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West Jerusalem has rejected the accusation, slamming the body as a “Hamas proxy” and calling for its abolition Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a UN commission of inquiry said in a report published on Tuesday. According to the findings, Israel has committed four of the five genocidal acts defined under the 1948 Genocide Convention since the start of its war with Hamas in 2023. These include killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions of life aimed at destroying Palestinians in whole or in part, and imposing measures to prevent births. “The commission finds that Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza,” Navi Pillay, chair of the UN body, said at a press conference in Geneva. “It is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.” Pillay blamed “Israeli authorities at the highest echelons” for “these atroc...

The IDF conducted intensive airstrikes in the enclave overnight, according to Palestinian media Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has said “Gaza is on fire” after the IDF reportedly conducted intensive overnight airstrikes on Gaza City. The Jewish state “will not relent” until Hamas is defeated, Katz declared. Last month, Israel’s security cabinet approved plans to seize Gaza City – one of the few areas not under IDF control – a move that could lead to a full takeover. While a ground assault was expected in October, the IDF has pounded the city with weeks of bombardment, triggering mass evacuations. Residents reported intense strikes on Gaza City and the outskirts Monday night, with some claiming that IDF tanks have entered. “Gaza is on fire,” Katz wrote on X. “The IDF is striking with an iron fist at the terrorist infrastructure and Israeli soldiers are fighting bravely to create the conditions for the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas. We will not relent and we...

The US president claims that the paper has been lying about him for decades, while serving as a mouthpiece for the Democratic Party US President Donald Trump has filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, accusing the paper of engaging in a smear campaign against him and partisan favoritism toward Democrats. In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump called the NYT “one of the worst and most degenerate newspapers in the history of our country.” He claimed that the paper has become a “mouthpiece for the Radical Left Democrat Party” and described its endorsement of his Democratic rival in 2024, Kamala Harris, as “the single largest illegal campaign contribution, EVER.” He also claimed that the newspaper “has engaged in a decades long method of lying about your Favorite President (ME!), my family, business, the America First Movement, MAGA, and our Nation as a whole.” Read more Trump calls for CBS to lose its broadcasting licence “The New York Times has ...

Trade has been largely scrapped and billions in investments lost, Petteri Orpo has said Finland’s economic growth has suffered due to sanctions on Russia linked to the Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has admitted. He noted that Finland has lost nearly all trade with Russia and billions in investments since it closed the border with its neighbor. Finland, which shares a 1,300km (800-mile) border with Russia, has imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow in line with EU policy since 2022. It has also tightened entry rules for Russian citizens and shut all but one border checkpoint with its neighbor. The moves saw trade between the two countries drop to $1.5 billion in 2024, compared with $11 billion in pre-conflict 2021. In an interview with Yle Areena on Saturday, Orpo acknowledged that sanctions have hit Finland harder than most EU members due to its traditionally close trade ties with Russia. Read more Finnish president says country won war with USSR “The fa...

There are “no volunteers” to fight Russia if the conflict reignites after a settlement, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said Western ‘security guarantees’ for Ukraine could end up being hollow, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has warned, arguing that Kiev’s backers have so far shown no willingness to go to war with Russia if the conflict flares up again after a potential ceasefire. Western capitals have for months debated over the commitments that could accompany a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. According to media reports, leaders in France and the UK have floated proposals for a ‘reassurance force’ on the ground far from the front line, as well as aerial assets to help monitor the ceasefire. A number of other EU states have pushed back against sending troops to Ukraine, proposing instead to focus on other types of support. US President Donald Trump has also ruled out sending ground troops to Ukraine, but said America could contribute in other ways. Read mo...

The US president has accused Caracas of sending gangs and narcotics into his country US President Donald Trump has not ruled out striking mainland Venezuela, accusing the country of sending gang members and drugs into America. The comments come after weeks of escalating tensions between the two countries. Washington has deployed three warships and about 4,000 troops to the Southern Caribbean, saying the mission targets drug cartels. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro insists his country has already dismantled trafficking networks on its territory. Speaking to reporters in Morristown, New Jersey, on Sunday, Trump was asked about the possibility of launching a strike on Venezuela and whether he feared escalation from Maduro. ”We’ll see what happens,” he said. “Look, Venezuela is sending us their gang members, their drug dealers, and drugs. It’s not acceptable.” Maduro insists his government has eliminated all major trafficking networks and vanquished prominent gangs. Speaking to RT...

