The US military operates a vast network of soldiers, civilians, and contractors that it uses for clandestine missions both at home and abroad, Newsweek has claimed, adding that the force also manipulates social media. Read Full Article ...

Lebanon’s president has dismissed incendiary comments made by Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe as “his personal opinion” and not Beirut’s, after Wehbe claimed the Gulf states were responsible for Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS)....

Iran is preparing to boost production and exports of crude oil as talks on the nuclear deal with the United States continue to progress, government officials said, as quoted by Bloomberg. Read Full Article at RT.com

The arrest of Viktor Medvedchuk, the leader of Kiev’s largest opposition party, shows US interference in Ukraine is all about winning a standoff with Russia and has nothing to do with promoting democracy or advancing human rights. Rea...

Supplies of Russian agricultural products and foodstuffs (excluding fishery products) to China increased by 17.6% in the first quarter of this year, according to Russia’s trade representative to China, Alexey Dakhnovsky. Read Full Art...

The wife of Belgium’s envoy to South Korea has claimed diplomatic privileges, making her immune to prosecution after slapping a Seoul shop worker. The widely reported incident prompted an apology from the Belgian Embassy. Read Full Ar...

Tesla founder Elon Musk has been pushed down to third place in world’s richest ranking after shares in the carmaker tumbled. The plunge came after the billionaire sent the bitcoin market into panic with a single tweet. Read Full Artic...

Conservative-friendly social media site Parler has made a comeback on the Apple App Store, reappearing on the platform with beefed up ‘hate speech’ filters after it was pulled in the wake of the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. Rea...

Gaza’s primary Covid-19 testing and vaccination site was taken offline after it was struck in an Israeli air raid, Palestinian health officials said, warning that Tel Aviv’s bombing campaign will drive a surge in the pandemic. Read ...

The Israeli military conducted a new series of air raids on Gaza after Israel’s defense minister expressed gratitude to the US for blocking a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire for the third time in a row. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Brazil’s world-famous Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro has been lit up to project a message of vaccine evangelism, encouraging individuals from miles around to drop to their knees and worship another, more controversial savior. Read Ful...

The Israeli military said it fired artillery shells into Lebanon in response to several rockets allegedly fired from across the border. Tel Aviv claimed none of the projectiles reached Israeli territory. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Former Florida tax collector Joel Greenberg pleaded guilty to a litany of offenses, including sex with a minor and sex trafficking. To liberals, Rep. Matt Gaetz is next in the firing line. Read Full Article at RT.com

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a blistering attack on his US counterpart Joe Biden's alleged support for ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza amid reports of a large new arms deal between Washington and Tel Aviv. Read Fu...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have carried out more strikes against targets in Gaza on Monday, destroying at least two buildings, while Palestinian armed group Hamas fired almost 200 rockets into Israeli territory. Read Full Article a...

Social media behemoth Twitter has been marinating in hot water over its failure to deliver on much-desired yet never-materialized features. However, the service now seems willing to toss users a bone with some new updates. Read Full Art...

President Emmanuel Macron has said France and other rich nations will cancel Sudan's $5 billion debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a move the organization is to approve by the end of next month. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Hours before his team's win over Reims at the weekend, PSG star Neymar almost had his Paris mansion broken into by a religious fanatic who was "clutching Bibles" and attempting to "spread the word of God", according to reports. Read Ful...

Tottenham Hotspur forward Harry Kane has told the London club he wants to leave this summer, according to reports, with a host of Premier League rivals including Chelsea said to be on red alert. Read Full Article at RT.com

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill enshrining lethal injection as the state’s primary method of execution. But if the state can’t get the drugs, it offers inmates a grim choice: electric chair or firing squad. Read...

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has seen his flying start to life at Stamford Bridge begin to stutter in recent matches, but says the team only have themselves to blame as they face a tense run-in to the season. Read Full Article at RT.co...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said the Covid-19 vaccine developed by US drug maker Pfizer and German firm BioNTech can be stored in the fridge for up to a month, significantly extending the jab's lifespan in EU nations. Read F...

As the world adjusts to life post-lockdown, US Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning compared the year of restrictions to her time in solitary confinement, claiming that people will be psychologically damaged for “years” to come. Read ...

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has risked angering the club's fans after suggesting that protests against owners the Glazer family and the European Super League have caused a packed schedule and downturn in form. Read Fu...

Older people vaccinated against Covid-19 are not the ones winding up in hospital after catching the Indian variant of the virus, with younger people bearing the brunt of new cases, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. Read Full Ar...

