The US military’s presence in Afghanistan is larger than the public has been led to believe, the New York Times has reported, as Washington mulls a full withdrawal from the country as part of a deal with the Taliban. Read Full Article...

New Delhi is planning to propose a new law that will ban cryptocurrencies and fine anyone trading or even holding digital assets in the country, a senior government official told Reuters. Read Full Article at RT.com

Army reservist and former Navy contractor Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, charged in the US Capitol riot probe, has been described as a Nazi sympathizer and was reportedly reprimanded by a supervisor for having a “Hitler mustache.” Read Ful...

A sandstorm has created surreal scenes in Beijing, with thick dust turning the sky orange over the Chinese capital. The storm has caused an unprecedented spike in air pollution measurements. Read Full Article at RT.com

Thousands have taken to the streets across Australia, protesting violence against women amid allegations that a defense minister sought to silence a rape claim and accusations of sexual assault against an attorney general. Read Full Art...

Massive crowds of college students and other vacationers on spring break have flocked to Miami, resulting in dozens of arrests, police being injured and fears rising over visitors ignoring Covid-19 social-distancing guidelines. Read Ful...

The Netherlands has halted use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for at least two weeks while an investigation into possibly serious side effects from the jab is undertaken by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Read Full Article at ...

Experts are warning that murder hornets could be making a comeback in the US come the spring as queen bees emerge from underground following the winter months. Read Full Article at RT.com

At least 38 protesters and one police officer were killed in Myanmar on Sunday, with most casualties reported in the city of Yangon where demonstrators set Chinese-financed factories on fire, a local advocacy group said. Read Full Artic...

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaned on a familiar nemesis when pressed to address the surge in illegal alien traffic at the nation's southern border, blaming ex-President Donald Trump for handing his predecessor a broken system. Read F...

Demonstrators gathered outside New Scotland Yard to protest a police crackdown on Saturday's vigil for kidnap and murder victim Sarah Everard, but London's top cop is standing by the actions of her officers and refusing to resign. Read ...

Mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants fewer white men working in science and engineering. His plan to “fix” the situation has sparked a furious backlash online. Read Full Article at RT.com

Critics are blasting CNN over a segment deeming Fox News host Tucker Carlson “the new Donald Trump,” claiming the dig is a desperate attempt to win back viewers. Read Full Article at RT.com

Cristiano Ronaldo bounced back from Champions League disappointment and speculation over his Juventus future as he plundered a first-half hat-trick against Cagliari in Serie A on Sunday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s Daniil Medvedev celebrated his ascension to the world number two spot by picking up a 10th ATP title as he beat Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert in three sets in their final at the Open 13 Provence. Read Full Article at RT.com...

A sporadic, mysterious wisp of fog or mist that extends hundreds of kilometers from a volcano on Mars has baffled scientists for years – until now. Read Full Article at RT.com

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party has suffered heavy losses in two state elections, as the long-ruling leader fights corruption scandals and looks to choose a successor for this year’s elections. Read Full Article at RT.co...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) came to fellow Democrat Andrew Cuomo’s defense in a new interview, saying people should wait for the “results of the investigation” into an allegation he sexually assaulted a woman. Read F...

Tottenham Hotspur star Erik Lamela went from hero to zero in the North London derby as the Argentine scored a brilliantly inventive goal to put his team in front against Arsenal at the Emirates, only to later get sent off. Read Full Art...

A Pennsylvania mother has been charged with multiple counts of cyber harassment after she was caught making and distributing deepfake videos and photos of her daughter’s cheerleading rivals. Read Full Article at RT.com

Anti-lockdown protests have continued in the Netherlands, with scores of people taking to the streets of The Hague to condemn the government’s coronavirus policies. The protest has been met with a forceful police response. Read Full A...

Often when things seem too good be true, it’s because they are. UK sport is finding that out after the guilty verdict delivered against doctor Richard Freeman, a man behind the scenes in a golden era for British cycling. Read Full Art...

White House health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci has expressed confidence in President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccination plan, but says he can give no timeline for a return to normal. Read Full Article at RT.com

Sergey Korsakov is the top candidate to become the first cosmonaut to travel to the International Space Station aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft, made by Elon Musk’s private company SpaceX, the Russian training center chief said. Rea...

Video allegedly showing a “rogue” SAS unit committing war crimes in Afghanistan has supposedly disappeared, as an investigation into the squad’s alleged “massacres” has been plagued by missing evidence and silence from witness...