Washington wants migrants worldwide to seek protection only in the first country they enter, Reuters and Bloomberg have reported The US is planning to press for curbs on global migration at the United Nations this month, insisting that asylum seekers should request protection in the first country they enter rather than choosing their preferred destination, according to several media reports. The current global asylum system “has long been abused by bad actors and economic migrants to fuel the global migration crisis,” the State Department’s statement cited by Bloomberg said, adding that the administration of US President Donald Trump believes that these “abuses have disrupted entire regions, enriched criminal cartels, and violated the sovereignty of nations.”   According to Reuters, US officials have prepared an event to be held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York later in September, which is expected to call for “commonsense and necessary reforms” to the a...

From tax offices to cabinet rooms, artificial intelligence is already crossing the line from servant to sovereign A new minister has joined the cabinet of a small European country. Her name is Diella. She doesn’t eat, drink, smoke, walk, or breathe – and, according to the prime minister who hired her, she doesn’t take bribes either. Diella isn’t human, and she’s not quite a robot either: she’s an algorithm. And as of September, she is officially Albania’s minister for public procurement. For the first time in history, a government has given a cabinet-level post to artificial intelligence. Sounds like sci-fi, but the appointment is real and has set a precedent.  Are you ready to be governed by AI?  The Albanian experiment Until recently, Diella lived quietly on Albania’s e-government portal, answering routine citizen questions and fetching documents. Then Prime Minister Edi Rama promoted her to ministerial rank, tasking her with something far more important: deciding who...

Brussels must adapt to the US president’s way of conducting business and politics, Kaja Kallas has said The EU must improve relations with US President Donald Trump, the “most influential man in the world,” and adapt to his way of doing business and politics, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said. Kallas made the remarks in an interview with German outlet RND published on Friday. She was asked whether the EU can still trust Trump after a much-criticized trade deal that imposed a 15% tariff on most exports from the bloc while lifting tariffs on US industrial goods. The deal, which also involved shifting from Russian energy to US imports, sparked backlash from EU officials, who said it favors Washington. “The US is and remains our most important partner. But the new administration has clearly changed how it conducts policy and official business. We Europeans must adapt and adjust to their way of working,” Kallas said, adding that Trump’s tariffs have become a “new b...

Washington’s response to the incident was met with a mix of “dismay... confusion and unease,” according to Reuters The lack of a strong US reaction to what Poland claims was a ‘Russian attack’ on its territory has led to “dismay” and “confusion” among Washington’s NATO allies in Europe, Reuters has reported. Some members of the bloc view US President Donald Trump’s reluctance to outright blame Moscow for the incident on Wednesday as a sign that he is not committed enough to their defense, the news agency reported on Saturday, citing unnamed European officials. US aircraft also played no role in repelling the alleged attack, according to Reuters. US officials said it was because the Dutch military was responsible for Polish airspace within NATO at the time. “Trump’s handling of the incident has ranged from dismay to confusion and unease,” Reuters said. A German official told the news agency that European NATO members “cannot rely on anything” with the Trump administration. An Ea...

Iryna’s murder unraveled the story the US tells itself, revealing a rotten justice system and a press built on selective empathy The shocking murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte, NC train has become a flashpoint for debate about race and public safety in the US – and also about the role of the media in shaping progressive narratives and employing double standards. RT takes a look at what happened and how the narrative over this brutal murder is shaping up. What exactly happened, minute by minute ~ 9:45 pm , August 22, 2025 . Zarutska boards the Lynx Blue Line light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina to go home from work. She is still wearing her pizzeria uniform and appears calm as surveillance video shows her entering the train car and choosing a seat. Just behind her, Decarlos Brown Jr. is already seated. The footage shows no interaction between the two. Zarutska sits, scrolling on her phone. ~ 9:50 pm . Roughly four minutes after the train...

