Classified docs reveal NSA's vast real-time warrantless Web surveillance

For seven years, the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using a congressionally approved warrantless Web surveillance system with a near-limitless ability to spy on Americans’ phone calls, emails, video chats, search history and more.

June 06, 2013 22:47

‘Loonies and closet racists’ knock down Tories into third place in UK byelection

The British Conservative party has for the first time been pushed into third place in a by-election in the town of Eastleigh, by a party David Cameron dubbed “fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists.”

March 01, 2013 11:47

Gaza blackout: Press ban breeds mistrust between Israelis, Palestinians

Truth is the first casualty of war, and that’s equally true for people whose job is to speak the truth. Journalists covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict often face pressure and obstruction, preventing the two sides from understanding each other.

February 28, 2013 05:08

‘No shot, no ticket’: Ethiopians decry Israeli birth control policies

Ethiopian women have told RT that Israeli medics forced them to take the controversial Depo-Provera birth control vaccination without explaining the severe side effects of the drug, which can leave a woman unable to become pregnant for up to two years.

February 27, 2013 09:20

53 people killed, over 200 injured in Damascus car bomb blast (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

At least 53 people have been killed and over 200 wounded in a massive car bomb blast that's hit the Syrian capital of Damascus, according to Syrian state TV. The explosion shook a square where pro-government rallies are usually staged.

February 21, 2013 09:11

Rare mammoth discovered in Russia, entire graveyard suspected

Researchers in southern Russia have unearthed remains of a rare mammoth species. Citing local villagers’ accounts of previous bone finds, they suspect that an entire graveyard of prehistoric creatures is waiting to be found at the site.

February 21, 2013 08:18