Whataboutism has a very bad reputation. Dictionaries, online ones at least, label it a fallacy used to accuse opponents of hypocrisy without refuting their argument. Across the board, it’s slammed as deflection and obfuscation. Read F...

Dustin Poirier’s wife Jolie fipped the middle finger at Conor McGregor as the stricken Irishman sat in the octagon with a brutal leg injury following his defeat at UFC 264 in Las Vegas. Read Full Article at RT.com

Comedian Rob Schneider has stirred up controversy on social media after seemingly endorsing the idea that Americans should use their Second Amendment rights to defend themselves against the country’s Covid-19 vaccination drive. Read F...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have pledged to strengthen their friendly relations as they exchanged messages on the 60th anniversary of a bilateral landmark defense treaty. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Khabib Nurmagomedov issued a withering message after former octagon rival Conor McGregor lost his UFC 264 trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier following a grisly leg break for the Irishman in the first round. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

UFC boss Dana White has suggested we have not seen an end to the rivalry between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier despite the American winning the pair’s third fight in Las Vegas after an ugly injury to McGregor. Read Full Article at...

Indian exchanges are unfazed by the current downturn in cryptocurrency trading, and see it as an opportunity to innovate until crypto starts its ascent again, Business Insider India reports. Read Full Article at RT.com

Virgin Galactic is to fly a fully crewed spaceplane on Sunday, with billionaire founder Richard Branson among the six people on board. The test was scheduled nine days ahead of a similar trip planned by Jeff Bezos. Read Full Article at ...

Conor McGregor suffered a gruesome ankle injury as his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier was stopped after the first round at UFC 264 in Las Vegas. Read Full Article at RT.com

An emotional Lionel Messi sank to his knees before being mobbed by his teammates as Argentina ended their long wait for a major title by beating Brazil in the Copa America final. Read Full Article at RT.com

New South Wales' premier has warned residents to brace for a lockdown extension as the state struggles to contain a growing outbreak of Covid-19. A woman in her 90s died as the state recorded another daily record of 77 cases. Read Full ...

Amid growing privacy concerns over the Biden administration's effort to promote Covid-19 jabs among unvaccinated Americans, a document has resurfaced outlining “helpful hints” for the so-called “health ambassadors.” Read Full Ar...

At least one explosion has rocked the Conoco gas field in Deir ez-Zor province, which is occupied by Washington-backed SDF forces, with initial reports suggesting no casualties among American troops stationed in the area. Read Full Arti...

Heightened security measures in Congress continue to slowly be rolled back, with fencing around the area coming down six months after the January 6 riot. Read Full Article at RT.com

The latest OPCW report might eventually prove that the prevailing narrative around last year's alleged poisoning of the Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny holds no water, but don't expect Western nations to admit this. Read Full A...

The world should finally hold Israel accountable for its continuous settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territories, a UN human rights rapporteur has said, provoking criticism from Jewish officials and activists. Read Full Art...

Neymar has warned his "great friend" Lionel Messi that their friendship is on the line tonight when they face off at the Maracana. In what could be a clash for the ages, Brazil and Argentina do battle in the Copa America final. Read Ful...

A fundraising group for Republican women has announced it is refusing support for Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) and Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), labeling them “carnival barkers.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Boxing loudmouth Jake Paul has revealed the $100,000 necklace he will wear around his neck to taunt Conor McGregor at UFC 264 – and his brother, Logan, has promised to lead the crowd in abusing his sibling at the main event. Read Full...

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and social media sensations Paige VanZant and Rachael Ostovich have laughed at each other while squaring off ahead of their imminent fight – and VanZant shared a bath with a champion powerlifter. Rea...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting on Saturday that he would not be silent about “Israel’s atrocities” in Palestine. Read Full Article at RT.com

During a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, Donald Trump Jr. had harsh words for Hunter Biden, mentioning numerous scandals, including his drug addiction. Read Full Article at RT.com

The latest OPCW report containing data on its response to the ‘poisoning’ of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has glaring inconsistencies, Moscow says, adding that the chemical weapons watchdog has failed to explain them. R...

The wife of Harry Kane, Kate, has written a hearfelt love letter to the England captain on the eve of his nation's Euro 2020 final, telling him to bring the trophy home by beating Italy at Wembley. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan is a "sh*tty person" who is ashamed of his Chinese ancestry, according to returning rival Aljamain Sterling – and the American is not entirely pleased that their rematch is in Abu Dhabi. Read ...

