That’s according to the Russian embassy in Washington, which responded to a tweet by Wayne Marotto, the official military spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, the American campaign in the Middle East to defeat ISIS. Writing on social media, Marotto said that the US has a “clear mandate under international law” …
Read More »War never changes: Submissions open for RT’s 2021 Khaled Alkhateb International Memorial Awards for war journalism
The international competition, named in honor of Alkhateb, who was a regular contributor to RT Arabic at the time of his tragic death on July 30, 2017, is highlighting the perilous work of journalists in conflict zones for the fourth year in a row. The participants will compete in two …
Read More »Russia launches ‘Nauka’ multifunctional scientific lab module to International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome (VIDEO)
The launch, which took place at Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday afternoon, fired a Proton-M rocket into the sky, carrying the laboratory. Less than ten minutes after takeoff, Proton-M detached from the module, putting it into orbit. It is due to be docked to the Russian section of the ISS on …
Read More »#SOSUSA: American plea to international community for help achieving freedom becomes top political social media trend
Many of the posts were in response to videos of a Los Angeles Police officer shooting a protester in the face at close range with a rubber bullet and attacking other protesters with clubs. Several tweets from self-described American communists called on foreign leaders, including Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and …
Read More »Russia, Iran, and Turkey blast Israel for violating international law with Syria airstrikes
In a statement released on Thursday, the trio condemned Israel for continuing to carry out airstrikes in Syria, despite the actions endangering stability and security within the region. The three nations were meeting in Kazakhstan’s capital for the 16th round of the Astana Process talks, which have been held since …
Read More »Canada’s international image is a kind and gentle one. But internally, this Canada Day was a reminder of the nation’s dark history
Yesterday was Canada Day, a celebration of Canada’s confederation, which occurred on that same date in 1867. Usually, the federal holiday is a day of celebration and festivities. But this year, after the harrowing discovery of hundreds of indigenous children’s unmarked graves, for many the day became a day of …
Read More »With growing international pro-Palestinian support, illegal settlers may drag Israel into a war it cannot handle
Currently, roughly 700,000 illegal Israeli settlers live in the occupied Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem. Although Israel’s ever-growing settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT) are in violation of international humanitarian law, causing great strife in the United Nations, the state continues to support expansion activities in the OPT. …
Read More »China must allow another international probe into Covid-19 origin or face ISOLATION, Biden’s security adviser says
US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan issued a stern warning to China during an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. Asked whether Biden intends to insist that a potential second probe into the origins of the virus must be an “independent” investigation, Sullivan said that …
Read More »China scoffs at G7’s ‘international system’, says days when world was controlled by a ‘small group’ are over
Washington has described the Group of Seven summit in Cornwall, southwestern England, as an opportunity to reinforce the so-called “rules-based international system” – an assertion that China disputes. “We always believe that countries, big or small, strong or weak, poor or rich, are equals, and that world affairs should be …
Read More »More than 320 agreements to be inked at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
“To date, more than 320 agreements are being prepared for the signing at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum,” the CEO of the Roscongress Foundation, Alexander Stuglev, told Russia-24 TV channel.“These are agreements to be concluded between federal authorities and regions, between regions and companies of various kinds of investment …
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