The Taliban have started an assault on Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Sunday, the country’s Interior Ministry said. The city remains the only major urban area still under the control of the government of President Ashraf Ghani. R...

Jalalabad, a key city in eastern Afghanistan, surrendered to the Taliban early on Sunday, allowing the group to completely cut off Kabul. The country’s capital is now the only major urban area under government control. Read Full Artic...

The initial hopes that vaccine development would be the remedy against Covid-19 are fading, blown up by the spread of the Delta variant. RT asks experts whether this outcome could have been foreseen and avoided. Read Full Article at RT....

Demand for fuel in India recovered in July, climbing to a three-month high as severe restrictions put in place due to the Covid-19 pandemic are gradually being eased in most states, stimulating industrial activity and mobility. Read Ful...

A new 5.8-magnitude quake struck Haiti, becoming the strongest aftershock in the wake of Saturday's 7.2-magnitude eathquake that wrought havoc in the island nation’s southern peninsula, killing at least 304 people. Read Full Article a...

A man has been stabbed after protesters opposing vaccine and mask mandates outside Los Angeles City Hall squared off with counter-demonstrators, described as Antifa activists by the police. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two dozen people have been killed and several more injured after a gas tanker erupted into flames in Lebanon’s northernmost Akkar region. Videos shared online show a massive blaze raging at the scene. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian test pilot Yevgeniy Kuznetsov was killed alongside four other airmen in Turkey when his Be-200 firefighting plane crashed into a mountain. Kuznetsov was a leading Be-200 test pilot in the Arctic. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A tour bus in central New York has veered off Interstate 90 and rolled over, leaving all 57 people on board injured after landing on its side on the grassy shoulder of the road. Read Full Article at RT.com

MSNBC host Joy Reid was blasted for using the tragedy unfolding for those Afghan women and girls who were raised on Western values to demonize US Christian conservatives, likening them to the Taliban. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The West African nation of Cote d'Ivoire has declared an outbreak of Ebola virus after detecting the country's first case in more than two decades, with the World Health Organization sounding the alarm about its potential spread. Read F...

Martha’s Vineyard is seeing a spike in Covid-19 cases one week after Barack Obama’s birthday bash on the posh island, triggering a new wave of criticism against the former president, but the outbreak’s timing may be “incidental....

As Taliban offensives continue to roll through Afghanistan and the fighting approaches the country’s capital Kabul, the militants are bragging about the lavish military trophies they captured, including multiple combat aircraft. Read ...

Polish President Andrzej Duda has approved a law effectively stopping victims of the Holocaust and communism from reclaiming property taken from them. The move triggered uproar in Israel, which said it “will not accept” the law. Rea...

German social-media researcher AlgorithmWatch said it was forced to abandon a project monitoring Instagram’s newsfeed algorithm after the Big Tech platform’s parent, Facebook, threatened to take punitive action. Read Full Article at...

President Joe Biden has increased the number of US troops heading to Afghanistan to 5,000 and has warned the Taliban of a “swift and strong” response if American interests are attacked during the ongoing US withdrawal. Read Full Art...

Football superstar Lionel Messi has been presented to fans of his new club PSG for a second time this week, as a packed Parc des Princes went wild for the six-time Ballon d'Or winner and Sergio Ramos on matchday. Read Full Article at RT...

A cricket fan was escorted from the iconic Lord's ground on Saturday for invading the pitch during a test match between England and India. Separately, another attendee threw a wine cork at one of the players. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who took gold in the 100m at the Tokyo Olympics, has said that he 'smiled' when he was informed that British sprinter CJ Ujah has received a ban for failing a drugs test. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Taliban militants have seized the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to local officials. Afghanistan’s fourth-largest city had been the last major location in the north still under government control. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Radio host Jesse Kelly angered critics and shocked viewers with a meme simultaneously implying that Hillary Clinton “killed” notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and that Kelly himself was planning some Epstein-esque escapades. Read...

A former professional footballer who was fired for uploading a video of herself drinking champagne while driving has wowed her growing following on social media by posting stunning pictures from her summer holiday. Read Full Article at ...

Jack Wooley, whose emotional interview after defeat during the Tokyo Olympics went viral online last month, will require plastic surgery after he says he was the victim of a random, unprovoked attack while socializing in Dublin. Read Fu...

Rwandan president and longtime Gunners fan Paul Kagame has issued a fierce repudiation of Arsenal after Mikel Arteta's side were humiliated by newly promoted Premier League side Brentford on Friday night. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti has jumped to at least 304, Haiti’s civil protection service has said. Hundreds more are injured or missing, and several towns across the island nation lie in ruins. Rea...

