Tributes have been paid to a teacher slain in Tuesday’s school shooting in the Russian city of Kazan, after it was reported she lost her life trying to protect children in her care when a former student opened fire, killing nine. Read...

Taiwan is tightening its coronavirus restrictions after 16 new domestically transmitted Covid-19 cases were detected, marking the highest-ever daily increase on the island, which has largely kept the pandemic under control. Read Full Ar...

Prices for copper reached record highs and are expected to keep growing as global shortages of the metal and declining inventories are heated by easing concerns over the health of the global economy. Read Full Article at RT.com

Japan’s platform for booking Covid-19 vaccinations has crashed in parts of the country because of a technical issue with US cloud computing vendor Salesforce, compounding frustration with the government’s handling of the pandemic. R...

Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi was ejected from New Zealand’s parliamentary chambers after accusing a fellow MP of engaging in racist rhetoric, and then performing a ceremonial dance to express his displeasure. Read Full Article...

The Israeli military has claimed to have “neutralized” two high-level Hamas intelligence officials during air raids in Gaza, as local officials claim Palestinian rocket fire killed two Arab-Israelis, a woman and a child. Read Full A...

An Israeli airstrike has reportedly leveled another major high-rise in Gaza – the second in the span of 24 hours – as a barrage of Palestinian rocket fire continues to rain down on Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities. Read Full Articl...

Motorists and even airlines struggled to find fuel across the southeastern US due to the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, but the Biden administration denied there was a “shortage” and blamed “hoarders” for the “supply crunch.�...

Health officials in Canada's Ontario province have suspended use of the AstraZeneca/Vaxzevria Covid-19 vaccine, saying that escalating concerns over risks of blood clots merited a review amid increasing supplies of competing jabs. Read ...

An eruption of violence in Israel and Gaza is headed for “full-scale war,” a top UN envoy warned, even as Washington reportedly resists efforts to issue a similar call for deescalation in the UN Security Council. Read Full Article a...

The US Army is trying to reach Generation Z through a new animated recruiting campaign emphasizing that you don't have to be “superhuman” to join, but only a small subset of its target audience is fit enough to qualify. Read Full Ar...

The war between Israel and Palestinian militant groups seems to have spilled over into the US, after two groups or rival demonstrators got into a physical altercation outside the Israeli consulate in New York City. Read Full Article at ...

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg, normally a figure revered by her protective left-wing allies, has learned the hard way that rocket attacks over Israel are a touchier subject than solar panels and carbon-trading schemes. Read Full...

As IDF jets bomb Gaza and Palestinian militants fire rockets into Israel, the city of Lod has erupted in violence its mayor compared to a Nazi pogrom. PM Benjamin Netanyahu is pulling troops from the West Bank to restore order. Read Ful...

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Turkey met in Mecca on Tuesday, expressing readiness to keep working on improving ties between the states which deteriorated after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Read Full Art...

A Texas judge has rejected the National Rifle Association’s bid for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as filed in bad faith. The rejection means the NRA will have to face a potentially devastating lawsuit in New York. Read Full Article...

A gang of hackers that stole over 250 gigabytes of data from the Metropolitan Police in the US capital has published 22 documents with officers’ personal details and said it will release passwords if a ransom wasn’t paid. Read Full ...

An energy pipeline between the Israeli cities of Eilat and Ashkelon has been hit by a rocket fired from Gaza, setting a large oil tank on fire for several hours, according to the Channel 12 TV broadcaster. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has again hit out at the UFC's pay structure after alleging online that many of Dana White's stable of fighters don't make as much money as the UFC Octagon girls. Read Full Article at RT.com

Premier League star Mo Salah has called on world leaders, including UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to intervene as the deadly confrontation between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants intensifies. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The inevitable coronation of Manchester City as Premier League champions has been confirmed after nearest rivals Manchester United suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Leicester City. Read Full Article at RT.com

San Francisco's municipal bus system has emerged as a hot spot in an epidemic of unprovoked attacks on Asians, with two separate assaults occurring on the same day just one week after two elderly women were stabbed at a bus stop. Read F...

Slovakia will halt its rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for people being given their first doses, its Health Ministry has said, after an inquiry into the death of a person who suffered blood clots after receiving the jab. Rea...

Bellator MMA light heavyweight Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson was arrested and charged with identify theft not long after making a successful debut with the promotion in Connecticut last week, according to reports. Read Full Article at RT...

An email exchange in which a US Justice Department (DOJ) lawyer threatens to subpoena academics who refuted voter fraud allegations in Bolivia’s 2019 presidential election has been leaked, fueling speculation of US involvement. Read F...

