The Philippines’ controversial leader Rodrigo Duterte has said that he will not run for vice-president of the country in the 2022 election, but will instead retire from politics altogether. Read Full Article at RT.com

The founder of one of Russia’s largest private banks has reached a plea deal with the US authorities after the tycoon agreed to pay over $500 million in a fraud case that accused him of concealing assets to evade taxes. Read Full Arti...

The owner of Tanuki, a popular Russian sushi chain, has caused a stir on the internet after revealing in an interview that he once tried eating dog, and would not be opposed to munching on cat and human meat if given the chance. Read Fu...

Throngs of alarmed IKEA customers took to social media to express their disappointment over the possible discontinuation of the world-famous Blahaj shark toy after a vague comment left by the company’s support service on Twitter. Read...

A large group of demonstrators gathered at a major park in Auckland, New Zealand to protest ongoing Covid lockdown measures in the country – many arriving with a procession of motorbikes headed by a local church leader. Read Full Arti...

An Oklahoma woman who participated in the US Capitol riot has been granted probation – against the recommendation of prosecutors – and the judge in her case implied the government has been inordinately harsh on such defendants. Read...

Russia’s Justice Ministry has blacklisted two Church of Scientology entities, banning them from operating in the country. Moscow has taken numerous measures against the group, arguing that it's a business masquerading as religion. Rea...

A man suited up in ninja gear launched a daring nighttime assault on US Special Forces troops at an airfield north of LA, slashing one with a katana and hurling a large rock at another before fleeing. He was later arrested. Read Full Ar...

A group of New York City teachers won’t be getting the legal relief they sought from an order requiring them to be vaccinated against Covid-19, as the US Supreme Court has summarily denied their request to block the mandate. Read Full...

The UK government has called in the army to help ease the country’s fuel crisis by providing hundreds of troops to make deliveries to petrol stations, many of which have seen their pumps run completely dry amid panic buying. Read Full...

President Joe Biden visited Capitol Hill on Friday in a bid to rally Democratic support for his ‘Build Back Better’ agenda. But the president’s signature spending bills are currently stalled amid party infighting. Read Full Articl...

Contrary to statements from the Biden administration, the US Border Patrol is reportedly still using horses, despite the hysteria over mounted officers rudely confronting illegal aliens crossing into the US. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

More than half of Americans who voted for Trump are in favor of ‘red’ states seceding from the union, according to a recent poll which found nearly half of Biden voters feel the same way. Is the nation en route to Civil War 2.0? Rea...

A Dorset Police officer has been fired and blacklisted from the profession after it emerged that he had a sexual relationship with a woman, all while investigating her husband for allegedly abusing her. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The Swiss government announced on Friday that it’ll begin to offer gift certificates to people who bring a “friend, neighbor, work colleague or family member” to get vaccinated, in a bid to boost the nation’s inoculation rate. R...

Georgian police have released a video of disgraced ex-President Mikhail Saakashvili being handcuffed and taken to jail upon his return to the country. Prosecutors say he’ll be facing at least six years in prison for his crimes. Read F...

More than 700 Afghan refugees have reportedly left the American military bases where they were being hosted after being evacuated from their country, finding their own way in the US rather than awaiting resettlement services. Read Full ...

Cenk Uygur, the progressive talking head who hosts 'The Young Turks' internet show, says that he would 'end' Joe Rogan if the two were to fight as a feud heats up between the pair - but is he biting off more than he can chew? Read Full ...

Under a new mandate by Governor Gavin Newsom, California will require all eligible schoolchildren to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The order is the first of its kind in the US, and will affect millions of kids. Read Full Article at RT...

MMA fans and pundits reacted in shock and called for common sense to prevail after UFC bantamweight contender Aspen Ladd was seen shaking on the scales at the weigh-in ahead of a fight that was eventually canceled by officials. Read Ful...

Infamous conspiracy pundit Alex Jones has lost two of many lawsuits filed by relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims after allegedly failing to produce documents concerning his spreading of false information about the massacre. Read Fu...

Russian gymnastics coaching legend Irina Viner-Usmanova has criticized Tokyo 2020 champion Artur Dalaloyan after he disapproved of cars given to the Averina sisters after their disappointment in Japan. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Both occupants of a helicopter were killed when they collided in mid-air with a small plane near Chandler Municipal Airport in Arizona. The airplane managed to land safely, but the chopper was sent to the ground in flames. Read Full Art...

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials reportedly exposed whistleblowers who raised corruption allegations after apparently uncovering proof that senior agency staffers had tampered with risk assessments for chemicals. Read ...

Former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili has been detained upon his return home, the country’s prime minister has said. The controversial figure now faces a total of nine years behind bars, having been sentenced in absentia. Read...

