RT News - August 09, 2019 (17:00 MSK)

A previously unissued FBI document says the bureau is looking at 'fringe conspiracy theories' as the driving factor in some cases of violent extremism. Undermining critics: court documents reveal the agro-chemical giant Monsanto ran a special department tasked with 'discrediting activists and journalists'. An event at a museum in Belgium causes outrage as party-goers show up in colonial-era costumes, to mark the country's brutal occupation of Congo during the last century. And the US struggles to gather allies for its joint maritime security operation in the Persian Gulf amid ongoing tensions with Iran.