The Russian Embassy in Madrid has lodged a protest with Spanish officials after a human rights group placed billboards in cities nationwide, apparently listing hardcore drugs and young Russian women for sale as part of a campaign. Read ...

R&B singer R. Kelly has been found guilty of racketeering and trafficking in his six-week sex abuse trial in which 11 accusers took the stand concerning crimes committed over two decades. He faces the rest of his life behind bars. Read ...

The Brent crude oil price for November exceeded $80 per barrel for the first time in three years, trading data shows. The rally comes as energy demand runs ahead of supply amid post-pandemic recovery of the global economy. Read Full Art...

A man has been placed under house arrest in Russia after he beat up and concussed a doctor who inspected his wife and complimented her. The woman, a hijab-wearing Muslim, claimed the dermatologist dubbed her skin “beautiful.” Read F...

The leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) has said that Russia must keep handing over billions of dollars to move gas through Ukraine, long after the already-completed Nord Stream 2 underwater link starts operating. Read F...

The lower house of Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, has grown to record size as the number of seats has been finalized after the election that took place on Sunday. Eight parties now have MPs in the legislature. Read Full Article ...

An explosion rocked Sweden’s second-largest city on Tuesday morning. Preliminary reports said over 20 people have been taken to the hospital, some of them seriously injured. Read Full Article at RT.com

The British army could soon deploy its own fuel tankers to fill a major logistics gap caused by a lack of lorries and drivers, with some petrol stations running dry in some areas as deliveries have all but ground to a halt. Read Full Ar...

Large crowds of demonstrators gathered around sites in New York City, as well as upstate, demanding the government repeal mandatory vaccination orders for certain categories of workers and the ‘passport’ system implemented in NYC. R...

The US military’s secretive R&D wing has announced a successful flight test for a hypersonic missile system developed by Raytheon, after a previous trial using Lockheed Martin’s rival model ended in failure last year. Read Full Arti...

The presidents of the Federal Reserve banks of Boston and Dallas are stepping down, after recent reports of potentially unethical investments in 2020 drew criticism and prompted the Fed to launch an ethics review. Read Full Article at R...

New York City is dramatically expanding its storm drainage and early warning system for severe weather following the unexpected failure of existing infrastructure to handle the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, which caused 13 deaths. Read Fu...

Responding to backlash, the prestigious medical journal’s chief editor triggered another, with a confusing apology bringing up “transgender health” instead. Read Full Article at RT.com

North Korea has fired an unidentified munition off its east coast, according to Japanese and South Korean military sources cited in local media, just as Pyongyang’s envoy took the stage to address the United Nations in New York. Read ...

The latest crime report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows a historic rise in murders in the US for 2020. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Canadian military has acknowledged unleashing a propaganda op against its own citizens without government approval, insisting the Covid-19 pandemic presented both an unprecedented opportunity and a crisis to be averted. Read Full Ar...

US State Department spokesman Ned Price is going into quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus. Foggy Bottom says there’s no danger to diplomats he met with at the UN General Assembly session, masked and vaccinated. Read ...

Pharma giant Pfizer has said it is testing thousands of adults who have been exposed to Covid-19 with a new oral drug meant to inhibit the onset of the virus. Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Joe Biden had his third dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine administered live before the White House press corps, insisting the ‘unvaccinated’ were a problem for America and urging everyone to get their shots. Read Full...

CNN host Brian Stelter is once again being called to task for apparently praising his own journalistic ethics and standards, calling himself part of the “reality-based media.” Read Full Article at RT.com

There was widespread and blatant interference in the recent Russian election, ranging from targeted recommendations and censorship by Silicon Valley to overt cyberattacks on servers coming from the US, Dmitry Medvedev has told RT. Read ...

Vladimir Putin took a few days off work, earlier this month, for a private break in the Siberian wilderness, the Kremlin disclosed on Sunday, adding that it believed the local wildlife was no direct threat to Russian President. Read Ful...

Two days after pulling out of a rematch, Aljamain Sterling has accused Petr Yan of targeting his fiancee in their UFC title scandal – and the Russian has branded him a coward again as their long-standing online row contines. Read Full...

Social justice and social media sensation Marcus Rashford looks to have dropped an embarrassing howler on Twitter after fans spotted what appeared to be a management company writing a tweet for him. Read Full Article at RT.com

The co-founder of BLM for Greater New York lashed out at Mayor Bill de Blasio for his “racist” Covid-19 vaccine mandate, saying it “specifically targets Black New Yorkers” and dooms them to poverty and second-class citizenship. ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been accused of being “addicted to secrecy” as the country’s parliament debated a controversial proposed law that would exempt the workings of its National Cabinet from public scrutiny....

