This week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a major address calling for internet freedom around the world. As Clinton condemned the Egyptian and Iranian governments for arresting and beating protesters, former U.S. Army and CIA officer Ray McGovern was violently ejected [...]

The host of RT's InTheNow show asked the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman some tough questions during a 26-minute interview. Anissa Naouai wanted to know if Russian media are following a narrative from the Kremlin to counter BBC and CNN [...]

UN working group says WikiLeaks founder should be offered compensation for being confined to Ecuadorian embassy. The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arbitrarily detained by the UK and Sweden for more than five years and should be released immediately with compensation, according to a United Nations report. [...]

Ezra Levant of TheRebel.Media reports that Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany, said there should be no limits for immigration from Islamic Middle East to Germany. With that, she started the stampede. No application forms, no proof - anyone who can make it gets thousands of dollars plus access to Germany’s existing welfare state. But you have to see this incredible video of a German woman wh [...]

As the West’s mainstream media portrays Russia as a crazy rogue state, Moscow’s thoughtful critiques of world affairs are ignored, not fitting the propaganda theme. Such was the case when Foreign Minister Lavrov explained why there would be no more “business as usual” with the West, as Gilbert Doctorow describes. On Jan. 26, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held an important year [...]

Teachers and students at one New Jersey school said they hit the jackpot with one of their teachers who’s been with the school for more than 20 years. As CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported, they call her Granny and she’s been named the oldest living and working teacher in the United States. At 102 years old, Agnes Zhelesnik certainly doesn’t act her age. “I feel like, maybe 95,” she s [...]

This week we’re here at MIT in Cambridge, MA to interview world renowned linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky, someone who’s authored over 100 books on everything to war to propaganda. I wanted to get his take on democracy and elections in the context of American empire. [...]

On this Tuesday, January 12 edition of the Alex Jones Show we cover the alarming crash of the Chinese stock market as the Shanghai Composite Index enters free fall. We also cover the failure of Muslim migrants to integrate in Europe and the negligence of European politicians as they refuse to address the rape crisis on the continent while Germans demand the resignation of Chancellor Andrea Merkel. [...]

This has to be seen to be believed. The Young Turks really need to get a non-progressive on to bring some reason to their echo chamber.   /* */ [...]

In which John discusses the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Southwestern Oregon by armed civilians, and what the history of this land can tell us about private and public property in the United States, and how land came to be owned in America. CORRECTION: Oregon's capital is Salem. I am a grapefruit. /* */ To learn more about the history of [...]

Abby Martin Breaks the Set on the NYPD's iPhone Campaign, Resisting the War Tax, Injustice for Torture Victims, and a Former Marine's Views on Empire. On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin remarks on the NYPD's recent efforts in promoting the Apple iPhone's new security features, even though phone hackers can easily override the phones new fingerprint scanner. Abby then talks to Ed H [...]

In Cologne, protests turned into a gruesome scene when a crowd of about 1000 young men attacked police with fireworks and committed robberies and sexual assaults. The men were of north African or Arabic appearance. This is the thanks immigrants give to those who welcome them with open arms. COLOGNE EYEWITNESS: POLICE DESCRIBED SITUATION AS “CIVIL WAR” POLICE: MOST OF COLOGNE SEX ATTACK [...]

Terrorist leader, Zahran Alloush who headed Jaish al Islam, was a leading advocate of wiping out the minority community in Syria. And now he has been killed in an airstrike against the terrorists. Jaish al Islam was one of the groups that Saudi Arabia invited to allegedly reach a solution for Syria. /* */ Again we see terrorists being asked to provide a solut [...]

In this episode of teleSUR's The Empire Files, Abby Martin interviews world-renowned philosopher and linguist Professor Noam Chomsky. Prof. Chomsky comments on the presidential primary "extravaganza," the movement for Bernie Sanders, the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal, the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, modern-day libertarianism and the reality of "democracy" u [...]

The Western narrative has sought to portray Russia as an aggressive regional actor. But Moscow's showcasing of its new military capabilities in Syria suggests that it can project its power at great distances cost-effectively to play a major role in international security. Has this marked a turning point in Russia's relations with the West? Oksana is joined by Mark Galeotti, Professor of Global [...]

Russian intelligence has spotted up to 12,000 tankers and trucks on the Turkish-Iraqi border, the General Staff of Russia’s armed forces has reported. “The [aerial] imagery was made in the vicinity of Zakho (a city in Iraqi Kurdistan), there were 11,775 tankers and trucks on both sides of the Turkish-Iraqi border,” Lieutenant-General Sergey Rudskoy told journalists on Friday. [...]

Turkish officers on the Syrian border have communicated with Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, Turkey's Cumhuriyet daily reported, citing an investigation by the Ankara Chief Prosecutor's office which allegedly eavesdropped on their phone calls. [...]

US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Russia at the request of the White House, with ending the Syrian conflict and countering terrorism dominating the agenda. The top US diplomat is also to hold a meeting with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. [...]

Hillary Clinton has extended her lead in the race for the White House, beating Bernie Sanders in the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll by 30 points in the battle for Democrat contender. But it's her email account that's making headlines here in the UK. Specifically, emails from George W. Bush's secretary of state Colin Powell ahead of Britain joining the American war on Iraq. [...]

As the war in Syria and Iraq drags on, and violence in Afghanistan continues, the War on Terror seems to be lost. Will the US rethink its strategy? Will Washington have enough courage to admit mistakes and learn lessons? Will other countries - including Russia and Iran - be able to overcome their differences and unite in the face of terror? We ask CIA veteran, former National Intelligence Officer [...]

On November 22, thousands gathered at the gates of Fort Benning, GA at the 25th annual protest of the School of the Americas to memorialize the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives at the hands of the U.S. Empire’s brutally repressive juntas it used to rule Latin America by force. The dictators and death squad leaders, who committed acts of genocide, were trained within the gates [...]

In a special report, RT America examines the origins, power and expansion of the terrorist group known as the Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS). RT’s Ben Swann delves into the roots of the organization while Ameera David explains how the group amasses the millions of dollars it requires to operate. Finally, Manuel Rapalo explores how the Iraqi army fell apart despite benefiting [...]