A British diplomat working at the country’s embassy in Berlin has been arrested by security services on charges of spying for Russia. Prosecutors claim that he forwarded on materials to officials in Moscow in exchange for cash. Read F...

Senator Cory Booker (D-New York), a vocal proponent of criminal justice reform in the US, has rubbed some people the wrong way with a sarcasm-dripping endorsement of a measure against defunding the police. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russia’s economy is showing signs of recovery, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in its interim report, which sees most major economies also expanding, although at a slower pace. Read Full Article a...

The Taliban has continued assaults on major Afghan cities, reportedly capturing the nine provincial capitals in less than a week. The US earlier said it will press the militants to stop their attacks during peace talks in Qatar. Read Fu...

The Chinese authorities have hit a new milestone, administering 1.8 billion vaccines in the fight against Covid-19, as shot-maker Sinovac says efficacy concerns can be overcome using a third jab. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian gymnast Dina Averina, who was denied gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics despite Israeli eventual winner Linoy Ashram dropping her ribbon in her routine, has said she is ready to take revenge at the Paris 2024 Games. Read Full Artic...

Operations at 53 shuttered coal mines in China will once again come to life, as China struggles to keep up with increased power demand, according to a statement by the National Development Reform Commission in China. Read Full Article a...

Residents of the village of Juniata and the western part of Hastings, Nebraska have been advised to shelter in place due to an active shooter situation in the area, local media reported. Read Full Article at RT.com

Canadian businessman Michael Spavor has been sentenced to an 11-year prison term in China on espionage charges. Ottawa condemned the verdict, which it sees as part of retaliation for the arrest of a Huawei executive in Canada. Read Full...

A Texas judge has ruled in favor of county officials who wish to revive mask mandates in their public schools, temporarily overriding a statewide ban on such measures as a number of school districts also vow to resist the order. Read Fu...

Tesla tycoon Elon Musk has volunteered to help bridge the gap between current spacesuit models and the advanced tech astronauts will need for NASA’s planned 2024 return trip to the Moon as the mission gets bogged down in delays. Read ...

The inspector general for the NSA will investigate whether the spy service targeted Fox host Tucker Carlson for surveillance, several outlets reported, after the agency denied the charge with a carefully worded statement in June. Read F...

It’s a matter of life and death for children returning to school to wear masks, an Oklahoma public school board member said, suggesting that maskless kids who aren’t eligible for vaccination will be killing their vulnerable peers. R...

A baffling decision by Manchester City to mock up stars as members of the gang portrayed in British TV hit 'Peaky Blinders' has backfired spectacularly on social media, with mystified fans widely deriding the strange stunt. Read Full Ar...

The Taliban has seized two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, taking control of eight major cities in just four days amid a relentless wave of attacks as US President Joe Biden urges Afghans to fight for their country. Read Full A...

Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) still believes in free-market ways to fight censorship, after YouTube banned him from posting for a week over a video in which he dared question the effectiveness of cloth masks against Covid-19. Read Full...

Football superstar Lionel Messi and Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari president, have spoken of their shared plans for the club for the first time after the new number 30 completed his move to the French giants. Read Full...

Decades after the US dropped millions of gallons of the toxic chemical Agent Orange on Vietnam, it still fails to apply “common sense” even to the plight of American veterans exposed to it, the head of an advocacy group told RT. Rea...

The three billionaires have faced scorn and mockery on social media for their part in a venture mining “natural resources” in Greenland. Read Full Article at RT.com

Police and protesters clashed in the Thai capital Bangkok on Tuesday, the latest in a string of demonstrations over the government and its handling of the pandemic, with riot cops using tear gas and rubber bullets on the crowd. Read Ful...

US President Joe Biden sought to limit the impact of Andrew Cuomo’s resignation by saying the Democrat did a great job as governor of New York and calling it “sad” that he had to resign over a sexual harassment scandal. Read Full ...

A French women's handball player has expressed outrage after her country's gold medal-winning team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was snubbed on the cover of a national newspaper in favor of new PSG star Lionel Messi. Read Full Article at R...

Twitter bosses have said that the United Kingdom was "by far" the biggest origin of "abhorrent racist abuse" on its platform when a trio of black players were targeted following England's Euro 2020 final defeat last month. Read Full Art...

According to a “confidential” email sent from the White House to social media influencers, the Biden administration is seeking TikTok stars for “intimate” Zoom calls on Covid-19 vaccines with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Read Full Article...

An English footballer has bravely breezed on despite appearing to stink out his new club's home stadium during an explosive interview, leaving fans howling after loud flatulence could be heard emanating from the fresh signing. Read Full...

