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  • EU sanctions against Russia ‘failed’ – US Treasury Secretary

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 5:13pm EST

    If something is done 19 times in a row, that means it is not working, Scott Bessent has said The restrictions Brussels has imposed against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict are ineffective, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told NBC News on Sunday. The official also criticized the bloc for pursuing the same strategy for 19 […]

  • Trump’s DOGE now ‘doesn’t exist’ – Reuters

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 4:04pm EST

    The federal cost-cutting agency’s functions and staff have reportedly been taken on by other sections of the US government The US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has quietly disbanded eight months ahead of its scheduled end, Reuters reported on Sunday. President Donald Trump launched the agency with much publicity soon after taking office in January, […]

  • World can go on without US – Canadian PM

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 2:40pm EST

    The “center of gravity” in the global economy is shifting, Mark Carney has said at the G20 summit in South Africa Washington should not overestimate its role in the international arena, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said, adding that a wide range of issues can be resolved without US involvement. The economic “center of […]

  • Russian envoy to US: Until Washington shifts policy, strategic dialogue can’t restart

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 11:45am EST

    Ambassador Alexander Darchiev discusses prospects for relations with the United States The indefinite postponement of the Russian-American summit, which was due to take place in Budapest, has led to suggestions that the momentum from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting in August with his US counterpart Donald Trump has already disappeared. Russian Ambassador to the United States […]

  • US and Russia to discuss Trump’s Ukraine peace plan – NYT

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 11:39am EST

    The proposal could “form the basis” of a culminating diplomatic settlement, President Vladimir Putin has said US and Russia are preparing to discuss Washington’s proposed peace plan for the Ukraine conflict, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing an anonymous official. Washington presented Kiev with the proposal last week, giving Ukraine until Thursday to […]

  • “We are almost there” on settlement of Ukraine conflict – Trump envoy

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 9:35am EST

    Washington’s proposed peace plan will yield an end to the hostilities, Keith Kellogg has said Washington is “very close” to helping broker an end to the conflict in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump’s envoy Keith Kellogg said in an interview with Fox News on Saturday, adding that Trump is determined to bring it to a […]

  • Ukranian corruption recap

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 9:29am EST

    In this recap episode of Moscow Mules we look back at all those times we told you that Kiev Nazis were banking your stolen money. Tune in – time to refresh your memory.

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  • EU defies Trump’s Ukraine peace deal

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 9:23am EST

    Brussels has put forward its own conditions for an end to hostilities The EU has reportedly rejected the Ukraine peace deal drafted by the White House, putting forward its own set of conditions for a potential agreement. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the announcement on Sunday as US officials were discussing Washington’s […]

  • Hamas accuses Israel of “fabricating” ceasefire end claims

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 7:09am EST

    Media earlier claimed the Palestinian militant group had told the US the truce with Israel was over  Reports that Hamas is ready to resume military operations in Gaza are fake, a member of the movement’s political bureau said on Saturday. He went on to accuse Israel of fabricating the claims.  According to earlier media reports, […]

  • Dan Driscoll: Who is Trump’s new special representative for Ukraine?

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 3:31am EST

    The US secretary of the army has abruptly delved into the Ukraine negotiations, apparently sidelining Keith Kellogg US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll has made an unexpected debut in the Ukraine conflict settlement process. He traveled to Kiev this week to present the Ukrainian leadership Washington’s proposed peace plan. RT takes a look at […]

  • Stores of stories? Gita Wirjawan, Former Indonesian Minister of Trade

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 1:46am EST

    “My way or the highway” seems like a very limiting and rather bare-knuckle ultimatum, but as the rivalry between China and the United States gathers momentum, it’s increasingly being pushed on nations in Asia and beyond. Where is the continent likely to pivot as the drive to both upset and benefit from its development intensifies? […]

  • US men charged with plotting to seize Caribbean island

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 1:23am EST

    The suspects reportedly planned to turn women and children in Gonave into sex slaves Two US men have been indicted for allegedly plotting an armed operation to take control of a Caribbean island, kill its male population, and enslave the women and children, US prosecutors have announced. According to the US Attorney’s Office for the […]

  • US peace plan thwarts EU attempts to use frozen Russian assets – media

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 12:54am EST

    Washington’s proposal jeopardizes the timetable for new financial aid promised by Brussels to Kiev, Handelsblatt has reported The US-drafted Ukraine peace plan could potentially “torpedo” the EU’s attempts to use frozen Russian assets to fund Kiev, the German newspaper Handelsblatt has reported. The European Commission has been seeking to issue a €140 billion ($160 billion) […]