Authorities in Spain are scrambling after it was revealed that a Galileo masterpiece on display at the National Library had actually been replaced by a forgery over four years before the theft was revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

If there has ever been a misleading headline, it has to be the one above, at least according to European carmakers. Hydrogen cars, they say, are not a viable alternative to battery electric vehicles. Read Full Article at RT.com

Around €1 million in Covid-19 relief funds aimed at businesses might have ended up in the pockets of hardline Islamists, German media reported, citing sources in the Berlin police who opened more than 100 probes into the fraud. Read F...

Ireland has put the brakes on plans to administer the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, following in the footsteps of other countries that have suspended its use over concerns that the drug may be linked to blood clotting. Read Full Article at...

Canadian social media favorite Genie Bouchard saw her chance of a first WTA title since 2014 slip away as she lost to Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo in straight sets in the final of the Guadalajara Open in Mexico. Read Full Article at RT...

British chief astronomer Lord Rees and world-renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson have dismissed billionaire Elon Musk’s Mars colonization ambitions as a “dangerous delusion” and “unrealistic.” Read Full Article at RT.c...

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has been urged to resign after officers forcefully broke up a vigil for Sarah Everard, a woman recently killed in London. Read Full Article at RT.com

Mexican Juan Francisco Estrada and Nicaragua’s Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez produced an all-out slugfest in their super-flyweight title unifier in Texas on Saturday – leaving fans stunned but also angered by the judges’ scorin...

Violent protests erupted across Lebanon on Saturday after the country’s currency plummeted to a new record low, amid an economic crisis that poses the biggest threat to its stability since the 1975-1990 civil war. Read Full Article at...

A van carrying Argentina’s president was attacked by a group of protesters as he visited the wildfire-ravaged region of Patagonia. The activists reportedly protested against plans to resume open-pit mining in the area. Read Full Artic...

Protesters took to the streets in America’s two largest cities to mark the one-year anniversary of the police shooting that killed Breonna Taylor. Her death became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement. Read Full Article ...

The boxing world has paid its respects to ring icon ‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler after his death aged 66. Fans, fighters and pundits all mourned the loss, with many sharing Hagler’s iconic 1985 war with Tommy Hearns as tribute. Read ...

The EU vaccination program has been riddled with “mistakes,” European Commission VP Frans Timmermans has admitted. The vaccination drive has been plagued by supply shortfalls, plus repeated allegations of uneven distribution. Read F...

The latest data from the United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) showed that 32 percent of destinations worldwide – 69 in total – are now completely closed for global tourism as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Read Fu...

Portland police seized numerous weapons, including firearms, after kettling dozens of protesters during a night of unrest in the Oregon city. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UFC is facing calls to issue fighters with a new design for gloves after a horror accidental eye-poke caused a premature end to the welterweight main event between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad on Saturday night. Read Full Article...

The coronavirus crisis has had an unprecedented impact on the EU economy, as well as the labor market and society, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) said in a new report. Read Full ...

Germans are voting in two state elections this Sunday, and the party of Angela Merkel may lose both of them, potentially setting the stage for defeat in September’s general election that will determine the next chancellor. Read Full A...

An anti-lockdown group staged a protest in Denmark’s capital to express their solidarity with an activist who was sentenced to two years behind bars for allegedly inciting violence at an earlier demonstration. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Pyongyang has shunned the Biden administration’s attempts to reach out through various channels since mid-February, US official told the media. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US Marine Corps is adjusting its aim after facing public backlash over suggesting that men critical of the Pentagon’s mission creep towards wokeness should serve, get pregnant, and only then speak on the issue. Read Full Article a...

As the number of migrant children in border detention facilities has swelled to a record high, the Biden administration has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help house them. Read Full Article at RT.com

A protest against police brutality in Liege, Belgium has spiraled into clashes and looting, after an initially peaceful demonstration was hijacked by around 200 hooligans who went on to wreck the city center, police said. Read Full Arti...

A London vigil for murder victim Sarah Everard -- held in defiance of a police order amid the Covid-19 pandemic – turned ugly after large numbers of officers arrived and tried to clear people from the area. Read Full Article at RT.com...

A Canadian activist who traveled to Montreal to demonstrate against giving puberty blockers to children was attacked by black-clad assailants who allegedly punched him, stole his camera, and broke his arm him with a traffic cone. Read F...

