The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have drawn up plans to invade Gaza from the ground in response to the rocket barrage by Hamas. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly dismissed an offer to end hostilities “on a mutual basis.” Read...

Japan’s minister for the Covid-19 vaccination program has said he accepts responsibility for the country’s limited progress, but also criticized regulatory procedures, saying the rules for approving new vaccines needs to change. Rea...

The world’s biggest digital asset, bitcoin, has seen a huge price plunge that resulted in $365 billion being washed out of the cryptocurrency market. Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Joe Biden voiced staunch support for Tel Aviv in a call with the Israeli PM, while Secretary of State Tony Blinken scolded a Palestinian leader for Hamas rocket fire as IDF warplanes hammer Gaza. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Just in case touting “safe and effective” isn't enough, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is offering residents a new incentive to get their Covid-19 vaccine shots – chances to win $1 million or a college scholarship in special lotteries....

Israeli actress Gal Gadot was condemned online after weighing in on the latest eruption of violence between Israel and Gaza, with critics accusing the former IDF soldier of carrying water for Tel Aviv. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A lieutenant of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, who vanished after testifying against his boss Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, has been taken off the US sanctions list due to “change in behavior,” the Treasury Department said. Read F...

French military personnel who signed another letter to President Emmanuel Macron warning him about a supposedly impending “civil war” should resign so they can voice their concerns freely, the Armed Forces chief of staff said. Read ...

President Joe Biden is making his push for children to get Covid-19 vaccines, now authorized for kids 12 and older, dismissing their low risk of serious illness in the hope of stopping its spread to more vulnerable age groups. Read Full...

Colonial Pipeline said it has restarted operations in the wake of a major ransomware attack that triggered a full-scale shutdown, leading to fuel shortages, panic buying and emergency declarations in states across the US. Read Full Arti...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced he will stop taking bitcoin for vehicle purchases or selling the cryptocurrency until mining procedures transition to “more sustainable energy” than coal or fossil fuels. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Former US president Donald Trump slammed his successor Joe Biden as worse than Jimmy Carter, saying comparisons on the economy, gas shortages and Middle East are “very unfair” to the 39th POTUS. Read Full Article at RT.com

Merriam-Webster is again redefining language to fit a narrative, this time framing its definition of “anti-vaxxer” to include not only people who oppose vaccination, but also those who are against inoculation mandates. Read Full Art...

Former MSNBC host Touré Neblett blasted “white justice” and appeared to celebrate the death of a 77-year-old man who died after being punched for reportedly using a racial slur. Read Full Article at RT.com

One of the two chief rabbis in Israel has called for restraint as local media report horrific scenes of vandalism and street attacks, including an Arab man who was pulled from his car and beaten by a mob. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Tennessee officials have closed a bridge spanning the Mississippi River, after inspectors found a crack in its structure. The closure has delayed vital river traffic, and serves as a reminder of the US’ decaying infrastructure. Read F...

The United Nations would welcome the World Health Organization’s approval of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said, while hailing the importance of the jab in tackling the pandemic. Read...

The carcasses of two endangered fin whales floated up to the surface after the Australian destroyer HMAS Sydney docked in San Diego Harbor, following missile tests off the coast of California. Read Full Article at RT.com

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said it has seen “promising evidence” that mRNA Covid-19 vaccines would be able to “neutralize” the Indian variant of the virus, and it is monitoring the situation closely. Read Full Artic...

Confusion reigns over a post telling Tyson Fury's millions of social media followers to "pray for Israel", with the boxing champion angrily telling fans that it was not made by him despite appearing on his Instagram story. Read Full Art...

Manchester City fans will fear that they will have to face a war on two fronts in this month's Champions League Final after Antonio Mateu Lahoz – who once red-carded City boss Pep Guardiola – was announced as the match referee. Read...

Alleged Hollywood ‘bully’ Ellen DeGeneres plans to end her daytime talk show after 19 seasons, walking away amid declining ratings and allegations of a toxic workplace culture after nearly two decades of preaching 'niceness.’ Read...

A press conference being held by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) descended into chaos on Wednesday when a protestor gained access to the call to unleash a furious tirade at IOC chiefs over the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Read Full...

The modern fight against cybercrime is nothing but a clash between the West – a global “force for good” – and “authoritarian regimes” like Moscow and Beijing that seek to “ransom” the world, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raa...

The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised on behalf of the government for the killings of nine Northern Irish people in 1971, after a judge ruled they were totally innocent and not paramilitaries, as previously claimed. Read Fu...

