Tracers streaked across the night sky on Friday evening local time, reminiscent of celebrations on Tuesday following the departure of the last US airplane from Kabul. There were different reports as to the occasion, however, with RT’s senior correspondent Murad Gazdiev hearing both talk of victory in Panjshir and the …
Read More »Russia reveals it may recognize Taliban as Afghan authorities – but only after formation of government including minority groups
However, speaking to a press briefing, Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova explained that recognition wouldn’t be a cause for discussion until there is a real government in Kabul. “We stand for the formation of an inclusive coalition government in Afghanistan with the participation of all the country’s ethnopolitical forces, including national …
Read More »Scandal erupts as US softball coaching staff face investigation after member is accused of hushing student she ‘had affair with’
Working with a team known as ‘Hotty Toddy’, Katie Rietkovich Browder is a coach at the Ole Miss set-up who started a romance with a senior student-athlete behind the back of another senior teammate the player was dating, according to a report. After discovering text messages that alerted them to the tryst, …
Read More »WATCH: Firefly’s Alpha rocket EXPLODES minutes after liftoff in first-ever launch
Intended to reach orbit in its maiden voyage on Thursday, the Alpha rocket instead met a fiery end high above the Pacific due to an unspecified anomaly, Firefly confirmed in a tweet. According to a live feed of the launch, the explosion occurred around two and a half minutes after liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base …
Read More »2yo NYC boy among 40+ killed after Hurricane Ida remnants pummel US northeast with heavy rain, flash floods & tornadoes (VIDEOS)
The storm-related death toll reached at least 42 on Thursday, with 23 reported in New Jersey, 13 in New York, four in Pennsylvania and one in both Connecticut and Maryland – the latter victim just 19 years old. A 2-year-old boy was found dead in New York City, one among …
Read More »‘Go straight to hell’: Texas Republican blasts BOTH parties after amendment to DRAFT WOMEN is adopted
The Selective Service system currently requires men aged 18-25 to register for the draft. An amendment that would extend this to women as well was adopted in a 35-24 vote by the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday, as part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the bill …
Read More »‘To this day I can’t sleep’: Moazzam Begg, tortured in Bagram and Gitmo, talks to RT after 20-year US war in Afghanistan ends
Begg spoke with RT for the ‘Ghosts of War,’ a special project looking at the fallout of the US invasion and 20-year occupation of Afghanistan, which officially ended on Monday. Born in the UK to Pakistani parents, Begg had moved to Taliban-run Afghanistan with his family in July 2001. After …
Read More »4 reported dead after plane CRASHES into industrial building in central Connecticut, setting it ablaze (VIDEOS)
Farmington Police Department confirmed that a plane had crashed into a building on Hyde Road shortly after taking off from a nearby air field, and said in a tweet that emergency services were on the ground working to “evacuate the immediate area.” Four people were onboard the plane, reportedly a …
Read More »Afghan interpreter who ‘helped save Biden’ in 2008 pleads for rescue after being left behind
“Hello Mr. President: Save me and my family,” the Wall Street Journal quoted the man, whose name was given only as Mohammed, in an exclusive report on Tuesday. “Don’t forget me here.” Now 36, Mohammed was the interpreter for the 82nd Airborne force that was deployed from Bagram Air Field …
Read More »Billions from Biden: Ukraine expects a lump sum from US taxpayers this week but, after Afghanistan, the timing couldn’t be worse
The meeting, however, comes at the worst possible time. And it isn’t even really Ukraine’s fault. As even the staunchly pro-Maidan American-run media there have to admit, the mix of oligarchy, corruption and erosion of democracy has become embedded in the East European country. Eyeing re-election, Zelensky is clamping down …
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