Julian Reichelt, editor-in-chief of German tabloid Bild, has stepped down from his job as the paper’s publisher investigates allegations of sexual misconduct against him. Meanwhile, Bild is gearing up for lawsuits. Read Full Article a...

A member of an Iranian investigation team has told a local news outlet that Tel Aviv was most likely behind the attack on a Europe-bound Iranian container ship in the Mediterranean Sea earlier this week. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The high speeds of 5G internet can now be experienced at over a dozen of some of the most well-known locations in Moscow, and a number of locals who spoke to RT didn’t seem to share the concerns of skeptics about the technology. Read ...

CNN host Brian Stelter has analyzed the ratings losses of niche network Newsmax in the aftermath of former President Donald Trump’s exit from office, but his own team is taking the biggest viewership hit among major cable outlets. Rea...

Rapper Snoop Dogg has told UFC boss Dana White to put his money where his mouth is and enter into a wager with him on the winner of the boxing bout between YouTuber Jake Paul and former MMA star Ben Askren. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Several separate rallies were held in Germany’s capital city of Berlin. The largest one, with some 1,000 people in attendance according to police estimates, began at noon outside the federal health ministry. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Notorious French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has published a new cover making fun of Queen Elizabeth, Meghan Markle, and George Floyd at once. Amid the outrage, some liberals demanded blood. Read Full Article at RT.com

At least another hundred people connected to the January 6 storming of the US Capitol are expected to be charged with a variety of crimes, according to prosecutors. Read Full Article at RT.com

Aussie ‘Blonde Bomber’ Ebanie Bridges earned a unanimous decision win over durable rival Carol Earl on her ring return as fans claimed big-name promoters could “sell the sh*t” out of the curvy pugilist for future bouts. Read Ful...

Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha made good on his vow not to take a knee anymore as he became the first Premier League star to go against the grain since the gesture was introduced. Read Full Article at RT.com

Police detained a number of Russian liberal opposition activists, as well as several local deputies, in Moscow on Saturday at a summit staged by an ‘undesirable’ organization linked to exiled former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Re...

AstraZeneca has announced new shortfalls in its planned vaccine shipments to the EU. The latest setback comes as five of the bloc’s nations called for an emergency summit to address what they call “unfair” vaccine distribution. Re...

A new study has found that Covid-19 vaccines stop people passing the virus on to others. The study is one of several with similar findings, and may pave the way for scientists to support the introduction of ‘vaccine passports.’ Read...

A Pakistani couple was booted from the University of Lahore after a video of them embracing went viral. The institution said in a letter that the pair were expelled after being found guilty of violating its code of conduct. Read Full Ar...

As smaller companies are hit hard following grid failures in the storm, people look to big energy firms such as Vistra, NRG, Exelon and Calpine to provide a more stable source of energy. Read Full Article at RT.com

Liverpool strike pairing Mo Salah and Sadio Mane have an “imperfect relationship” and the Egyptian is “high-maintenance” despite being a popular figure at the Anfield club, according to a report on the team’s woes this season....

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab declared China to be in a state of non-compliance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration, accusing the nation of restricting democracy in Hong Kong. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Danish woman has been jailed for two years after telling people to “smash the city” at an anti-lockdown protest. The activist is the first protester hit by a law enabling courts to double sentences for Covid-related offenses. Read...

Cristiano Ronaldo has been in discussions with Real Madrid for months regarding a potential return to the club, according to reports in Spain, as speculation mounts over where the star will be playing next season. Read Full Article at R...

Bitcoin has shot past $60,000 as the world’s leading digital asset continues to surge upwards. Read Full Article at RT.com

Four people were killed and two others injured in Almaty, Kazakhstan, after a Soviet-designed Antonov An-26 plane crash-landed at the city’s airport. The aircraft belonged to the Kazakh National Security Committee (NSC). Read Full Art...

Comedian and cancel culture opponent Sarah Silverman has expressed uncertainty about her affiliation with the Democratic Party, eliciting cheers from pundits who hailed the breakup as long overdue. Read Full Article at RT.com

UFC welterweight Leon Edwards confesses he has "unfinished business" with contender Jorge Masvidal and division champ Kamaru Usman after his fist fight with the former and first fight with the latter ahead of UFC Las Vegas 21. Read Full...

Fans of Chris Harrison were saddened to learn that he will not be hosting the upcoming season of ‘The Bachelorette’. Harrison stepped down from the show amid a controversy surrounding an allegedly racist contestant. Read Full Articl...

