Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to sit down with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday to discuss a range of pressing geopolitical issues, including military conflicts in the Middle East and Central Asia. Read Full Ar...

CNN has prevented people in Australia from accessing its Facebook pages, citing a risk of defamation, after a court ruling decreed that publishers were liable for the content of the comments section. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida has been elected leader of the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), ensuring he will replace outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in the next couple of days.  Read Full Art...

Lionel Messi got off the mark for PSG with a typically spectacular goal against Champions League rivals Manchester City, but there was another image from Tuesday night which fans say summed up the Argentine icon. Read Full Article at RT...

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk poked fun at the meme-worthy shape of the rocket that carried Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to the edge of space. He also dismissed the complaint Bezos’ company filed to a regulator. Read Full Article at RT....

Trade turnover between Russia and China has grown by a third since January, according to Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development, which expects further growth this year. Read Full Article at RT.com

Officials in Moscow have issued a sternly-worded ultimatum to YouTube’s parent company, Google, saying the video streaming site could face restrictions after it took down two channels run by RT’s German-language service. Read Full A...

International rating agency S&P has improved its outlook for Russia's GDP growth this year to 4% from its previous forecast of 3.7%, according to a survey released on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

The head of the ACLU has apologized after his org altered a quote from late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, stripping it of all reference to gender despite the fact the passage specifically centered on childbearing. Read Full...

Pfizer has sent the FDA trial results after testing its Covid vaccine on kids aged five to 11, calling the data promising as White House pandemic adviser Anthony Fauci suggested regulatory approval could come in a matter of weeks. Read ...

NBA legend LeBron James has revealed that he decided to have a vaccine after being convinced by his own research, although the social justice warrior will not be using his considerable voice to encourage people to take jabs. Read Full A...

A "very good" 22-year-old Russian athlete is on the brink of competing for Ukraine, the president of the country's biathlon federation has reportedly revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com

The first player from Luxembourg ever to in the Champions League did it with a last-minute wondergoal as Sheriff Tiraspol produced a huge upset to beat Real Madrid, whose starting stars included Eden Hazard and Karim Benezema. Read Full...

General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who reportedly worked with Democrats to sideline President Donald Trump after the January 6 riot, now says resigning over the Afghanistan pullout would be a political act. Read ...

YouTube’s censorship of two German-language RT channels is part of ongoing ‘aggression’ against the outlet with both tacit and overt approval from Berlin, and will be met with reprisals, the Russian Foreign Ministry has warned. Re...

Pyongyang has fired off a newly developed “hypersonic missile” off its east coast, North Korean state media reported, claiming the system’s inaugural test was a success.  Read Full Article at RT.com

Lionel Messi scored his first goal for his new club with a sensational strike as Paris Saint-Germain gained Champions League revenge on Man City – then predicted that his partnership with Kylian Mbappe and Neymar will grow. Read Full ...

Following a positive case for star midfielder N'Golo Kante, who will not play against Juventus in the Champions League, Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has stressed he will not cajole his team into getting their Covid vaccines. Read Full ...

Amazon’s announcement of an ‘Alexa with wheels’ household robot has been met with a wave of ridicule and questions about the privacy concerns this technology presents. Read Full Article at RT.com

The fiancée of UFC icon Jon Jones was found with blood on her clothing and face before the star was arrested in Las Vegas last week, according to disturbing new details of a police report of the incident. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A North Carolina hospital system has fired a whopping 175 employees in one go when they refused to take the jab on the day the group’s vaccination mandate took effect. Some 200 hurriedly got the shot last week to keep their jobs. Read...

Russia's national media regulator Roskomnadzor has officially requested an explanation from Google over YouTube’s decision to delete RT's German-language channels, RT DE and DFP, calling the move an unacceptable act of censorship. Rea...

YouTube’s decision to delete the RT DE and DFP channels amounts to a declaration of media war by Germany against Russia, RT’s editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said, on Tuesday, in response to the Google-owned platform's actions. R...

US President Joe Biden is being accused of lying after top generals said they recommended a troop presence remain in Afghanistan, something the president had previously denied. Read Full Article at RT.com

A 15-year-old has revealed that a wonder goal he scored in the Ghanaian second division was inspired by PSG superstar Kylian Mbappe, with Manchester's heavyweights already said to have made inquiries about the prodigy. Read Full Article...

