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If Washington proves willing to sacrifice cohesion for unilateral escalation, its allies will drift away just to protect themselves By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow). https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/murad-sadygzade/Telegram · March 2, 2026, Tehran, Iran ©  Majid Saeedi / Getty Images* · [RT] What is unfolding around Iran is not only another Middle…

The art of diplomacy is relaying messages to your interlocutors in a polite manner, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has explained · FILE PHOTO: The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. © Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresenskiy · [RT] The Russian government does not resort to obscene language in contacts with other countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. · The Financial Times reported last week that French President Emmanuel…

The liberal premier is exploiting the conservative president’s veto of a €44 billion strings-attached EU military loan to fearmonger about this scenario far ahead of fall 2027’s next parliamentary elections in the hopes of spooking on-the-fence voters in these expected neck-and-neck polls into supporting him. · Andrew Korybko · Poland’s ruling liberal-globalist coalition is furious with conservative President Karol Nawrocki for vetoing a…

David Lindfield · Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has publicly acknowledged her past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, saying she regrets the association and claiming she was “manipulated and deceived” by the disgraced financier. · The admission comes after newly released documents revealed more extensive contact between the royal and Epstein than previously known, including continued communication years after his 2008…

The Press newspaper in Christchurch has just published its “Power List” — a ranking of the fifty most influential people in the South Island. It’s a series of articles that updates the list they published two years. The 2026 edition, compiled primarily by senior journalist Philip Matthews, is worth reading closely. Not just for the names, but for what the list reveals about where power actually sits in Te Waipounamu, and how much of it has…

Winston Peters’ speech was classic Peters: part campaign launch, part economic indictment, part nationalist manifesto, and part cultural pushback. It was delivered with confidence, humour, confrontation, and a heavy appeal to political memory. The overall message was that New Zealand is in deep trouble, that the country has been weakened by decades of bad decisions from both Labour and National, and that New Zealand First is the only party…

They might not want US hawks to obsess over the scandalous optics of Trump 2.0 continuing its talks with Russia while Russia is helping Iran kill US troops, which could manipulate the public into pressuring Trump 2.0 into ending these talks for good. · Andrew Korybko · Putin’s envoy to the US Kirill Dmitriev retweeted Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna’s condemnation of Politico’s latest report alleging that he conveyed Putin’s proposal for…

Trump rejected Israel's South Pars strike and blasted NATO as "cowards" — both serve Britain's Great Game. The Japan deal shows what replaces it: sovereign energy, nuclear power, and critical minerals. · Susan Kokinda · President Trump publicly rejected Israel's strike on Iran's South Pars gas field and criticized NATO for refusing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, arguing both reflect a long-running “Great Game” strategy…

Former chief of the FBI and ex-special counsel in the probe into alleged Trump-Russia ties, Robert Mueller, has passed away · FILE PHOTO. Robert Mueller. ©  Getty Images / Alex Wong · [RT] US President Donald Trump has gloated over the death of Robert Mueller, a key figure behind the Russiagate probe, stating he will no longer be able to “hurt innocent people.”  · Mueller, who led the Federal Bureau of Investigation…

Iran releases footage of its drones targeting Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv after Israel confirmed at least three planes were hit there. Even as it keeps bombing Iran, the US lifts sanctions on the Islamic Republic's oil shipments - for the first time in 30 years - in a bid to avoid a global market collapse. The illusion of Trans-Atlantic unity fades, as Donald Trump brands European NATO members 'cowards' for refusing to join his…