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Follow RT on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Friday that any maritime presence in the Gulf from outside the region would be a “source of insecurity” for his country, and Tehran would act to safeguard its security. The Persian Gulf is a vital lifeline and “thus nat’l security priority for Iran, which…

Follow RT on At least 18 people were killed and 14 others were missing after Typhoon Lekima triggered a landslide in eastern China. The cyclone left a trail of destruction in its wake and caused the evacuation of over one million people. The enormous cyclone made landfall in the province of Zhejiang early on Saturday….

Follow RT on The American diplomatic mission in Russia is meddling in domestic affairs, Moscow claims. The US had posted the locations and routes of recent massive opposition rallies in the capital, which saw scuffles with police and arrests. The US Embassy had published a map of downtown Moscow that flagged sites where anti-government rallies…

Follow RT on A man strapped with “tactical weapons,” sporting body armor and carrying 100 rounds of ammunition has been arrested at a Missouri Walmart just days after another heavily-armed man killed 22 people at a Walmart in Texas. Strapped with body armor and carrying “tactical weapons,” the white 20-something man dressed in camouflage fatigues…

Follow RT on USS Ronald Reagan has conducted demonstrative flight operations training to promote ‘peace through strength’ in the South China Sea, next to disputed strategic atolls where China has been holding its own military drills. To showcase the strike group’s capabilities, the US Navy has airlifted a small group of Philippine officers to the…

Follow RT on Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka will meet in the quarterfinal of the Rogers Cup – the first time the pair have played each other since the their infamous US Open final last year. Japanese youngster Osaka beat 23-time Grand Slam winner Williams to win the US Open title last September, in a…

Follow RT on Facebook is dangling a multimillion-dollar carrot before cash-strapped news outlets, offering a hefty licensing fee in return for the right to use headlines and even entire stories in a new “news section,” insiders say. The social media giant has offered mainstream outlets as much as $3 million per year for the privilege…

Follow RT on The highest Catholic religious authority in Poland has argued that, while Catholics should not discriminate against ‘sexual minorities,’ LGBT ‘ideology’ must be rejected, as it advocates a revolution in social customs. In a missive published on Thursday, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki wrote that “Sexual minorities are our brothers and sisters for whom Christ…

Follow RT on Lethal microbes in the Baltic Sea have killed a woman in Germany in the first fatality of its kind this year, as soaring summer temperatures create the perfect conditions for the dangerous pathogen to rapidly multiply. Europe is roasting under a heatwave, driving many to seek refuge in the sea, but for…

Follow RT on Turkey will not allow efforts to establish a safe zone with the US in northeast Syria to stall in the same way that their agreement on control of the Syrian town of Manbij has been delayed, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned on Thursday. The Manbij roadmap was an agreement made between the…