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  • Bangladesh court sentences in absentia former prime minister to death

    RT - Nov 17th 2025 4:51am EST

    Sheikh Hasina has been found guilty of ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters in a popular uprising Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday handed down in absentia a death sentence to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a crimes against humanity case.  The verdict found her guilty of ordering a violent crackdown […]

  • US to add ‘terror’ label to Venezuelan cartel it claims is linked to Maduro

    RT - Nov 17th 2025 4:10am EST

    The move would allow Washington to target the president’s assets and infrastructure, President Donald Trump claims The US plans to designate the Venezuelan Cartel de los Soles, which it claims is led by President Nicolas Maduro, as a terrorist organization, the State Department has announced. According to a statement, the designation will take effect on […]

  • US Marines exchange fire with Haiti gangs

    RT - Nov 17th 2025 3:26am EST

    The gunmen targeted troops guarding the US Embassy, according to a military spokesman US Marines guarding the embassy in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, engaged in a shootout with suspected gang members last week, a military spokesman has said. The Caribbean nation of almost 12 million has been gripped by violence since the assassination of President […]

  • Israel fires on UN troops

    RT - Nov 17th 2025 2:57am EST

    The Jewish state says the incident in southern Lebanon was due to poor weather conditions, with no casualties reported UN peacekeepers stationed in southern Lebanon have accused Israel of firing on one of their patrols, criticizing the country for its “aggressive behavior.” Israel has acknowledged that the incident occurred, but said it was not intentional […]

  • CrossTalk Bullhorns | West’s eternal war

    RT - Nov 17th 2025 1:09am EST

    Investigations of massive corruption have engaged some Western backers of the Kiev regime. This is odd – corruption goes to the core of Ukraine’s war effort. Expect the money to continue to flow. Why, you may ask? Because Europe’s war on Russia is not only about Ukraine. CrossTalking with George Szamuely and Mark Sleboda.

  • US senator accuses Trump of ‘silence’ on huge Ukraine corruption scandal

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 11:31pm EST

    Rand Paul had long called for oversight on aid to Kiev US Senator Rand Paul has accused President Donald Trump of staying silent on a major corruption scandal involving a close associate of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky. Last week, Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies alleged that Timur Mindich, Zelensky’s former longtime business partner, led a scheme that […]

  • Trump doesn’t rule out talks with Venezuela’s Maduro

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 9:53pm EST

    The US president has been accusing the government in Caracas of aiding “narcoterrorist” drug cartels US President Donald Trump said he is open to negotiating with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to defuse tensions and the ongoing war scare between the countries. Trump has been accusing Maduro of operating “narcoterrorist” cartels, an allegation Maduro has denied. […]

  • Major MAGA ally apologizes for ‘toxic role’ in politics

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 7:57pm EST

    Hardline Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was recently branded “a traitor” by President Donald Trump US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has apologized for her role in what she called “toxic politics” amid an escalating feud with US President Donald Trump. The Georgia lawmaker, long known for her radical conservative views and combative speeches, has been […]

  • German auction of Nazi death camp artefacts canceled after outcry

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 7:28pm EST

    The items for sale included letters of Holocaust victims and Gestapo documents about the execution of Jews International outcry has forced a German auction house to cancel the sale of documents and items from World War II-era concentration camps. The Felzmann Auction House had planned to sell 623 items dating from 1933 to 1945 on […]

  • Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries driving price hikes in the US – Bloomberg

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 5:56pm EST

    The strikes and sanctions are making diesel and gasoline more expensive worldwide, the outlet says Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy facilities are contributing to rising oil prices in the US, Europe, and Asia, Bloomberg reported on Saturday. The attacks, combined with outages at key plants in Asia and Africa, have removed millions of barrels of […]

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  • ‘No certainty’ Kiev would ever repay loan secured with Russian assets – French FM

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 4:31pm EST

    Paris wants G7 nations to share financial risks linked to the proposed EU “reparation loan,” Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot has said Kiev might be never able to repay a proposed EU loan based on frozen Russian assets, French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot told journalists on Sunday. Paris now wants G7 nations to provide […]

  • The US devised a destructive strategy for the world. Now it is the victim itself

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 3:52pm EST

    The architect of global instability can no longer hold its own house together Washington has proven an uncomfortable truth: a nation that sows chaos abroad eventually reaps it at home. For decades, the United States perfected the art of controlled disorder: destabilizing rivals while preserving its own internal calm. That illusion is now collapsing. The […]

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  • Euroclear could sue to oppose seizure of Russian assets – CEO