An investigative report has claimed vaccine hesitancy remains rife in the Premier League as it alleges that two-thirds of players haven't received the jab, as conspiracy theories surrounding the likes of Bill Gates run rampant. Read Ful...

A car park in Hanau, Germany has been mocked for setting aside three rainbow-colored parking spaces for LGBT drivers and migrants who have “a special need for protection and security in public spaces,” a local councillor said. Read ...

The head coach of Russia’s wrestling team has hit out at 'provocations' after members of the team including double Olympic champion Abdulrashid Sadulaev were removed from a flight in a row over Covid mask measures. Read Full Article a...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced a possible link between the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid vaccine and rare cases of blood clotting in deep veins, recommending it be listed as a potential side effect to the jab.  Read ...

Finnish-born Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygard has given his consent to be extradited to the US, where he is accused of luring women and girls to residences in America, Canada and the Bahamas to sexually abuse them. Read Full Artic...

One Russian woman’s dreams of a change of scene have landed her in hot water with authorities after she reportedly offered an under-the-table payment to police officers in an effort to have her husband charged with serious crimes. Rea...

The UK has stopped accepting ID cards as a valid form of documentation for entry at its border, the government has announced, in a move that means Europeans without passports will be blocked from entering. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Russian F1 star Nikita Mazepin has discussed the status of his mandatory military service as the star juggles a career in elite motorsport with studies at a Moscow university, while looking ahead to a one-month army course. Read Full Ar...

A new vent has blown open at the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain's La Palma island, spewing out a large stream of lava. Scientists say the fissure is a new “focus of eruption,” and there are fears over where the molten rock will go. R...

The Czech foreign minister has summoned British Ambassador Nick Archer following a critical tweet over a racism row that emerged from Glasgow Rangers' Europa League match against Sparta Prague. Read Full Article at RT.com

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has dismissed criticism from Ukraine over Budapest’s new gas deal with Russia, noting that he was only concerned with the views of his country’s voters and not the geopolitical aims of Kiev. Rea...

A man who served as a gendarme in Paris has admitted to being behind a number of cold-blooded murders and rapes that terrorized France for decades. He took his own life this week, having been summoned for a DNA test. Read Full Article a...

The head of Ukraine’s state energy giant has admitted that Russia's new deal to transport gas directly to Hungary without using Kiev’s network of pipes is perfectly legal, as long as Moscow keeps paying for the privilege anyway. Rea...

Russia is continuing to work on its ‘future soldier’ program, including the development of robotics and exoskeletons, a senior general revealed on Friday. The system is designed to boost the effectiveness of combat personnel. Read F...

Piero Ferrari, the vice chairman of Ferrari, has reminded everyone that Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher is very much alive, even though the seven-time World Champion 'cannot communicate'. Read Full Article at RT.com

The progressive host of the Young Turks program, Cenk Uygur, was trending on Twitter on Friday after claiming that he would ‘end’ podcasting star and mixed martial arts specialist Joe Rogan if the pair got into a fight. Read Full Ar...

An oral Covid-19 pill developed by the American drugmaker Merck has been found to significantly reduce the risk of death and hospitalization in patients participating in a new clinical trial, according to the company’s data. Read Full...

Taiwan has accused the Chinese military of a mass air incursion of 25 jets, allegedly including nuclear-capable bombers, amid Beijing’s National Day celebrations to mark the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Read Ful...

High demand and the transition to green power has left much of Europe at risk of blackouts. In Germany, state authorities are teaching the public to heat their homes with candles and get used to “cooking without electricity.” Read F...

Skyrocketing prices for natural gas have reached a level equivalent to $190 for a barrel of crude, which is higher than the peak oil price during the 2008 financial crisis. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer laughed off claims that Cristiano Ronaldo has asked for the Manchester United team to change its playing style to better suit him, after reports the Portuguese icon wanted more urgency in attack. Read Full Article a...

A Spanish anti-prostitution charity has apologized for casting fictional Russian teenagers as prostitutes in a marketing campaign designed to shock passersby about the prospect of paying for sex, the country’s diplomats have said. Rea...

Liverpool-born coach Paul Riley has been fired as the head coach of NWSL team the North Carolina Courage amid allegations of sexual misconduct as two of his former players spoke out about the alleged abuse they suffered. Read Full Artic...

UK policing minister Kit Malthouse contradicted the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Simon Clarke, on Friday as government officials gave conflicting timelines for when the country’s ongoing fuel crisis would be brought to an end. Rea...

Lithuania has deployed extra troops to its state frontier with Belarus, the country’s Ministry of National Defence revealed on Thursday, noting that there are now 1,200 servicemen on the border trying to prevent illegal migration. Rea...

