A new study from market research firm Finder shows that Asian countries are outpacing the rest of the globe when it comes to cryptocurrency ownership. In India, the number of crypto users passed 15 million in June. Read Full Article at ...

The British armed forces minister has warned of an “imminent attack” on Kabul airport by Islamist militants, citing ‘very credible’ intelligence sources, and advised people to stay away from the airbase. Read Full Article at RT....

Three supermarkets in west London were shut down on Wednesday evening after police arrested a man who is believed to have contaminated products with an unknown substance. Read Full Article at RT.com

Around 1.6 million doses of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine are being pulled from circulation in Japan as a precaution after foreign material was discovered in some vials. An investigation was launched into the incident. Read Full Article ...

For governing a country, $1.6 billion in cash can’t be stretched too far. That’s how much comes in the coffers of the Taliban, which has now taken over Afghanistan. Now, banks and international organizations are cutting the cord. Re...

At least one private charter flight set to evacuate hundreds of Afghans from the Kabul airport was forced to take off with just 50 of its 345 seats filled, amid reports that US and Taliban forces prevented them from boarding. Read Full ...

A back-to-school meeting at a Connecticut elementary school went awry after a group of parents vocally protested the student mask mandate, forcing the event to be cut short before confronting the governor directly. Read Full Article at ...

A US federal judge has sanctioned Sidney Powell, Lin Wood and several other attorneys who alleged fraud in the 2020 presidential race – echoing claims of then-President Donald Trump – saying their case was brought in “bad faith.�...

New York’s official death toll from Covid-19 has jumped by 12,000 to over 55,000 people in one day, with Governor Kathy Hochul saying that the public is entitled “to know the truth” her predecessor was accused of sugar-coating. Re...

US Vice President Kamala Harris blundered into a series of cultural faux pas while visiting Vietnam, her first official journey to a foreign state in office, as she attempted to pay homage to former prisoner of war John McCain. Read Ful...

Manchester City have offered Cristiano Ronaldo a two-year deal in a move that could hinge on a swap deal with Juventus for Gabriel Jesus, according to a source in Italy. Read Full Article at RT.com

Adult film star Ron Jeremy has been charged on more than 30 counts of rape and sexual assault, Los Angeles prosecutors said, alleging crimes against more than 20 women over a period of two decades, as well as one underage girl. Read Ful...

One of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer over the Covid-19 lockdown measures has received a sentence of six years after pleading guilty. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia's Defense Ministry has launched its operation to evacuate over 500 people from Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover. Footage shows dozens of men, women and children disembarking from planes at safe destinations. Read F...

The abrupt US withdrawal from Afghanistan should not surprise anyone, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson told RT, saying the fact that Washington was able to deceive the world for two decades is more shocking. Read Full Articl...

More than five months after his model wife announced their divorce shortly after a 'prank' suicide stunt, ex-Russia star Pavel Mamaev has accused her of insincerity as part of an interview that led a reporter to resign. Read Full Articl...

As the US continues to scramble in its effort to evacuate American citizens out of Afghanistan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken added to the confusion on the numbers by claiming less than 1,500 people actively want to leave. Read Full...

An American footballer has requested a transfer to another program after announcing that he wanted to sever ties with his university team because of organizers' stance on Covid vaccines. Read Full Article at RT.com

Erik Prince may get his privatized war in Afghanistan after all – the tail end of it, at least. The mercenary is reportedly charging $6,500 per head to fly people out of the Taliban-controlled country as the evac deadline looms. Read ...

Fears of a “two-tier justice” system have erupted after a Canadian court ruled that judges should account for the impacts of systemic racism and historical disadvantages when sentencing black offenders. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Police are reportedly preparing a file on voyeurism for public prosecutors after a recording device was allegedly placed in the women's toilets at a national football association's headquarters. Read Full Article at RT.com

Employees of Delta Air Lines will be charged $200 extra per month in health insurance if they are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the company has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

Reigning WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo has surrendered to authorities in Texas weeks after San Antonio police issued several felony robbery warrants stemming from an alleged incident at a bar in July. Read Full Article at RT....

Two US officials are being medically evacuated from Vietnam after reported cases of the so-called ‘Havana Syndrome.’ The “anomalous” health incidents caused VP Kamala Harris’ trip to be delayed for hours on Tuesday. Read Full ...

Department of Defense Press Secretary John Kirby confirmed the US will stick to the August 31 Afghanistan evacuation deadline, with thousands of citizens to go, as well as equipment which will be “prioritized” in the coming days. Re...

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has warned that the use of tasers by UK police risks “eroding public confidence” after a review revealed black people are more likely to be tasered longer than white individuals. Read...