Police in Florida have released to the press recordings of heart-stopping 911 calls from the co-workers of a woman who was on a conference call earlier this week when her child found a loaded gun and fatally shot her in the head. Read F...

With the dust still settling after a powerful 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti, video footage captured the devastation wrought on the Caribbean nation, as reports claimed hospitals are being overwhelmed with the injured. Read Full Article at...

Things got out of control during a nationalist rally in the Ukrainian capital Kiev as demonstrators refused to undergo security checks and clashed with police in an attempt to break through to the president’s office. Read Full Article...

Thanks to a Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes midfield masterclass, Manchester United downed bitter rivals Leeds United 5-1 in the early kick off on Saturday, which was both clubs' debut game of the new Premier League season. Read Full Art...

An unnamed Premier League player, who has been suspended by his club pending the results of an investigation into alleged child sex offences, has been granted a bail extension until October by Greater Manchester Police. Read Full Articl...

Opposition to France’s compulsory vaccine regime and its so-called health pass has sparked another weekend of protests across the country. In Paris, residents are marching – but also eating and drinking – in defiance of the rules....

Russia exported €67.4 billion ($79.5 billion) worth of goods to the countries of the European Union in the first half of 2021, ranking third on the list of EU’s largest exporting countries, statistics agency Eurostat reports. Read F...

FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has again been tipped to become president of his boyhood club one day, and has earned praise for taking a pay cut that will allow them to register new players for the upcoming La Liga season. Read Full...

A Russian jet specially equipped to fight catastrophic wildfires has crashed into the side of a mountain in Turkey while assisting local teams, with officials in Moscow reporting that all eight people on board died in the wreck. Read Fu...

Russian discount food chain Mere, which already has a huge presence in Europe, is seeking to expand to the US market. Read Full Article at RT.com

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has struck southern Haiti. The major tremor was more powerful than the 2010 quake that devastated the Caribbean nation, and caused significant damage. Read Full Article at RT.com

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has finally secured the defensive reinforcement he has been craving as the Red Devils parade French World Cup winner Raphael Varane before Saturday's Premier League game with Leeds. Read Full ...

Records obtained by the media have shown that Cameron Burrell - who was the godson of iconic sprinter Carl Lewis - died by suicide after a medical examiner inspected his body this week and listed the cause of death. Read Full Article at...

China’s Nasdaq-like STAR board plans later this year to host each of the year's two largest IPOs in the market, with a forecast potential of raising over 100 billion yuan ($17 billion). Read Full Article at RT.com

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has shaken the settlement of Perryville on the Alaska Peninsula. The quake, which would have leveled a built-up area, struck a region rife with seismic activity. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Serbian recluse who made international headlines after he called on people to get vaccinated has claimed he was given just one expired dose – as well as gifts from media outlets who promoted his pro-vaccine message. Read Full Articl...

A Western Sydney official has compared the latest anti-Covid measures imposed on his area by the New South Wales (NSW) state government to the times of Nazi Germany. His comment, since removed, caused a rumpus on social media. Read Full...

Joint exercises between Russia and China have seen the world’s largest nation team up with its most populous one to showcase their military might, as co-operation between the two nations moves, at last, from rhetoric to reality. Read ...

As Taliban militants came threateningly close to Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, President Ashraf Ghani addressed the nation, saying he was in urgent talks with local leaders and foreign partners and will share the results “soon.” Re...

Fans of Manchester United and Leeds United, two historic rivals in English football, have clashed on the streets of Manchester city center in the hours before Saturday's early kick-off at Old Trafford. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A jockey has luckily lived to tell the tale this week after being hurled from his horse upside down at over 40 mph hour, with footage of the incident later going viral on social media and shocking onlookers. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A sensational report from Spain has claimed that Real Madrid, whose president Florentino Perez is embroiled in a row with his La Liga counterpart Javier Tebas, are considering a switch to play their football in the Premier League. Read ...

A State Department official has lamented the US military’s exit from Afghanistan as bad for women, allegedly airing the “private” opinions of many others. But the talking point also mirrors an infamous leaked CIA memo. Read Full A...

With the militants reportedly just 50km (30 miles) from Kabul, the Afghan capital’s residents say they fear the city will fall. They blame the crisis on the country’s under-equipped military and the withdrawal of the US Army. Read F...

Federico Pastorello, agent of Belgian superstar striker Romelu Lukaku, has revealed that he and his family were the target of harassment and threats as he negotiated the his record-breaking move to Stamford Bridge. Read Full Article at ...

