UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said London is yet to decide on whether to recognise Taliban militants as legitimate rulers of Afghanistan, while the government is focused on evacuations and is braced for a rise in migration.  Read Fu...

Global crude prices are down over 1% on Monday, declining for a third consecutive day, as fresh Covid-19 outbreaks diminish prospects for global demand. Read Full Article at RT.com

At least three people have been killed at Kabul’s airport as civilians attempt to escape from Taliban rule, according to reports. US forces guarding the air hub had allegedly fired their weapons to scatter crowds on the tarmac. Read F...

The official Twitter handle of Afghanistan’s embassy in India has blasted the country’s ex-President Ashraf Ghani for ‘effing’ everything up and fleeing the country. The account was reportedly hacked. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The US embassy in Afghanistan, which has been subject to a frantic evacuation effort that saw military helicopters flying staffers to safety, has been evacuated to Kabul airport, the State Department has reported. Read Full Article at R...

A White House tweet showing President Joe Biden appearing to be on top of the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan may also have inadvertently revealed the faces and locations of intelligence agents. Read Full Article...

Political finger-pointing over the Taliban’s crushing blitzkrieg in Afghanistan amid the US withdrawal has escalated, with ex-secretary of state Mike Pompeo blasting President Joe Biden for blaming his predecessor for the debacle. Rea...

The US military will send another 1,000 servicemen to Afghanistan in a bid to take over Kabul international airport, which has been overwhelmed by hordes of Afghans fleeing the imminent takeover of the country by the Taliban. Read Full ...

Donald Trump excoriated US President Joe Biden for allowing one of America’s worst defeats ever as Taliban fighters recaptured Afghanistan, while the current commander-in-chief was conspicuously silent on the debacle. Read Full Articl...

At least 1,297 people have been killed in the devastating Haiti quake that struck the Caribbean nation’s southern peninsula on Saturday, leaving a trail of destruction and hundreds of injured residents in its wake. Read Full Article a...

The downfall of the Afghan government and rapid advancement of the Taliban who entered the country’s capital taking over key locations, has sent thousands fleeing in a desperate bid to escape before the takeover is complete. Read Full...

As foreigners flocked to get out of Afghanistan in recent days, one cheerful British student flew into the war-torn country, to “goof off and soak in the sun.” With the Taliban closing in, timing was not his strong suit. Read Full A...

With Taliban militants roaming Kabul’s presidential palace with impunity, the group has declared victory in its two-decade fight against the US and Afghanistan’s Western-backed government. Read Full Article at RT.com

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has set the stage for an early national election on September 20, giving his Liberal Party a chance to seize control of Parliament and prevent conservatives from blocking its legislative agenda. Read Full Arti...

Online critics blasted Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for bringing Covid-19 fearmongering to new heights, after he warned that even fully vaccinated senior citizens are in “mortal danger” if they don’t get a booster jab. R...

Multiple explosions have been reported in Kabul’s key locations, including the presidential palace and US embassy. President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country, has broken his silence, stating that he’d quit to prevent bloodshed. Re...

Wantaway striker Harry Kane was conspicuously absent as the team he wants to leave, Tottenham Hotspur, dispatched the team he wants to join, Manchester City, in a hugely entertaining Premier League encounter on Sunday. Read Full Article...

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was on vacation as the Taliban closed in on Kabul, British media reports. Raab has been forced to wrap up his holidays, as PM Boris Johnson has called an urgent meeting on events in Afghanistan. Read Fu...

Enraged Inter Milan fans have defaced ANOTHER mural of their former hero Romelu Lukaku as the big-money Chelsea signing issues a heartfelt message to fans of his former club to thank them for "loving me as one of your own". Read Full Ar...

Now that fans are allowed back in the stands it didn't take long for supporters of NFL rivals the Rams and the Chargers to engage in the most time-honored of American sporting traditions: punching each other in the face. Read Full Artic...

The US Embassy in Kabul has warned Americans heading for the city’s airport to shelter in place instead, stating that the airport was “taking fire.” The airport is packed with foreign workers hurrying out of Afghanistan. Read Full...

Taliban commanders have apparently taken control of the presidential palace in Kabul shortly after President Ashraf Ghani left Afghanistan. The group says it expects a total handover of power. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK is taking seriously the events in Afghanistan, where the Taliban has just entered Kabul, with PM Boris Johnson assembling an urgent COBRA meeting and asking the parliament to come out of recess to discuss the takeover. Read Full ...

Officials have raised the death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti to 724, with thousands more injured. Reeling from the quake, the Caribbean country is now bracing itself for a tropical storm. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Sales of new light vehicles across the world showed a decline of 6.3% in July compared to July 2020, according to the latest data from LMC Automotive, Michigan-based provider of automotive-industry-focused forecasting. Read Full Article...