Roger Stone, a former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump, claimed on Wednesday to have been banned from Gettr – a conservative social network created by Jason Miller, another former Trump adviser and campaign spokesman. Read F...

Organizers have voiced their relief after a 72-hour bid to evacuate female athletes from Afghanistan succeeded – but criticized the US government and warned that others are stranded under the new Taliban regime. Read Full Article at R...

Hundreds of Boko Haram militants attacked a military outpost in southern Niger overnight Tuesday, killing 16 soldiers and wounding nine. The defense ministry said dozens of militants were killed in the ensuing combat. Read Full Article ...

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid has courted controversy in Ukraine, using an interview marking the anniversary of the country’s independence to slam its institutions and argue Kiev is not yet a dependable place for investment. Rea...

An international free-press watchdog has blasted Kiev for attempting to shut down popular independent news site Strana over unproven claims the online media outlet is secretly involved in undermining Ukrainian national security. Read Fu...

Brazil has announced it will roll out a Covid-19 booster scheme in mid-September for immunosuppressed people, as well as citizens over 70, to enhance inoculation protection as the more contagious Delta variant spreads. Read Full Article...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has asked UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to allow exemptions for Premier League players traveling to 'red-list' countries in upcoming World Cup Qualifiers in a bid to "protect sporting integrity". Read F...

Did the Russian authorities try to poison Alexey Navalny, or is everything not as it seems? That's the question being posed in a new documentary examining the case's evidence, produced by well-known journalist Vladimir Solovyov. Read Fu...

The operators of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant have announced plans to build an undersea tunnel to facilitate the release of more than one million tons of treated water from the site into the surrounding ocean. Read Full Artic...

Moscow and Beijing will work together to secure the region around Afghanistan, after Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese premier Xi Jinping reiterated their commitment to Central Asia in a telephone call on Wednesday. Read Full...

A US federal rental assistance program has 89% of its funds still waiting to be distributed as eviction moratoriums passed to help low-income households during the Covid-19 pandemic could potentially be expiring soon. Read Full Article ...

Cristiano Ronaldo could have played his last game for Juventus after footage emerged of the striker leaving training with a reported arm injury on Wednesday – as desperate Piers Morgan claims his next stop should be Arsenal. Read Full...

Three police officers and a security guard have died in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, after a gunman went on a shooting spree in the city’s embassy district. The assailant was shot dead in the street outside the French Embassy. Read Full A...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged that Berlin will continue to help aid workers and Afghans who have worked with its troops looking to flee the country past the August 31 deadline, despite warnings from the Taliban. Read Full ...

India is planning to monetize $81 billion worth of state assets over the next four years to boost growth and infrastructure spending in the world’s fifth-biggest economy. Read Full Article at RT.com

Subscription service OnlyFans has reversed its decision to ban adult content, which the platform is best known for, less than a week after it announced the change in policy. Read Full Article at RT.com

American drone pilots have leaked video of “punitive” and “nihilistic” strikes in Afghanistan in 2019 that led to the killing of civilians, including at least one child, as the US looked for an exit strategy in the two-decade wa...

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has accused his successor Volodymyr Zelensky of being behind an attack that saw him doused with green antiseptic liquid at a celebration of the country’s independence on Tuesday. Read Full A...

The Russian Defense Ministry has unveiled its first multipurpose electric car that assists in reconnaissance and drone missions. The ERA is equipped with a solar battery and is designed to move silently and traverse rough terrain. Read ...

Austria’s top diplomat has warned ties between Moscow and the EU have hit historic lows and argued that both sides now need to urgently work to turn things around and form a partnership, given the importance of economic relations. Rea...

Elections to Russia’s State Duma, due to be held next month, are a lightning rod for those seeking regime change from outside the country, one of Moscow’s top envoys has warned, insisting the vote will go ahead transparently. Read F...

One of the summer's most drawn-out transfer sagas appears to have reached a conclusion after England captain Harry Kane confirmed that he will stay at Tottenham and is "100 percent focused" on helping the team win silverware. Read Full ...

The Indonesia navy’s First Fleet commander announced on Wednesday that it has seized a tanker and detained its crew over the alleged theft of around 300,000 barrels of crude oil from Cambodia’s reserves. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Beijing has criticized the US’s “politicization” of the Covid-19 pandemic as the American intelligence community readies its unclassified report on the origin of the virus, amid rumors it may point to a Chinese lab leak. Read Full...

The Gazprom subsidiary involved in constructing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has lost a court battle over exclusive access to the infrastructure, according to a ruling by Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court on Wednesday. Read Full Article at...

