U.S. forces held joint military drills within Guyanese airspace on Thursday as a longstanding and intensifying territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana sparked fears of war in South America. At the center of the dispute is Essequibo, an oil-rich region that Guyana has controlled for more than a century. Venezuela has claimed sovereignty over Essequibo for decades, and the two nations agreed... 

During a Campaign Stop in Iowa, Hillary Clinton spent a lengthy amount of time attempting to sympathize with the working class, prompting detractors to point out that she has no clue what it is like to be hard up. Clinton spoke about a working mother who has two jobs and works every hour of the day to make ends meet, as if she has any clue what it’s like to do so. The internet pointed out that Hillary... 

The US oil and gas giant is demanding millions of euros in back taxes from Russia. US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil is demanding millions of euros in back taxes from Russia. Russian officials say Exxon chief executive Rex Tillerson was in Moscow for closed-door meetings with Energy Minister Alexander Novak. The Kommersant daily says Tillerson is contesting taxes paid on the Sakhalin-1 project in the... 

As responders continue clearing tens of thousands of gallons of oil from a small Arkansas town after an Exxon pipeline burst, delivering a severe blow to the local ecosystem, a major NGO has named the oil giant the winner of a national safety award. Follow RT’s in-depth day-by-day timeline on the Arkansas oil spill With Mayflower, Arkansas struggling to deal with the 84,000 gallons of crude... 

The FAA announced a temporary no-fly zone would be enacted indefinitely over the Arkansas oil spill. With word that an Exxon employee was controlling the airspace, though, speculation pointed to the idea the oil company was trying to keep the media away. The Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday that until further notice, no aircraft will be allowed to operate over the Mayflower oil spill... 

Last year NATO countries bombed Libya, demanding “democracy” in the country. But now it’s clear it was all about oil and it’s not like the Americans and Brits are going to be democratic about it, and share those spoils equally with France and Italy. So… oil giants Total from France and ENI from Italy are just going to have to wait in the sidelines while the hungry American and British big...