Roman Protasevich, the ex-editor of an opposition Belarusian Telegram channel now being held by authorities in the country, has made a return to the online world, posting a clip for his supporters from a new social media account. Read F...

An International Air Transport Association (IATA) report has revealed a significant decline in air travel due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions. It shows a 63% drop in May 2021 compared to the same period in 2019. Read Full Article a...

The Delta variant, which is known to be more transmissible than the original strain of the coronavirus, now makes up the majority of new infections in Germany, health officials have said. Read Full Article at RT.com

China’s establishment of a national pipeline network, PipeChina, last October is creating a shift in China’s oil and gas industry, which aims to create greater competition and encourage new players in the sector. Read Full Article a...

Grigory Yavlinsky, the founder of Russia’s largest liberal political party, has declared that he does not want votes from supporters of imprisoned opposition figure Alexey Navalny, labeling his views as “fundamentally different.” ...

A man wearing nothing but a pair of blue shorts scaled a church in LA and set its cross ablaze, local media footage shows, with the scantily clad arsonist then beating a hasty retreat across rooftops and powerlines. Read Full Article at...

The Belgian Foreign Ministry has urgently recalled its ambassador to South Korea after the envoy’s wife was involved in her second physical confrontation this year, coming to blows with a street sweeper in Seoul earlier this week. Rea...

Fresh from his New York law license being suspended for allegedly false election-fraud claims in support of former president Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani has also lost his rights, at least temporarily, to practice in Washington. Read Ful...

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has raised concerns over the Biden administration's plan to send agents to the homes of unvaccinated Americans to promote Covid-19 jabs, saying such a program could violate privacy rights. Read Ful...

The story of NSA spying on cable host Tucker Carlson may have turned a shade of Russiagate, as the Fox pundit said the alleged surveillance followed efforts to set up an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read Full Article...

City officials in Fort Lauderdale, Florida have accepted a proposal by Elon Musk's tunnel-building firm to bore an underground loop, which critics say has yet to be proven as a viable mass transit system. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Haiti's national police have arrested multiple men suspected of assassinating President Jovenel Moise, the government announced, adding that a gun battle with the alleged perpetrators is still ongoing. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Emergency workers will stop looking for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed high-rise in Miami, the city’s fire department said, noting that the weeks-long search would now transition to recovering victims’ remains. Read Full Art...

South African police have confirmed that former president Jacob Zuma has turned himself in. Sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court, his initial refusal sparked a standoff his son said could’ve led to civil war. Read Fu...

England are into a first major tournament final for 55 years but their Euro 2020 victory over Denmark at Wembley was not without major controversy as winger Raheem Sterling was accused of ‘diving’. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

England will play in their first major final since 1966 after Harry Kane scored in extra time in a 2-1 win against Denmark - but much of the focus is on Raheem Sterling who was accused of 'diving' to win the crucial penalty. Read Full A...

Forget getting canceled on social media platforms, try losing your access to money. That’s what Capital One bank has reportedly done to Enrique Tarrio, leader of the controversial group Proud Boys, by canceling his credit card. Read F...

The Delta variant comprises the majority of new US Covid-19 cases for the first time, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read Full Article at RT.com

A further two hospitals in Scotland have declared “code black” status due to an influx of cases amid a new Covid-19 surge. Code black means a hospital is at full capacity with no more beds available and that patients are at risk. Re...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has slammed the UK, Germany and France after they accused Tehran of a “grave breach” of its uranium enrichment obligations. The Western nations did not fulfil their obligations either, he said. Re...

A huge fireball has been seen rising over a port in Dubai as the UAE’s largest city was rocked by a major blast. The blaze broke out within a container stored on a ship anchored in the Jebel Ali port, the city government has said. Rea...

A Trafalgar Group poll showed that 57% of Americans believe Joe Biden isn't fully executing the duties of president – and it’s not just a right-wing view. Nearly one in three Democrats think someone else is running the country. Read...

Fans have blamed England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford after he conceded their first goal at Euro 2020 as Danish youngster Mikkel Damsgaard scored a vicious free-kick in their semi-final at Wembley. Read Full Article at RT.com

John McAfee’s death in a Spanish prison has been ruled a suicide, but the late software tycoon’s wife isn’t sure. Janice McAfee says that the flow of information from Spain is slow, and “there is clearly a cover up happening.”...

France has successfully used an experimental laser weapon to destroy a drone mid-flight, Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly has said. The new tech could be deployed under security measures for the next Olympic Games. Read Full ...