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 2:49pm EST

    Valerie Urbain has warned against the EU using the funds as collateral for a massive Ukraine loan Belgian clearinghouse Euroclear could sue the EU if the bloc tries to confiscate the Russian sovereign funds held there, CEO Valerie Urbain told Le Monde in an interview published on Saturday. The depository, which carries roughly $46 trillion […]

  • UK plans to drastically tighten asylum rules – home secretary

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 1:32pm EST

    The new proposal includes reduced protections for refugees and an end to automatic benefits for asylum seekers, according to Shabana Mahmood London plans to sharply scale back protections for asylum seekers and make them wait two decades to apply to stay for good as part of a major policy overhaul, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told […]

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  • No Ukraine ceasefire ‘this year’ – Finnish president

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 11:25am EST

    A truce or peace talks could take place by next spring, Alexander Stubb has said A ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict or renewed peace talks are unlikely to take place this year, Finnish President Alexander Stubb told the Associated Press in an interview published on Sunday. Kiev has “abandoned” direct peace negotiations with Moscow as […]

  • Almost half of Japanese support defending Taiwan – poll

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 10:48am EST

    More than 60% of those surveyed have also said that they want Tokyo to boost defense spending Nearly half of Japan’s population would support their country defending Taiwan in the event of a conflict with China, a Kyodo News poll suggests. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament on Friday that any attempt by Beijing […]

  • Told you so

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 9:47am EST

    In this episode of Moscow Mules, Chay Bowes and his crew remind you that we are always right. Just as we told you for months that Ukraine is a corrupt hellhole and that the Western taxpayer money is being used to buy golden toilets for Zelensky-elites, it is now being said even in Mainstream Media. So […]

  • Europe forum in Sochi highlights shift toward Eurasia

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 8:40am EST

    Officials from around the world have gathered for a two-day symposium at the Black Sea resort The second BRICS–Europe symposium opened this week in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. It is dedicated to setting out steps to strengthen cooperation between countries in the group and the region. Lindiwe Zulu, a senior member of South […]

  • Trump wants another late night host fired

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 7:01am EST

    NBC’s Seth Meyers is suffering from an incurable case of ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’, the US president has claimed US President Donald Trump has called on NBC to fire late night host Seth Meyers after the leftist comedian attacked the US president on his show. In the latest episode of the Late Night with Seth Meyers, […]

  • Trump ally demands $50mn over election fraud case – Bloomberg

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 6:41am EST

    The US Department of Justice is reportedly discussing a settlement with former national security adviser Michael Flynn Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to US President Donald Trump, is seeking $50 million from the American federal government, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing court filings. The case is connected with a prosecution he describes as politically […]

  • Ukraine conflict killing EU economy – Orban

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 4:46am EST

    The bloc is wasting money on Kiev despite it having “no chance” of winning against Moscow, the Hungarian PM has said The EU must look for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict because the continued financing of Kiev is destroying the bloc’s economy, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. It is “just crazy” […]

  • Whitewashing brains? Chandran Nair, Founder of the Global Institute for Tomorrow

    RT - Nov 16th 2025 3:42am EST

    From the medieval crusades to recover the Holy Land to modern-day militarized efforts to impose democracy, Western positioning vis-a-vis other peoples, historically, has long been messianic in word and exploitative in action. As the rest of the world rises to claim its own destiny and its own ways of being and governing, where does it […]

  • Palestinian people don’t exist – Israeli security minister

    RT - Nov 15th 2025 11:53pm EST

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline coalition partner Itamar Ben-Gvir has claimed that the Levantine Arab ethnonational group was “artificially invented” The Palestinian people do not exist, Israel’s hardline security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has said ahead of the UN Security Council vote on implementing the next stage of the US-brokered peace plan for Gaza. The Security […]

  • The rise of ‘durking’: Why some Russians find peace in mental hospitals

    RT - Nov 15th 2025 3:01pm EST

    Once a punishment, now a privilege – the comeback of psychiatric rest A headline recently caught my eye: “Zoomers practice durking.” Every word in that sentence demands translation. Not for you, dear reader – I know you’re an enlightened sort, fit and well-versed in modern life – but for the sake of accuracy. First, “Zoomers.” […]

  • US approves first arms sale to Taiwan under Trump

    RT - Nov 15th 2025 7:58am EST

    Beijing has said that the American weapons supplies to the self-governing island violate China’s sovereignty and security interests The Pentagon has announced that it has approved its first arms sales to Taiwan since US President Donald Trump took office in January. China, which views the self-governing island as part of its territory, has called the […]