Ireland’s minister for foreign affairs and minister for defense, Simon Coveney, criticized the UK for trying to secure a trade deal with the United States without European Union involvement. Read Full Article at RT.com

UFC sensation Khamzat Chimaev is training his sights on welterweight rival Neil Magny, with the Russian-born star’s manager offering positive signs on his comeback despite the recent noises from UFC boss Dana White. Read Full Article ...

Air passenger traffic will remain relatively low this year compared with 2019’s pre-Covid levels, but it will be better than in mid-2020, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) director Alexandre de Juniac. Read F...

A US judge has temporarily removed Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi from a Trump-era blacklist prohibiting American investment in “Communist Chinese military companies.” Read Full Article at RT.com

A basketball announcer has claimed diabetes caused him to rant about ‘f***ing n*****s’ after a girls high school team decided to take a knee during the national anthem at a game in Oklahoma. Read Full Article at RT.com

Actress Corinne Masiero disrobed on stage during a French awards ceremony, exposing the audience to her anger over the government’s closure of cinemas and other cultural institutions amid the Covid-19 crisis. Read Full Article at RT.c...

A US judge has ordered the release of retired Navy officer Kenneth Caldwell, accused of being part of an Oath Keepers militia plot to invade the Capitol, pending trial, as no evidence to back the conspiracy claims has turned up. Read Fu...

Exports of Russian agricultural products have increased by 28.1 percent in the first two months of 2021 against the same period a year ago, amounting to $4.51 billion, the Russian Agricultural Ministry reports. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has deemed Chinese telecom giant Huawei a threat to US national security, maintaining pressure on Beijing that some believed could ease under the new Biden administration. Read Full Article at...

Jeanine Anez, who seized power in Bolivia as an interim president after the November 2019 ousting of then-president Evo Morales, has been arrested on suspicion of sedition, the new government has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is at fault for the state’s disastrous nursing home policies amid the Covid-19 crisis, relatives of care home patients who succumbed to the virus told RT, voicing hopes for accountability. Read Full Arti...

A repeat of last year’s large-scale celebration at Mount Rushmore, headlined by then-President Donald Trump, is apparently not going to happen this year, after a federal agency refused a request for a fireworks display. Read Full Arti...

A fraudster has been indicted on federal charges for his alleged role in swindling hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors who thought they were giving to a Black Lives Matter group, instead pocketing the funds for himself. Read Fu...

Despite what they might argue, Barcelona and Juventus remain highly unconvincing works in progress after their latest early Champions League exits. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo haven't got time to lose another wasted season. Read ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed a former ambassador to run a task force investigating the so-called Havana syndrome experienced by US diplomats and spies that the media have blamed on sci-fi ‘microwave weapons.’ R...

A London police constable has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of Sarah Everard. Her case has drawn national attention, sparking debate about women’s safety after she went missing in south London. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Yet another woman has come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, his seventh accuser to date, airing the charge as top US Senators echo growing demands for him to step down. Read Full Arti...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dashed Athens’ hopes of getting back the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles by saying that the British Museum remains their “rightful” owner following “legal” acquisition in the 19th century. Read...

The US State Department has approved the sale of five P-8A Poseidon planes, advertised by Boeing as one of the “most advanced” weapon systems in the world, and other equipment to Germany at the cost of $1.77 billion. Read Full Artic...

National Guard Association Chairman and Arizona Adjunct General Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire is calling for troops’ presence in Washington, DC to end following a two-month extension this week. Read Full Article at RT.com

The leader of Mississippi has hailed an "important" new piece of legislation prohibiting transgender athletes from competing on women's sports teams in high schools and universities, leaving some human rights campaigners dismayed. Read ...

Rome and Italy’s business capital Milan will be plunged into the country’s toughest Covid-19 restrictions from Monday in a bid to stem the rising tide of infections, the health ministry said on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, king of South Africa’s Zulu nation, has passed away after contracting Covid-19. He was praised for preserving traditional culture while leading his people through apartheid and the AIDS epidemic. Read ...

The Minneapolis City Council has unanimously approved a civil lawsuit settlement worth $27 million with the estate of George Floyd, over his death while being detained by police last year. Read Full Article at RT.com

Saucy boxing babe Ebanie Bridges has enjoyed an eventful weigh-in as she prepares to contest the ANBF Australasian belt, stripping off to a bikini before her rival was forced to take the scales to a toilet for a second go. Read Full Art...

A Florida man has been convicted of not only possessing child pornography, but also trying to solicit more through motherhood blogs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com