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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on India to shirk Washington’s “maximum pressure” sanctions campaign and continue sourcing its energy from the Islamic Republic, arguing it’s in the country’s best interest. Read Full Article at RT.com

Islamabad is making every effort to defuse regional tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia because if they spiral out of control, it could spell disaster for Pakistan, the country's PM has warned. Read Full Article at RT.com

A convicted terrorist known in India as «Doctor Bomb» has vanished, after being temporarily released on parole. Jalees Ansari was serving a life sentence for his alleged role in bomb attacks across India. Read Full Article at RT.com

It is often said that truth is the first casualty of war – and, indeed, when the bombs have stopped falling, the blood has been shed and the troops have stood down, another kind of war begins: A war of memories. Read Full Article at RT.com

Each year, more than 6,500 cases of bladder cancer, roughly five percent of all cases in Europe, are found to be attributable to exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) in drinking water – and it’s all perfectly legal. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Department of Justice has opened a probe into whether former FBI Director James Comey leaked details about classified intelligence to reporters covering the Hillary Clinton email server scandal. Read Full Article at RT.com

Passengers of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 were in for a surprise when they found out the liner accidentally landed on a runaway under construction upon its touchdown in Moscow. Apparently, nobody noticed anything until the very end. Read Full Article at RT.com

In its first space mission of the year, India has sent its GSAT-30 communications satellite into orbit, where it will replace another aging craft. The launch went off without a hitch. Read Full Article at RT.com

Middle-earth just lost its best defender. Christopher Tolkien, son of Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien and guardian of his works, has passed away at age 95, prompting a rush of condolences and emotional tributes from admirers. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukrainian MPs have dealt a final blow in Kiev’s war on Russian-language schools, voting for a bill which effectively cancels them. While seemingly going easy on minorities, it would hit a third of the country's population. Read Full Article at RT.com

Warsaw was liberated by Soviet forces 75 years ago today — and Polish officials have cloaked the pivotal event in myths ever since. Yet, newly-released historical documents help shed some light on the truth. Read Full Article at RT.com

With the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump officially underway, not everyone involved is keen to give the liberal media soundbites. Arizona Senator Martha McSally let CNN’s Manu Raju know exactly what she thought of him. Read Full Article at RT.com

US-government sponsored Voice of America is well aware that Russia’s new PM Mikhail Mishustin is “a career bureaucrat who never had political ambitions” but, strangely enough, it doesn’t seem to know what the man looks like. Read Full Article at RT.com

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Scores of passengers were injured after a major train collision in Cuttack, which saw a number of commuter cars smash into a cargo engine before derailing under a heavy blanket of morning fog. Read Full Article at RT.com

Protests in India over a controversial citizenship amendment law have curiously exposed the duplicity of liberals when it comes to their commitment to democracy. Read Full Article at RT.com

One person has died and a woman has been severely injured after a gunman opened fire inside a courthouse in the city of Novokuznetsk in southwestern Siberia. The rifle-wielding suspect has been apprehended. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Sikh community in the US will be counted as a separate ethnic group for the first time ever in this year’s census, a long sought goal of a number of Sikh organizations in the country. Read Full Article at RT.com

Rep. Adam Schiff might be leading an impeachment drive in the US, but it seems not everybody is familiar with the ‘Resistance’ hero. At least, his photo did not ring any bells to the contestants on the latest Jeopardy episode. Read Full Article at RT.com

A strange microbe found buried deep in the mud off of Japan’s southern coast may finally unravel one of evolution’s most pressing mysteries, helping scientists understand how complex life forms emerged from the primordial ooze. Read Full Article at RT.com

Facebook is doubling down on censorship of anything less than villification of slain Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, deleting a clip showing his history of fighting terrorism – and demonetizing the account posting it. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mikhail Mishustin managed to stay out of the spotlight as Federal Tax Service boss, yet his high-profile colleagues now describe the PM candidate as not just a true professional, but a colorful personality to boot. Read Full Article at RT.com

The crew of the Boeing 777 that showered schools outside Los Angeles with jet fuel on Tuesday apparently told controllers they were not going to release the toxic liquid right before they did so, newly-released audio implies. Read Full Article at RT.com

The first part of a broader trade agreement between the world’s top economic superpowers was finally inked on Wednesday with the US suspending new tariffs in exchange for Chinese purchases of $200 billion in American goods. Read Full Article at RT.com

Shocking new research indicates that not only do pesticides and flame retardants cause unprecedented levels of irreversible childhood brain damage, but the knock-on effects have cost the US economy trillions of dollars. Read Full Article at RT.com

Striking forensic officers in Paris have thrown overalls daubed in fake blood in front of the interior ministry. The grizzly protest comes amid mass opposition to French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UFC's first big event of 2020 is upon us, as Irish superstar Conor McGregor returns to action against American fan-favorite Donald Cerrone. Watch the pre-fight press conference right here from 8pm E.T. / 1am GMT / 2am CET. Read Full Article at RT.com

Nike’s controversial Vaporfly ZoomX running shoes – versions of which have been worn by record-breaking athletes in recent months – could be banned in official competition for giving an unfair advantage Read Full Article at RT.com

UEFA has revealed its 2019 Team of the Year as voted for by fans, although the top-heavy attacking formation has left the organization facing claims it made room specifically to accommodate Cristiano Ronaldo. Read Full Article at RT.com

Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov has resigned together with the rest of the Russian government after President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state-of-the-nation address on Wednesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Reddit, the social news aggregation site, has stopped working for users in the eastern US and parts of western Europe. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian President Valdimir Putin has suggested the head of Federal Tax Service as a candidate for the post of Prime Minister after the government resigned earlier on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

It’s not just the right who accuse CNN of peddling ‘fake news’. After the network’s treatment of Bernie Sanders in a recent Iowa debate, the left joined them on Twitter. Read Full Article at RT.com

Officials in India’s southern city of Bengaluru have launched a new campaign to shame public urinators out of the act, installing reflective billboards at popular make-shift “urinals” across the town to discourage the nasty habit. Read Full Article at RT.com