Russian bantamweight Yana Kunitskaya stared down opponent Irene Aldana as the pair weighed in ahead of their scrap on the McGregor-Poirier bill at UFC 264 – and admitted she wants a crack at returning former champion Miesha Tate. Read...

New details of breaches of safety regulations and the suspected use of child labor have emerged as Bangladesh deals with the aftermath of its latest factory fire. At least 52 people died in a blaze at a food and drinks factory. Read Ful...

A disgruntled customer has stabbed two cell phone store clerks in a shopping mall in the city of Claye-Souilly, near Paris. The suspect was arrested shortly after the attack.  Read Full Article at RT.com

Conor McGregor has threatened to make Dustin Poirier "pay with his life" in their trilogy decider at UFC 264, while YouTube braggart Jake Paul has again blasted the UFC legend, who was also involved in a row with Rafael Dos Anjos. Read ...

The removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville polarized Americans on Saturday, as the United States continues to take down monuments that are now deemed too controversial. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Hungary's national football team will play games behind closed doors and have been hit with a fine by UEFA over racist abuse and homophobic banners witnessed among their fans during Euro 2020. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Metropolitan Police have arrested two teenagers and charged one of them with the murder of Tamim Ian Habimana. The 15-year-old was stabbed to death on Monday evening in southern London. Read Full Article at RT.com

Fiji's rugby team has dropped a sponsor-backed message to 'Vaccinate Fiji' from their shirts after players opposed the move, causing a doctor to voice his fury and warn that people opposing jabs should "stick in their own lane." Read Fu...

A suicide bomber has attacked a convoy in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday in an attempt to assassinate a local police chief. At least eight people were killed, according to a witness report. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russia's liberals are deeply divided. As their electoral prospects worsen, so do their quarrels. Now, one prominent leader has begun a new row, saying supporters of jailed activist Alexey Navalny shouldn't vote for his party. Read Full ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Saturday that the European Union has reached its goal of delivering enough Covid-19 vaccine doses to member states to fully vaccinate 70% of adults. Read Full Article at RT...

A top official in New South Wales, Australia has sounded the alarm over the recent local coronavirus infection surge. The rise in cases has prompted even stricter rules for the lockdown in Sydney. Read Full Article at RT.com

British boxing legend Chris Eubank and his son, Chris Eubank Jr, have paid moving tributes after boxer and trainer Sebastian Eubank died aged 30 after reportedly drowning on a beach in Dubai, leaving behind a month-old son. Read Full Ar...

A towering structure made of wooden pallets has been set ablaze in the Northern Irish town of Portadown to mark the Eleventh Night, with a political agenda igniting this year’s Protestant celebrations amid post-Brexit tensions. Read F...

Russian doubles duo Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina are aiming to finish the job on Saturday when they play in the final at Wimbledon, standing a step away from glory after a run that has included a win over the top seeds. Read F...

Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Barcelona on Friday evening in one of several events planned for the weekend in honor of Samuel Luiz, a gay Spanish man who was beaten to death last week. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The UAE took oil market watchers by surprise this month when it dug its heels in and refused to agree to an extension of the current OPEC+ production control deal under its original terms. Read Full Article at RT.com

Virgin Galactic is set to fly its first crewed suborbital flight on Sunday. Blue Origin, which plans a manned mission later this month, dunked on its competitor, arguing its craft is not really a spaceship. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A weekend vaccination drive in Lebanon was postponed due to a blackout at the majority of vaccination centers. The country has been battling with a fuel crisis that caused the power outages. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused the US of violating human rights both at home and abroad, noting that Washington is not only discriminating against minorities in America, but also causing problems in foreign countries. Read Ful...

The net capital outflow from the Russian Federation in January-June this year totaled $28.2 billion, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) reported on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Acting FDA head Janet Woodcock has called for an independent probe into potentially inappropriate contacts between FDA staff and a pharma firm, after the agency drew controversy for approving the company’s dementia drug. Read Full Art...

White House Covid-19 adviser Anthony Fauci said Pfizer gave the feds no warning before announcing that it would seek emergency approval for a third vaccine dose, maintaining that, for now, booster shots are unnecessary. Read Full Articl...

US President Joe Biden has changed immigration policy to bar the detention or arrest of “individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing,” according to a recent update from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Read Ful...

President Joe Biden has tapped controversial Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be ambassador to India, the White House has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia and India have demonstrated “exemplary” cooperation during the Covid-19 pandemic and will resist any attempts to discriminate against certain vaccines and types of international travelers, their top diplomats have claimed. Re...