Former college football standout Juantarius Bryant thought he’d finally landed a shot at entering the NFL, only to turn up for try-outs at the Atlanta Falcons and be turned away after apparently being duped by a hoax. Read Full Articl...

Thailand saw a record number of new Covid infections nationally on Monday, as an outbreak inside the country’s prison system contributed to a spike in new cases amid a third wave health officials are struggling to contain. Read Full A...

Bolivian police have announced they have uncovered and destroyed three huge cocaine production sites that were hidden in forestry reserves and national parks, during a successful anti-drug squad operation. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a major abortion case from Mississippi that could allow states to ban abortions prior to fetal viability. If successful, the state could pave the way for a rollback of abortion rights. Read Full A...

Environmental groups, animal conservationists and scientists from two universities have published a study calling for the reintroduction of jaguars to the Southwestern US to boost the population of an endangered species. Read Full Artic...

The US has announced fresh sanctions against over a dozen Myanmar military officials as well as the unofficial State Administration Council (SAC), which was set up to rule the Southeast Asian country after the February 1 coup. Read Full...

Russia’s environmental watchdog, Rosprirodnadzor, has sprung into action after around 100 tons of oily liquid leaked from a pipeline into soil and a river in the Komi Republic, a hydrocarbon-rich area in the north of the country. Read...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have published a video claiming to show a strike on an unmanned submarine that was allegedly operated by the Palestinian armed group Hamas. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK’s chief Brexit negotiator has warned that relations between London and Brussels are likely to remain uneasy for a while, but said the British government’s priority must be to explore doing things differently than the EU. Read...

Football legend Cristiano Ronaldo has sparked rumors he is set to leave Juventus, after removal men were captured taking his collection of seven luxury cars away from his house in Turin in the early hours of Monday morning. Read Full Ar...

A Russian survey has revealed that more than two-fifths (42%) of citizens do not intend to be vaccinated against Covid-19 “under any circumstances,” a result that may explain the country's poorly performing inoculation program. Read...

Conor McGregor has proudly unveiled the latest arrival to his clan, sharing a photo of newborn son Rian with the world and penning a heartfelt note to fiancee Dee Devlin. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, said on Monday that his country stands ready to help broker an end to the growing humanitarian crisis as both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants accuse each other of targeting civilians. Read ...

All three production lines of the Arctic LNG 2 plant, which is aimed at exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia’s resource-rich Arctic region, could be launched in 2023-2025, according to gas producer Novatek. Read Full Arti...

Ireland's Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he does not think that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to rip up a key part of the UK's Brexit deal with the EU, after the pair met to discuss border checks last week. Read Full Article...

Logistical problems, not the science or patents behind the drugs, are the biggest hurdle for Covid-19 vaccines, an Oxford scientist who headed the team that created the AstraZeneca jab told RT in an interview.  Read Full Article at RT....

The European Union and United States have agreed to halt their trade war, which was sparked by tariffs imposed under former President Donald Trump, to focus on holding nations that “support trade-distorting policies to account.” Rea...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed the ongoing escalation in the Gaza Strip with Pope Francis, urging the pontiff to help end the “massacre” of the Palestinians. Read Full Article at RT.com

US Secretary of State Tony Blinken has said that the Biden administration is working “behind the scenes” to end the violence in Israel and Palestine. Yet the administration intends to sell Israel $735 million worth of bombs. Read Fu...

Russian wonderkid Sergey Pinyaev has entertained claims he will join Barcelona from Chertanovo by sharing a mock-up video call with Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi, as the Catalan media has fawned over the striker's qualities. Read Full...

A deadly cyclone has made landfall in Gujarat, India, causing devastation, with nearly 150,000 people evacuated so far and 12 dead as the storm brushed past coastal states. Read Full Article at RT.com

Boxing fans have hailed the confidence of Mexican pound-for-pound king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez after he wed partner Fernanda Gomez just one week after battering Billy Joe Saunders in their world title unifier. Read Full Article at RT....

The gasoline shortage crisis on the US East Coast is slowly abating, according to industry data. The modest recovery comes as the country’s largest fuel pipeline was brought back to normal operations after a cyberattack. Read Full Art...

By studying the coral reefs offshore of Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria in 2017, researchers have discovered previously hidden forces which dramatically increase the strength of hurricanes. Read Full Article at RT.com

A new poll published on Monday has shown that over 80% of the Japanese public are against hosting the postponed Tokyo 2020 summer Olympics, with just 10 weeks until the widely-criticized games are meant to go ahead. Read Full Article at...