Bare knuckle boxer Paige VanZant has sent a greeting to Russia and pleaded with her fans to watch her diving into a pool again after the original post on her hotly-followed Instagram page was abruptly removed after 500,000 views. Read F...

Over 34,000 people succumbed to Covid-19 in the Americas last week – almost 40% of the global death toll, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has said, adding that demand for hospital beds in some places is “dire.” Read Fu...

Pennsylvania State University is the latest college to make a move towards wokemania, after the faculty passed a resolution getting rid of terms like ‘freshman’ and ‘senior’ for not being gender inclusive. Read Full Article at R...

A Spanish man who wasn't actually in any difficulty but phoned police and emergency services almost 9,000 times since 2019 has found himself in hot water after his harassing calls were traced back to him. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Warning that the US is in “deep peril” from a “full-blown assault on our constitutional rights,” over 120 former top military brass have signed a letter outlining threats to its “survival,” including Biden administration pol...

When sirens sound and rockets rain down from above, Israelis flee to their bomb shelters. Watch RT’s Asiya Apakova give a guided tour of her building’s rocketproof safe room. Read Full Article at RT.com

Colin Kaepernick, the NFL player and originator of the gesture of taking a knee before sports matches, has excitedly revealed that he is preparing to publish a book dedicated to the abolition of police and prisons. Read Full Article at ...

Israeli air strikes have destroyed another tower block in Gaza after reportedly warning occupants to leave so the armed forces could target alleged Palestinian militants amid their ongoing conflict with Hamas. Read Full Article at RT.co...

Over two dozen instances of serious blood clotting have been identified out of the more than 8.7 million recipients of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 Janssen vaccine, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. Read Full...

The US government has warned citizens against something few would even attempt in the first place: stockpiling gasoline in plastic bags. The warning comes after a ransomware attack crippled the East Coast’s gas supply. Read Full Artic...

You won't see Bray Wanderers making any big moves in European football anytime soon, but the Irish minnows couldn't resist a sly dig at Man City's title celebrations which attracted "dozens" of fans to celebrate at the Etihad. Read Full...

German police have arrested 16 men after Israeli flags were burned outside synagogues in Bonn and Munster, and a fire was set at a memorial for a Jewish house of prayer destroyed by the Nazis in Dusseldorf. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang apologized for a tweet he made in support of Israel after worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem were attacked by Israeli police and civilians were killed in escalating clashes. Read F...

California-based researchers have completed the first phase-three clinical trial for any psychedelic-assisted therapy and found that MDMA-assisted therapy is more effective at treating PTSD than current methods. Read Full Article at RT....

Thirty-five years ago, reactor 4 at the Chernobyl power plant in the then-Soviet Union exploded, causing the world’s worst nuclear accident. Now, scientists have discovered smoldering reactions deep inside the abandoned facility. Read...

Evgeny Roizman, the former mayor of Ekaterinburg, has been jailed for nine days after being found guilty of encouraging his followers to take part in an unsanctioned march in support of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. Read Ful...

For millions of Russians, the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender is a celebration of their forefathers’ heroism in the fight over fascism. But one tour guide in the country’s second city apparently has a different view. Read ...

Half a million tourists visited Crimea during Russia's two-week May holidays, more than the area has seen in this time period since the fall of the USSR, as citizens seek alternatives to foreign trips due to Covid-19 restrictions. Read ...

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, convicted over the ‘Srebrenica massacre’ and other crimes, will be transferred to Britain to serve the rest of his life sentence for genocide, the UK Foreign Office has said. Read Full Ar...

Basketball icon Michael Jordan has revealed that he can't bring himself to delete the final text exchange he had with Kobe Bryant prior to the former LA Lakers star's death in a helicopter accident last year. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Top tennis contender Daniil Medvedev made his contempt for clay clear again as rising star Aslan Karatsev claimed another scalp at the Italian Open, causing laughter from fellow Russian ace Andrey Rublev as he watched on. Read Full Arti...

The Philippines taskforce for the South China Sea has reported incursions into its maritime territory by 287 Chinese militia vessels, one week after President Rodrigo Duterte questioned an international ruling in Manila’s favor. Read ...

The ransomware cyberattack that paralyzed one of the US’ biggest and most vital oil hubs – the Colonial Pipeline – has resulted in fuel shortages in eight states across the US East Coast. Read Full Article at RT.com

McDonald’s is helping the White House get the word out about coronavirus vaccines, prompting many Americans to wonder if it’s appropriate for the artery-clogging fast food empire to be involved in public health campaigns. Read Full ...

