increase defense spending, and amid a transatlantic rift on a number of…

Kiev’s fight against Russia allows the Hungarian prime minister to “grow his belly” instead of an army, the Ukrainian leader has claimed · Vladimir Zelensky. ©  Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images · [RT] Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has launched yet another personal attack on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, telling him that thanks to Kiev, he could “think about how to grow his belly” instead of building a capable army. The…

Mark Rutte made the remarks at the Munich Security Conference as he sought to justify continued assistance to Kiev · NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) speaks during a joint panel with Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky (R) at the Munich Security Conference, on February 14, 2026. ©  Global Look Press / Michael Bihlmayer · [RT] NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said he had a conversation with a dog during his latest trip to…

The US president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will once again join Washington’s delegation · RT composite. ©  Getty Images/Oleksii Liskonih;Tasos Katopodis;Craig Hudson · Washington’s delegation at the trilateral Russia-US-Ukraine talks in Geneva next week will include American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing a source briefed on the matter.…

Looks like there’s a new main villain supercharging Brussels’ tax-and-spend narrative 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 - ©  Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images · [RT] During the Vietnam War, US National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger concocted the ‘Madman Theory’. The…

The Ukrainian leader prefers indefinite conflict to what he views as a “bad” peace deal, according to a report in The Atlantic · Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. ©  Harun Ozalp / Anadolu via Getty Images · [RT] Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has claimed Kiev is “not losing” to Russia even as the fighting is taking an increasingly heavy toll, The Atlantic reported on Thursday. · The journalist,…

Frank Bergman · Newly released Justice Department documents are raising disturbing new questions about Jeffrey Epstein, as records have revealed a large sulfuric acid purchase for his private island on the very same day that the FBI launched its federal trafficking investigation into the convicted child predator. · According to receipts and internal emails contained within millions of files released on January 30, Epstein arranged…

The shift to a new global order will have to be fought for, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said · Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova talking to RT journalists. ©  RT · [RT] The future belongs to the multipolar world, but building it will not come without a struggle, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. · During an interview with RT on Thursday, dedicated to…

Berlin should pressure Kiev to agree to peace instead of issuing it with blank checks, Sahra Wagenknecht has said · FILE PHOTO: Sahra Wagenknecht addressing a BSW party congress. © Getty Images / Jens Schlueter · [RT] The German government is wasting taxpayers’ money by continuing to fund Ukraine, veteran politician Sahra Wagenknecht has said. · European nations have largely compensated for the sharp reduction of American…