The Czech Republic’s internal spat over the 2014 ammunition depot explosions shows no signs of calming down, with President Milos Zeman refusing to accept Prague’s security service's conclusions that Russia is to blame. Read Full Ar...

Iran has urged the international community to stop Israeli attacks against the Palestinians, criticizing the “unacceptable neutrality” shown by multiple nations amid the flare-up in Gaza that has been going on for over a week. Read ...

The UN has warned that working more than 55 hours a week can lead to premature death from heart disease and stroke, urging companies to avoid “blurring the boundaries between home and work” as they adapt to a post-Covid-19 world. Re...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said that they killed a top commander within the Islamic Jihad militant group in an airstrike. Israel claims he had been in that position for 15 years. Read Full Article at RT.com

Despite his victory against Tony Ferguson at UFC 262 in Houston on Saturday night, Beneil Dariush did not sound like a happy man in the octagon after the fight. Read Full Article at RT.com

A pair of notorious Russian pranksters posing as leading Belarusian opposition figures have duped the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) into revealing the extent of US involvement in Eastern European political movements. Read Full ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Reykjavik, Iceland, this week. The US needs a presidential summit more than Russia, so odds are the moralizing will be kept to a minimum. Read Full...

A former Navy pilot has claimed that encounters with unidentified flying objects were commonplace during his years of military service, as the US government finalizes a much-anticipated report on such sightings. Read Full Article at RT....

New research by crypto firm Galaxy Digital (founded by former hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz) has shown that both the traditional banking system and the gold industry consume much more energy than the bitcoin network. Read Full Ar...

Reports from Catalonia claim that club legend Xavi Hernandez is arriving home for his holidays and will negotiate a potential switch from Al Sadd to take over as FC Barcelona head coach. But is it the right move for the Blaugrana? Read ...

Israel has lashed out at supermodel Bella Hadid after she took part in a pro-Palestinian march in New York, accusing her and other celebrities of advocating “the elimination of the Jewish State.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Australian Olympic snowboard icon Torah Bright has fired back at her critics after triggering a debate with a picture of herself breastfeeding while doing a headstand and dressed in her underwear. Read Full Article at RT.com

An Indian MP has encouraged citizens to drink cow urine, like she does herself, to protect themselves against Covid-19 and lung infections, despite medical experts urging people not to use alternative treatments. Read Full Article at RT...

Authorities in Singapore have announced that schools will close from Wednesday over concerns that new strains of Covid, such as the one that caused a spike in infections in India, are affecting more children throughout the nation. Read ...

Several of the world’s largest oil-producing nations have recently made public plans to boost their production capacity. Read Full Article at RT.com

A member of Spain's right-wing Vox Party, Francisco Jose Contreras, was temporarily suspended from Twitter after the platform considered his comment that “a man cannot get pregnant” to be a violation of its hate speech policy. Read ...

With both the US secretary of state and Russian foreign minister due to attend an Arctic Council summit later this week, the two diplomats are to meet on the sidelines, and may discuss the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Read ...

Chelsea’s billionaire Russian owner Roman Abramovich was on hand to commiserate with the women’s team after they suffered a 4-0 defeat to Barcelona in Sunday’s Champions League final in Sweden. Read Full Article at RT.com

A school in central Lille was evacuated on Monday morning after staff were told of an explosive device in a telephone message. The shutdown has now been lifted after police said no explosives were found. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Bill Gates left Microsoft’s board due to concerns about an affair he had with an employee, the Wall Street Journal has reported, fueling speculation about the circumstances surrounding his divorce. Read Full Article at RT.com

China has passed the notable milestone of delivering 400 million shots in the fight against Covid-19 – 100 million more than any other nation – as Beijing says it’s confident it can swiftly adjust for mutant variants. Read Full Ar...

The world’s largest crypto, bitcoin, went into freefall on Sunday, after billionaire Elon Musk fueled speculation in a Twitter exchange that his company, Tesla, may consider selling or has sold its holdings in the cryptocurrency. Read...

CNN has said that it will no longer be working with an Islamabad-based freelancer, after it was revealed that he had published a string of tweets praising Adolf Hitler. Read Full Article at RT.com

A freight train carrying fertilizer has derailed in northwestern Iowa, triggering the partial evacuation of a nearby community and a hazardous materials team response. It is the second such incident in the US in around 24 hours. Read Fu...

Dozens of loud explosions could be heard throughout Gaza as the IDF carried out another round of “extensive attacks on terrorist targets,” with ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas entering the second week. Read Full Article at...

