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  • EU won’t succeed where Hitler and Napoleon failed – Italian deputy PM

    RT - Dec 16th 2025 8:17am EST

    Western sanctions have backfired, instead worsening the bloc’s own economic crisis, Matteo Salvini has said The European Union will not succeed in bringing Russia “to its knees” where Adolf Hitler and Napoleon failed, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has said, arguing that sanctions meant to weaken Moscow have instead backfired on Western economies. Western […]

  • Australian PM dismisses Netanyahu’s accusation over massacre

    RT - Dec 16th 2025 5:36am EST

    Anthony Albanese has insisted there is no link between Canberra’s recognition of Palestine and the Bondi Beach attack Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that Canberra’s policies were to blame for a deadly attack on a Jewish holiday gathering near Sydney. Two Islamist gunmen killed 15 people and […]

  • Trump sues BBC for $10 billion

    RT - Dec 15th 2025 9:48pm EST

    The US president accuses the British broadcaster of attempting to influence last year’s election President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC, accusing the British state broadcaster of doctoring video of his January 6, 2021 speech to make it appear he incited violence at the US Capitol. The lawsuit, filed […]

  • Kiev’s NATO backers outline plan to send troops to Ukraine

    RT - Dec 15th 2025 8:18pm EST

    European leaders expect the US to support their “multinational force” EU and UK leaders have outlined their vision for peace in Ukraine, including the deployment of a European-led multinational military force with US-led ceasefire “monitoring” teams, and the “regeneration” of Kiev’s own army – all potentially funded by frozen Russian assets. Following talks in Berlin on […]

  • Kiev ‘already lost territory’ – Trump

    RT - Dec 15th 2025 6:16pm EST

    Ukraine peace deal is “closer than ever,” President Donald Trump believes US President Donald Trump has said he had a “very good conversation” with European leaders and also spoke directly with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in recent days, as part of efforts to get all sides of the Ukraine conflict “on the same page.” […]

  • Gaza buildings at risk of collapse – officials

    RT - Dec 15th 2025 4:29pm EST

    Deaths already suffered as war-damaged homes continue to crumble in winter weather, local authorities told media War-damaged buildings in Gaza are at risk of collapse due to severe winter weather, threatening to claim more lives and complicating ongoing recovery efforts, local officials told media. Heavy rain and strong winds have caused already weakened structures to […]

  • Top German carmaker gears up for first domestic production closure

    RT - Dec 15th 2025 2:25pm EST

    The closure of Volkswagen’s Dresden plant comes as the company buckles under cash flow pressure amid rising energy prices and other headwinds Germany’s largest automaker, Volkswagen, is set to cease production at its Transparent Factory in Dresden on Tuesday, several media outlets have reported. Rising energy prices coupled with weak sales and US tariffs have […]

  • EU state offers to cover costs incurred by Hungary for cutting energy ties with Russia

    RT - Dec 15th 2025 12:19pm EST

    Estonia could help Budapest pay penalties for terminating contracts with Moscow, President Alar Karis has suggested Estonia could help Hungary pay contractual penalties if Budapest cuts energy ties with Moscow, the Baltic country’s president, Alar Karis, has suggested. A number of EU countries have criticized Hungary for continuing to import Russian oil and gas despite […]

  • Western Europe ‘boycotting’ Ukraine peace process – Italian deputy PM

    RT - Dec 15th 2025 10:26am EST

    Leaders under pressure at home are shifting their problems onto the world stage, Matteo Salvini has said Europe is obstructing efforts to reach a Ukraine peace deal because leaders facing trouble at home are shifting their political problems onto the international stage, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has said. Speaking to reporters over the […]

  • Russia offers education at the source of world culture

    RT - Dec 15th 2025 8:48am EST

    Look around you. Music, cinema, theater, books – everything that surrounds us and makes us feel is created by people of art. For centuries, this creative energy in Russia has maintained its artistic depth and been passed from master to student. This is the land of Pushkin and Chekhov, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, […]

  • Russia offers international students a pathway to medical excellence

    RT - Dec 15th 2025 7:31am EST

    Doctors save lives every day. It is a high-responsibility profession that requires high-quality education, hands-on practice, and strong mentors. The Russian medical school combines a rich history with modern technologies. Students from all over the world come to Russia to pursue their dream of becoming doctors. For example, the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) […]

  • EU threatening US interests with plan to steal Russian assets – Putin envoy

    RT - Dec 15th 2025 4:45am EST

    The proposed Ukraine “reparation loan” would undermine the American-designed global financial system, Kirill Dmitriev has warned European leaders seeking to finance Ukraine using frozen Russian funds are eroding the international financial system, which was built around US interests, a senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The EU wants to issue Kiev a […]

  • Netanyahu blames Australian govt for deadly Hanukkah attack

    RT - Dec 15th 2025 4:30am EST

    Backing Palestinian statehood has stoked anti-Semitism, the Israeli prime minister has claimed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has linked Australian government policies to the deadly attack on a Jewish gathering in Sydney at the weekend, claiming that Canberra’s support for Palestinian statehood has fueled domestic anti-Semitism. Two gunmen killed 15 people and wounded dozens of […]

  • CrossTalk Bullhorns: Impossible peace

    RT - Dec 15th 2025 1:15am EST

    Why is Trump powerless to compel Kiev and the Europeans if he claims they have no cards to play? Also, NATO throws down the gauntlet. Its secretary-general promises a World War II-style conflict on the European continent. CrossTalking with Mark Sleboda and George Szamuely.