Erling Haaland is one of the most in-demand young talents in the world game, but his eye-watering salary demands reportedly proved too much for even Roman Abramovich as Chelsea eyed a record-breaking move for the prodigy. Read Full Arti...

Despite being declared by Russia as a terrorist organization, the Taliban has "good relations" with Moscow. That's according to its spokesman, who claimed on Tuesday that the movement also gets on well with its neighbor, China. Read Ful...

The National Trust, which protects and maintains heritage locations across the UK, is set to give employees a Mediterranean-inspired work schedule with longer lunch breaks, citing fluctuating temperatures due to climate change. Read Ful...

Celebrity entertainer Kanye West has filed paperwork to legally change his name to just “Ye,” making his preferred moniker a more prominent part of his identity. Read Full Article at RT.com

Vietnam is willing to dole cash out to citizens that have recently recovered from Covid to work alongside medical staff in hospitals to treat patients, as case rates soar and the country’s inoculation drive lags. Read Full Article at ...

Russian paralympic swimmer Valeriia Shabalina has won the first Olympic title of her astonishing career, setting a new world record time in the women's 100m butterfly race in Tokyo. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Taliban have fired warning shots outside Kabul airport, as heard in footage filmed by an RT crew, after the Islamist militant group said on Tuesday that it would no longer allow Afghans to access the US-run airfield. Read Full Artic...

Despite blossoming ties between Moscow and Ankara, relations now risk being derailed by Turkey’s decision to back Ukraine’s claims over the status of Crimea, after the country sent its top diplomat to Kiev in a show of support. Read...

RT reporter Murad Gazdiev says what he and his crew saw at Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul after reaching it resembled a scene from a zombie apocalypse movie after a week of hectic evacuation efforts by the US and its allies. Read Full Ar...

The Russian Ministry of Defense has approved the technical design of ‘Lancet’ self-destructing “suicide drones,” and expects to begin testing by the end of the year, a representative of the manufacturer announced on Wednesday. R...

Ivory Coast’s health ministry announced on Tuesday that medical professionals have “cured” a patient who was infected with the first confirmed case of Ebola reported in the country since 1994 after two tests came back negative. Re...

Former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has generated a series of headlines recently due to some of his outspoken comments, with his latest diatribe centered around "useless" MMA ring card girls. Read Full Article at RT.com

Every once in a while, the US messes up so badly that it actually notices. This time, the chaos is in Afghanistan. Snatching defeat from the jaws of stalemate, it has now ended a disgraceful 20-year war with a self-inflicted rout. Read ...

The UN has warned that the number of Covid-19 vaccinations in Afghanistan has dropped off by 80% since the Taliban completed its takeover with the capture of Kabul less than two weeks ago, citing the chaotic conditions there. Read Full ...

Police have imposed a week-long operations ban on a church outside Sydney, Australia after its pastor held a sermon in violation of health orders and urged followers to defy the city’s strict lockdown rules. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Arnold Schwarzenegger has lost a high-profile sponsor and enraged members of the bodybuilding community after calling people who do not become vaccinated and wear masks "schmucks", telling them to "screw your freedom". Read Full Articl...

The man who was pictured naked as a baby on the cover of Nirvana’s iconic ‘Nevermind’ album is suing the late Kurt Cobain’s estate, the surviving band members and others – alleging child pornography and sexual exploitation. Re...

Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has bid farewell to international diplomacy as he transitions to a new role teaching at Tehran University. The US-educated official represented Iran for almost four decades in various positions. Read ...

Cryptocurrency platform Poly Network has announced that almost all of the $610 million stolen this month, in one of the biggest crypto heists ever, has now been returned by the unknown hackers. Read Full Article at RT.com

Legendary British actor & gay rights activist Simon Callow has laid into the Stonewall LGBTQ+ pressure group, condemning their “dangerously prescriptive approach” on gender identity, adding it impinges on hard-won women’s rights. ...

Taiwan's health authorities have reported no new locally transmitted Covid cases, for the first time since the island recorded a surge in coronavirus infections over three months ago. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian Defense Ministry is organizing the evacuation of over 500 people from Afghanistan following the victory of the Taliban, it has revealed, including citizens of Ukraine, Belarus, and other former Soviet republics. Read Full Ar...

PetroChina, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation, has announced the discovery of significant reserves of shale oil at the nation’s largest oil field, Daqing, in northeastern Heilongjiang province. Read Full Article at ...

The World Bank has suspended disbursements in Afghanistan, which has recently been taken over by the Taliban, the financial body stated following a board meeting on the issue.  Read Full Article at RT.com

American Vice President Kamala Harris urged Vietnam to pressure China during her Southeast Asian tour. But Chinese state-run media argued that attempts to rally regional countries against Beijing are doomed to failure. Read Full Article...

