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The secretary of state’s remarks come as Washington reportedly eyes strikes on nuclear sites and officials in the Islamic Republic *RT composite. © Getty Images / Bill Chizek; Chip Somodevilla* [RT] The US could strike Iran *“preemptively,”* Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said, while acknowledging that any attempt at regime change would prove difficult. His comments come as US President Donald Trump has stepped up…

Shahid Butt has urged his young supporters to knock their enemies’ “teeth out” *Shahid Butt speaks to the Core LIbrary podcast, 2025 © YouTube / Core Library* [RT] A convicted Islamist terrorist is running for local office in the British city of Birmingham. Shahid Butt has urged voters to overlook his past *“mistakes,”* which include conspiring to bomb the British consulate in Yemen. In an interview with Birmingham Live this week, Butt…

The Kremlin has not commented on the supposed ‘energy ceasefire’ *US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, January 29, 2026, in Washington. ©  AP Photo/Evan Vucci* [RT] US President Donald Trump has claimed that Russia will not attack targets in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities *“for a week.”* Trump said that the decision came after he *“personally asked”* Russian President Vladimir Putin to…

The bloc’s growing dependency on American LNG has sparked concerns amid fraying ties over Greenland *© Getty Images / Bill Chizek* [RT] The EU is seeking new gas suppliers as growing reliance on US-sourced liquefied natural gas (LNG) and deteriorating relations with Washington have raised concerns over energy security. The bloc has faced a surge in energy prices since reducing Russian oil and gas imports following the…

When Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced today that Judith Collins would become the next President of the Law Commission, he reached for familiar talking points about her “astute legal knowledge” and her service to the country. What he didn’t mention was far more significant: this marks the first time in the Law Commission’s 40-year history that a current serving politician has been appointed to lead this supposedly independent…

Wellington — Winston Peters has used the first sitting of Parliament in the 2026 election year to deliver a wide-ranging and combative address, sharply criticising the former Labour-Green Government’s economic record while positioning New Zealand First as a party of experience, delivery, and “real-world” governance. Speaking after opposition leaders’ contributions, Peters said the moment called for vision, credibility and confidence, but…

History leaves patterns. When money creation is examined not as an abstract theory but as a mechanism of power, a consistent record emerges — one rarely discussed in mainstream economics. Nations that attempt to reclaim monetary sovereignty, restrain debt-based banking, or challenge reserve-currency privilege tend not to be debated on their merits. They are pressured, isolated, destabilised, or destroyed. Neo-Piracy Preface — Part 3: When…

2019 heralded the start of a new era, but not perhaps the new age that many had hoped for. The advent of mass biotechnology has signalled a complete break with the past, not just the immediate past but virtually the whole of human history. Biotechnology cuts across every prior human relationship, cultural norm, political system, physiological mechanism and scientific concept. It does so by irrevocably altering the vehicle of human existence—the…

An AfD co-leader has stated the obvious – that pouring money into the Ukraine war is killing the German economy. But will anyone listen? https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/tarik-cyril-amar/*By****Tarik Cyril Amar****, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory*…

The second trilateral meeting will take place in Abu Dhabi later this week, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said *©  Getty Images/YuTphotograph* [RT] The next meeting between Russian, US and Ukrainian negotiators will take place on February 1, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Wednesday, marking a second round of trilateral contacts aimed at exploring a possible settlement to the conflict. Speaking to reporters in…