John Hinckley Jr., the man who attempted to assassinate then-US President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has won release from the final restrictions stemming from his sentencing. Read Full Article at RT.com

American conservatives condemned the Stop Antisemitism organization after it branded libertarian Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) a “Jew hater” for voting against more US funding for Israel’s Iron Dome. Read Full Article at ...

UFC champion Israel Adesanya is moving to the US from New Zealand because of his homeland's tight Covid lockdown measures, telling his country that they can get "all that money" from somewhere else. Read Full Article at RT.com

UK Environment Secretary George Eustice has rejected reports that the government is looking at using the army to deliver fuel to petrol stations, claiming there are “no plans” to do so after forecourts run dry due to panic buying. R...

New York could be relying on National Guard personnel in its rush to replace healthcare workers who don’t comply with the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, as the governor says those not getting inoculated aren’t listening to God....

Russia and Belarus have both agreed to “take action” to secure the security of both countries if there were to be any expansion of NATO infrastructure into neighboring Ukraine, the Kremlin revealed on Monday. Read Full Article at RT...

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested approval to resume a war crimes investigation into Afghanistan which won’t focus on alleged US offenses, but those committed by the Taliban and other groups. Read ...

Facebook’s head of Instagram announced on Monday that the company is “pausing” its plan to launch a version of the app for under-13s, dubbed ‘Instagram Kids’, after the project leaked before employees were ready to reveal it. ...

The lead investigator into last year’s fatal explosion at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon has had to pause his inquiry after an ex-minister requested his removal from the case. No one has yet been convicted over the incident. Read Full ...

The Iranian nuclear program has reached a “watershed” moment and Israel’s tolerance on the matter is running out, PM Naftali Bennett has said, calling on the international community to recognize the gravity of the situation. Read ...

A Moscow-based sexologist and psychiatrist has suggested that tennis ace Daniil Medvedev's new haircut could be a sign of a self-esteem and image boost as the Russian closes in on Novak Djokovic at the top of the rankings. Read Full Art...

A young social media star was deported from Dubai and accused of using his followers to defraud the French state program for helping small entrepreneurs survive amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a report says. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The coronavirus pandemic “triggered significant mortality increases” last year across Europe, in the US and Latin America, a study from Oxford scientists shows. The virus has cut life expectancy by as much as 2.2 years. Read Full Ar...

Russia’s Ministry of Defense has released a video of three Su-35S fighter planes escorting a US Air Force B-52H bomber over the waters of the Pacific Ocean on Sunday after it was spotted heading toward the country’s airspace. Read F...

Budapest signed a new long-term contract on Monday with Russia’s energy giant Gazprom for gas supplies bypassing Ukraine, Reuters reports. Read Full Article at RT.com

These days one only needs to be against Donald Trump to win liberal hearts, it seems. Just ask Liz Cheney, who can be both a “hero” to the liberals while also favoring waterboarding, according to her recent ‘60 Minutes’ intervie...

Crews of Russia’s long-range bomber planes have staged a series of airborne drills, taking off from airbases in the Volga region and testing out their built-in cannons as part of the exercises, armed forces chiefs have revealed. Read ...

England and West Ham footballer Declan Rice has shown his approval after fans tattooed his name on their legs – but the move has received savage mockery from others. Read Full Article at RT.com

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Armin Laschet has claimed that no German party could view the Bundestag election results as a mandate to govern, after the Social Democratic Party (SPD) narrowly took first place. Read Full Articl...

The outspoken editor of the Global Times has taken aim at the UK, highlighting Britain’s internal issues such as fuel shortages, as a British naval vessel sailed through the disputed Taiwan Strait, provoking China. Read Full Article a...

A detachment of warships and troops from the Arctic group of Russia’s Northern Fleet has completed a tactical exercise simulating an amphibious enemy landing party on an archipelago of islands in the remote Siberian Far North. Read Fu...

The British government could deploy military personnel to deliver gasoline to services stations if the situation with fuel shortages shows no sign of improving, media reported. Read Full Article at RT.com

Thousands of Indian farmers have renewed their protests by launching a nationwide strike against the agricultural reforms passed last year that are said to favor large, private corporations over small farmers. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Scotland Yard is set to expand its controversial facial recognition surveillance dragnet across London in a £3 million deal that allows the UK’s largest police force to track suspects using older images from CCTV and social media. Re...

