The Obama administration protects its “credibility” by refusing to budge on its claims about the 2013 Syria-sarin case or the 2014 plane shoot-down in eastern Ukraine even as the evidence shifts, writes Robert Parry. What surprised me most about the Iraq War wasn’t how wrong the expectation of happy Iraqis showering American troops with flowers was or even how badly the war would turn out [...]

President Trump earlier expressed readiness to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, accusing Russia of allegedly breaching it. Moscow has denied the accusations, with Russian President Vladimir Putin warning Washington against deploying US missiles in Europe and promising a "swift and effective response." [...]

Is France’s decision to embrace China’s yuan a game-changer for global finance and a direct challenge to U.S. economic dominance? In this video, we unpack why France, a key U.S. ally, is leading Europe’s pivot toward yuan-based trade and what it means for the future of the dollar. From historic LNG deals to the growing influence of China’s yuan in energy and banking, we explore how this sh [...]

Panama was basically carved off from Colombia in order to have a canal. It was created very much like Liberia. It’s not really a country in the sense that a country has its own currency and its own tax system. Panama uses U.S. dollars. So does Liberia. [...]

Europe is now facing the disastrous prospect of American missiles being reinstalled across its territory as they were in the 1980s. The Trump administration’s declared scrapping of a crucial arms control treaty is putting the world on notice of a nuclear war, sooner or later. [...]

Antony Blinken admitted the U.S. supplied weapons to Ukraine months before Russia’s invasion, fueling Russian claims of provocation. Moscow asserts this validates its security concerns, while the U.S. credits the aid for bolstering Ukraine’s defense. [...]

Confirming that the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) amounts to "a huge transfer of power from people to big business," Greenpeace Netherlands on Monday leaked 248 secret pages of the controversial trade deal between the U.S. and EU, exposing how environmental regulations, climate protections, and consumer rights are being "bartered away behind closed doors." [...]

Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador perceives the cooperation with Russia as one of his foreign policy priorities, Russian Ambassador to Mexico Viktor Koronelli said. [...]

People worldwide were led to believe that there was a dangerous epidemic and that the dramatic March 2020 Covid-19 Lockdown -confining people in their homes– applied and enforced Worldwide, was a solution to combating a deadly virus, which had spread from country to country.  My research based on a careful review of WHO and national data, concepts, and “methodologies” confirms that there [...]

Ankara will send migrants back to the EU if the European Parliament won’t grant visa-free travel to Turkish citizens, warned Burhan Kuzu, a high-ranking deputy for Turkey’s ruling AKP party and former adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.   [...]

As the United States continues to slap Iran with sanctions, Washington allowed several countries, including South Korea, to purchase certain limited amount of Iranian oil without fear of reprisal. The governments of Iran and South Korea have agreed to forgo the use of US dollar in bilateral trade and instead switch to their respective national currencies in such transactions as Washington moves to [...]

War reporters face artillery fire, drone strikes, and targeted attacks – yet keep returning to the front. They explain to RT why. On March 26, the tragic news of the death of Anna Prokofieva, a war correspondent for Moscow’s Channel One, quickly spread through Russian and international media. The young journalist, known for her courageous reporting and exclusive frontline footage, died after [...]

It is the first commercially operated high-speed magnetic levitation line in the world and only the third Maglev line to be operated. The train line was designed to connect Shanghai Pudong International Airport and the outskirts of central Pudong where passengers could interchange to the Shanghai Metro to continue their trip to the city center. Construction of the line began in 1 March 2001, an [...]

Several cargo ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia’s Yamal LNG plant have arrived in the US, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova announced, highlighting the obvious weirdness of the situation. [...]

Money control is India’s leading financial portal, offering market news, expert analysis, and powerful tools. A part of Network18, moneycontrol.com is India’s most trusted destination for financial, and business news. [...]

Washington has suspended the transfer of cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia. That’s according to Foreign Policy magazine citing unnamed US officials. Radio Sputnik discussed the reported decision with political analyst and the editor of Politics First magazine, Dr. Marcus Papadopoulos. [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron has embarked on a charm offensive at the German parliament, hailing cooperation between Paris and Berlin as a protective force against global chaos and foes beyond Europe’s borders. [...]

The Treasury Secretary just revealed their plan to use YOUR HOME to pay off America’s $37 trillion debt—and nobody noticed. In this video, I’ll break down exactly how the government is quietly turning your property into their bailout plan through inflation, taxes, forced sales, and hidden banking tricks. But there’s a way to flip the script. I’ll show you how the wealthy protect their a [...]

American neoconservatives and Brussels' eurocrats have completely misinterpreted the ideas of liberalism and multiculturalism, labeling those who are advocating protectionist and anti-immigration policies or calling into question the usefulness of NATO as "fascists." There is an abyss between "fascism" and the rise of nation-states reasserting themselves as "the primary vehicle of political lif [...]

On this episode, we speak with Brandon Bryant, a former US drone operator, on the horrific realities he faced as a drone operator, the development and danger of autonomous drones, veterans’ mental health, and drone strikes on Yemen. Next, we cover the Extinction Rebellion protests with Clare Farrell. Finally, we discuss the plight of Yemeni children dying of preventable causes, with UNICEF’s M [...]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spoken out against US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, calling her a “war hawk with bad judgment” who gets an “emotional rush out of killing people.” “A vote today for Hillary Clinton is a vote for endless, stupid war,” Assange wrote via the @wikileaks Twitter account on Tuesday. [...]

The Federal Reserve’s first ever “stability report” warned of a number of dangers to the entire US financial system that could exacerbate problems if the system as a whole sustains significant stress. The report, released Wednesday, illustrates a slew of vulnerabilities in the US financial system, including excessive asset valuations, historically high borrowing levels by US corporations and [...]