Haiti approached both the US and the United Nations for security aid soon after the murder of President Jovenel Moise, asking them to deploy soldiers to guard infrastructure in the event of unrest, according to multiple reports. Read Fu...

A loud explosion was heard in Tehran, according to multiple witnesses, with Iranian news media reporting that authorities are now investigating a park area in the capital where an “unknown object” allegedly went off. Read Full Artic...

Cybersecurity cooperation between Russia and the US should be regular and professional, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told US President Joe Biden. Yet, Washington has failed to properly outline individual cases, he claimed. Read ...

Vaccinations should be made mandatory for all medical staff and other workers who have contact with people at risk of Covid-19 infection, France’s health regulator has said amid an increase in cases of the Delta variant. Read Full Art...

The effort to prosecute the rioters has become an expensive one, as the federal government is now spending over $6 million to a company to compile a database of footage and documents related to the January 6 event. Read Full Article at ...

Fans have pleaded with Eva Carneiro to return to Chelsea after the former team physio admitted that Euro 2020 is making her enjoy football for the first time since her acrimonious exit following an incident with Jose Mourinho. Read Full...

Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt received major social media backlash after he argued that the January 6 storming of the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters was more dangerous than 9/11 and will result in more deaths. Read Ful...

Police have taken a man to hospital after Rory McIlory admitted his "surprise" at having one of his golf clubs stolen from his bag in front of him, with world number one Jon Rahm claiming the offender smelled of alcohol. Read Full Artic...

A total of 78 people are now confirmed to have died following the partial collapse of a condominium in Florida last month, after search and rescue workers recovered the bodies of a further 14 victims. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Khamzat Chimaev will fight for the first time in more than a year when he aims to repeat his early victories in Abu Dhabi by taking on Chinese welterweight Li Jingliang, ending the Chechen-born UFC powerhouse's Covid-19 ordeal. Read Ful...

The Netherlands is reintroducing Covid-19 restrictions for nightclubs, restaurants and music festivals in response to a spike in infections among younger people, the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Republican challenger Caitlyn Jenner has joined a legal battle in an effort to prevent Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-California) from having his party affiliation on the ballot in the upcoming recall election. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Covid-19 vaccines made by Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech are just as effective in people with underlying conditions as the rest of the population, a UK study of one million participants has shown. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has claimed the world is "as divided as she can remember" over "obvious" issues such as mask-wearing and kneeling against racism, adding that big names including Michelle Obama and Meghan Markle back her. Read Fu...

US President Joe Biden has raised the issue of ransomware attacks “by criminals based in Russia” in his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling on Russia “to take action,” the White House said. Read Full Articl...

The UK has rejected the EU’s estimate of the Brexit settlement cost included in the bloc’s latest accounts report, which amounts to over €47 billion. It does not reflect the money the EU owes the UK, London argues. Read Full Artic...

UFC badboy Conor McGregor has threatened to break a pink-suited journalist's nose at a heated press conference ahead of his fight with Dustin Poirier this weekend following a wisecrack about the Irishman's recent fighting history. Read ...

President Emmanuel Macron has said France will start closing its bases in northern Mali before the end of the year, with the move to be completed by the beginning of 2022 as it restructures its military presence in Africa’s Sahel. Rea...

Nearly all streets in the French capital will have a speed limit of 30 kph (18.6mph) by the end of summer, authorities have announced. Local drivers have already called the move “a disgrace.” Read Full Article at RT.com

A dozen UK cops are under investigation in relation to the conduct of the officer who murdered Sarah Everard earlier this year, the police watchdog for England and Wales has revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com

A group of activists has claimed responsibility for draping a sign reading “God Bless Abortions” on a 60-plus-foot Jesus Christ statue in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, saying the act was a message on abortion legislation. Read Full Arti...

Russians view imprisoned opposition figure Alexey Navalny and his activities in an increasingly negative light, it was revealed on Friday, with many approving of the court’s decision to designate his organizations as extremist. Read F...

Many United States taxpayers were far from pleased after the bipartisan US House Appropriations Committee approved a $3.3 billion security assistance package to Israel at a time when so many Americans are struggling. Read Full Article a...

A top-flight star in the US may have become the world's first footballer to be transfered as a result of not taking a Covid-19 jab, with his club confirming they moved him on after he was "not comfortable" being vaccinated. Read Full Ar...