The Taliban is poised to take power in Afghanistan, but NATO and US officials still think it can be scolded into behaving. NATO is calling for a “political solution,” while top Democrat Nancy Pelosi wants women “at the table.” R...

Naomi Osaka, the second-ranked women's tennis player in the world, has vowed to give her prize money from the upcoming Western & Southern Open to the victims of Saturday's devastating earthquake in Haiti. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

American military helicopters have been filmed evacuating US embassy staff in Kabul, with multiple aircraft shuttling to and from the compound. The footage invoked striking similarities with the 1975 retreat from Vietnam’s Saigon. Rea...

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has slammed Lithuania, accusing the Baltic nation of showcasing double standards in supporting civil unrest abroad while cracking down on protesters railing against coronavirus restrictions back home. Read Fu...

President Ashraf Ghani has left Afghanistan, paving the way for the Taliban to take control of the country after the militant group marched on Kabul, senior official Abdullah Abdullah has confirmed. Read Full Article at RT.com

As the UK emerged from Covid-related lockdown the economy rose 4.8% in the second quarter, after a contraction of 1.6%, recorded in the first three months of the year. Read Full Article at RT.com

A spokesperson for the Taliban has promised that Afghan women will not be deprived of work opportunities or education when the militant group comes to power, on condition that they remain veiled in public. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The legendary German World Cup winner and all-time top goalscorer for Bayern Munich, Gerd Muller, has passed away at the age of 75, according to a statement from the Bundesliga champions. Read Full Article at RT.com

Sections of Leeds United supporters have been pilloried online after footage emerged of fans chanting that Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford 'let their country down' by missing penalties in July's Euro 2020 final against Italy. Read Full...

Nico Ali Walsh, the grandson of boxing icon Muhammad Ali, floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee in his professional boxing debut, as the 21-year-old did his family name proud to win by first-round finish. Read Full Article at RT...

The Russian government is ready to take tough measures to keep a lid on domestic fuel prices, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said. This includes stopping exports of petrochemicals if the situation gets worse, he warned. Read Full...

Combat sports siren Paige VanZant has opened up on the pressures of the fight game, saying that she suffered a deep depression after losing her second straight outing in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship ring last month. Read Full ...

Brazil’s central bank purchased over 62 tons of gold in three months through July 2021, raising the nation’s reserves to nearly 130 tons. The estimated growth of physical holdings reportedly amounted to 92.4%. Read Full Article at R...

The Taliban has shown off a lavish home that belonged to Afghan army marshal and close US ally Abdul Rashid Dostum, prompting pundits to opine that the decadent abode illustrated why the country’s military had wilted so quickly. Read ...

Work at one of Russia’s most recognizable brands has ground to a halt after the death of its founder sparked a fierce struggle for control between the company’s employees and a former boss, who they say was fired for incompetence. R...

The Taliban launched an assault on Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Sunday, claiming it has engaged in talks with the government about a “peaceful surrender” of the city to the group. Read Full Article at RT.com

Jalalabad, a key city in eastern Afghanistan, surrendered to the Taliban early on Sunday, allowing the group to completely cut off Kabul. The country’s capital is now the only major urban area under government control. Read Full Artic...

The initial hopes that vaccine development would be the remedy against Covid-19 are fading, blown up by the spread of the Delta variant. RT asks experts whether this outcome could have been foreseen and avoided. Read Full Article at RT....

Demand for fuel in India recovered in July, climbing to a three-month high as severe restrictions put in place due to the Covid-19 pandemic are gradually being eased in most states, stimulating industrial activity and mobility. Read Ful...

A new 5.8-magnitude quake struck Haiti, becoming the strongest aftershock in the wake of Saturday's 7.2-magnitude eathquake that wrought havoc in the island nation’s southern peninsula, killing at least 304 people. Read Full Article a...

A man has been stabbed after protesters opposing vaccine and mask mandates outside Los Angeles City Hall squared off with counter-demonstrators, described as Antifa activists by the police. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two dozen people have been killed and several more injured after a gas tanker erupted into flames in Lebanon’s northernmost Akkar region. Videos shared online show a massive blaze raging at the scene. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Test pilot Yevgeniy Kuznetsov was killed alongside four other Russian airmen in Turkey, on Saturday, when his Be-200 firefighting plane crashed into a mountain. Kuznetsov was famous for his exploits in the Arctic region. Read Full Artic...

