U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen shake hands after unveiling the logo of the Chicago summit meeting (Reuters / Sebastien Pirlet) A judge has rejected the…
Category: Regions
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/uk-assisstance-syria-opposition-806/i1f38ebae14f72e91bf575287d4e93253_20120330_laura_live1400.flv] The UK has announced it will allocate some £500,000 ($795,000) to supply non-military aid to the Syrian opposition. The Foreign Secretary says it will help the ‘hard-pressed’ opposition groups to register violations by the…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/spain-labor-strike-protest-720/i8e33e4e2e47d4e4c973672695e78993a_00a8e9b1.flv] At least 58 people have been arrested and nine injured in Spain, as thousands take part in a general strike and rally against recent labor reforms. Flag-waving protesters fear the decree will undo employers’…
Internet hackers will face significantly tougher criminal penalties after a new draft resolution was passed in the European Parliament with an overwhelming majority. “We are dealing here with serious criminal attacks, some of which…
The wreckage of the Polish Tupolev Tu-154M presidential aircraft is seen at the airport in Smolensk(Reuters / Lidia Kelly) The twin brother of former Polish president Lech Kaczynski, who was killed in a 2010…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/politics/brics-medvedev-syria-aid-732/i6ba5e6fdb5f4fff28dae6aee1d8cd39b_priya-fur-politics.flv] The world’s five leading emerging economies, represented by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, have released a statement that condemns foreign interference in Syria. It is important to give the Arab Republic’s government…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/us-france-oil-reserve-elections-793/i6657690ce2199941e92689e24f525be5_guest-oil-reserve-eyre.flv] The French prime minister has said that there’s a “good chance” the United States and Europe will agree to release oil reserves into the market to drive down crude prices, but discussions are still…
One person has been killed and over 300 others have been injured in Israeli attacks on protesters marking Land Day in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Press TVreports. At least one Palestinian was killed…
Haneen Zoabi, an MK from the Balad party, speaks to Elsa Rassbach about Land Day and her relationship as a Palestinian to Zionism and citizenship. Since the 1980s, Palestinians have marked every March 30 with…
“Bukra il-mishmish” is an Egyptian peasants’ proverb that literally means “tomorrow the apricot,” meaning that today they will not enjoy this luxurious fruit, but maybe tomorrow they will. It is a touching reminder of their…