The Shia street waiting: Syrian rebels' attacks on Shiites drag Lebanon into conflict

In order to engage Lebanese Hezbollah, the most powerful military group of the Islamic world, in the civil war Syrian rebels attack Shia sacred places and target 30, 000 Syrian Shia Muslims who live on the border with Lebanon.

April 29, 2013 00:01

25,000 protest against Cyrillic signs in 'Croatian Stalingrad'

Tens of thousands Croatians have demonstrated against the introduction of the Cyrillic alphabet on street signs in the town of Vukovar, the stage of 1991 siege that started the bloody 1991-95 war.

April 08, 2013 10:48

UK hero's WWII medals on sale to pay for aged care

The family of a British WWII hero has put the pilot's war memorabilia up on sale as they struggle to pay off the old man's nursing care. UK veterans and elderly increasingly face financial difficulties with a slow economy and hiking commodity prices.

March 11, 2013 05:12

MoD penance: Tortured Iraqis get £14 million from London

The British Ministry of Defense has allocated over $22 million (£14 million) to be paid to hundreds of Iraqis who claimed to have been illegally held and tortured by UK forces during their occupation of the country after the 2nd Gulf war.

December 21, 2012 00:32

IDF: 'Israel desires peace, wrongly accused of using excessive force'

Speaking to RT, Israeli Defense Forces spokesperson Josh Hantman said “collateral damage” will continue in Israel’s ferocious ongoing ‘Pillar of Defense’ campaign in Gaza, and that Israel is being wrongly accused of disproportionate aggression.

November 21, 2012 08:58

Last Normandie-Niemen hero: 'Going to Russia was almost a must for me'

A World War II ace, count Roland de la Poype, who recently died at the age of 92, was the last foreign Hero of the Soviet Union who fought in the Normandie-Niemen group. He was one of the first volunteers in the legendary regiment.

November 04, 2012 22:50