Russia’s air defenses destroyed more than a dozen incoming Ukrainian drones approaching the capital overnight, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has said. The country’s Defense Ministry reported over 150 interceptions across multiple regions. The intercepts occurred in the Bryansk, Oryol, Kaluga, Rostov, Tula, Kursk, Smolensk, Voronezh, and Moscow regions, with at least 158 hostile …
Read More »India calls out double standards after EU slaps sanctions on Moscow
India has firmly distanced itself from the European Union’s latest round of sanctions targeting Russia and, indirectly, India’s own energy interests. In a statement on Friday, the Ministry of External Affairs said New Delhi “does not subscribe to any unilateral sanction measures” and is a “responsible actor” in the global …
Read More »Trump sues Rupert Murdoch
US President Donald Trump has filed a libel lawsuit against billionaire Rupert Murdoch and his media empire over an article in the Wall Street Journal that claimed he sent a lewd birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. The suit, filed Friday in federal court in the Southern District of …
Read More »Largest Martian meteorite breaks auction record
The largest Martian meteorite ever sold fetched a record-breaking $5.3 million at an auction in the United States, according to a statement published by Sotheby’s on Wednesday. Weighing 24.67 kilograms, the rock called Northwest Africa 16788 (NWA 16788) is a fragment that broke off the surface of Mars after an …
Read More »Patrice Lumumba’s struggle was global, not just African – daughter
Patrice Lumumba’s fight for justice and freedom went beyond Africa and had a global impact, his daughter Juliana has told RT in an exclusive interview. The former minister of culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo emphasized that her father’s fight became – both for the Soviet Union and …
Read More »US Patriots struggling against Russian weaponry in Ukraine – WSJ
US-made Patriot air defense systems, long hailed as a cornerstone of Western military aid to Ukraine, are now struggling to intercept advanced Russian ballistic missiles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources. One unnamed Ukrainian official told the outlet that Russian ballistic missiles have become more maneuverable, allowing …
Read More »Tulsi Gabbard releases ‘overwhelming evidence’ of Obama coup plot against Trump
Former President Barack Obama’s administration deliberately manipulated intelligence to frame Russia for interfering in the 2016 presidential election, according to newly declassified documents released on Friday by America’s Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Gabbard unveiled more than 100 pages of emails, memos, and internal communications, which she described as …
Read More »Pakistan recommends Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
The Pakistani government has formally recommended US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his mediation efforts in ending the recent military conflict between Islamabad and New Delhi. India, however, insists Trump played no role in de-escalating the tensions. Relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors escalated in …
Read More »Where China stands on the Israel–Iran conflict
Israel is once again redefining the rules of engagement. Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Tel Aviv has carried out attacks on Iran with little regard for international law or global opinion. Framing these strikes as preemptive measures against Iran’s alleged nuclear ambitions, the Israeli government is echoing the same kind …
Read More »Western use of interest from Russia’s frozen assets is theft – top banker to RT
The use of the interest generated by Russian assets frozen in the West amounts to theft, Andrey Kostin, the CEO of major Russian lender VTB, told RT on Saturday on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Kostin condemned the actions of the West, the EU in particular, …
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