Russia may reach record-high output levels of oil by summer 2022, and may then further raise production to a peak of some 12.2 million barrels per day in 2023, Norway’s Rystad Energy consultancy predicts. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Blue hydrogen, the kind that involves fossil fuels combined with carbon capture, could be worse for the environment than natural gas or even coal, a new study has suggested. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian state-run energy giant Gazprom has increased gas supplies to Western Europe in the first six months of the year by 28.52% compared to the same period last year. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Serbian-Russian Economic Forum will take place in Belgrade October 4-5, as the two nations eye closer cooperation after Serbia joined the free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union. Read Full Article at RT.com

New York’s Democrat-controlled legislature has halted an impeachment probe into Governor Andrew Cuomo, arguing his impending resignation will make the procedure illegal, while clearing the way for a potential reelection bid. Read Full...

Japan's meteorological service has put three prefectures and the city of Hiroshima on the highest possible emergency alert, which means it’s too late to evacuate elsewhere, as torrential rains cause flooding and mudslides. Read Full A...

Oregon Governor Kate Brown will deploy some 1,500 National Guard soldiers to aid hospitals flooded with coronavirus patients, citing the spread of the Delta variant as the state’s already short supply of ICU beds dwindles. Read Full A...

US Representative Cori Bush (D-Missouri), a leading advocate for defunding police, has inadvertently pared a law enforcement payroll, as two deputies hired to protect her were reportedly fired for moonlighting without permission. Read F...

Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler says he was dropped from an advertising campaign for Uber Eats delivery service after siding with Tennessee parents protesting against mask mandates for elementary school children. Read Full Article at ...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a terror warning that appears to put Americans pushing back against Covid-19 restrictions on par with jihadists who might strike on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Read Fu...

The Canadian government has pledged to evacuate and resettle 20,000 Afghans, including women, aid workers and diplomatic staff, citing concerns about Taliban reprisals as the militant group overruns cities across Afghanistan. Read Full ...

US special counsel John Durham is reportedly pursuing criminal charges against several low-level FBI employees and people who gave false tips in the 2016 investigation of Russian ties to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Read Full...

Citing blocked valves in the propulsion system, Boeing has decided to remove the CST-100 Starliner capsule from the booster rocket at Cape Canaveral and return it to the shop. It is unknown if another launch will happen in 2021. Read Fu...

Russia’s refusal to extend the visa of BBC correspondent Sarah Rainsford is an attack on media freedom, the British state broadcaster has claimed. Moscow had said it would retaliate to the UK imposition of ‘Magnitsky’ sanctions. R...

Canada’s government will soon require all public servants to be vaccinated against Covid, two ministers have said, while mandatory vaccinations are also looming for air and train travelers. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK’s police watchdog has opened an investigation into the police force that returned a gun and a permit to the shooter who went on to kill five people and himself in Plymouth, southwest England. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The ‘reality czars’ at Reuters and USA Today were quick on the scene to pour cold water on the notion that Friday would see the return of former president Donald Trump to the White House. QAnon was blamed – or was it trolls? Read ...

The US withdrawal is becoming increasingly fraught amid Taliban advances, as embassy staffers in Kabul have reportedly been told to destroy sensitive documents and computers as they prepare to evacuate. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Kiev-born Tokyo 2020 Olympics gold medalist took to social media on Friday afternoon to explain racist abuse he suffered on the streets of the Ukrainian capital where he was told to "Go to Africa" and called a "black monkey". Read Ful...

Amazon’s decision to shift production of its billion-dollar ‘Lord of the Rings’ series from New Zealand to the UK sparked heated debate online about the real ‘Middle-earth’ – and even Frodo Baggins actor Elijah Wood weighed ...

As illegal border crossings surged to new highs every month this year, Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas insisted there was no “crisis.” But behind the scenes, he admitted that the US was “going to lose” at the border. ...

France’s Constitutional Council has approved a controversial ‘anti-separatism’ bill, upholding its main provisions. The legislation, which drew criticism on various points, has been seen as a tool against hard-line Islamists. Read...

YouTube prankster Jake Paul will not face federal charges in relation to a riot at an Arizona mall last year, and has sparked debate online after daring to compare his boxing record to that of pound-for-pound 'Canelo' Alvarez. Read Full...

A Bolivia-based NGO has raised alarm about the impact of destructive wildfires, saying they tore through 749,000 hectares of the country’s woodland between January and July earlier this year, in a new report released on Thursday. Read...

Snopes bills itself as “the internet’s definitive fact-checking resource” and a beacon of truth against “misinformation.” However, the website’s co-founder has just been caught publishing dozens of plagiarized articles. Read...

