The Iraqi PM’s office says he and the top White House envoy for the Middle East discussed the withdrawal of combat troops from the country. A senior Biden administration official denies it ever happened. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

At least 81 people have died during massive flooding due to heavy rain in western parts of Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged federal support for victims as the disaster left many houses destroyed. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allied producers project global oil demand to grow by six million barrels a day in the second half of 2021, reaching pre-pandemic levels by next year. Read Full Article at...

Days of heavy rains have triggered major floods across parts of the Netherlands, with the southern Limburg province declared a disaster area as police, firefighters and even soldiers help thousands of residents to find shelter. Read Ful...

California is poised to create the nation's first state-funded program making guaranteed-income payments to some residents after lawmakers unanimously passed a bill calling for the monthly checks. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the discussion of racism doesn't belong in math classes, confirming the province's decision to back down from a plan to inject anti-racism ideology into its 9th grade mathematics curriculum. Read Full Arti...

The defacing of a mural in honor of UK footballer Marcus Rashford after a penalty miss was likely not motivated by racial hatred, police said. The striker received an outpouring of support, including from anti-racism activists. Read Ful...

Racial justice group Black Lives Matter has publicly condemned the decades-long US embargo on Cuba as the socialist nation was swept by protests against food and drug shortages. The stance alienated some devotees. Read Full Article at R...

The lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in Los Angeles was short-lived, as the county government has reimposed an indoor mask mandate, even for vaccinated residents, after an increase in new infections. Read Full Article at RT.com

American Marines will be sent to the US Embassy in Haiti, President Joe Biden said, though he added that a larger deployment to stabilize the country in the wake of President Jovenel Moise’s assassination is “not on the agenda.” R...

Calling Cuba a failed and repressive state, US President Joe Biden said he was looking at ways to provide internet access to Cubans, but not allowing remittances or lifting the embargo that has strangled the island for decades. Read Ful...

A three-story apartment building in Hialeah, a city in Miami-Dade County, has been evacuated after a portion of its roof broke off and crashed on the ground outside. It is located some 15 miles from the collapsed Surfside condo. Read Fu...

Raging floods have killed at least 59 people and left more than 1,000 missing across multiple German states after a torrential downpour, as police officers, soldiers and other relief workers undertake a massive rescue effort. Read Full ...

US Capitol Police detained nine people, including the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, for an “illegal demonstration” inside a Senate office building demanding the passage of Democrats’ election reforms. Read Full Article ...

Former President Donald Trump has issued a scathing rebuke of US General Mark Milley, after book excerpts revealed Milley had allegedly compared Trump’s supporters to Nazis and planned to resist a hypothetical “coup” by Trump. Rea...

Belgium’s Doel 2 nuclear reactor was manually shut down overnight Wednesday, after its operator suspected there was a hydrogen leak in the generator, the nation’s nuclear watchdog AFCN/FANK has said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

China still hasn’t handed over raw Covid-19 case data that the World Health Organization requested in early 2020, undermining a probe into how the virus emerged amid rising speculation that it leaked from a Chinese lab. Read Full Arti...

As the Biden administration called “medical misinformation” a public health threat, the White House said it was working with social media to flag “problematic” posts. Critics called it an end-run around the First Amendment. Read...

Ever since former US President Donald Trump’s shock 2016 election victory rocked the American political establishment, commentators and talking heads have been looking for someone to blame. The easy answer has always been Russia. Read...

Islam Makhachev, the heir apparent to Khabib Nurmagomedov's throne in the UFC lightweight division, must show why he is so highly-regarded when he faces Thiago Moises this weekend in his first ever UFC main event fight. Read Full Articl...

Russian MMA starlet Diana Avsaragova has warned she is "in the head" of Valerie Loureda after her fellow Bellator sensation claimed that she did not know who she was – and there was drama as she weighed in for her fight on Friday. Rea...

England has seen an unprecedented yearly increase in deaths due to alcohol during the Covid-19 pandemic, driven by excessive alcohol consumption at home, Public Health England (PHE) has said, in a fresh report. Read Full Article at RT.c...

An additional US government link to suspects in last week’s assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise has emerged, as the Pentagon has admitted that some of the alleged murderers had received American military training. Read Fu...

Two major highways in Georgia have been blocked after a dump truck struck an overpass and shifted it by six feet. Authorities plan to demolish the damaged bridge, and it may take up to 10 days to fully reopen the I-16 interstate. Read F...

A bizarre video of the White House Press Secretary advising on “communicating clearly” about vaccines, after she’d told Americans they “can still kill you,” has half the internet shocked, while the other half hasn’t quite no...