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  • US pundit claims that Macron authorized her assassination

    RT - Nov 23rd 2025 12:32am EST

    Candace Owens is currently in a legal battle with the French president over her allegation that his wife was born a man US conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has claimed that French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte Macron, is a transgender woman, has alleged that he authorized her assassination. Owens, a popular YouTuber and podcaster, […]

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  • Major MAGA ally considers running for president – TIME

    RT - Nov 22nd 2025 4:34pm EST

    Marjorie Taylor Greene, labeled “a traitor” by President Donald Trump, has recently vowed to resign from Congress Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the hard-right Georgia Republican, has privately told her allies that she considers running for president in 2028, TIME wrote on Saturday, citing two people who have spoken with her directly. Earlier this week, she […]

  • British PM nearly faceplants ahead of G20 meeting (VIDEO)

    RT - Nov 22nd 2025 4:09pm EST

    Keir Starmer apparently tripped as he approached a group of business representatives in Johannesburg, South Africa UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has gotten off to a somewhat inauspicious start at the G20 summit in South Africa, almost tumbling face first into the floor. The gathering of leaders representing the world’s largest economies is taking place […]

  • Polish MPs call for moving Russian embassy

    RT - Nov 22nd 2025 2:50pm EST

    The lawmakers have cited a need to “secure the area around the Ministry of National Defense” The Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, has adopted a resolution calling for the Russian embassy in Warsaw to be relocated further away from the seat of the Defense Ministry, citing security concerns. The resolution passed on […]

  • ‘He can fight his little heart out’: Trump on potential Zelensky refusal

    RT - Nov 22nd 2025 1:34pm EST

    The US president has indicated the Ukrainian leader will be on his own if he rejects the peace plan currently being discussed US President Donald Trump has said Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky can “continue to fight his little heart out” should he refuse the proposed peace plan to settle the conflict with Russia. DETAILS TO FOLLOW

  • Russia to emerge ‘absolute winner’ in Ukraine conflict – EU country PM

    RT - Nov 22nd 2025 12:50pm EST

    European war hawks are to blame for the situation Kiev ended up in, Slovakia’s Robert Fico has said Russia is bound to emerge the “absolute winner” in the Ukraine conflict should US President Donald Trump’s peace plan be adopted, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.   The US presented Ukraine with its latest draft plan […]

  • Congress warns Clintons over Epstein case

    RT - Nov 22nd 2025 11:32am EST

    House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer has said any attempt by the ex-presidential couple to avoid subpoenas will constitute contempt of Congress US House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has demanded that former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State , testify before lawmakers about the late convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. He […]

  • EU seeks to rewrite Trump’s Ukraine peace plan – Bloomberg

    RT - Nov 22nd 2025 10:31am EST

    Kiev’s European backers are reportedly trying to disguise major changes to the plan as “constructive updates” Kiev’s backers in the EU are seeking to rewrite most of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine, Bloomberg has reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The US presented Ukraine with its new framework for ending the […]

  • Ukraine’s victory over Russia is a ‘fantasy’ – Vance

    RT - Nov 22nd 2025 10:02am EST

    Only “smart people living in the real world” could stop the fighting between Moscow and Ukraine, the US vice president has said US Vice President J.D. Vance has defended Washington’s plan for settling the Ukraine conflict, arguing that its opponents are wrong to think that increasing pressure on Russia could change the situation on the […]

  • Zelensky is sending a very important signal about Trump’s peace plan

    RT - Nov 22nd 2025 9:05am EST

    The Ukrainian leader has left all options open in response to the 28-point draft – and that is a sensation in itself It would be easy to misunderstand the 10-minute address that Ukraine’s leader Vladimir Zelensky released for his people and the world in response to the 28-point peace plan devised by Russia and the […]

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  • Brazil’s ex-president Bolsonaro detained by police

    RT - Nov 22nd 2025 7:50am EST

    The country’s former leader had been under house arrest in Brasilia appealing a conviction for plotting a coup Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who had been under house arrest in the country’s capital, Brasilia, has been detained by police officers, his lawyer has confirmed. DETAILS TO FOLLOW

  • Zelensky ‘will have to like’ American peace plan – Trump

    RT - Nov 22nd 2025 6:45am EST

    The US president has reiterated his earlier claim that Ukraine does “not have the cards” in the conflict with Russia Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky will have to agree to a Washington-drafted peace plan otherwise his country will have to keep fighting Russia through the “cold winter,” US President Donald Trump has said. Zelensky said on Friday […]