Some 600 Russian paratroopers were airdropped from several Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft at an altitude between 600 and 1,000 meters on Friday night, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The troops had to rely on night vision equipment during their training mission because they were descending in complete …
Read More »
Four large-scale demonstrations were scheduled in Paris for Saturday. Crowds of people marched through the streets in various parts of the city, surrounded by tight cordons of police officers wearing riot gear. The protesters were waving French national flags and holding placards that read: ‘health is not a business’. Some …
Read More »
Crowds of protesters gathered in Amsterdam’s Dam Square on Sunday, for a 7km (4 mile) march through the city’s canal-lined streets and back to the square, all in protest of the centre-right government’s coronavirus policies. Video footage showed a seemingly endless column of protesters marching along the route, with some …
Read More »
Hundreds of people forced their way into the Forum des Halles shopping center on Saturday, amid a nationwide string of demonstrations against the Covid-19 restrictions and mandates. The group was seen chanting ‘Freedom!’ inside the mall, which is partially underground and connected to the metro transit hub of Chatelet–Les Halles. To …
Read More »
Massive crowds flooded the streets of the French capital on Saturday. Several thousand demonstrators marched through the Boulevard Saint-Marcel in the southeastern part of the city toward the Place de la Bastille. People were holding placards that read ‘Stop’, chanting ‘Freedom’ and beating drums. Some of the protesters were seen …
Read More »
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 »
Twisters were spotted in multiple locations across New Jersey on Wednesday evening, with dramatic videos circulating on social media showing massive funnel clouds touching down. Extensive damage to homes was also seen in other videos making the rounds, as well as flooded streets in Hoboken. In the Big Apple, meanwhile, the …
Read More »
The final American plane left Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday night, just short of the August 31 withdrawal deadline. Taliban militants immediately took control of the airport, and RT’s war correspondent Murad Gazdiev got an exclusive look inside the abandoned hangars on Wednesday. US-made Black Hawk helicopters …
Read More »
“There’s a lot of gunfire,” RT’s senior correspondent Murad Gazdiev reported from Kabul in the early hours of Tuesday morning, speaking over the din of small arms popping off in the background. “This gunfire isn’t violent, there are no clashes – in the capital the Taliban are celebrating.” The raucous …
Read More »
Footage posted on social media from Sunday’s protest shows a police dog biting a man near the base of his neck while he’s being taken to the ground and arrested by at least three officers. In the video, the canine continued to maul the man for about 15 seconds, until …
Read More »