A request by the lead investigator into the explosion in the Port of Beirut last year to interrogate Lebanon’s security chief over the disaster has been turned down by a minister, a spokesperson and local reports have said. Read Full ...

The giant panda has been moved one level up on China’s extinction threat scale due to its increasing numbers, the country’s conservation chief has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian Foreign Ministry has revealed that Moscow is ready to interfere in the situation on the Tajik-Afghan border, noting that it will defend its allies against any possible incursion over the frontier by the Taliban. Read Full Ar...

Australia’s environment minister has come under fire for announcing her intent to appeal a court ruling that found she had a duty to protect children from harmful climate change effects related to a proposed coal mine expansion. Read ...

A football fan who was axed from her job after bosses saw her on TV celebrating during England's win over Denmark at Euro 2020 has admitted she would "do it all over again", while her bosses have said they had "no choice". Read Full Art...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has found a link connecting mRNA vaccines, such as Pfizer and Moderna, to rare heart conditions following inoculation, and has recommended that these side effects are listed. Read Full Article at RT.c...

A court in Tel Aviv has made a “precedent-setting” ruling ordering a transsexual woman to be paid nearly $10,000 after she complained of mistreatment at a pharmacy. The chemist spoke to her as to a man, the claimant said. Read Full ...

Two more arrests have been made in connection with the brutal murder of a Spanish gay man, which sparked massive protests this week. The victim, Samuel Luiz, was beaten to death in a suspected hate assault. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

London police officer Wayne Couzens has pleaded guilty to killing Sarah Everard in March. He faces life in prison and will be sentenced in late September. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Ministry of Health in a Russian region less than 1000km away from Moscow has recommended that those vaccinated against Covid-19 refrain from having sex after receiving the jab, declaring it to be too strenuous. Read Full Article at ...

North Korea has canceled shipments of Oxford’s AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine that were due to arrive in the country through the Covax program, citing concerns over potentially fatal, but rare, side effects. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov has named some of the stars who have caught his eye on either side ahead of the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy – and the huge football fan believes speed will make the difference. Read...

Tyson Fury has been blamed for the collapse of his trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder after at least one Covid-19 infection in his camp, according to reports – while his opponent is said to have taken two Pfizer jab doses. Read Full Ar...

The price of bitcoin dropped below the $33,000 level on Friday for the first time in over a week, with most other major cryptocurrencies trading in the red. Read Full Article at RT.com

Residents in Australia’s Greater Sydney area are now required to carry identification while outside exercising, so that police can stop them and check whether they are more than 10 kilometers from their home. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The World Health Organization has revealed that it has placed a new Covid-19 strain first discovered in Russia on its online list of variants for monitoring. It joins a selection of eleven other unnamed coronavirus mutations. Read Full ...

Israel’s culture minister blasted as hypocritical the decision of Palestinian actors starring in the film ‘Let There Be Morning’ to protest “apartheid in Israel” by not attending its first screening at the Cannes Film Festival...

Conor McGregor continued his no-holds-barred trash talk with Dustin Poirier before their UFC 264 trilogy, again bringing up the American’s wife at a wild Las Vegas press conference which saw the Irishman aim a kick at his rival. Read ...

A woman who was granted a restraining order as part of allegations against Los Angeles Dodgers' Trevor Bauer told the now-suspended baseball ace to "gimme all the pain", according to a report showing purported text messages. Read Full A...

Beijing will defend the interests of Chinese companies hit by US sanctions, the country’s Foreign Ministry has said. It added that the US only hurts investors and itself when attacking Chinese entities.  Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Tajikistan and its allies will repel any possible Taliban incursion from neighboring Afghanistan, with Russian troops ready to help if needed, a top military official from the Eurasian regional defense bloc, CSTO, has told RT. Read Full...

Former US President Donald Trump is suing Facebook, Google and Twitter for removing him from their platforms. Read Full Article at RT.com

Northern Ireland’s Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) has accused the Republic of Ireland of starting a trade Cold War, demanding answers from the UK government and the European Commission (EC) on how to handle its neighbour. Read Ful...

When it comes to online censorship, few voices outside the Western mainstream are safe. Not even a US president. Now, this near-total lack of accountability among tech giants is pushing states to develop sovereign internet spaces. Read ...

At least 52 bodies have been recovered from the rubble after a fire broke at a food and drink factory near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. More people are feared to be missing as the blaze continues to rage. Read Full Article at RT.com ...