Rocket attacks from Gaza targeting Israeli cities are "unacceptable," but the Jewish state should show military restraint when it responds, the UN Secretary-General has said, while calling for an end to hostilities. Read Full Article at...

A 13-story tower in Gaza has been leveled to the ground, reportedly after it was hit by missile strikes from Israeli warplanes amid the ongoing conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants, according to local media. Read Fu...

Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired over 100 rockets at Israel following the destruction of a residential tower block. Israeli media reported that a building in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon has been hit. Read Full Article at RT.com...

After guiding Chelsea to the finals of both the Champions League and FA Cup since succeeding Frank Lampard at Stamford Bridge in January, German boss Thomas Tuchel says that he has no intention of stopping to smell the roses. Read Full ...

The UK’s financial regulator has announced the launch of a formal investigation into the collapse of Greensill Capital, the financial services company former Prime Minister David Cameron lobbied ministers to save. Read Full Article at...

Residents in the Volga city of Kazan have begun laying flowers for the victims of a shooting that left at least nine dead and more than a dozen injured at School No. 175. A 19-year-old former student has since been detained. Read Full A...

The news that this summer's heavyweight title tilt between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will likely take place in Saudi Arabia is a body blow to the UK's fight fans. Read Full Article at RT.com

Police pursued a stolen U-Haul truck for two hours through Los Angeles and Orange County in California. The driver kept the pedal to the metal, stopping only when his shredded tires set the truck ablaze. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Russian Su-30 fighter jet was sent into the air over the Black Sea on Tuesday to escort three French military aircraft, on a day that saw the country's Air Force deal with two incidents of foreign planes close to its border. Read Full...

The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions against seven people it claims are linked to Hezbollah and its financial wing, Al-Qard al-Hassan, labelling all of the individuals as “specially designated global terrorists”. Read Fu...

Italy did not ask the EU to pay Libyan authorities to prevent migrants from heading to Europe from its shores, the office of Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said, denying earlier reports in local media. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has joined his fellow Russians in mourning the loss of nine lives in a shooting spree at a school in the city of Kazan in the Republic of Tatarstan. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US tech giant Apple has filed a lawsuit in a Moscow court to fight against a fine handed to it by Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). Last month, FAS ordered Apple to pay $12 million for abusing control of its app store. Read...

A judge-led inquiry has found that UK soldiers shot dead nine “entirely innocent” Northern Irish people, including a priest and mother, during a 1971 incident in the ‘Troubles’ that sparked a surge in violence. Read Full Article...

Security forces in Ukraine have begun searching for Viktor Medvedchuk, the leader of the country's largest opposition party, after state prosecutors announced their intention to bring charges against him for alleged high treason. Read F...

Tel Aviv will ramp up its airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, PM Benjamin Netanyahu has warned, as Israel and Hamas exchanged fire in the aftermath of violent clashes at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Read Full Article at RT.co...

The Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have excluded pregnant women from their Covid-19 vaccine rollouts after the medicines regulator published new advice following the death of an expectant mother. Read Full Article at R...

Under pressure from police unions, French PM Jean Castex has proposed tougher measures against those who attack the police, just ahead of a ceremony to honor the latest officer killed in a shooting last week. Read Full Article at RT.com...

A steamy disco blowout dedicated to being open about intimacy has landed one Ukrainian politician in a sticky situation after his wife traveled to Russia to perform at it, despite rock-bottom relations between the two countries. Read Fu...

The authorities in India are raising the alarm over a rise in a rare and potentially fatal fungal infection called mucormycosis among recovered but still vulnerable Covid-19 patients. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ahead of his visit to Moscow on Tuesday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has tacitly endorsed Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, stating he believes UN staff should not hesitate to take the jab, wherever it’s available. Read...

The EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator and potential French presidential candidate Michel Barnier has suggested a “halt” on immigration into the bloc for up to five years, to reassess the Schengen deal and strengthen borders. Rea...

Drivers were filmed queuing for gas as stations reportedly ran out of fuel along the East Coast, after a ransomware attack crippled one of the US’ most vital pipelines. The pipeline’s operator is struggling to restore service. Read ...

The French foreign ministry has said that a great deal of effort is still required to bring Iran and the US back to the 2015 nuclear agreement, as time runs low and “significant disagreements remain” between the parties. Read Full A...

Khamzat Chimaev is raring to pick up where he left off in the UFC octagon – and Dana White says he’s down with plans for the Chechen-born sensation to fight four times by the end of 2021. Read Full Article at RT.com

The value of dogecoin, the cryptocurrency inspired by the popular Shiba Inu meme, sank  shortly after the long-anticipated appearance of Elon Musk on popular US television variety show ‘Saturday Night Live’. Read Full Article at RT...