Vaccination against Covid-19 has been sold to the public as a ticket back to normality, but a new poll has found that those who’ve taken the jab are even more scared of socializing than the unvaccinated. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has been booted from her position as chair of the House Republican Conference following a vote by Republicans who were increasingly unhappy with her vocal opposition to former president Donald Trump. Read Full Art...

The five members of the Harris County Commissioners Court in Texas have approved a resolution calling for the pardon of the late George Floyd, who was arrested there for selling $10-worth of crack in 2004. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Russian government has upped its official long-term estimate for hydrocarbon reserves to over a century as it plans to develop resource production of the Arctic region, which contains 72% of the country’s natural gas deposits. Rea...

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has said it fired 15 rockets towards the Israeli town of Dimona, near the country’s main nuclear reactor, after Israel pledged a tough response against Palestinian militants. Read Fu...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that a “full, proper” independent public inquiry into the government’s handling of the Covid pandemic will be held in spring 2022. Read Full Article at RT.com

Following Tuesday’s school shooting in Kazan, which left seven pupils and two teachers dead, Russian politicians and officials have sprung into action to suggest a range of measures to stop a similar tragedy from happening again. Read...

Celtic caretaker manager John Kennedy has slammed reports that UFC superstar Conor McGregor could be poised to make a bid for the Glasgow giants, saying that he doesn't "think there's anything in that at all". Read Full Article at RT.co...

Researchers in Texas have found that, like Generation X before them, millennials commit fewer crimes than their forefathers. The scientists also propose that a shift in criminal justice thinking may yield even better results. Read Full ...

Boxing champion Tyson Fury has insisted that a report decided to "only show the girls" after he was pictured appearing to be slathered in suntan oil at a luxury hotel in Miami, adding that no media stories could harm his marriage. Read ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the international community and the United Nations to teach Israel a “lesson,” following Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Taliban has captured a district located less than an hour drive from Kabul. Government counter-offensive to retake it was launched just hours before three-day Eid al-Fitr ceasefire is expected to begin. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

An effective ban on issuing most types of travel visas for Russians wanting to visit the US has come into force, with Washington's envoys blaming mutual expulsions of staff and new rules preventing them from hiring local citizens. Read ...

The French National Assembly has approved a bill that includes the implementation of a Covid-19 ‘health pass’ that will allow people to attend sports fixtures, festivals, and other such occasions that draw large crowds. Read Full Ar...

Last year, international sales of Russian agricultural produce exceeded foreign purchases, according to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Read Full Article at RT.com

An independent World Health Organization (WHO) report has stated that the Covid pandemic was preventable but ‘inconsistent and underfunded’ preparation by governments, as well as a slow and weak response, exacerbated the outbreak. R...

Russia’s most senior MP has confirmed that the country’s parliament may soon consider proposals to put an end to anonymous online accounts, in the wake of the bloody school shooting in Kazan that has claimed at least nine lives. Rea...

An official tally of suspected side effects resulting from Covid vaccination in Sweden has surpassed 30,000, with the majority of cases occurring in people inoculated with AstraZeneca’s shot. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ahead of Wednesday's reunion with Arsenal's former Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has trolled the Gunners skipper for his repeated timekeeping infractions in the Bundesliga. Read Full Art...

Citing a need to protect its national interest and the Afghan peace process, Pakistan’s top diplomat has nixed any possibility of reopening air bases for future US anti-Taliban operations after the troop pullout ends in September. Rea...

Israel’s defense minister has vowed to continue operations against Palestinian militants, claiming the country’s forces will achieve “complete silence” before moving to the negotiating table as violence escalates. Read Full Arti...

Ukraine needs to strike a deal with Moscow to import Russian oil, or the country could soon face an acute shortage. That’s according to the Chief Commercial Officer of UkrGasVydobuvannya, a Kiev-based energy producer. Read Full Articl...

Boss Ronald Koeman's position is in doubt again after Barcelona blew a 2-0 advantage and then retook the lead before drawing at Levante – leaving their title hopes looking paper-thin despite Lionel Messi's 29th goal of the season. Rea...

Former officials of the Donald Trump administration have taken to social media to cheer on Israel as it becomes embroiled in conflict and a campaign of aggression with Palestine. Read Full Article at RT.com

The world's number one men's tennis player, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, has apologized after he lost his cool with the umpire during Tuesday's Italian Open match with Taylor Fritz, which was suspended due to rain shortly after. Read Full A...

Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said he is under investigation by the country’s anti-corruption prosecutors over alleged false statements given during parliamentary hearings. Kurz denies any wrongdoing. Read Full Article at ...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has hit out at claims by Western media that the country’s latest census results are a sign that China is a nation in decline, both economically and in terms of its population size. Read Full Article at RT....