India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to increase by around 18.5% in the three months through June, according to the latest research revealed by the State Bank of India (SBI). Read Full Article at RT.com

A high school in Washington state is reportedly forcing student athletes to don ankle-worn tracking devices during games and practice, as part of what administrators say is an effort to “contact trace” Covid-19 cases. Read Full Arti...

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has axed its already rescheduled annual meeting, set to be held in Houston in September, citing the Covid-19 pandemic. It comes amid reports that gun manufacturers were going to snub the event. Read ...

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have called on the attorney general to investigate reports that Afghanistan’s ousted US-backed President Ashraf Ghani fled his country with a vast sum of stolen US aid dollars. Read Full Ar...

The US Supreme Court has ruled that President Joe Biden cannot halt the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, which forced migrants to await immigration proceedings outside of the US, calling its prior attempt to do so “arbitrary.�...

Juventus talisman Cristiano Ronaldo believes he could join Manchester City by the end of the week, according to a report from France – despite the ex-Man United hero once laughing off talk of ever joining their arch-rivals. Read Full ...

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said evacuations from Afghanistan will likely be completed by the end of August, declaring the operation a “success” despite having no clear idea how many US citizens are still in the country. R...

In a seemingly strange twist for a group dedicated to upholding Americans’ civil liberties, the ACLU is demanding that the state of South Carolina allow its schools to mandate that their students wear face masks. Read Full Article at ...

Efforts to blame Belarus for the new wave of migration into the EU are “unbelievably hypocritical,” Belgian Professor Jean Bricmont told RT, as it was caused by the West’s own 20-year war in Afghanistan and its “disgusting” en...

Paris Saint-Germain have rejected a long-awaited bid from Real Madrid for contract rebel Kylian Mbappe which could open the door for Cristiano Ronaldo to join the French heavyweights. Read Full Article at RT.com

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe is facing backlash for calling on businesses to mandate Covid-19 vaccines after promoting efforts to make the lives of those who are unvaccinated more “difficult.” Read Full Article a...

President Joe Biden said the US is “on pace” to finish evacuation efforts from Afghanistan by August 31, if the Taliban cooperates, but couldn’t say how many Americans still remain or what the plan for after the deadline is. Read ...

The governor of the US state of Oregon, Kate Brown, has announced a statewide mask mandate requiring most Oregonians, regardless of vaccination status, to wear masks outdoors. Read Full Article at RT.com

Germany will not be able to evacuate all of its citizens and Afghans who worked with the German troops by August 31, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has admitted, adding that 100 Germans still haven't got to Kabul airport. Read Full ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party has garnered enough public support to beat Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right CDU/CSU bloc and emerge as the strongest political force just a month before the crucial national vote. Read Full Artic...

Joe Biden will beat Covid-19 eventually, chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci has reassured Americans; it just might take until spring of next year. The new timeline has even mainstream media quivering over the political backlash. Read F...

Premier League clubs have unanimously decided to not release players to so-called 'red list' countries in the upcoming international break to avoid them being forced to undertake mandatory 10-day quarantine on their return. Read Full Ar...

The 2020 International Emmy given to Andrew Cuomo for his Covid-19 briefings was apparently only good while the Democrat served as governor of New York. Less than a day after his resignation went into effect, it was revoked. Read Full A...

InfoWars founder and notorious controversialist Alex Jones blasted former President Donald Trump for recommending supporters get the Covid-19 vaccine at an Alabama rally. Read Full Article at RT.com

Denmark captain Simon Kjaer has been named as the recipient of the UEFA President's Award along with the Danish medical staff for helping to save Christian Eriksen's life after his dramatic on-pitch collapse during Euro 2020. Read Full ...

The Washington Post has published a correction after one of its writers was accused of racism for jokingly claiming in an article that Indians use only one spice in their cuisine. Read Full Article at RT.com

The G7 has agreed a “roadmap” to engage with the Taliban, UK PM Boris Johnson has said, adding that the “number one condition” is for the militants to allow safe passage for those seeking to leave Afghanistan past August 31. Rea...

The long-time drummer of the hugely successful British rock band the Rolling Stones has died at the age of 80, his publicist announced on Tuesday. Charlie Watts passed away at a London hospital while surrounded by his family. Read Full ...

Tennis stunner Elina Svitolina has celebrated the Independence Day of Ukraine by speaking of "strength, dignity and love" – and sharing a few photos of herself in her national colors. Read Full Article at RT.com