The creative geniuses behind the emojis we use every day have released a slew of new designs. The new emojis include a gender-neutral “person with crown,” interracial handshakes, and, weirdly, a mustached “pregnant man.” Read Fu...

Moscow has reacted furiously to a series of claims, backed up with anonymous and unverifiable sources, that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his security officials to support Donald Trump’s campaign to become US president. Rea...

An Israeli billionaire has reportedly implicated himself in a corruption scandal after filing court documents that allegedly show he’d paid $360 million in bribes to officials for mining rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rea...

In a video update to fans after he was released from hospital following surgery to insert a titanium rod into his broken leg, Conor McGregor has claimed that that the UFC were aware of 'stress fractures' he carried into UFC 264. Read Fu...

The Russian Ministry of Justice has designated eight journalists, including one working for US state media, as ‘foreign agents,’ with officials banning an online news publication as ‘undesirable,’ after police raided its offices...

The England fan who has earned notoriety for having a lit flare protruding from his bottom says he has no regrets over the drink and drug-addled scenes that marred the Wembley final of Euro 2020, adding that he bribed his way in. Read F...

The American Booksellers Association has apologized for distributing a book critical of gender transition for young girls, calling the book “anti-trans” and its distribution a “serious, violent incident.” Read Full Article at RT...

Colombian President Iván Duque has revealed that a small pocket of his country’s ex-military arrested over the assassination of Haiti’s Jovenel Moïse knew about the plot in advance, while others in the group were blindsided. Read ...

After a report describing US Vice President Kamala Harris’ office as an “abusive” workplace, a new story suggests that the dysfunction goes back to her time in California, where former aides sought therapy after working for her. R...

A cabinet minister has said that the number of troops on the ground in South Africa to subdue violence and looting stemming from the sentencing of former president Jacob Zuma has reached 10,000. Read Full Article at RT.com

Less than a week before their campaign begins at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Team GB's women's football squad have insisted they intend to take full advantage of rules around protesting that will allow them to take a pre-match knee. Read F...

A series of raids have been carried out in the UK amid an investigation into a security footage leak that prompted a sex scandal which caused the then Health Secretary Matt Hancock to step down due to a Covid rules breach. Read Full Art...

English side Portsmouth are conducting an investigation into reports that a host of their academy players were among those who directed racial abuse towards the trio of England players who missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final. Read F...

After weeks of sweltering in unusual warmth, on Thursday Moscow saw strong winds and a deluge of rain that has caused disruption across the city, with the weather delaying flights and damaging property in the Russian capital. Read Full ...

Russia will continue to defend the country’s territorial waters and may combat any violators with the “harshest methods,” a high-ranking official revealed on Wednesday, warning foreign navies against crossing the country’s borde...

The Lebanese prime minister-designate has said he is stepping down from the post after failing for several months to put together a government from the country’s many opposing factions amid a worsening economic crisis. Read Full Artic...

A decision by the EU’s top court, which says that companies can ban their employees from wearing headscarves under certain conditions, has been condemned by many who claim the move is racist and hypocritical. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The US military is using passenger aircraft to fly illegal immigrants within the US from an Air Force base in Texas, according to documents seen by Fox News. The operation, confirmed by the Pentagon, is being conducted in secret. Read F...

Dutch crime journalist, Peter Rudolf de Vries, has died from his injuries after being shot in an attack in Amsterdam nine days ago. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Pakistani minister has said that authorities involved in investigating a bus blast on Wednesday which killed 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, have detected traces of explosive material. Read Full Article at RT.com

Amid political division and constant culture wars, two-thirds of Republicans in the southern United States and almost half of West Coast Democrats want to secede from the country and form their own nation, according to a new poll. Read ...

Wide-scale protests and rioting that have rocked the Caribbean nation of Cuba are, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, part of an orchestrated campaign by American officials to oust the country’s socialist government. Read Full...

Prosecutors in France have opened an investigation into doping allegations against the Bahrain-Victorious team which saw the their team hotel and bus raided on Wednesday, but no arrests have yet been made. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Manchester United and England striker Marcus Rashford has been lauded for "using his platform" to challenge the UK government over food benefits, winning a service award named after an ex-NFL player who died in Afghanistan. Read Full Ar...

Russia’s Ministry of Defense has released a video of four fighter planes escorting three US Air Force B-52H bombers over the waters of the Bering Sea on Thursday, after they were spotted heading towards the country’s airspace. Read ...

