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  • Diligence vs intransigence? Kanwal Sibal, former Indian foreign secretary

    RT - Mar 30th 2025 5:52am EDT

    An Indian proverb has it that we can’t change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust the sails. Good navigation skills have always been useful in geopolitics, but in today’s stormy seas, the ability to adjust course seems particularly critical. How do nations manage it? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Kanwal […]

  • No firings over Signal leak – Trump

    RT - Mar 30th 2025 5:50am EDT

    The US president has said he still trusts National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth US President Donald Trump has said he has no plans to fire anyone after a journalist accessed a chat on the Signal encrypted messaging app in which senior members of the administration discussed military operations. On Monday, […]

  • Syrian leader announces new government

    RT - Mar 30th 2025 3:43am EDT

    A new 23-member cabinet has been formed four months after the ouster of former President Bashar Assad Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has announced the formation of a new 23-member transitional government in a bid to unify the war-torn country following the ouster of former President Bashar Assad. The cabinet includes representatives from various ethnic and […]

  • Ex-Italian PM reveals ‘secret mission’ for Zelensky

    RT - Mar 30th 2025 3:03am EDT

    The Ukrainian leader reportedly asked Massimo D’Alema to seek help from China and Brazil to prevent Kiev’s collapse Former Italian Prime Minister Massimo D’Alema has claimed that he undertook a secret diplomatic mission to Brazil and China on behalf of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky to garner international support, amid fears that Kiev would be abandoned […]

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  • Ex-Italian PM reveals ‘secret mission’ for Zelensky

    RT - Mar 30th 2025 3:03am EDT

    The Ukrainian leader reportedly asked Massimo D’Alema to seek help from China and Brazil to prevent Kiev’s collapse Former Italian Prime Minister Massimo D’Alema has claimed that he undertook a secret diplomatic mission to Brazil and China on behalf of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky to garner international support, amid fears that Kiev would be abandoned […]

  • Vance asked Trump to fire Waltz – Politico

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 8:53pm EDT

    White House dismisses ‘Signalgate’ as a smear campaign amid media reports of a push to oust the national security adviser Vice President J.D. Vance and other senior officials “gently offered” President Donald Trump to fire National Security Adviser Mike Waltz during a private discussion about the blunder in which Waltz accidentally included a reporter in […]

  • Russian FSB experts join Serbia ‘sonic weapon’ probe – Vucic

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 8:04pm EDT

    Belgrade has requested Moscow’s aid in investigating claims amplified by a Soros- and USAID-funded NGO A group of officers from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrived in Serbia and will spend at least a week investigating opposition claims regarding the alleged use of a “sonic weapon” during mass protests earlier this month, President Aleksandar […]

  • Russian FSB experts join Serbia ‘sonic weapon’ probe – Vucic

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 8:04pm EDT

    Belgrade has requested Moscow’s aid in investigating claims amplified by a Soros- and USAID-funded NGO A group of officers from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrived in Serbia and will spend at least a week investigating opposition claims regarding the alleged use of a “sonic weapon” during mass protests earlier this month, President Aleksandar […]

  • Judge blocks Trump from firing Voice of America staff

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 7:05pm EDT

    The president slashed federal funding to the US media arm described by his adviser as “a giant rot and burden to the American taxpayer” A US district judge has issued a restraining order against President Donald Trump’s effort to downsize the federal agency that bankrolls Voice of America, the WWII-era broadcaster later retooled by the […]

  • Judge blocks Trump from firing Voice of America staff

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 7:05pm EDT

    The president slashed federal funding to the US media arm described by his adviser as “a giant rot and burden to the American taxpayer” A US district judge has issued a restraining order against President Donald Trump’s effort to downsize the federal agency that bankrolls Voice of America, the WWII-era broadcaster later retooled by the […]

  • EU to reduce agricultural imports from Ukraine – AFP

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 12:54pm EDT

    The current “emergency” free-trade regime for Kiev is due to expire in June, according to Brussels The EU plans to scale down its imports of Ukrainian farm produce, the bloc’s commissioner for agriculture Christophe Hansen has told AFP. An “emergency” scheme that allowed Kiev to sell such goods to the bloc without any tariffs is […]

  • UK private school crest found on Ukrainian soldier killed in Russia (VIDEO)

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 12:47pm EDT

    The Gordonstoun coat of arms was emblazoned on the clothing of a paratrooper who died fighting Russian forces in Kursk Region Russian soldiers have discovered the crest of the prestigious UK school that taught Britain’s King Charles III on a Ukrainian fighter killed in Kursk Region, western Russia, RIA Novosti reported on Saturday. Gordonstoun is […]