Algeria’s government has announced an investigation to identify the “criminal hands” responsible for 50 “horror” fires that destroyed swathes of forest to the east of the country’s capital city and killed more than 20 people...

Twitter has suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) from the platform for a week after claiming the firebrand Republican spread misleading information on “failing” Covid-19 vaccines. Read Full Article at RT.com

Denmark footballer Christian Eriksen, who suffered a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020, has sent a touching message to a nine-year-old girl who is about to undergo a similar procedure to the defibrillator fitting he had this summer. Read Full...

As schools prepare to reopen their doors to students, White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci has called for a vaccine mandate for teachers, while Republican Governor Ron DeSantis continues to battle face covering guidance. Read F...

Human rights organization Amnesty International called on President Joe Biden to drop US charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, condemning them as “politically motivated” and an attack on the free press. Read Full Article...

Democrat Andrew Cuomo has resigned as the governor of New York, saying he did so out of “love” of the state and the need for government to function in a time of “life and death.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Campaigners have told a team to axe a player who they claim has links to Ukraine's far right – but club bosses have argued that the striker, who describes the allegations as "lies", has the right to express himself in a democracy. Rea...

France’s Ministry of the Interior found that one Covid vaccination or screening center has been vandalized per day on average since mid-July, with around 20 such sites across the country attacked, local media reported on Tuesday. Read...

Prominent US LGBTQ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign has drawn flak for “stalling for time” after launching a probe into its president’s alleged role in discrediting sexual harassment claims against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. ...

A family values group has urged authorities to investigate claims that a kids’ camp in the country’s Ural region pushed and coerced young attendees into cross-dressing, with the local children’s ombudsman agreeing to open a case. ...

The family of Harry Dunn, a British motorcyclist killed by an American woman with diplomatic immunity, says she may have been using her phone while driving. They are determined to unravel the case, their spokesman told RT. Read Full Art...

A Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam built in the north-east of Cambodia has been condemned by Human Rights Watch (HRW) for displacing and destroying the lives of thousands of indigenous people in a new report released on Tuesday. Read Fu...

More than 8,500 people in a town in northern Germany, who thought they were vaccinated, might have been left without protection against Covid-19 as a nurse allegedly injected them with saline instead of a real vaccine. Read Full Article...

A fire at the Syrian port of Latakia has been extinguished, according to state media, after a reported explosion sent black smoke billowing above the city. Some workers required oxygen and further treatment. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The half-brother of a former British MMA champion, who a court heard acted as a 'father figure' to his killer, will be "detained indefinitely" after admitting to stabbing the Londoner to death at his 30th birthday last summer. Read Full...

About 400,000 Afghans have been internally displaced by the ongoing conflict with the Taliban, and many are seeking asylum in Iran, the EU has warned. Read Full Article at RT.com

Some airports in Russia’s Siberia region are currently suffering from serious overcrowding as smoke from vast forest wildfires has caused a severe drop in visibility, leaving many planes stuck on the ground, unable to take off. Read F...

A top Ukrainian politician has called on Washington to deploy its military, including army units and air defense systems, to the troubled Eastern European nation, in what would undoubtedly be seen by Moscow as a grave provocation. Read ...

The trial of an Iranian citizen suspected of playing a role in the execution of thousands of political prisoners during a 1988 purge in Iran has opened in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Read Full Article at RT.com

Oregon Governor Kate Brown quietly signed a bill last month that removed the requirement for graduating high school children in the state to be proficient in reading, writing, and math, in an effort to aid “students of color.” Read ...

The worst-kept secret in football has resulted in a swift conclusion after French giants Paris Saint-Germain released an official video ahead of Lionel Messi's arrival at the club, racking up millions of views within minutes. Read Full ...

Dominion Voting Systems has filed defamation suits against conservative networks Newsmax and OAN, as well as Overstock founder Patrick Byrne, over claims made about the 2020 presidential election. Read Full Article at RT.com

Volunteer High School in Hawkins County, Tennessee has gone into lockdown on students' first day back at classes after reports of an active shooter on campus. Local media say first responders are evacuating the building. Read Full Artic...

A Ukrainian judge says she has copped death threats for defending an Olympic gold medal decision that was accused of being politically-motivated against Russia, adding that she has been treated "as if I killed someone with a gun." Read ...

Scotland’s health secretary and his wife have started legal proceedings against a nursery school which they claim discriminated against their two-year-old daughter by not offering her a place at the academy. Read Full Article at RT.co...