UK MPs say the government should look into possible anti-competitive practices in the music streaming industry, where powerful big companies thrive while music creators struggle to stay afloat. Read Full Article at RT.com

The European Commission (EC) has announced it is commencing legal procedures against Hungary and Poland for violating the human rights of its LGBTQ+ citizens, which is not in line with EU values. Read Full Article at RT.com

Chinese households have accumulated some $47 trillion in savings while Beijing is gradually allowing its citizens to invest overseas. Read Full Article at RT.com

A video from the Russian city of Ekaterinburg has gone viral after a couple was filmed having a bloody fight in the elevator of an apartment building. Shortly after, the pair returned to the scene of the scrap and cleaned it up. Read Fu...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has banned US financial services company Mastercard Inc from issuing new credit and debit cards to Indian customers for violation of data storage rules. Read Full Article at RT.com

UFC boss Dana White has slammed his own production team for omitting Donald Trump from the broadcast of UFC 264 on Saturday night, despite the former US President being resoundingly booed by fans during his last appearance. Read Full Ar...

EU money intended to help member states recover from the Covid pandemic should not make Hungary a hostage by being withheld over Budapest's controversial LGBT law that was slammed by Brussels, a top official in Hungary has said. Read Fu...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has blamed the “cautious approach” to vaccination adopted by its expert health advisory panel for creating “public confusion,” which has resulted in the country’s sluggish vaccine roll-...

Top French footballer Yoane Wissa has shown his scars but looked well in his first photo since he was treated for a horrifying acid attack to his face at his home, with the arrested female suspect also accused of abducting a baby. Read ...

The office of the German government has rejected a request from Russians living in a Siberian village after local residents asked Berlin for help when the regional administration refused to asphalt a road in the small settlement. Read F...

The Kremlin has revealed that Moscow has no plans to buy or approve coronavirus vaccines developed by and manufactured in countries like the US and Britain, but that it is exploring mutual recognition of vaccines to enable travel. Read ...

A US military chopper made an emergency landing in Romania’s capital, Bucharest, on Thursday, while training for an upcoming Aviation Day parade. No one was hurt, but fire crews were immediately dispatched to the scene. Read Full Arti...

Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in Indonesia in an effort to boost inoculation rates in the country as coronavirus infections show no signs of abating. Read Full Article at RT.com

Four people have been arrested amid an investigation into 'hate crime' related to the racial abuse directed at England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka following England's Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy. Read Full ...

Asian Carp, a group of several species of carp introduced to the United States from China by Asian farmers in the 1970s, are gradually being renamed in the US as “invasive carp” due to concerns about racist overtones. Read Full Arti...

A former BBC journalist who was sacked earlier this year after historic anti-Semitic content was found in her Twitter feed, has been condemned on social media for blaming the “pro-Israel mob” for her firing. Read Full Article at RT....

China’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 7.9% in the second quarter compared to last year, its National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. The growth rate slowed by more than half from the first three months of 2021. Read Full Ar...

In recent months, Belarus’ seemingly eternal president, Alexander Lukashenko, has developed a passion for trips to Russia. Faced with a political crisis at home, he made his fourth visit of 2021 to his country’s closest ally. Read F...

A new UNICEF study has revealed that Ukraine has more people classed as “severely food insecure” than any other European nation, with 1.1 million citizens regularly skipping meals or eating significantly less due to money issues. Re...

Social media pin-up Paige VanZant has questioned MMA fighter pay and claimed that her life started when she left the UFC last year, speaking to fans during a session in which she also claimed that deodorant causes cancer. Read Full Arti...

Berlin police have carried out searches targeting five of its officers suspected of airing far-right anti-government views, as part of an investigation into possible acts of sedition committed by the allegedly extremist cops. Read Full ...

State Premier Daniel Andrews has announced that Victoria is to be put into its fifth lockdown and placed under stay-at-home orders for five days to quell a surge in coronavirus cases. Read Full Article at RT.com

The interim president of Peru has warned that the country is on the brink after supporters of Keiko Fujimori, a right-wing candidate who refused to concede defeat in a presidential election, went on a rampage in the capital. Read Full A...

Global debt has reached its highest level since WWII as governments continue to pump money into their economies in an effort to recover from damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

Locals are preparing for the worst, after a wave of mass rioting and looting swept across South Africa, following the arrest of its former president. The military has been deployed to help police maintain order. Read Full Article at RT....

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined several drugmakers for overcharging its health service. The body said the fines, linked to the sale of hydrocortisone tablets, should serve as “warning” to others. Read Fu...