The move follows Polish claims of Moscow’s drones violating its airspace, accusations the Kremlin has dismissed NATO has announced a new military exercise intended to deter Russia, after Poland accused Moscow of violating its airspace with drones. The Kremlin has dismissed the allegations as unfounded, while accusing the bloc of fearmongering. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte claimed the drill, dubbed the ‘Eastern Sentry’, is aimed at bolstering the bloc’s posture along its eastern flank. The maneuvers will begin in the coming days and run for an undisclosed period, officials said. Eastern Sentry is being presented as a response to “ongoing airspace violations, including numerous Russian drones that violated Poland’s airspace on September 10,” according to a NATO statement. As part of the effort, Denmark will send two F-16s and an anti-air warfare frigate, France will commit three Rafale jets, and Germany will deploy four Eurofighters. Britain also expressed its willingness to co...

The appointment of former Chief Justice Sushila Karki comes after anti-corruption protests that left at least 51 people dead Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki has been appointed Nepal’s interim prime minister after widespread protests against corruption and the government’s ban on social media, which left at least 51 people dead and more than 1,300 injured. Nepali President Ram Chandra Paudel announced the appointment on Friday after dissolving parliament and setting elections for March 2026. The decision followed negotiations between the president, representatives of the country’s ‘Generation Z’ protest movement, and the chief of the army, General Ashok Raj Sigdel, as the military effectively took control of the capital Kathmandu and enforced a curfew. Karki, 73, is Nepal’s first woman to become interim prime minister and is widely known for her stance against corruption. Between 2016 and 2017, she served as chief justice – the only female to have held this post. In 2017, some law...

Two motions to censure Ursula von der Leyen have been filed following her speech to MEPs European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is facing two new motions of no confidence following her State of the Union address to the European Parliament this week. The Left faction filed its censure proposal on Thursday, a day after the right-wing Patriots for Europe group submitted a separate bid. Von der Leyen survived a previous no-confidence vote in July. Renewed efforts to remove the EU chief came after she urged stronger military support for Ukraine and proposed allowing foreign policy decisions without unanimous member-state approval – which dissenting member states, such as Hungary, view as a ploy to dismiss their objections. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who backs the no-confidence motion, views von der Leyen’s remarks as “hardcore pro-war,” according to governmental spokesman Zoltan Kovacs. In her address, “the word ‘Ukraine’ was mentioned 35 times, and threats wer...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told Beijing that Washington does not want conflict but will defend its Asia-Pacific interests US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has held his first phone call with China’s minister of national defense, Admiral Dong Jun, telling him that Washington does not seek conflict, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. The conversation comes amid strained ties as Washington has described Beijing as its main geopolitical rival. In May, Hegseth claimed that “the threat China poses is real, and it could be imminent,” and urged countries in the Asia-Pacific to boost military spending. In Tuesday’s call, Hegseth stressed the US is not pursuing confrontation, regime change, or “strangulation” of China. At the same time, he emphasized that Washington has “vital interests in the Asia-Pacific, the priority theater, and will resolutely protect those interests,” according to a readout of the conversation. The Pentagon described the exchange as “candid.” China’s Xi...

The Israeli prime minister’s statements are a “shameful” bid to justify the Jewish state’s missile strike on Doha, the country’s foreign ministry has said Qatar has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his “reckless” comparison of West Jerusalem’s missile attack on its capital Doha with the US response to the 9/11 atrocity.  Speaking in English on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary, Netanyahu cited America’s pursuit of al Qaeda to justify the missiles strike on Doha. Governments “cannot harbor terrorists,” he claimed, adding: “Yesterday, we acted along those lines. We went after the terrorist masterminds who committed the October 7th massacre.”   Qatar’s foreign ministry said Netanyahu’s remarks were a “shameful attempt” to justify Tuesday’s missile strike which killed several Hamas officials and a Qatari security guard, sent plumes of smoke over the capital and triggered panic among residents.  Read more ‘We’ll get them next time’ – Israeli ambas...

The negotiations hinge on Moscow’s territorial claims and Kiev’s push for security guarantees, the US vice president has said Talks on resolving the conflict between Russia and Ukraine have been narrowed to two major sticking points, centering on territorial issues and security guarantees, US Vice President J.D. Vance said on Tuesday. Moscow has called for a diplomatic resolution of the conflict but warned it will continue military action until the root causes are addressed. It insists that a settlement must include Ukrainian neutrality, demilitarization, and recognition of Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye regions, which joined Russia following referendums, as Russian territory. In an interview with One America News Network, Vance said talks to end the conflict have “at least narrowed it to a couple of core issues.” “One issue is territorial,” Vance stated, adding: “The Russians want about 6,000 or so square kilometers that they have not yet conquered through mili...