The general manager of the Ukrainian Hockey League (UHL) claims he was fired for speaking out against racism, after one star escaped with a three-game ban and a fine despite making a ‘banana-eating’ gesture to a black player. Read F...

A court in Austria has sentenced a teenage refugee from Afghanistan to 30 months in prison, of which he is only obliged to serve 10 months, after he sexually abused a girl, age seven. The victim was awarded €500 in compensation. Read ...

The UK’s Metropolitan Police service has warned the public to challenge plain-clothes officers, demanding they prove they are legitimate, after Couzens used his ID to fake an arrest before murdering Sarah Everard. Read Full Article at...

A descendant of the Romanov dynasty that ruled the Russian Empire until its downfall during the Bolshevik Revolution married his new wife in an extravagant ceremony in the former imperial capital, St. Petersburg, on Friday. Read Full Ar...

A worldwide focus on cutting carbon emissions and replacing fossil fuels could leave a gaping black hole in Russia’s economy if climate change measures put forward by some of the country’s biggest oil and gas customers catch on. Rea...

Annual inflation in the euro zone in September accelerated to 3.4% from 3% a month earlier, hitting a 13-year high, data from the European statistics agency Eurostat shows. Read Full Article at RT.com

Ex-Chelsea and Atletico Madrid star Diego Costa has had his home in Brazil raided by police as they investigate an alleged criminal scheme involving wide-scale financial fraud, according to reports. Read Full Article at RT.com

The British National Pig Association has urged the country’s retailers to buy UK-produced pork, warning that many farms will go broke if shops start stocking European meat amid an acute shortage of butchers and slaughterers. Read Full...

UFC champion Israel Adesanya has accused New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ahern of 'gaslighting' after she said MMA fighters aren't treated differently to other athletes when it comes to mandatory quarantine. Read Full Article at RT.c...

The Democratic Party has been accused of trying to “erase women” after it emerged that its $3.5 trillion infrastructure spending bill uses the terms “birthing,” “lactating” and “pregnant” persons alongside “women” an...

Fans have reacted in horror after images of the new eFootball offering from Japanese gaming giants Konami were shared on Thursday, showing Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo looking radically different from reality. Read Full Article at...

A blaze that broke out in a Romanian hospital in the eastern city of Constanta has claimed at least nine lives, the authorities have said, making it the country’s third fatal hospital fire in under a year. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Marina Rakova, the vice president of Sberbank, has been placed on the federal wanted list by Russian law enforcement after being charged in absentia with embezzlement. She is suspected to have gone abroad, fearing prosecution. Read Full...

Russian rockets and satellites are facing fresh setbacks to getting off the ground, one of Moscow’s top space agency bosses has warned, citing the coronavirus crisis and a series of restrictions imposed on the country from abroad. Rea...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Friday that the country would begin to ease the strict border restrictions it had imposed early in the Covid pandemic, allowing vaccinated citizens to travel internationally. Read Fu...

West Ham and Rapid Vienna fans reportedly threw open bottles of urine at each other during a Europa League clash on Thursday night, while elsewhere trouble continued in France when Marseille and Galatasary's match was suspended. Read Fu...

Subways were packed, airlines saw a spike in reservations, and bars in Tokyo resumed selling alcohol on Friday as Japan ended its state of emergency, leaving the country without any restrictions for the first time since April. Read Full...

The Iranian military has started large-scale drills in the northwestern part of the country, involving drones, armored units and helicopters amid rising tensions with Azerbaijan. Read Full Article at RT.com

RT has filed a formal appeal with YouTube over this week's deletion of its German-language channels RT DE and Der Fehlende Part, arguing the action was not only unwarranted, but ran contrary to the US-based platform’s own rules. Read ...

Trade negotiations between the European Union and Australia have been postponed in the wake of Canberra’s decision to ditch a multi-billion-euro deal for nuclear-powered subs it had with France in favor of one with the US and UK. Read...

While everyone expected Beijing to bail out real estate giant Evergrande, saying the company was too big to fail, the Chinese government has so far taken a different approach to dealing with the crisis. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

A wannabe social media star has issued a sheepish confession to Russians after outraging religious believers with a set of sexually suggestive snaps posted from outside one of the country’s holiest churches, just off Red Square. Read ...

Russia’s state energy supplier, Gazprom, has begun supplying gas to Hungary through the Balkan Stream pipeline and pipelines in southeastern Europe under a long-term contract signed earlier this week. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

European gas prices have smashed yet another record, adjusting to almost $115 per megawatt-hour in household terms, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) data showed. Read Full Article at RT.com

The rollercoaster ride that was Donald Trump’s presidency has ground to a halt but, thanks to former Russia advisor Fiona Hill’s new account of his White House, the media can look forward to yet more twists and turns in the story. R...

