RT News - February 27 2026 (09:00 MSK)

Breaking news. Pakistan declares 'open war' against Afghanistan's Taliban government - as renewed border clashes escalate to airstrikes on Kabul and two other Afghan regions. The latest round of US-Iranian talks in Geneva wrap with Tehran's Foreign Minister saying good progress has been made on both the nuclear issue and sanctions relief. A two million dollar bribe. That's what Rodrigo Duterte's defence team claim his political opponents paid International Criminal Court investigators to pursue a contentious case against the former Philipine president centred on his ruthless war on drug dealers.