Crude prices fell nearly 1% on Thursday with the market bracing for a surge in supplies after reports that an output deal between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies has been reached. Read Full Ar...

Kung fu film legend Jackie Chan has received a lukewarm reception on Chinese social media after revealing his dream of becoming a member of the country’s Communist Party (CCP). Some thought it was all just an act. Read Full Article at...

China has launched the construction of the world’s first multi-purpose small modular reactor in the country’s southernmost Hainan province. Work on Linglong One, also known as ACP100, began on Tuesday, Xinhua reports. Read Full Arti...

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has called for US military intervention following a weekend of protests in Cuba, arguing that previous US attacks elsewhere – from Panama to Kosovo – have gone swimmingly. His idea was not popular. Read Fu...

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham pledged to go to the barricades for his favorite sandwich joint after students at Notre Dame University protested the opening of a Chick-fil-A location on campus, citing its “anti-LGBT activism.” Re...

House Democrats are putting pressure on the company conducting an audit of the 2020 election in Arizona, demanding that Cyber Ninjas prove it has no ties to former president Donald Trump or QAnon conspiracy, among other things. Read Ful...

The World Health Organization is warning that the Covid-19 pandemic has entered the "early stages of a third wave" as the fast-spreading Delta variant of the virus causes cases to spike, wiping out progress made through vaccines. Read F...

Thousands took to the streets in two of Greece’s largest cities to protest new health mandates, which bar the unvaccinated from many public spaces and require medical staff to take the shot, as well as plans to immunize teenagers. Rea...

Disruptions to healthcare around the world caused by the Covid-19 lockdowns have made millions of children miss their shots for other diseases, UNICEF and the World Health Organization have warned. Read Full Article at RT.com

Sexual assault allegations against the USA Gymnastics team's doctor were mishandled by the FBI, leading to delays in his arrest while dozens more girls were allegedly molested, a Department of Justice review has found. Read Full Article...

Twitter is discontinuing ‘fleets’, the disappearing-tweet function it debuted in November to a sea of eyerolls, seeming surprised that the feature hadn’t become popular despite imitating already-existing competitors. Read Full Art...

Two firefighters have died and at least 30 others remain missing after storms and torrential rain flooded several German states. The extreme weather left roads impassable and turned streets into rivers. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A 60-year-old Tennessee man apparently had a Twitter handle worth killing for, as teenagers extorting him to give up his social-media treasure made a false emergency call to police that led to his death, family members said. Read Full A...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been hospitalized after ten days of hiccups, and may need emergency surgery. Stabbed, infected with Covid-19, and bitten by wildlife, Bolsonaro is no stranger to medical emergencies. Read Full Arti...

A senior figure within the Metropolitan Police says that Sunday's Euro 2020 final between England and Italy could have been abandoned had it not been for the response of the London police after hundreds of fans stormed Wembley. Read Ful...

Ex-President George W. Bush has denounced the withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan, but his chief concern apparently isn’t the American, allied and civilian casualties suffered in two decades of fruitless fighting. Read Full ...

Five-time Pro Bowler and one of the finest defensive players of his generation Richard Sherman has been booked for 'burglary domestic violence' following a late night arrest in Seattle in which he was subdued by a police dog. Read Full ...

With Taliban fighters gaining ground in Afghanistan and US troops preparing a total withdrawal from the country, representatives of the militant group have called on Russia to support the lifting of sanctions against its leaders. Read F...

Police fired tear gas at demonstrators who threw rocks and bottles, set construction equipment on fire in Paris, and picketed state buildings across France, in response to President Emmanuel Macron’s vaccine and health pass moves. Rea...

Incoming Manchester United prodigy Jadon Sancho has spoken for the first time about his heartbreak after being one of three players to miss a penalty for England in the final of Euro 2020, calling racist abuse "nothing new". Read Full A...

Amid the spread of Covid-19 and economic shutdown, more than 93,000 people died of drug overdoses in the US last year – an increase of 30% since 2019, and a record high. The majority of these deaths were caused by opioids. Read Full A...

Turkish model and Instagram influencer Deniz Saypinar says that she was refused entry to an American Airlines flight last week after the company adjudged her denim shorts to be "too short" and accused her of being "naked". Read Full Art...

British outlet The Times has claimed that a top British runner who broke a record held by World Athletics boss and two-time Olympic king Sebastian Coe last month has provided a drugs test sample containing small traces of cocaine. Read ...

A spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected US claims that Tehran was involved in a plot to kidnap a journalist based in New York who is critical of the Iranian government, dismissing them as “baseless and ridiculous.” Re...