In a bombshell announcement, Real Madrid have revealed they intend to sue bosses at La Liga and financial firm CVC, who have agreed a $3.2 billion deal that could transform Spanish and European football. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Export proceeds of Russian state-run energy giant Gazprom saw an enormous increase of 73% from January to June 2021 compared to the same period a year ago, according to Russia's Federal Customs Service. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A profile of Joe Biden’s Press Secretary Jen Psaki published by Vogue magazine has accused RT of waging a ‘propaganda campaign’ against her back in 2014. The story in question reads like a testament to how much the US has changed....

Nine months after Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Moscow-brokered ceasefire after six weeks of fighting, the defense minister in Yerevan has warned that any future problems on the Azeri border may have to be resolved by “force.” Rea...

The EU has said it hopes that the suspension of flights between Baghdad and Minsk will slow the movement of migrants across the border between Belarus and Lithuania, amid record illegal crossings into the EU state. Read Full Article at ...

Lionel Messi's father and agent, Jorge, has blasted former club Barcelona at the city's international airport, where the six-time Ballon d'Or winner has arrived to finally take off for Paris and sign for PSG. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Members of the German Train Drivers’ Union (GDL) have voted to strike starting Tuesday evening, after their demands for better pay were rejected. Deutsche Bahn state rail company called the strike “an attack on the whole country.”...

North Korea refused to answer a routine call on the inter-Korean hotline on Tuesday, after Kim Jong-un’s sister accused South Korea of behaving deceitfully by proceeding with a planned annual joint military drill with the US. Read Ful...

Demented occultists looking for victims as part of their sick rituals pose a real threat to the Russian public, one top analyst has cautioned after a pair of satanists confessed to a gory double murder in a remote woodland. Read Full A...

Controversy sparked this week after a report claimed that comic book writers and artists who helped create characters and stories used in Hollywood blockbuster superhero movies have received very little, if any, money. Read Full Article...

Remote workers at one of the world’s largest call center firms are reportedly being pressured to allow AI-powered camera surveillance to monitor their workspaces at home – even in bedrooms. Read Full Article at RT.com

The chairman of GB News is among those who mocked anti-vax and anti-lockdown protesters that stormed the former BBC headquarters on Monday, but some questioned the journalist, asking, “isn’t this your audience?” Read Full Article ...

Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert look at the results of the 50-year-old fiat experiment since the US government took the dollar off the gold standard. Read Full Article at RT.com

Despite growing levels of conflict in Afghanistan amid the US-led troops withdrawal, six European Union member states have banded together to urge the EU Commission to continue deporting Afghans back home. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A handful of activists defaced the Australian parliament in Canberra, demanding the government improve its climate policy, with some setting fire to a baby stroller to symbolize the impact of global warming on future generations. Read F...

Belarus will not impose sanctions on Ukraine, but, at any time, Minsk could team up with Russian President Vladimir Putin and bring Kiev “to its knees” in just one day, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko told journalists on Monday. Rea...

Thiago Messi, the son of football legend Lionel, has been shown reportedly trolling fans gathered outside their home waiting for the family to head to Paris ahead of the Barcelona icon's expected move to Paris Saint-Germain. Read Full A...

Martinique ordered tourists to leave the island on Tuesday ahead of the implementation of stricter Covid-19 restrictions, as part of the French overseas territory’s “second phase” of lockdown measures. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Police have identified a man who mailed bullets to Pope Francis and are looking for his whereabouts, a report says. The envelope with a threatening letter was sent amid the Vatican’s biggest embezzlement case in modern history. Read F...

A broadcaster who was accidentally overheard making crude remarks about a women's Olympic basketball team has apologized and been suspended for homophobic and sexist insults, drawing an outraged reaction from players and bosses. Read Fu...

Ex-Barcelona maestro Lionel Messi has agreed a deal with PSG and will arrive in the capital on Tuesday to complete a move to the club after leaving Barca due to La Liga salary rules, according to French sports daily L'Équipe. Read Full...

Russia's liberals have long hoped for a mass uprising against Vladimir Putin's government. But, as the president's support shows little sign of tailing off after almost 18 years in office, the revolution is nowhere to be seen. Read Full...

Large-scale wargames have been held in Tajikistan, bringing together soldiers from three former Soviet republics to practice targeting enemy combatants and securing the border with neighboring Afghanistan, as the US withdraws. Read Full...

The Bangladesh government has begun working in concert with aid workers on a mass vaccination campaign to provide Covid inoculations to nearly one million Rohingya refugees living in overcrowded camps. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian oil exports to the United States have surged 23% this year, overtaking Mexico and making Russia the US’ second-biggest crude supplier after Canada. Read Full Article at RT.com

Washington has no legal mandate to keep its armed forces in Syria, and the presence of American soldiers in the country contradicts the 2015 UN Security Council resolution that called for a ceasefire and a political settlement. Read Ful...