The cyberattack on a critical US oil hub that forced the shutdown of Colonial Pipeline wasn’t aimed at causing a gas shortage chaos. The ransomware gang claims financial benefit was the only goal. Read Full Article at RT.com

Instagram has announced that users will now be able to display up to four pronouns on their profile in a dedicated section. They will also have the option to make them public or only viewable to friends. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A Paris court has ruled that Air France and Airbus will stand trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of flight AF447, killing all 228 people on board, the deadliest crash in the airline’s history. Read Full A...

One of the most prominent American diplomats in Russia, Embassy spokeswoman Rebecca Ross, has been told to prepare to return to Washington, she has confirmed. The move comes amid a wave of expulsions on both sides of the Atlantic. Read ...

A nine-year-old boy has died after being struck by lightning during a thunderstorm while taking part in a training session in the Lancashire town of Blackpool, with police reporting that he was unable to be saved in hospital. Read Full ...

The International Criminal Court's top prosecutor says she is keeping a close eye on developments in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, as Israeli forces and Palestinians engage in deadly clashes and retaliatory strikes. Read Full...

Following talks in Vienna this month, the US could announce a deal with Iran as early as the end of May, which could lead to the lifting of oil and energy sanctions. Read Full Article at RT.com

Swedish pop sensation Zara Larsson is facing a backlash on social media after criticizing Israel’s treatment of Palestians, amid a flare-up of violence in the region. The controversial Instagram post was later removed. Read Full Artic...

Tributes have been paid to a teacher slain in Tuesday’s school shooting in the Russian city of Kazan, after it was reported she lost her life trying to protect children in her care when a former student opened fire, killing nine. Read...

Taiwan is tightening its coronavirus restrictions after 16 new domestically transmitted Covid-19 cases were detected, marking the highest-ever daily increase on the island, which has largely kept the pandemic under control. Read Full Ar...

Prices for copper reached record highs and are expected to keep growing as global shortages of the metal and declining inventories are heated by easing concerns over the health of the global economy. Read Full Article at RT.com

Japan’s platform for booking Covid-19 vaccinations has crashed in parts of the country because of a technical issue with US cloud computing vendor Salesforce, compounding frustration with the government’s handling of the pandemic. R...

Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi was ejected from New Zealand’s parliamentary chambers after accusing a fellow MP of engaging in racist rhetoric, and then performing a ceremonial dance to express his displeasure. Read Full Article...

The Israeli military has claimed to have “neutralized” two high-level Hamas intelligence officials during air raids in Gaza, as local officials claim Palestinian rocket fire killed two Arab-Israelis, a woman and a child. Read Full A...

An Israeli airstrike has reportedly leveled another major high-rise in Gaza – the second in the span of 24 hours – as a barrage of Palestinian rocket fire continues to rain down on Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities. Read Full Articl...

Motorists and even airlines struggled to find fuel across the southeastern US due to the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, but the Biden administration denied there was a “shortage” and blamed “hoarders” for the “supply crunch.�...

Health officials in Canada's Ontario province have suspended use of the AstraZeneca/Vaxzevria Covid-19 vaccine, saying that escalating concerns over risks of blood clots merited a review amid increasing supplies of competing jabs. Read ...

An eruption of violence in Israel and Gaza is headed for “full-scale war,” a top UN envoy warned, even as Washington reportedly resists efforts to issue a similar call for deescalation in the UN Security Council. Read Full Article a...

The US Army is trying to reach Generation Z through a new animated recruiting campaign emphasizing that you don't have to be “superhuman” to join, but only a small subset of its target audience is fit enough to qualify. Read Full Ar...

The war between Israel and Palestinian militant groups seems to have spilled over into the US, after two groups or rival demonstrators got into a physical altercation outside the Israeli consulate in New York City. Read Full Article at ...

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg, normally a figure revered by her protective left-wing allies, has learned the hard way that rocket attacks over Israel are a touchier subject than solar panels and carbon-trading schemes. Read Full...

As IDF jets bomb Gaza and Palestinian militants fire rockets into Israel, the city of Lod has erupted in violence its mayor compared to a Nazi pogrom. PM Benjamin Netanyahu is pulling troops from the West Bank to restore order. Read Ful...

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Turkey met in Mecca on Tuesday, expressing readiness to keep working on improving ties between the states which deteriorated after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Read Full Art...

A Texas judge has rejected the National Rifle Association’s bid for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as filed in bad faith. The rejection means the NRA will have to face a potentially devastating lawsuit in New York. Read Full Article...