Former President Donald Trump was ordered to give testimony Monday in a lawsuit by human-rights activists who claim his security guards assaulted them during a 2015 protest outside New York’s Trump Tower. New York state court Justice Doris M. Gonzalez Read more…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made no decisions about whether he might stand again for his country’s top job after his current term expires in 2024, and speculation about a successor could hinder the work of the government. That’s according Read more…
Relations between Russia and the US could worsen in the wake of long-awaited negotiations between the two countries that are making less progress than originally hoped, Moscow’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said. The verdict comes after US Deputy Read more…
California Rep. Adam Schiff told Insider on Tuesday that his previous experience prosecuting Richard Miller, the first FBI agent convicted of spying for Russia, helped prepare him to handle President Donald Trump. Specifically, Schiff said, the 1990 trial acquainted him Read more…
The Saudi royal family showered Donald Trump and his entourage on his first trip abroad as president with dozens of presents, including three robes made with white tiger and cheetah fur, and a dagger with a handle that appeared to Read more…
A John I. Smith K-8 Center teacher who was charged with having an inappropriate relationship and sex with a 15-year-old former student of hers told a Doral detective she was pregnant, said Rey Valdes, a Doral spokesman. She was also Read more…
Moscow has lifted sanctions on Victoria Nuland, allowing the US undersecretary of state to enter the country for a summit with her Russian counterparts. The US is said to have dropped sanctions on a Russian diplomat in exchange. Nuland is Read more…
By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian at Koç University in Istanbul working on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory. He tweets at @tarikcyrilamar.Since Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Read more…
A huge explosion ripped through a Shiite Mosque during Friday prayer in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province. Sources say that at least 60 people have been killed by the blast. On Friday, a blast ripped through Sayed Abad Mosque in Afghanistan’s Read more…
A chilling archive of footage purportedly showing the abuse of inmates in Russian prison colonies has already sparked a probe and cost several officers their jobs. The group behind the leak tells RT there’s still more to come. A decade Read more…
A new defence agreement between Greece and France will allow them to come to each other’s aid in the event of an external threat, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday, amid increased tensions with Turkey. The strategic military Read more…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected suggestions that the increased price of gas is due to Russian policy. Instead she has pointed the finger at the EU’s own approach asking whether the bloc could have acted differently. Speaking on Wednesday, Read more…