The head of the Australian state of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, has abruptly resigned just before a corruption watchdog launched a probe into potential misconduct, stating that she had “no option” but to quit. Read Full Art...

San Francisco commuters found themselves stranded on the city’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge for over an hour after protesters created a blockade to halt traffic while they agitated for legislation protecting illegal migrants. Read Full ...

Beijing has called on its counterparts in Washington to find the “courage” and “self-awareness” to amend a series of aggressive and provocative policies toward China, following a second round of high-level joint military talks. ...

The Pentagon has acknowledged a September 20 drone strike in Syria’s Idlib province, which they say targeted Al-Qaeda leader Salim Abu-Ahmad and caused no civilian casualties. The area is controlled by Turkish-backed militants. Read F...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki has again leaned on a familiar blame-shifting tactic – pointing the finger at former President Donald Trump – this time over America still being “in the middle” of the Covid-19 pandemic. Rea...

North Korea test-fired a newly developed ‘anti-aircraft’ missile, the country’s state media reported, offering few details. It comes amid a flurry of similar tests in recent days, reportedly including a new “hypersonic” weapon...

An elite team of scientists advising the State Department concluded in 2018 that the ‘Havana Syndrome’ afflicting spies and diplomats could not have been due to a microwave weapon, but their report has just now been declassified. Re...

US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) has excoriated Facebook for hiding its knowledge of the harmfulness of its products – just as cigarette makers did decades ago – and choosing “growth over children’s mental health.�...

A large bus depot in the German city of Stuttgart has gone up in flames, gutting vehicles and leaving a dense column of smoke looming over the city. Local residents have been advised to keep their doors and windows closed. Read Full Art...

YouTube has restored the channel of the institute run by former US Congressman Ron Paul after he complained, chalking it up to a ‘mistake.’ The move comes amid a mass censorship spree by the Google-owned video platform. Read Full Ar...

Manchester’s police force is failing to properly respond to victims of violent crime, England’s police watchdog has found. Domestic abuse victims sometimes wait days for a police visit, and cases can be closed with no response. Read...

Dan Hooker is set to step in to face UFC lightweight contender Islam Makhachev at UFC 267 in a month's time, according to reports, after the Russian's previous opponent Rafael Dos Anjos pulled out to undergo knee surgery. Read Full Arti...

The Nice supporter who aimed a kick at Marseille star Dimitri Payet during the infamous pitch invasion that occurred in the Meditteranean Derby has been administered a one-year suspended prison sentence for his act. Read Full Article at...

A US Marine who claimed to have saved a baby at Kabul airport is under investigation for appearing on stage with Donald Trump, while a DC reporter tattled on a dead marine’s family for going unmasked. A hero’s return indeed. Read Fu...

Ex-MP Clement Chiwaya, who had been disabled by polio since childhood, has shot and killed himself at the clerk’s office in Malawi’s Parliament, citing a row over ownership of a specially adapted vehicle that enabled him to drive. R...

More than one former employer of porn platform OnlyFans has reportedly kept access to the customer service software Zendesk after leaving the company, enabling them to access identity information of both creators and customers. Read Ful...

Democrats and Republicans have agreed to keep the government funded for two more months, approving a continuing resolution in back-to-back Senate and House votes. President Joe Biden signed the bill shortly before the deadline. Read Ful...

The ex-mayor of a small Italian town was slapped with a 13-year sentence for various irregularities in his handling of migrants. During his time in office, he received international praise for his efforts to integrate migrants. Read Ful...

The third phase clinical trials of the Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 among those aged over 60 have been successfully completed, with the jab proving its safety and effectiveness, Russia’s Health Minister revealed on Thursday. Rea...

Golden Boy Promotions head Oscar De La Hoya has taken a bizarre shot at Matchroom rival Eddie Hearn, accusing him of ruining Anthony Joshua's career while receiving a face massage from girlfriend Holly Sonders. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has faced down calls to quit amid criticism over the handling of the Sarah Everard case and prior allegations made against her killer, then-serving police officer Wayne Couzens. Read Full A...

An environmental activist who was duped into an almost two-year relationship with an undercover cop has won a landmark case against the Metropolitan Police for several breaches of her human rights and privacy. Read Full Article at RT.co...

A British football fan who racially abused a player from his own team has been jailed for eight weeks after suggesting that the black star should win the 'Baboon d'Or' in reference to the sport's highest individual accolade. Read Full A...

Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems has nothing to do with undermining NATO, but was the logical result of Washington refusing to allow Ankara to purchase the American-made analog, the Patriot system. Read...

The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry has given seven United Nations (UN) representatives in the country just 72 hours to leave, declaring them “persona non grata” and accusing them of “meddling” in Addis Ababa’s internal affairs. Re...