Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a lengthy speech on Thursday explaining his justification for invading Ukraine, claiming Russia was left with “no other option” to ensure its national security after decades of deception by the “US instrument” known as NATO. Regardless of one’s sentiments about Putin or his actions, this is history being made in real time. Full transcript: Respected... 

Well it looks like the Ukraine war might not be about land grab or Putin being crazy after all… this latest Russian threat actually tells us what’s inside Putin’s head. He simply put his foot down and said that’s enough, no more NATO around me, enough is enough…. and can we really blame him for that? The simple answer is NO… NATO did expand too much without taking... 

Brussels is launching a new wave of EU expansion. The initiative should, however, exclude Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, even though the countries have been waiting for their “hour of triumph” for years and years. Instead, however, Brussels is going to invite fragments of the former Yugoslavia, including Kosovo, to join the EU. There are six contenders: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,... 

ISIS militants parade through Sirte, Libya. The Islamic State has increased its presence in the Mediterranean city of Sirte in Libya from 200 fighters at the start of the year to a force of 5,000 men, including administrators and financiers; the base is the first to be directly established by ISIS/ISIL outside Syria and Iraq, and brings the terrorists closer to Europe. The militant group has apparently... 

Amendments to Russia’s Maritime Doctrine approved by President Putin stem from NATO’s “eastward expansion”, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. He added that the new doctrine focuses on Russia’s naval presence in Crimea and the Arctic. The main reasons for adopting amendments to Russia’s maritime doctrine of 2001 are “the changes of international affairs” and the consolidation... 

In this image, captured by the Gemini Observatory, shows at least three recent supernovas exploding on camera for the first time on May 21, 2008. It is suspected that these interactions sparked the formation of massive stars and the resulting fury of supernovae activity in this galaxy. The universe may not be expanding since the Big Bang as fast as it was previously thought, astronomers say. The discovery... 

The European Union’s new foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, has slammed the Israeli regime for its new plans to continue illegal settlement expansion on the occupied Palestinian lands. Mogherini made the remarks on Friday in a joint press conference with Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman in al-Quds (Jerusalem) during her first visit to the occupied region as the EU’s... 

The EU is responsible for “the mess” in Ukraine, Geert Wilders, Holland’s Party for Freedom leader, told RT. Wilders wonders why the bloc has got involved in a country where half the population is against joining Europe. Wilders, who was speaking exclusively on RT’s SophieCo, believes the EU should have kept out of the conflict and only made things worse by giving the country hopes of... 

Biotech titan Monsanto saw its shares surge by more than 2 percent on Wednesday morning after announcing better-than-expected first quarter earnings earlier that day. The company said that for the quarter ending November 30, 2013 it earned $368 million, or 69 cents per share. One year earlier, the company earned only $339 million during that period, the Associated Press reported. In all, the AP added,... 

A crane completes a section of the Israeli regime’s separation barrier in Jerusalem, December 5, 2012. The European Union will consider passing a series of sanctions on the Israeli regime over its plan to construct thousands more illegal settler units on the occupied Palestinian land, a report says. The Israeli daily Maariv reported on Thursday that the EU move next week would include marking and... 

Newly hired workers, wearing yellow jerseys, were trained at Spellman High Voltage's second manufacturing plant, which makes X-ray components in Matamoros, Mexico. When the latest bloody headlines from the drug war in Mexico reach headquarters in New York, Ken Chandler, the manager of an American electronics manufacturing plant here, jumps on the phone. He is not begging to come home. He is begging...