Barcelona say that they are contemplating "internal measures" against players Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele after the club issued an apology following a leaked video showing the pair mocking Japanese hotel staff. Read Full Artic...

The NSA has shown journalists the content of Tucker Carlson’s illegally obtained emails, the Fox News host has revealed, calling it a “totally dysfunctional, out-of-control third-world system” of targeting political opposition. Re...

A political science professor at the US Air Force Academy has been accused of teaching “dangerous wokeism” after revealing she uses critical race theory to help cadets “understand the history of the racism” that shaped America. ...

Reports that the FBI found a US Capitol LEGO set built in the home of one of the accused rioters has some mocking the continued legal effort to find and prosecute anyone involved in the January 6 “insurrection.” Read Full Article at...

MMA loudmouth Colby Covington has come under fire after he leaked a supposedly incriminating clip of Dustin Poirier tagging a sparring partner in training - but fight fans are claiming that they don't see the big deal. Read Full Article...

Rescue crews found 10 more bodies overnight in the rubble of the residential tower that collapsed last month near Miami, bringing the death toll to 46 after demolition of the remaining structure opened up more areas for searchers. Read ...

Americans report they are enjoying life like never before in response to a survey on life conditions, a claim that may shock those who recall months ago, the nation was mired in a pandemic and unprecedented economic crisis. Read Full Ar...

Roger Federer’s Wimbledon campaign came to an end at the hands of Hubert Hurkacz as the Swiss icon was forced to endure his first-ever bagel in the tournament in a straight-sets quarter-final defeat. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A new state of emergency is set to be declared in Tokyo, the Japanese government has decided, amid a rise in Covid-19 cases less than three weeks before the capital is due to host the Olympic Games. Read Full Article at RT.com

Moscow's reluctant World War II allies France and Britain considered bombing the Soviet Union before Hitler's Nazis invaded, newly declassified documents show. Their goal was to disrupt supplies of fuel from southern oilfields. Read Fu...

The French government has warned its citizens that the “dangerous and quick” Delta variant has the ability to “ruin the summer”, calling on people to get vaccinated against the Covid virus soon to avoid a future lockdown. Read F...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the coronavirus pandemic has claimed four million lives since its outbreak. However, the UN agency suspects that the actual number of fatalities could be much higher. Read Full Arti...

The second-highest level state of emergency has been declared throughout Haiti after its president was assassinated, Haiti’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph has announced. Read Full Article at RT.com

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have revealed their anti-Big Tech agenda. Unlike some recent bipartisan bills aimed at curbing the tech firms’ market dominance, the agenda also focuses heavily on censorship. Read Full Art...

The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur suggested that Glenn Greenwald must have hidden evidence in past reporting after the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist called him out for claiming that the Grayzone’s Aaron Maté is paid by Russia. Read...

Former President Donald Trump has taken his criticism of social media to a new level, by filing class-action lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter, and Google, and against their CEOs. Read Full Article at RT.com

Countries easing their Covid-19 restrictions have been warned by the World Health Organization (WHO) to exercise “extreme caution” in order to preserve the “gains” made by imposing lockdowns and other public health measures. Rea...

Japanese police have charged a woman with attempting to extinguish the Olympic flame with a water pistol as anti-Games sentiment festers in the country, with organizers mulling new restrictions on fan attendance. Read Full Article at RT...

People transporting their animals on Russia’s most famous airline, Aeroflot, will be able to collect up to 2,000 extra air miles as part of the company’s bonus program, the carrier’s press service revealed on Tuesday. Read Full Ar...

Löfven has been narrowly reappointed as prime minister of Sweden by the parliament, only a week after he handed in his resignation after losing a historic no-confidence vote linked to housing policy. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Indonesia’s tourism minister is pushing to ban the massively popular online shooter game Fortnite, amid reports that one user-created map allows players to destroy the Kaaba, Islam’s most sacred site. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

British education watchdog Ofsted has warned that schools are using “overtly political materials” to instruct students on sex, sexual orientation and gender reassignment due to “increasing political sensitivities” in these areas...

France’s ambassador to Lebanon has called out the country’s prime minister for blaming the country’s bad economic state on external forces, claiming instead that years of government “mismanagement” is the real root of the prob...

Russia’s Ministry of Defense has released a video of the moment two Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets took to the air and escorted a US Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft over the Black Sea, approaching the border. Read Full Ar...