Angela Rayner, deputy leader of the UK Labour Party, promised to apologise for calling Conservative ministers “scum” but only on the condition that Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologise for previous insulting comments he made. Read...

China has said it “strongly opposes” new sanctions against senior Russian officials proposed by lawmakers in Washington, arguing that the US is guilty of double standards when it comes to violations of international law. Read Full A...

Russia is in negotiations with developers of foreign Covid-19 vaccines, a government epidemiologist has revealed, noting that the country is analyzing "all data available" to determine the safety and effectiveness of the jabs. Read Full...

Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi has celebrated Argentina's dramatic win over Russia at the futsal World Cup, sending his countrymen a message in a selfie from his sofa. Read Full Article at RT.com

A young man threw what looked like a hard-boiled egg at French President Emmanuel Macron at a business expo on Monday. The assailant was detained. Read Full Article at RT.com

The boss of one of America's top technology firms has defended moves to delete posts from jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny ahead of Russia's parliamentary elections after Moscow officials warned they breached national laws. Read ...

The stunning partner of football icon Cristiano Ronaldo, Georgina Rodriguez, has teased a trailer for her new Netflix series, 'I am Georgina'. Read Full Article at RT.com

Major crypto coins started to recover on Monday, following last week’s massive sell-off in the wake of China’s blanket ban on virtual currency-related businesses. Read Full Article at RT.com

South Korean minors aged 12-17 and expectant women will be included in the country’s inoculation drive, Seoul’s vaccination advisory committee has announced. Booster shots will also be available to its elderly citizens. Read Full Ar...

The Chinese military has condemned the UK Navy after it engaged in what Beijing officials described as a “malicious” sail through the Taiwan Strait that “undermined” its “peace and stability.” Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The result of Germany’s parliamentary election is unlikely to lead to any improvement in relations between Berlin and Moscow, because the government will likely be formed with a foreign minister from a hostile coalition partner. Read ...

The Petrol Retailers Association has claimed that in some parts of the UK, 90% of pumps are dry after Britons descended on forecourts even as the government promised there was nothing to worry about. Read Full Article at RT.com

Heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder told opponent Tyson Fury that his "life depends" on training hard for their fight next month – only for his video threat to be volleyed back in hilarious style by the giant Brit prankster. Read Full Ar...

Iran should give international inspectors access to a site manufacturing centrifuge components, a US diplomat told board members of the UN watchdog IAEA – and failure to do so will be met with an “appropriate response.” Read Full ...

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has reportedly received extra security after the appearance of “spotters” in his vicinity sparked fears of a potential Moroccan Mafia kidnapping plot. Read Full Article at RT.com

The vice president of South America's smallest independent country has been banned by FIFA's continental governing body in the region for three years over bizarre video footage that went viral. Read Full Article at RT.com

Natural gas prices on the European market surged by more than 5% on Monday, hitting nearly $900 per 1,000 cubic meters, according to ICE futures trading data. Read Full Article at RT.com

Turkey intends to buy a second batch of Russian-made air defense rocket systems, even in the face of warnings from Washington that Ankara could face sanctions if it does, the country's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared. Read ...

Ashraf Ghani, the former president of Afghanistan, has claimed that his Facebook account was hacked after a post appeared on his page calling on the UN to cooperate with the new Taliban regime and release frozen Afghan assets. Read Full...

A woman and her toddler son died on Saturday after falling six storeys from a concourse before a baseball game in San Diego, with horrified fans watching on and police treating their deaths as suspicious. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Climate group Insulate Britain blocked part of the UK’s M25 for the sixth time on Monday, violating an injunction that was granted by the High Court last Tuesday, with police detaining activists near Heathrow Airport. Read Full Articl...

Russia’s state-backed energy firm, Gazprom, is ready and willing to explore increasing exports of gas to the countries of Western Europe, Moscow has said, as a supply shortage sends tariffs soaring ahead of colder winter weather. Read...

British tabloids and their readers wasted no time lashing out at the rogue royal couple, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, for using a private jet to return to their home in California after a grand tour to New York. Read Full Article at ...

A ‘pilot’ scheme to allow certain people arriving in New Zealand to isolate at home instead of at state-run quarantine facilities has been introduced by authorities, who have been criticized for their tough pandemic measures. Read F...