EU members are yet to make a joint decision on when to reopen for non-essential travel, but several tourist-dependent countries have already chosen to walk alone, having lost part of the warm-season profits. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US electric car producer Tesla has reportedly held off on plans to buy land to expand its plant in the Chinese province of Shanghai and turn it into the company’s global export hub, as uncertainty over US-China relations grows. Read F...

Police have reportedly arrested protesters outside AstraZeneca's UK office where activists demanded pharmaceutical firms waive Covid-19 vaccine patent rights, and called for jabs to be more equally distributed. Read Full Article at RT.c...

One day after US President Joe Biden said that Russia has “some responsibility” for the ransomware attack that crippled America’s Colonial Pipeline, the Kremlin has firmly denied Moscow had anything to do with the incident. Read F...

Undefeated MMA star and two-time Olympic gold medallist Kayla Harrison has designs on establishing herself as the greatest female fighter in history, but Dana White remains unconvinced that she can dethrone Amanda Nunes. Read Full Artic...

The US is becoming a major exporter of deadly biological weapons to nations across the globe, a member of Russia’s Security Council has argued, warning of the potential for a colossal body count if they are ever actually used. Read Fu...

A UK transport union has lashed out at West Midlands Trains for causing “so much hurt,” after the operator promised staff a bonus for “hard work” during the Covid pandemic, before revealing it was a “phishing simulation test.�...

Two women have been killed and several other people have sustained injuries as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip continue to land in nearby Israeli communities. Read Full Article at RT.com

Days after Instagram and Twitter blamed “system errors” for deleted posts on unrest in Jerusalem, a coalition of civil society groups and digital rights activists have accused them of continuing to “censor” Palestinian content. ...

The UK health secretary has warned that proof of vaccination will be “necessary” for travel as the National Health Service app prepares to relaunch as a vaccine passport from May 17, when the ban on foreign holidays is eased. Read F...

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has outlined plans to expand the southern stretch of the waterway after the Ever Given container ship caused chaos by becoming wedged, stopping traffic for six days. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova has offered her condolences after a gunman killed nine people at a school in the city of Kazan. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill to the country’s parliament to leave the Open Skies Treaty, a post-Cold War surveillance agreement that allows signatory countries to openly spy on each other from the air. Read Fu...

A new study from the Harvard GenderSci Lab challenges the rising panic over alleged precipitous drops in human sperm counts, most notably in Western society. Read Full Article at RT.com

Lines have reportedly formed at a hospital in Russia’s Tatarstan, after an attack at a local school killed eight children and a teacher, with residents eager to give blood despite officials saying they have sufficient supplies. Read F...

Authorities have discovered an underground escape tunnel at an immigration detention facility in Western Australia. Media reports that the 20-meter-long tunnel was dug using makeshift tools. Read Full Article at RT.com

Sheffield United's Scottish international forward Oli McBurnie has reportedly been held in police custody after a video emerged which appeared to show the footballer attacking a man and smashing his phone to the ground. Read Full Articl...

Former British ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray has been handed an eight-month prison sentence after losing a contempt of court case stemming from his reporting on the Alex Salmond trial in 2020. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Poland’s Supreme Court, along with a number of state offices, were evacuated on May 11 after a bomb threat was sent via email, warning that an explosive had been placed in the building ahead of a court hearing. Read Full Article at RT...

The Japanese prefecture of Osaka has reported a surge in the number of people dying at home from Covid-19 as hospital bed occupancy rates reach 96% and capacity to care for the seriously ill becomes stretched. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Russian online media outlet Mash has published footage showing the exact moment when 19-year-old shooter Ilnaz Galyaviev entered Kazan’s High School No. 175, shortly before he opened fire on students early on Tuesday morning. Read Ful...

A teenager has been detained by security forces in the Russian city of Kazan after a bloody attack at a local school left at least nine dead and more than a dozen wounded on the first day back after a 10-day national holiday. Read Full ...

Footage has revealed Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez crowing about “easy money” for his night’s work after stopping Britain's Billy Joe Saunders in their world title fight in front of 73,000 fans in Texas at the weekend. Read Full Artic...

RT’s Keiser Report hosts Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert look at how the export of the American manufacturing base by technology companies such as Intel has created a semiconductor chip shortage in the United States. Read Full Article at...