White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci is claiming Covid-19 has revealed the “undeniable racism” in the US, as minorities were allegedly affected by the virus at greater rates because of “social determinants.” Read Full Ar...

A co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Patrisse Cullors, has highlighted the “history of racism inside of the housing market,” after making waves for spending millions on homes in predominantly white neighborhoods.  Read Full Article ...

CNN’s hosts regularly opine on the supposed dangers of “white supremacy” in the US, but one of the network’s own contributors is under fire for his open admiration of Adolf Hitler. Read Full Article at RT.com

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky has denied accusations that the recent reversal on mask mandates was politically motivated, while Democrat lawmakers refuse to personally go along with it. Read Full ...

Barcelona were painfully reminded of the folly of letting Luis Suarez leave as the Uruguayan scored a late winner to edge Atletico Madrid to the La Liga title, while the Catalans' own hopes ended with a home defeat to Celta Vigo. Read F...

A car rammed a temporary police checkpoint in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Sunday, injuring seven officers. The Palestinian driver of the vehicle was shot dead at the scene. Read Full Article at RT.com

Rafael Nadal overcame a fit of fury at the state of the court to defeat Novak Djokovic in three sets in Rome as the Spanish icon picked up a record-extending 10th Italian Open title. Read Full Article at RT.com

WBC ruler Tyson Fury has made a "massive announcement" on Twitter pertaining to his potential heavyweight unification clash against British rival Anthony Joshua. According to the Gypsy King, a location and date is now confirmed. Read Fu...

Bleachers collapsed at a Hasidic synagogue in the Israeli settlement of Givat Ze’ev, just northwest of Jerusalem, with dozens being reported as injured – some in serious condition – and two dead. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Given disappointments from their countrymen on this stage in recent times, Charles Oliveira's sensational lightweight title win over Michael Chandler at UFC 262 last night was the comeback and feelgood story all Brazilians need. Read Fu...

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker was the unlikely hero at the other end of the pitch as he scored an injury-time winner at West Brom to keep his team's hopes of a top-four Premier League finish alive. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A pro-Palestine car parade through London has caused outrage, after video circulated showing participants calling for the rape and murder of Jews over loudspeaker. Read Full Article at RT.com

The ongoing hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza are not expected to end anytime soon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, adding it “will take time” to restore “calm” in the country. Read Full Articl...

New York City Pride marches and events will no longer welcome police officers, organizers have announced, claiming their presence can be “threatening” to participants. Read Full Article at RT.com

Katlyn Chookagian earned a hard-fought win against dangerous Brazilian Viviane Araujo at UFC 262 on Saturday night, although the question on many people’s lips was just what has been going on with the US star’s Twitter activity. Rea...

The “utterly appalling” hostilities in Israel and Gaza could plunge the whole region into an “uncontrollable crisis,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned, calling for a swift end to violence. Read Full Article at RT...

'The History Makers', a 784-page book about famous historians from the past 2,500 years, has reportedly been canceled in the United States by publisher Random House for not featuring enough black academics. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Peace in Gaza can only be achieved if Hamas stops attacking Israel, the country’s former defense minister, Naftali Bennett, told RT. He showed a piece of a rocket which he said had struck an Israeli home. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Chelsea forward Tammy Abraham faces an uncertain future at the club with the latest sign being his exclusion from Saturday’s FA Cup final squad – and his Instagram model girlfriend has let manager Thomas Tuchel know how she feels. R...

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she is “utterly disgusted” at the behavior of Glasgow Rangers fans, who celebrated their team’s league win by gathering in their thousands to drink, fight, and clash with riot cops. Rea...

Sebastian Kurz has said he will refuse to step down even if he faces criminal charges over alleged perjury. The Austrian leader has been targeted by an anti-corruption prosecutors’ probe over a parliamentary testimony. Read Full Artic...

Russian energy giant Rosneft has revealed the launch of the Rospan International gas project in the Yamal region of the Arctic. It is expected to become the company’s gas production hub in the region. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

YouTube prankster turned boxer Jake Paul is currently under investigation in Puerto Rico after riding a motorized vehicle across a protected beach in the Caribbean isle and posting footage of the incident on social media. Read Full Arti...

Evacuations are planned and anti-coronavirus measures are being postponed as the virus-hit country braces for its first major tropical storm of the season. Bad weather is already causing deaths and destruction. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Instagram has come under fire from British law enforcement after an investigation by the Telegraph revealed that dozens of convicted paedophiles were using the popular social media site. Read Full Article at RT.com