The US military spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) has confirmed that the Ain al-Asad base (AAAB), home to the American-led international coalition in Iraq, was hit by 14 rockets, injuring three. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A group of Taliban insurgents briefly took over the capital of Afghanistan’s northwestern Badghis province on Wednesday, continuing the Islamist group’s recent gains in the country amid the withdrawal of US troops. Read Full Article...

Several people have received suspended prison sentences and were fined in France for participating in an online hate campaign against a high school student who harshly criticized the Islamic faith. Read Full Article at RT.com

One of Russia’s most senior Orthodox Church officials, Metropolitan Hilarion, has been blocked from Instagram after urging followers to get vaccinated against coronavirus or forever live with the shame, the top bishop has claimed. Rea...

They say all is fair in love and war, and this is an assertion to which Conor McGregor appears to subscribe to after he posted a screengrab to social media showing a supposed direct message request from Dustin Poirier's wife. Read Full ...

Emergency workers in Russia’s Kamchatka announced on Wednesday that they had found the remains of 19 passengers killed when their turboprop plane hit a hillside. A total of 28 people, including six crew, are said to have died. Read Fu...

The country with nearly half the globe’s 100 tallest buildings, China, has officially set a structure-height limit of 500 meters for all its future skyscrapers. Read Full Article at RT.com

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has offered the Biden administration's condolences to Haiti after President Jovenel Moise and First Lady Martine Moise were attacked in their home. Read Full Article at RT.com

With inoculation against Covid-19 ramping up in Russia, a representative from pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has revealed that the company wants to cooperate with Moscow and agree on a deal to supply its vaccine. Read Full Artic...

Video game company Konami has ended its sponsorship of France and Barcelona star Antoine Griezmann after he and teammate Ousmane Dembele were accused of racism in footage leaked online. Read Full Article at RT.com

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said that the UK will continue to send its sailors through disputed waters off the coast of Crimea after an incursion by HMS ‘Defender’ last month provoked a furious reaction from Russia. R...

Authorities in South Korea's capital Seoul have decided to scale down bus and subway schedules in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19, while the government is considering stricter social-distancing rules. Read Full Article at RT.co...

German federal police have raided the homes of two suspected jihadists over allegations they'd failed to report planned offenses by Kujtim Fejzullai before he killed four in a deadly shooting in Vienna last November. Read Full Article a...

The Ever Given, which caused international chaos when it became wedged in the Suez Canal for six days in March, has finally left the waterway, after the vessel’s owners reached a compensation agreement with the canal’s authority. Re...

A Russian state-owned company has released footage of dogs testing newly developed parachutes, designed for easily dropping a person, together with a service canine, in places where it’s impossible to land a plane or a helicopter. Rea...

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has slammed Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ law as a ‘disgrace’ and has implored the country to reverse it or face punishment. Read Full Article at RT.com

One of Mexico’s most popular female internet influencers has been charged with possessing child pornography, after she shared a video of a sexual assault with her millions of social media followers. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Depending on who you ask, the vast Nord Stream II pipeline is either an opportunity for economic growth, or a malign attempt by Russia to undermine the EU. Now, as the project nears completion, it’s clear the politics isn’t over. Re...

World-leading academic journal Nature has published a new analysis of Russia’s flagship coronavirus jab, Sputnik V, saying its efficacy has been demonstrated despite the EU and others dragging their feet on approving it for use. Read ...

In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, which caused gasoline shortages on the US east coast this year, global businesses are facing an increasing number of cyberattacks. Read Full Article at RT.com

A pumped-up Lionel Messi taunted former Barcelona teammate Yerry Mina after the defender missed his spot kick for Colombia in their shootout defeat to Argentina in the Copa America semi-final. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Taliban has entered the western Afghan city of Qala-i-Naw, marking the first time the militant group has attacked a provincial capital since launching a large-scale offensive coinciding with the US’ exit from the country. Read Ful...

Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated at his home during the early hours of Wednesday morning, according to the nation’s prime minister. Read Full Article at RT.com

Italian star Leonardo Bonucci was the one on the receiving end of some defensive blocking for a change after he was accosted by a steward in a hilarious case of mistaken identity at Wembley. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia has eliminated US currency from its National Wealth Fund while boosting the share of the euro, the Chinese yuan and gold, the country’s Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

After war in the Caucasus and unrest in Belarus, Moscow might see Tajikistan’s growing border crisis as just another conflict on its doorstep. But the presence of the Taliban may well cement Russia’s role in regional security. Read ...