Following a painstaking, large-scale animal study, researchers in the Netherlands now claim that, when it comes to yawning vertebrates, the larger and denser the brain, the longer the yawn. Read Full Article at RT.com

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has pinned the blame for a recent incident in the Persian Gulf on the US, accusing its warships of “unprofessional behavior” and “provocative shooting.” Read Full Article at RT.co...

Gail Bradbrook, a British climate activist who co-founded the Extinction Rebellion group, has been arrested for conspiracy to cause criminal damage and fraud after her organization attacked banks and encouraged debt disobedience. Read F...

The trial of climate change activists accused of blocking a roadway last year in Hertfordshire took an unexpected turn, after one of the defendants glued his hand to the dock and began lecturing the presiding judge. Read Full Article at...

WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has hit out at rival Anthony Joshua as the prolonged talks to secure a winner-takes-all clash between the two British champions shows no sign of reaching a deal. Read Full Article at RT.com

US, French and Japanese soldiers have begun their first-ever joint military exercise in the southwest of Japan, with Australia also joining the week-long drill as tensions between China and other countries in the region intensify. Read ...

Australian basketball star Liz Cambage has walked back her threat to boycott the Tokyo Olympics over a diversity row, but defiantly labeled herself a “psycho b*tch” as she thanked her critics for “making me money.” Read Full Art...

India's latest upsurge in coronavirus cases, along with its highest daily toll of Covid-19-linked deaths, is expected not only to hamper its economic recovery but also to drag down several sectors vital for the world’s economy. Read F...

The head of the Indian Medical Association has warned his fellow citizens against the practice of covering themselves in cow dung as a treatment for Covid-19, as the nation’s seven-day case rate reaches a new high. Read Full Article a...

Over a year into the pandemic, the official North Korean coronavirus tally remains at the zero mark, according to its latest situation report to the World Health Organization (WHO). Read Full Article at RT.com

The European Commission has brought a second legal case against AstraZeneca in the ongoing dispute over the supply of lifesaving Covid-19 jabs. Those familiar with the matter describe the new case as procedural. Read Full Article at RT....

Florida prosecutors and law enforcement have been cleared of wrongdoing in their handling of Jeffrey Epstein's case. The infamous sex offender did not use his wealth or connections to secure a lenient sentence, investigators said. Read ...

Commodity traders have booked at least six tankers – provisionally – to start shipping gasoline from Europe to the US in the wake of the outage of the Colonial Pipeline network, Reuters reports, citing data from Refinitiv. Read Ful...

Two sitting German MPs flew to Moscow to attend the Victory Day parade, and one of them took the opportunity to get the Sputnik V vaccine. Speaking to RT, he lamented that political games have delayed the EU’s approval of the jab. Rea...

At least nine people have died, with 16 injured, during a shooting at a school in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, on Tuesday morning. The alleged perpetrator survived the incident and has been detained by police. Read F...

Despite fears for his fighting future, Billy Joe Saunders has pledged to return after making a first public statement since his stoppage defeat to pound-for-pound king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in Texas last weekend. Read Full Article a...

A man in Texas was apprehended after a massive Bengal tiger – apparently his – got loose in a residential neighborhood in Houston, sending residents into panic. While the man was arrested, the big cat remains on the lam. Read Full A...

The US FDA has extended emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to children as young as 12, saying that, despite low case and death rates in the age group, potential benefits outweigh any known risks. Read Fu...

The Israeli military has conducted dozens of deadly strikes across Gaza, after Hamas launched a barrage of rockets, itself accusing Israeli authorities of violently suppressing Palestinian worshipers on a major night of Ramadan. Read Fu...

Michel Fourniret has died in a Paris prison hospital after experiencing respiratory problems, the French authorities confirmed. He confessed to killing 11 young women between 1987 and 2003, many in partnership with his wife. Read Full A...

Susan Hennessey, a former Obama-Biden administration lawyer who turned to promoting the Russiagate conspiracy theory during Donald Trump’s presidential term, has finally found her landing spot on President Joe Biden’s team. Read Ful...

Piling onto pressure from Amazon, Netflix and social justice activists, the network NBC said it won’t televise next year’s Golden Globe Awards, citing the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) slow pace of promised reforms....

The World Health Organization has classified the strain of coronavirus currently devastating India as a global “variant of concern.” The variant is thought to be more transmissible, and could be more resistant to vaccines. Read Full...

James Craig, chief of the Detroit police, has announced his retirement after nearly 8 years of fighting crime in one of America's most dangerous cities, and his next battle may be to oust Gretchen Whitmer as Michigan's governor. Read Fu...

A US Coast Guard ship fired warning shots in the course of a close encounter with vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) in the Strait of Hormuz off Iran, a Pentagon spokesperson has said. Read Full Article a...