Libya has been in turmoil since the ouster of its long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Its eastern part is ruled by the country's parliament, supported by the Libyan National Army, while the UN-backed Government of National Accord headed by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj operates in the country's west. [...]

China is taking an increasingly assertive role in world affairs, helping to broker a restoration of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, offering a 12-point peace plan for Ukraine, and strengthening its relationships with European and Latin American powers. Last week, China continued its diplomatic outreach by offering to hold talks between Israel and Palestine.  "China doesn't want the Unit [...]

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 [...]

It is estimated that over $5.2 billion will be spent on the US midterm elections and it’s no secret that hundreds of millions of those dollars are supplied by billionaire donors. This system is incompatible with real democracy. [...]

Trump's shutting down of USAID has shocked the world and shaken an already fragile "collective West" currently reeling from a new tariffs war and the collapse of Ukraine. Military experts Andrei Martyanov and Col. Lawrence Wilkerson join the show to discuss the geopolitical implications of these massive developments and whether they signal the coming demise of the US empire or a rebranding. Find [...]

A new White House plan to combat climate change and update transportation systems would impose a fee of $10 per barrel of oil to fund $300 billion in spending over the next decade. President Barack Obama is expected to make his case to Congress next week. Promoting a “21st century clean transportation system,” the Obama administration unveiled its transportation budget Thursday, first to [...]

The news provoked a flood of comments online, most of which were meant to rebuke the current “pathetic” “White House occupant,” whereas others butted in with more light-hearted remarks, calling attention to Trump’s earlier reported “inability” to operate umbrellas. [...]

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who worked for George Soros, insists, “Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream”. The Donald Trump administration knows its tariffs will result in higher inflation. Products will become more expensive as the US tries to economically decouple from China. Ben Norton explains.Read moreClose How America [...]

The Saudi plan to send ground troops into Syria appears to be just a ruse. But this is precisely the kind of reckless saber-rattling that could ignite an all-out war, one that could embroil the United States and Russia. Saudi rulers have reportedly amassed a 150,000-strong army to invade Syria on the alleged pretext “to fight against terrorism” and to defeat the so-called Islamic State (a [...]

America Doesn’t Have a True Political Opposition That Offers a New Social Contract — And the Price is Collapse. The day after the election. Another mass shooting. A reporter “banned.” A dubious appointment to high office. Demonization and scapegoating — “they’ve invading us!” — redoubled and unabated. [...]

Retail giant Costco released a shocking Q2 earnings forecast that is sending ripples through Wall Street. While the mainstream media focuses on surface-level revenue growth, smart investors are noticing the alarming decline in same-store sales and changing consumer behavior patterns that signal MAJOR economic trouble ahead. David Jeremiah Trump COLLAPSES as China, Japan, and Wall Street ALL RUS [...]

Talking to journalists gathered at the Pentagon, the US command has blamed “brutal dictatorship” for the human suffering in Syria, claiming that the Russian op has only caused further “tremendous damage” – yet again offering no proof to back the assertions. “Let’s be clear: the human suffering on the ground [in Syria] is the result of the Assad regime’s brutal dictatorship,”  [...]

Nearly every media outlet repeats this idea constantly, but it's just not true. With unemployment near record lows, President Donald Trump deserves substantial credit for the strength of the economy, right? This is a common refrain — and not just from Trump's allies. Many in the media point to the economy as a sign of Trump's strength, though these claims are often vague and unsupported. [...]

UNCLOS requires all countries' right of passage within EEZ without interference from the coastal state outside territorial waters if nothing illegal is done. The captain knew this, so he kept going on course. [...]

President Bill Clinton’s Kosovo war of 1999 was loved by neocons and liberal hawks – the forerunner for Iraq, Libya, Syria and other conflicts this century – but Kosovo’s political violence and lawlessness today underscore the grim consequences of those strategies even when they "succeed," writes Jonathan Marshall. [...]

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has mocked US President Donald Trump’s commitment to remaining allied with Riyadh in the wake of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death, calling the president “Saudi Arabia’s b*tch.” [...]

In total, the imposed tariffs would reduce market income by 1.1 percent in 2026 (0.9 percent from the IEEPA tariffs and 0.3 percent from the other tariffs, totals don’t sum due to rounding) and amount to an average tax increase per US household of $1,183 in 2025 and $1,442 in 2026. Our estimates of reductions in market income understate the totality of effects Americans will face, as they exclud [...]

According to a video released by Entrehub, a publication specializing in “news for entrepreneurs, small business & start-ups,” Canada is running for president. Not only that, it already has the best election ad in the 2016 race. The video is proof positive that the United States, a country that in many ways stakes itself on its pride, is becoming so blinded by that pride that it fa [...]

For decades, the Bundesbank, Germany’s central bank and custodian of the country’s gold, has been storing over 1,200 tons of the precious metal worth nearly €50 billion in the New York vaults of the US Federal Reserve. [...]

What's really going on behind the scenes here?! Suddenly, Trump and Orban are at the center of a geopolitical reckoning – with an open break with the EU and direct attacks on Brussels. A letter, a show of solidarity, an ultimatum: And now things are getting serious. It's about sabotaged pipelines, silent commissions, exploding tariffs, and a plan to rewrite Europe's power structure. While Bruss [...]

The response of Western governments and of the Western media to the Russian air operation in Syria was unanimous. All of them condemned it and all of them said it would fail. In the US there was much gloating talk — joined in by President Obama himself — about how the Russians had landed themselves in a quagmire. [...]

The US dollar makes up two-thirds of international debt and a similar share of global reserve holdings. RT's Keiser Report examines mainstream media reports asking whether it's time to shake up the basket of currencies. [...]