The US Treasury Department has announced that it will enforce sanctions on two Cuban Ministry of Interior officials and a military unit, in the latest round of penalties imposed by Washington over a crackdown on recent protests. Read Fu...

Attorneys of a Texas prisoner set to be executed next month have filed a lawsuit claiming that the inmate’s wish to have a pastor lay hands on him as he dies had been denied by prison officials. It might see the execution stayed. Read...

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling on the southern end of Washington, DC was placed on lockdown for several hours on Friday, after an armed suspect from a local shooting was spotted on the premises. Read Full Article at RT.com

A majority of the UK citizens say they would not return to a professional they’d used in the past if the person hadn’t been vaccinated, as the country continues to warm to its government’s restrictions on commerce and movement. Re...

Dagestan-based football club FC Legion Dynamo Makhachkala have hinted at the signing of local lad and ex-UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov to help the 'great battle' they face in their attempt to win the Russian Cup. Read Full Article at...

A troubled former NFL star has again fallen foul of the law by reportedly "plowing through mailboxes and hitting a parked car", and now faces DUI and criminal mischief charges after being arrested in Kentucky on Wednesday. Read Full Art...

Algerian authorities have announced an investigation into the lynching of a 38-year-old man by a mob after he was accused of starting a series of deadly wildfires that have killed at least 69 people. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Czech Republic’s interior minister has confirmed that the country will not halt deportations of asylum seekers back to Afghanistan, unlike several other European nations, amid the Taliban’s rapid gains in the war-torn country. R...

Denmark and Norway have announced plans to close their embassies in Kabul, while Germany has said it will minimize operations at its consulate in Afghanistan, as allied governments scramble to get their citizens out. Read Full Article a...

Italian authorities have evacuated 25 families from their homes to the east of Rome as a wildfire spread through the Monte Catillo nature reserve and temperatures in some parts of the country neared 50 Celsius. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Prominent Afghan warlord and politician Ismail Khan has been captured by the Taliban as his home city of Herat fell to the militants. Khan and his supporters have now joined the Taliban, according to the group. Read Full Article at RT.c...

A Canadian police watchdog is probing allegations of excessive force during an incident in which a police officer knelt on the neck of a man being arrested despite him being pinned down and repeatedly crying out “I can’t breathe.”...

Glenn Greenwald has urged internet users to leave behind YouTube’s ceaseless content-policing and migrate to Rumble, after he and a group of prominent pundits set up shop at the laissez-faire video platform. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Russia’s joint military exercise with China, the first time servicemen from both nations have participated together on operational and strategic drills, was a “complete success” and demonstrated a “high level” of cooperation. ...

A joint operation between a Spanish tax agency and national police forces has seen the seizure of 1,100 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipping container in Valencia. Read Full Article at RT.com

Skirmishes have erupted once more in Bangkok between Thai police and demonstrators, who demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha for his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

An NBA star has shared horrifying footage from his family home on social media which has gone viral, after his young son took a fall into their swimming pool and had to be saved through quick thinking from his parents. Read Full Article...

The Taliban have captured Logar province and its capital Pol-e Alam, leaving the militant group just 50km from the Afghan capital following a rapid offensive which has seen the Kabul government lose vast swathes of the country. Read Ful...

The US Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday that border guards have caught a record number of migrants attempting to illegally cross the Mexico border in July, with more than 200,000 individuals stopped. Read Full Artic...

As the last men of the dwindling American garrison in Afghanistan pack their bags, there is an echo of the Soviet Union's own withdrawal from the country, more than 30 years ago. But, in truth, Washington's defeat is far greater. Read F...

The requirement to wear face masks for standing passengers on Danish buses, trains and subways will be lifted on Saturday, two weeks earlier than initially planned, the country’s transport minister has announced. Read Full Article at ...

Former Manchester City and Italy star Mario Balotelli has been cleared of allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in France after the judge hearing the case ruled he has been the victim of a €100,000 extortion attempt. Read Full Article a...

The Central Bank of Russia purchased $196 million worth of foreign currency on the domestic market on Thursday amid a surge in currency sales among Russian citizens. Read Full Article at RT.com

Lithuania’s defense minister has blamed Russian hackers for a cyberattack that saw documents stolen from his country’s foreign ministry in November 2020. The hack only recently came to light after another alleged attempted breach. R...

Panel voting for South by Southwest (SXSW) 2022 has begun. RT Creative Lab has submitted two panel proposals, which you can vote for from now until August 26. Community voting makes up 30% of the selection process. Read Full Article at ...