Author: RT

‘A classic coup’: Bolivia’s new government is a ‘military regime with no constitutional authority’ – Max Blumenthal The political upheaval in Bolivia is a textbook coup that was carried out through violence and intimidation, Max Blumenthal told RT. The journalist marveled that some still deny the unconstitutional nature of the power grab. Opposition politician Jeanine Añez declared herself interim leader of Bolivia on Wednesday, after President Evo Morales was urged by his country’s military chief to step down. But her legitimacy has already come into question. As the editor of the Grayzone Project pointed out, Añez is a fringe figure who garnered only 1.7 percent of the votes cast in Bolivia’s last elections. This is what Bolivia's par...

Israel, Islamic jihad reach ceasefire in Gaza after heavy fighting, militant group says Israel and the militant Islamic jihad group in Gaza reached a ceasefire on Thursday to end the heaviest Gaza fighting in months, AP reported. Islamic jihad spokesman Musab al-Berim said the Egyptian-brokered deal went into effect early in the morning. An Israeli military spokesman tweeted that the Gaza operation “is over.” Some restrictions were lifted on residents of southern Israel and traffic returned to the streets of the Palestinian coastal territory. The cease-fire was based on a list of demands presented by his group late Wednesday, including a halt to Israeli targeted killings of the group’s leaders, according to al-Berim. Israeli military spokesman Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee did not c...

S. Korea, US could scale back joint drills – Pentagon chief US military exercises with South Korea could be scaled back to aid diplomacy with the nuclear-armed North, Defense Secretary Mark Esper has signaled. The statement came after Pyongyang said it was running out of patience, AFP said. The North has long protested joint military drills, which it condemns as preparations for invasion, and has set Washington an end-of-year deadline to come up with a new offer in deadlocked negotiations on its weapons programs. The US and South Korea last year cancelled several joint drills in the wake of the Singapore summit between President Donald Trump and the North’s leader Kim Jong-un. However, the allies are due to carry out a combined air exercise next month. “We will adjust our exer...

EU citizens in Britain warned over missing Brexit residency deadline – report Britain is threatening to deport European Union citizens if they fail to apply on time for a new immigration status after Brexit and will only grant leniency in exceptional circumstances, Reuters said on Thursday, citing people briefed on the plans. In previously unreported guidelines, the government has drafted a narrow list of exemptions, the people said. The development comes as government is introducing the biggest shake-up of Britain’s border controls in decades, ending the priority given to EU migrants over those from other countries. Most EU citizens will need some form of prior permission from the government to remain in Britain. Government figures show just over half of the estimated 3.5 mil...