The Chinese foreign ministry has announced that it is recalling its ambassador to Lithuania and demanding Vilnius do the same after the Lithuanian government permitted Taiwan to establish a representative office in the country. Read Ful...

The Canadian government has blasted China over the “cruel and inhumane” capital punishment faced by a Canadian citizen, whose death sentence for drug trafficking was upheld by a Chinese court. Read Full Article at RT.com

AMC Entertainment will reportedly start accepting bitcoin as payment for tickets and concession purchases at its US theaters, making it the first cinema chain to accept cryptocurrency as a payment option. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Authorities have vowed to strengthen the enforcement of the lockdown in the Greater Sydney area, in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), after new Covid-19 infections hit a daily record. Read Full Article at RT.com

After falling to a 2021 low in June, crude oil imports to China began to recover last month as refineries exited maintenance season. Read Full Article at RT.com

After promoting a tearful story about a single mom facing imminent eviction due to the moratorium expiring, CNN quietly admitted that the woman was just a babysitter, but not before driving donations up. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Texas Supreme Court has blocked a challenge by state Democrats seeking to overturn a move by Governor Greg Abbott that could deprive the legislature of funds for the next two years as part of a standoff over voting laws. Read Full A...

North Korea has pledged to improve its ability to launch “pre-emptive” strikes as joint war games kick off between Seoul and Washington, insisting the yearly drills only threaten stability and propel tensions in the region. Read Ful...

A fan accused of shouting a racial slur at a Major League Baseball player mid-game actually used the name of a team mascot, the Colorado Rockies said, clarifying the issue after footage of the spectator stoked charges of racism. Read Fu...

A Cincinnati, Ohio man who pleaded guilty to possession of the drug fentanyl is challenging the decision by a county judge to condition his probation on getting a Covid-19 vaccine, saying he doesn’t want or need it. Read Full Article ...

The West African nation of Guinea has confirmed the first case of the Marburg disease, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever caused by a virus similar to Ebola. This is the first such case in the region. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Virginia Giuffre, whose lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell revived the interest in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking and ultimately brought him down, has sued Prince Andrew for the British royal’s participation in her abuse. Read Ful...

US President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is in full support of a “fresh review” of 9/11-related documents previously unreleased by the government, which some of the victims' families have campaigned for. Read Full Article ...

Germany should make its military forces “available” for another operation in Afghanistan to stop the Taliban from conquering it, the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs Committee head said. His fellow MPs did not share the sentiment. Read...

A firebrand Florida Republican has re-upped his proposal to name the longest road in the state after former US President Donald Trump, arguing the gesture would cement his legacy as the establishment tries to “destroy” it. Read Full...

The victims’ compensation fund for young girls abused by deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has paid out its last award, the fund administrator announced in a statement on Monday, signaling a near-end to the main Epstein saga. Read Fu...

Protesters gathered outside New York City Hall on Monday to make clear their objections to a recently announced mandate from Mayor Bill De Blasio requiring proof of a Covid-19 vaccination to enter a restaurant or gym. Read Full Article...

Nine people have died after an oxygen pipe burst in an emergency care hospital in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz. The pipe was supplying oxygen to an intensive care unit where 71 Covid-19 patients were being treated. Read Full...

Newly-installed Spurs boss Nuno Espirito Santo says that wantaway striker Harry Kane will be available for Sunday's Premier League opener with champions Manchester City despite Pep Guardiola's open pursuit of the England skipper. Read F...

The Dallas Independent School District has announced that masks will be required for students and staff, in defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott’s order banning such Covid-19 mandates. Read Full Article at RT.com

Hundreds of football fans have gathered at Paris Airport-Le Bourget ahead of the expected arrival of Lionel Messi to sign for the club, who are rumored to have hired the Eiffel Tower for the legendary striker's official unveiling. Read ...

Apple pushed back against criticism that its new anti-child sexual abuse detection system could be used for “backdoor” surveillance. The company insisted it won’t “accede to any government’s request to expand” the system’s...

Police in France have begun enforcing the vaccination pass mandate to enter cafés and restaurants, leading to many of their tables being empty during the usually busy lunchtime, as the French lunched on public benches instead. Read Ful...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he will seek White House permission to mandate Covid-19 vaccinations for all members of the military by mid-September or when the jabs get regulatory approval, whichever comes first. Read Full Arti...