A tour bus in central New York has veered off Interstate 90 and rolled over, leaving all 57 people on board injured after landing on its side on the grassy shoulder of the road. Read Full Article at RT.com

MSNBC host Joy Reid was blasted for using the tragedy unfolding for those Afghan women and girls who were raised on Western values to demonize US Christian conservatives, likening them to the Taliban. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The West African nation of Cote d'Ivoire has declared an outbreak of Ebola virus after detecting the country's first case in more than two decades, with the World Health Organization sounding the alarm about its potential spread. Read F...

Martha’s Vineyard is seeing a spike in Covid-19 cases one week after Barack Obama’s birthday bash on the posh island, triggering a new wave of criticism against the former president, but the outbreak’s timing may be “incidental....

As Taliban offensives continue to roll through Afghanistan and the fighting approaches the country’s capital Kabul, the militants are bragging about the lavish military trophies they captured, including multiple combat aircraft. Read ...

Polish President Andrzej Duda has approved a law effectively stopping victims of the Holocaust and communism from reclaiming property taken from them. The move triggered uproar in Israel, which said it “will not accept” the law. Rea...

German social-media researcher AlgorithmWatch said it was forced to abandon a project monitoring Instagram’s newsfeed algorithm after the Big Tech platform’s parent, Facebook, threatened to take punitive action. Read Full Article at...

President Joe Biden has increased the number of US troops heading to Afghanistan to 5,000 and has warned the Taliban of a “swift and strong” response if American interests are attacked during the ongoing US withdrawal. Read Full Art...

Football superstar Lionel Messi has been presented to fans of his new club PSG for a second time this week, as a packed Parc des Princes went wild for the six-time Ballon d'Or winner and Sergio Ramos on matchday. Read Full Article at RT...

A cricket fan was escorted from the iconic Lord's ground on Saturday for invading the pitch during a test match between England and India. Separately, another attendee threw a wine cork at one of the players. Read Full Article at RT.com...

Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who took gold in the 100m at the Tokyo Olympics, has said that he 'smiled' when he was informed that British sprinter CJ Ujah has received a ban for failing a drugs test. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Taliban militants have seized the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to local officials. Afghanistan’s fourth-largest city had been the last major location in the north still under government control. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Radio host Jesse Kelly angered critics and shocked viewers with a meme simultaneously implying that Hillary Clinton “killed” notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and that Kelly himself was planning some Epstein-esque escapades. Read...

A former professional footballer who was fired for uploading a video of herself drinking champagne while driving has wowed her growing following on social media by posting stunning pictures from her summer holiday. Read Full Article at ...

Jack Wooley, whose emotional interview after defeat during the Tokyo Olympics went viral online last month, will require plastic surgery after he says he was the victim of a random, unprovoked attack while socializing in Dublin. Read Fu...

Rwandan president and longtime Gunners fan Paul Kagame has issued a fierce repudiation of Arsenal after Mikel Arteta's side were humiliated by newly promoted Premier League side Brentford on Friday night. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti has jumped to at least 304, Haiti’s civil protection service has said. Hundreds more are injured or missing, and several towns across the island nation lie in ruins. Rea...

Police in Florida have released to the press recordings of heart-stopping 911 calls from the co-workers of a woman who was on a conference call earlier this week when her child found a loaded gun and fatally shot her in the head. Read F...

With the dust still settling after a powerful 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti, video footage captured the devastation wrought on the Caribbean nation, as reports claimed hospitals are being overwhelmed with the injured. Read Full Article at...

Things got out of control during a nationalist rally in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, on Saturday, as demonstrators refused to undergo security checks and clashed with police in an attempt to break through to the president’s office. Rea...

Thanks to a Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes midfield masterclass, Manchester United downed bitter rivals Leeds United 5-1 in the early kick off on Saturday, which was both clubs' debut game of the new Premier League season. Read Full Art...

An unnamed Premier League player, who has been suspended by his club pending the results of an investigation into alleged child sex offences, has been granted a bail extension until October by Greater Manchester Police. Read Full Articl...

Opposition to France’s compulsory vaccine regime and its so-called health pass has sparked another weekend of protests across the country. In Paris, residents are marching – but also eating and drinking – in defiance of the rules....

Russia exported €67.4 billion ($79.5 billion) worth of goods to the countries of the European Union in the first half of 2021, ranking third on the list of EU’s largest exporting countries, statistics agency Eurostat reports. Read F...

FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has again been tipped to become president of his boyhood club one day, and has earned praise for taking a pay cut that will allow them to register new players for the upcoming La Liga season. Read Full...

A Russian jet specially equipped to fight catastrophic wildfires has crashed into the side of a mountain in Turkey while assisting local teams, with officials in Moscow reporting that all eight people on board died in the wreck. Read Fu...