  • US demands French contractors abandon DEI policies – media

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 11:44am EDT

    The French Economic Ministry has reportedly pushed back by saying that the values of the Trump administration were not those of Paris Washington has requested that French companies working for the US government end all their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in order to comply with the policies of President Donald Trump, media outlets […]

  • EU to reject Russia-US Black Sea deal – von der Leyen

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 10:57am EDT

    The economic restrictions are “painful” for Moscow and “represent a powerful lever,” according to the European Commission president The EU will not lift its sanctions against Russia for as long as the Ukraine conflict continues, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said. During talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday, Russia and the US […]

  • No alternative to NATO – ex-British PM

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 10:31am EDT

    Boris Johnson has urged European nations to increase defense spending Europeans should not be “deluded” that there is an alternative “defense pillar” to NATO, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. In an article in the Daily Mail on Friday, he argued that European countries should allocate more funds to defense. The Atlantic reported […]

  • Iran ‘doesn’t care’ about Trump’s ‘threats’ – senior commander

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 9:28am EDT

    Tehran is capable of retaliating against any enemy, according to IRGC Navy head Alireza Tangsiri Iran will not bow to US pressure to resume talks over its nuclear program, a top naval commander has said, stressing that Tehran is ready to strike back in the event of an American attack. In an interview with al-Mayadeen […]

  • Trump promises to protect Greenland from Russia

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 7:48am EDT

    Another threat faced by the autonomous Danish territory is Chinese expansion, according to the US president US President Donald Trump has promised to defend Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, from both Russia and China. Moscow has not expressed aggressive intentions towards the island and has repeatedly denied Western claims of planning […]

  • Amsterdam stabbing suspect from former Ukrainian region – police (VIDEO)

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 6:39am EDT

    A man who injured five people with knives came from Donetsk Region, Dutch media have said citing security sources Dutch police have revealed the identity of the suspect who seriously injured five people with knives in Amsterdam. Local media reported on Friday, citing security sources, that the suspect is 30-year-old Roman D., originally from Donetsk […]

  • Musk sells X

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 5:23am EDT

    The billionaire’s xAI artificial intelligence startup has acquired the social media platform Tech billionaire Elon Musk has announced that his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has acquired the social media platform X, which he also controls. The acquisition was confirmed in a Friday post on X, where Musk stated, “@xAI has acquired @X in an all-stock […]

  • Death toll from earthquake in Myanmar surpasses 1,000 (VIDEOS)

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 4:05am EDT

    The number of victims is expected to rise as rescue operations continue The death toll from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake which rocked Myanmar on Friday has reached 1,002, the state-run broadcaster MRTV has reported. The updated figures are from “all the earthquake-affected areas nationwide,” the broadcaster said on Saturday. According to an earlier report by Myanmar […]

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  • Trump assesses Ukraine conflict settlement

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 3:43am EDT

    The push for peace is yielding progress but “there’s a lot of ill will between the parties,” according to the US president US President Donald Trump has said that diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine conflict are gaining ground but warned that the opposing sides view each other with deep resentment. Speaking to reporters on […]

  • Miko Peled: the Israeli apartheid state must be dismantled to end the Gaza genocide

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 1:56am EDT

    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Miko Peled, Founder of the Palestine House of Freedom and grandson of a signatory to Israel’s creation in 1948. He discusses the full resumption of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, why Israel must be dismantled to end the killing of Palestinians, the Trump Administration’s move towards war with […]

  • EU ‘preparing for war’ – member state

    RT - Mar 29th 2025 12:03am EDT

    Brussels would do anything to avoid accountability for the billions of euros sent to Kiev, the Hungarian FM has said Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has accused Brussels bureaucrats of clinging to a “failed pro-war policy” in a desperate attempt to delay the moment when European taxpayers begin asking where the money spent on bankrolling […]

  • US State Department moves to formally dismantle USAID

    RT - Mar 28th 2025 10:32pm EDT

    All remaining staff reportedly received notices of imminent elimination The US State Department has formally notified Congress of its intent to “undertake a reorganization” that would effectively dissolve the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington’s primary funding channel for political projects abroad. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on Friday that while foreign assistance […]

  • Vance delivers Trump’s ‘message’ to US troops in Greenland

    RT - Mar 28th 2025 7:57pm EDT

    The vice president has defended the US commander-in-chief’s plan to bring the “extremely vulnerable” Arctic island under American “protection” US Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a forceful address to American service members at Pituffik Space Base in northwest Greenland on Friday, emphasizing the Trump administration’s determination to expand its permanent foothold on the Arctic island. […]