Pakistani authorities have completed the demolition of Osama Bin Laden compound in the city of Abbottabad. A raid by the US SEALs, carried out last May, killed the terrorist in his Pakistani home where he…
Tag: politics
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/us-agenda-middle-east-075/i3edd2c9ededd6193d23869bc70c80b7a_rttv-on-air_2012-02-24_01_04_16.flv] The pressure is ramping up on the Syrian regime as calls for a peacekeeping force to get involved in the crisis intensify. But retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski says such missions…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/burning-koran-worst-afghanistan-001/ifc3d52976c5cee2f298167341429f9dc_guest-hamid.flv] Seven people have been killed and dozens injured in protests over the burning of the Koran by US troops at an airbase in Afghanistan. An officer has apologized for the inadvertent burning. Yet some…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/syrian-opposition-violence-referendum-903/i22b57a6349666f6d567993cbf57bda60_guest-davidson.flv] Syria’s President Bashar Assad has proposed an urgent referendum on a draft constitution. The announcement, however, was followed by reports of new violence. At least 100 people were killed in heavy shelling by government…
Republican presidential candidate US Representative Ron Paul (Reuters / Brian Snyder) Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul slammed America’s system of governance at a rally in Kansas City, saying businesses and government are pushing the country…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/ron-paul-candidate-liberties-717/i2ac1b93e4a3ed38f568f47b2b8a9ca60_guest-shivani-0100.flv] United States presidential contender Ron Paul has warned that his country is slipping into a twenty-first century fascist system with a broke government ruled by big business. RT asked some experts whether they agree….
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/iran-oil-embargo-france-uk-701/i114353e1860b4e040ecae057a6ac6e15_iran_oil_guest_2000_1.flv] Iran decided not to wait until July 1, when the EU oil embargo comes into effect, instead imposing its own “boycott on the offending powers, starting with the two biggest imperialist bullies on the…
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) speaks next to U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington (Reuters / Larry Downing) An investigation has revealed that the White…
In the years of conscious, self-inflicted decline at home, “losses” continued to mount elsewhere. In the past decade, for the first time in 500 years, South America has taken successful steps to free itself from…
Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated — Japan’s attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example. Others are ignored, and we can often learn valuable lessons from them about what is likely to…