Russian discount food chain Mere, which already has a huge presence in Europe, is seeking to expand to the US market. Read Full Article at RT.com

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has struck southern Haiti. The major tremor was more powerful than the 2010 quake that devastated the Caribbean nation, and caused significant damage. Read Full Article at RT.com

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has finally secured the defensive reinforcement he has been craving as the Red Devils parade French World Cup winner Raphael Varane before Saturday's Premier League game with Leeds. Read Full ...

Records obtained by the media have shown that Cameron Burrell - who was the godson of iconic sprinter Carl Lewis - died by suicide after a medical examiner inspected his body this week and listed the cause of death. Read Full Article at...

China’s Nasdaq-like STAR board plans later this year to host each of the year's two largest IPOs in the market, with a forecast potential of raising over 100 billion yuan ($17 billion). Read Full Article at RT.com

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has shaken the settlement of Perryville on the Alaska Peninsula. The quake, which would have leveled a built-up area, struck a region rife with seismic activity. Read Full Article at RT.com

A Serbian recluse who made international headlines after he called on people to get vaccinated has claimed he was given just one expired dose – as well as gifts from media outlets who promoted his pro-vaccine message. Read Full Articl...

A Western Sydney official has compared the latest anti-Covid measures imposed on his area by the New South Wales (NSW) state government to the times of Nazi Germany. His comment, since removed, caused a rumpus on social media. Read Full...

Joint exercises between Russia and China have seen the world’s largest nation team up with its most populous one to showcase their military might, as co-operation between the two nations moves, at last, from rhetoric to reality. Read ...

As Taliban militants came threateningly close to Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, President Ashraf Ghani addressed the nation, saying he was in urgent talks with local leaders and foreign partners and will share the results “soon.” Re...

Fans of Manchester United and Leeds United, two historic rivals in English football, have clashed on the streets of Manchester city center in the hours before Saturday's early kick-off at Old Trafford. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A jockey has luckily lived to tell the tale this week after being hurled from his horse upside down at over 40 mph hour, with footage of the incident later going viral on social media and shocking onlookers. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A sensational report from Spain has claimed that Real Madrid, whose president Florentino Perez is embroiled in a row with his La Liga counterpart Javier Tebas, are considering a switch to play their football in the Premier League. Read ...

A State Department official has lamented the US military’s exit from Afghanistan as bad for women, allegedly airing the “private” opinions of many others. But the talking point also mirrors an infamous leaked CIA memo. Read Full A...

With the militants reportedly just 50km (30 miles) from Kabul, the Afghan capital’s residents say they fear the city will fall. They blame the crisis on the country’s under-equipped military and the withdrawal of the US Army. Read F...

Federico Pastorello, agent of Belgian superstar striker Romelu Lukaku, has revealed that he and his family were the target of harassment and threats as he negotiated the his record-breaking move to Stamford Bridge. Read Full Article at ...

Russia may reach record-high output levels of oil by summer 2022, and may then further raise production to a peak of some 12.2 million barrels per day in 2023, Norway’s Rystad Energy consultancy predicts. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Blue hydrogen, the kind that involves fossil fuels combined with carbon capture, could be worse for the environment than natural gas or even coal, a new study has suggested. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian state-run energy giant Gazprom has increased gas supplies to Western Europe in the first six months of the year by 28.52% compared to the same period last year. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Serbian-Russian Economic Forum will take place in Belgrade October 4-5, as the two nations eye closer cooperation after Serbia joined the free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union. Read Full Article at RT.com

New York’s Democrat-controlled legislature has halted an impeachment probe into Governor Andrew Cuomo, arguing his impending resignation will make the procedure illegal, while clearing the way for a potential reelection bid. Read Full...

Japan's meteorological service has put three prefectures and the city of Hiroshima on the highest possible emergency alert, which means it’s too late to evacuate elsewhere, as torrential rains cause flooding and mudslides. Read Full A...

Oregon Governor Kate Brown will deploy some 1,500 National Guard soldiers to aid hospitals flooded with coronavirus patients, citing the spread of the Delta variant as the state’s already short supply of ICU beds dwindles. Read Full A...

US Representative Cori Bush (D-Missouri), a leading advocate for defunding police, has inadvertently pared a law enforcement payroll, as two deputies hired to protect her were reportedly fired for moonlighting without permission. Read F...

Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler says he was dropped from an advertising campaign for Uber Eats delivery service after siding with Tennessee parents protesting against mask mandates for elementary school children. Read Full Article at ...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a terror warning that appears to put Americans pushing back against Covid-19 restrictions on par with jihadists who might strike on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Read Fu...