Ex-Newcastle star Steven Taylor has retired from football and says he wants to return to the UK to see his family after missing out on "any type of normal life" because of rigid Covid restrictions in Australia. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Bolstered by the two most expensive players in the world in Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, Tuesday's tantalising showdown between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City is set to star the most expensive lineups of all time. Read Full Articl...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has yet again warned Congress to raise the US’ debt limit by October 18 before they exhaust the “extraordinary measures” previously implemented. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Scottish government announced on Tuesday that it will delay the enforcement of its Covid vaccine passport scheme, due to begin on Friday, giving businesses a two-week ‘grace period’ to help them to adapt to the new measures. Rea...

Climate awareness activist Greta Thunberg tore into “empty” slogans from world leaders in a speech on Tuesday, singling out ‘Build Back Better’ and ‘green economy’, and calling on politicians to take genuine environmental ac...

YouTube has permanently deleted two of RT's German-language channels, the news outlet has announced. RT DE was listed among top News & Politics channels on the social media platform, with hundreds of millions of views. Read Full Article...

An independent investigation into allegations of sexual abuse perpetrated by World Health Organization (WHO) staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo has criticized the agency for “clear structural failures” over the complaints. Re...

Police preventing the lawyers of Russia’s Communist Party from filing a lawsuit to attempt to annul the results of online voting in last week’s election are “committing a criminal offense,” the head of the party has claimed. Rea...

US President Joe Biden reportedly rejected a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that would have seen Washington re-establish its Palestinian diplomatic mission in a location beyond the flashpoint city of Jerusalem. Read ...

The Spanish government has declared the Canary Island of La Palma a disaster zone and pledged millions in support as intense volcanic activity continues to devastate the island, which sits off the North African coast. Read Full Article ...

As tense relations between Serbia and the breakaway region of Kosovo worsen, Moscow has said the West is failing to step up to the mark in order to prevent all-out conflict breaking out and avoid a return to bloody fighting. Read Full A...

It might be Europe’s largest city, but Moscow more often than not misses out when it comes to dream destinations for foreign citizens, with the quaint streets of Italy or the bustling Broadway of America getting all the attention. Rea...

Ex-PSG and Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka has warned his former club that it will be "very difficult to recover" from substituting Lionel Messi on his home debut, accusing the French giants of "playing with his head a lot." Read Full Ar...

The Axios/Ipsos poll, released Tuesday, shows 53% of Americans have not very much trust or no trust at all in the president to provide accurate information on the coronavirus. Read Full Article at RT.com

President Emmanuel Macron has asserted that France is still “an Indo-Pacific power regardless of any contract,” following a three-way snub by the UK, US and Australia that saw Canberra bin a major French submarine deal. Read Full Ar...

A powerful blast that tore through an apartment building in Sweden’s second most-populous city on Tuesday was not caused by a gas leak and probably involved foul play, Swedish authorities have said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Downing Street’s announcement that Britain will be the first country to launch a rocket into orbit from Europe next year has not gone down well with all Brits, with some suggesting London could better spend the money elsewhere. Read F...

Governor Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order addressing possible hospital staff shortages after New York’s vaccine mandate deadline expired. She didn't rule out having National Guardsmen replace vaccine-hesitant physicians. Rea...

Iran and Venezuela have struck a deal to swap heavy Venezuelan crude for Iranian condensate, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the deal. Read Full Article at RT.com

Gymnastics star Simone Biles has claimed that black women "have to be greater" and said that their achievements are "dimmed down" even when sporting records fall by the wayside. Read Full Article at RT.com

Last year, the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok was the world’s most downloaded phone application. Now, Russia’s Gazprom-Media wants a taste of the success, and is planning to launch its own domestic analogue later this year. Read F...

An enraged motorist pulled an object resembling a knife on another driver while in a blocked queue at a fuel station in the UK capital amid Britain’s fuel supply crisis that has left 90% of pumps dry in parts of the country. Read Full...

Valentina Shevchenko has quoted iconic Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky while reiterating her defense of the UFC's ring girls after former lightweight king Khabib Nurmagomedov called them "useless". Read Full Article at RT.com

Belarus' long-time leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has promised that a vote on the country's new constitution will be held no later than next spring. The reforms have been presented as a precursor to him stepping down from office. Read Fu...

The leaders of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia are lying when they declare publicly that Belarus is flying in illegal immigrants as a means to wage a “hybrid war” against the EU, the country’s foreign minister claimed on Monday. Read...

UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has defended the government’s handling of recent fuel shortages due to panic buying, as he reassured motorists that officials are seeing “very tentative signs of stabilisation” of the situation....

Facebook said this week it is “pausing” its Instagram Kids project in order to “work with parents, experts and policymakers to demonstrate the value and need for this product.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian officials are working on a new system to charge companies based on their contribution to global warming, a top minister has said, outlining efforts to bring the country’s policies in line with those elsewhere in Europe. Read F...

NHS Highland in Scotland has estimated that it will pay out over £3.4 million ($4.6 million) to current and former staff who experienced workplace “bullying and harassment,” with the money coming from the Scottish government. Read ...

The French government has said it is slashing the number of visas available for people from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, complaining that those countries are not taking back the migrants that France does not want to keep. Read Full Art...

Jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny is facing a slew of new criminal charges announced by Russian officials. He's accused of founding a string of now-dissolved campaign groups that aimed to overturn the country’s constitution. Rea...

The Japanese government has confirmed it will lift Covid-19 state of emergency measures on Thursday, marking the first time in nearly six months that no prefectures will be under that level of restriction, after infections fell. Read Fu...

The new AUKUS submarine pact between the US, UK and Australia, which saw France lose a major ship-building deal with Canberra last week, has led to a verbal fire exchange and diplomatic snubbing between Washington and Paris. Read Full A...

A student who threw an egg at President Emmanuel Macron, has been involuntarily institutionalized, French prosecutors said. He is being investigated for allegedly assaulting a public servant. Read Full Article at RT.com

A US serviceman who asked for “accountability” for the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan on social media has been locked up in a pre-trial detention center, the Marine Corps has confirmed. Read Full Article at RT.com

Around 160 official US government and military email addresses reportedly feature on a membership list belonging to the ‘Oath Keepers’ militia that was leaked online after the far-right group was apparently hacked. Read Full Article...

Greece has signed a contract with France to purchase three new frigates, with an option to buy a fourth vessel in the future, as Paris attempts to recover its losses from a major submarine contract with Australia. Read Full Article at R...

Russia’s parliamentary elections were conducted fairly and honestly, the country’s former President and Security Council chief Dmitry Medvedev has insisted, accusing the West of double standards in sowing doubts about the results. R...

Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya has ramped up his spat with Dana White, taunting the UFC boss over fighter pay and blasting him for "accusing me of faking a virus that killed almost 700,000 Americans". Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A former top-flight footballer in Germany and Turkey has allegedly been involved in a fatal shooting that reportedly killed a 24-year-old and injured four others earlier this month. Read Full Article at RT.com

Beijing has dismissed “rumors” that Westerners are not safe in China and that they may be used as hostages in future diplomatic disputes, after two Canadians were released as Ottawa dropped charges against Huawei’s CFO. Read Full ...

Despite being sentenced to significant time behind bars in absentia, former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili has revealed he has bought a ticket to Tbilisi, after years of promises to return home and face the music. Read Full Arti...

The Hungarian Foreign Ministry has summoned Ukraine's ambassador over Kiev's reaction to Budapest's new deal with Russia's Gazprom energy giant, Hungary's top diplomat revealed in a statement published on Facebook on Tuesday. Read Full ...

France’s defense minister, Florence Parly, responded to Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga on Monday, rejecting the African leader’s “unacceptable” claims that Paris is abandoning the Sahel region by withdrawing troops....

An investigation has been launched after footage emerged that appeared to show a team's away fans being blocked from entering a stadium amid a chaotic clash with police, with one account alleging that supporters were mistreated. Read Fu...

Police in self-proclaimed Kosovo say they have arrested 10 Albanian citizens for attacking ethnic Serbs. Ethnic tensions have escalated in the breakaway Serbian region, with Serbia, Russia and NATO getting involved. Read Full Article at...

Natural gas prices in Europe hit record highs in Tuesday’s trading, exceeding $1,000 per 1,000 cubic meters for the first time in history, data from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) shows. Read Full Article at RT.com

Three more Polish regions have rescinded their self-declared anti-LGBT statuses over fears of losing funds from the European Union after Swietokrzyskie became the first province to revoke its status last week. Read Full Article at RT.co...

A long-term contract for the transit of Russian gas is crucial for Ukraine, which needs money to maintain its pipeline network, the country’s gas transmission system (GTS) operator says. Read Full Article at RT.com

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....