Lockdown restrictions have been imposed for a third time in a Chinese city near the border with Myanmar amid a resurgence of Covid-19 and the emergence of the Delta variant. Read Full Article at RT.com

A LEGO-like toy set celebrating China’s burgeoning space program has puzzled many customers by faithfully reproducing a notice outside a space-launch site, which warns that those stealing secrets will face decapitation. Read Full Arti...

Protesters have taken to the streets of Myanmar on the 59th anniversary of major student-led demonstrations against the country’s first military government, echoing a similar condemnation of the current regime. Read Full Article at RT...

The United States will be allowed to challenge a UK court ruling that blocked Washington’s extradition request for imprisoned WikiLeak’s co-founder Julian Assange. Read Full Article at RT.com

Jeff Bezos has become the richest man in modern history after Amazon shares skyrocketed on news that the Pentagon is canceling a controversial cloud-computing contract with rival Microsoft. Read Full Article at RT.com

Provocateurs who play games in the Black Sea risk “getting punched in the nose.” That’s according to Russia’s deputy foreign minister, who has called on foreign ships to respect the country’s borders or face severe consequence...

Meth-laced human sewage that enters into waterways is capable of causing drug addiction among fish, according to researchers who studied a shoal of tweaked-out trout. Read Full Article at RT.com

This year’s international ‘We Are Together’ award is focused on people and groups that help fight the coronavirus pandemic and support the vulnerable segments of the populations, the organizers said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Nearly a week of formal and side talks and behind-the-scenes negotiations failed to resolve a dispute over baseline production levels at OPEC+. Read Full Article at RT.com

Eric Adams, a former police captain and an open opponent of the movement to defund law enforcement, has won the Democratic primary in the race to become New York mayor, the latest vote tallies show. Read Full Article at RT.com

Australia’s most populous city will undergo another week of lockdown after 27 new infections linked to the more contagious ‘Delta variant’ were discovered, forcing many of Sydney's five million residents to remain at home. Read Fu...

US Representative Andy Kim (D-New Jersey) tried to add some drama to the six-month anniversary of the January 6 Capitol riot by announcing plans to donate the suit he wore that day to the Smithsonian national history museum. Read Full A...

The lower house of the Brazilian Congress has voted for a bill that would legalize the violation of patents for vaccines and medications in the event of a national health emergency. It will now go back to the Senate for approval. Read F...

Fresh from missing his Fourth of July goal for Covid-19 vaccinations, President Joe Biden plans to ramp up efforts to get more Americans inoculated by sending public health workers “door-to-door.” Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Reports that alleged Russian hackers breached the Republican National Committee data during the Kaseya ransomware attack are “not true,” GOP officials said after multiple corporate outlets ran the anonymously sourced story. Read Ful...

A New Jersey man who claims he was drunk when he paused a racist rant to read his address to a livestreamer, daring them to “come f**king see me,” got more than he asked for when scores of people showed up at his home. Read Full Art...

The denizens of TikTok have swarmed to other platforms en masse after widespread technical issues on the app, as desperate users report losing their videos and followers, while others remain locked out of the site altogether. Read Full ...

MSNBC hammered Senator Ted Cruz for supposedly retweeting “Russian propaganda,” but the network’s own Chris Hayes has no problem reposting actual anti-American messaging from China. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Capitol Hill press corps found little sympathy on social media after Vice News posted an article saying that some journalists remain so traumatized by the January 6 riot that they’re undergoing therapy and struggling to sleep. Rea...

Chelsea midfielder Jorginho stroked home the winning penalty as Italy beat Spain in a shootout to progress to the final of Euro 2020 after a free-flowing, high-quality encounter had ended 1-1 following extra time at Wembley. Read Full A...

Less than two weeks after ending the state of emergency over Covid-19, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared another, on gun violence. He also signed a bill that would make it easier to sue gun manufacturers for crime. Read Full A...

As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange turned 50 in prison, his longtime friend and supporter, Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters, hammered the “despicable” mainstream media for ignoring the growing movement to free him. Read Full Articl...

Iran has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of its work enriching uranium metal to help it produce fuel for its Tehran Research Reactor, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday. Read Full Article at RT.com

US military contractor Raytheon Technologies, which just got a $2 billion nuclear cruise missile deal, also operates a ‘diversity’ campaign that segregates employees by race, rejects equality, and even advocates “white spaces.” ...

The Afghan military was surprised to find the main US airbase in the country dark and deserted, claiming they only discovered the Americans had left (and shut off the power) hours after they were gone. Read Full Article at RT.com ...