After emotionally claiming that she did not know when she would play again earlier this month, Naomi Osaka has declared that she has "that itch" and could return soon. Read Full Article at RT.com

Delegates at the Labour Party conference have been told that too many white men were putting their hands up to make contributions during a debate on housing and transport, leading some to question the direction of the party. Read Full A...

After more than a decade of fighting, Syria’s Civil War still grinds on. With the West’s military missions on the slide, other rivalries and conflicts of interest are opening up on the ground between a range of different players. Re...

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has appealed for international flights to be restored, claiming that all the problems at the Kabul airport have been resolved while promising full cooperation with airlines. Read Full Article at RT....

A football club turned the away end of their stadium into a "concentration camp" by penning fans behind a fence, an opposition team has angrily claimed. Read Full Article at RT.com

The conservative wing of Angela Merkel’s center-right CDU/CSU union said the party’s leadership is responsible for the historic failure in Sunday’s parliamentary election in Germany. Read Full Article at RT.com

Crete has been rocked by a chain of earthquakes. The first to hit the Greek island measured a magnitude of 6.0 and was followed by subsequent, smaller quakes, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC). Read Full Ar...

The Social Democrats’ candidate for Germany’s next chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said his party has received a mandate to form a government with the Greens and liberal FDP rather than with its old partner, Merkel’s center-right bloc. R...

Crude prices extended gains on Monday, rallying to their highest levels since 2018 as global refineries fail to keep up with fuel demand that is projected to reach pre-pandemic levels by early next year. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

US President Joe Biden reportedly had an emotional and appreciative reaction when a journalist informed him that Angerla Merkel’s party was lagging behind in the German general election. Read Full Article at RT.com

While the initial election results put Iceland on course to become the first European country with a female-majority parliament, making international headlines, the new tally shows the female MPs fell short of the mark. Read Full Articl...

The New Yorker is accused of promoting violence after its podcast featured a climate change activist who called destruction of property the most effective protest tool, praising the violence that marred the George Floyd protests. Read F...

San Marino, a predominately Catholic microstate surrounded by Italian territory, has voted to legalize abortion, thus rendering obsolete a more than century-old law that punished women with imprisonment. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

With the SPD and CDU running neck-and-neck in Germany’s election, talk has turned to potential coalitions, which could “technically” be led by either party, says political analyst Ulrich Brueckner. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says foreign partners are turning a blind eye to a security crackdown in Serb-majority areas of Kosovo, where the breakaway region’s forces have brought essential cross-border traffic to a halt. Read...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has admitted that more than 12,000 of the migrants previously held at Texas’ Del Rio bridge have been released on the unlikely condition they appear in court. Read Full Arti...

A politician has voiced his surprise that Ukrainians keen to watch arguably the greatest moment of their country's sporting year had to do so on Russian TV. Read Full Article at RT.com

Extinction Rebellion organizers have claimed that "history will vindicate" a Paralympic hero after he was sentenced to a year in jail for holding up a flight in a climate protest stunt in the UK. Read Full Article at RT.com

A 21-year-old American footballer has been killed in a shooting which took place during a house party in the Salt Lake City late on Saturday night – just hours after his team, Utah, beat Washington State. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has said he wants Donald Trump to run for president again, despite the man criticizing him only days before with regard to the 2020 election. Read Full Article at RT.com

Journalists, political analysts, and press organizations expressed shock on Sunday over a report that claimed members of former president Donald Trump’s administration had plotted to assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Read ...

Russian former UFC champion Petr Yan has petitioned the promotion to offer him a new opponent for the upcoming fight card in Abu Dhabi after title holder Aljamain Sterling withdrew from their scheduled rematch citing an injury. Read Ful...

The Ukrainian Hockey League has promised disciplinary action after a player was sent off for making a shocking gesture during a game that appeared to imagine a black opponent peeling a banana and eating it. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Nick Kyrgios, who has gained a reputation as one of the sport's most controversial stars, has hinted that he may be close to retiring from tennis after he announced that the Laver Cup in Boston was his final appearance of 2021. Read Ful...

The preliminary results of the German election show a victory for the Social Democrats, which edged out outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU union by little more than 1%. All eyes now turn to coalition talks. Read ...

Lewis Hamilton earned a late 100th F1 victory in a dramatic Russian Grand Prix, celebrating in Sochi for the fifth time after torrential rain denied the impressive Lando Norris a maiden win. Read Full Article at RT.com