  • US military plane nearly collides with passenger jet near Venezuela – media

    RT - Dec 14th 2025 10:40pm EST

    A refueling aircraft with its transponder reportedly off flew dangerously close to a JetBlue airliner A passenger airliner nearly collided mid-flight with a US military aircraft near the Venezuelan coast on Friday, the Associated Press and the New York Times reported, citing radio communications and flight tracking data. The incident occurred amid a US naval […]

  • US military plane nearly collides with passenger jet near Venezuela – media

    RT - Dec 14th 2025 10:40pm EST

    A refueling aircraft with its transponder reportedly off flew dangerously close to a JetBlue airliner A passenger airliner nearly collided mid-flight with a US military aircraft near the Venezuelan coast on Friday, the Associated Press and the New York Times reported, citing radio communications and flight tracking data. The incident occurred amid a US naval […]

  • Father and son identified as suspects in attack on Hanukkah event in Australia

    RT - Dec 14th 2025 7:37pm EST

    Two gunmen killed at least 15 people at Bondi Beach on Sunday A father and son have been identified as suspects behind a deadly attack on members of the Jewish community at Australia’s Bondi Beach, police said. On Sunday, the two assailants opened fire on people gathered to mark the first day of Hanukkah, killing […]

  • Father and son identified as suspects in attack on Hanukkah event in Australia

    RT - Dec 14th 2025 7:37pm EST

    Two gunmen killed at least 15 people at Bondi Beach on Sunday A father and son have been identified as suspects behind a deadly attack on members of the Jewish community at Australia’s Bondi Beach, police said. On Sunday, the two assailants opened fire on people gathered to mark the first day of Hanukkah, killing […]

  • German chancellor with Nazi family past likens Putin to Hitler

    RT - Dec 14th 2025 5:59pm EST

    Friedrich Merz’s grandfather was a politician in the Third Reich German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, whose grandfather was a member of the Nazi Party, has compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler. Merz’s maternal grandfather, Josef Paul Sauvigny, served as mayor of Brilon in what is now North Rhine-Westphalia from 1917 to 1937. Initially a […]

  • Russia offers education where tradition meets innovation

    RT - Dec 14th 2025 3:41pm EST

    Russia is renowned for its rich culture. The country has developed a strong social sciences tradition, covering fields from international relations and law to media communications, psychology, and marketing. Universities such as Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) are among the leading centers for training specialists […]

  • Brave bystander disarms gunman at Sydney terrorist attack (VIDEO)

    RT - Dec 14th 2025 12:30pm EST

    A local Muslim man disrupted the Sydney attack on a Jewish community event, seizing a firearm from one of the attackers An unarmed bystander intervened during the deadly attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, disarming one of the gunmen, according to footage circulating online. Two gunmen attacked the Chanukah By the Sea event on […]

  • Clown show overdrive

    RT - Dec 14th 2025 11:22am EST

    In this episode of Moscow Mules, Chay Bowes and his crew continue to observe our distorted reality that is more and more turning into absolute absurdity: Nobel Peace Prize winners calling for military invasions, Germans back at their warmongering insanity while everyone around them pretends it’s okay, and, of course, the Ukrofuhrer doing the usual […]

  • Sydney shooting an ‘anti-Semitic terrorist attack’ – Australian PM

    RT - Dec 14th 2025 10:08am EST

    Two gunmen targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing at least 12 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney as an “act of evil anti-Semitism,” vowing a decisive response to the attack. The incident left at least 12 people dead and more than two dozen wounded. The attack […]

  • Decades of ‘Pax Americana’ over – Germany’s Merz

    RT - Dec 14th 2025 9:30am EST

    A “tectonic shift” is underway in global economics and politics, the chancellor has said The era of ‘Pax Americana’ is over for Europe, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said, adding that the global economy and political order are undergoing a “tectonic shift” in centers of power worldwide. The term ‘Pax Americana’ (American Peace) describes the transatlantic […]

  • If Western Europe is to be saved from oblivion, this is where it will happen

    RT - Dec 14th 2025 7:44am EST

    If the current, fragmented collective West would ever have a chance to be rescued from the Centaur of oblivion, that task must be carried out by the definitive, Western civilization-state: Pallas Athena Italia In Botticelli’s masterpiece Pallas and the Centaur (1482-83), to be seen at the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence, the Firenze-Athena parallel is unmistakable, with […]