The Chinese Taiwan Affairs Office has defended Beijing’s military exercises near Taiwan, claiming it is a “just” move to protect peace and stability, and blamed Taipei’s “collusion” with foreign forces. Read Full Article at ...

Over 700 aircraft and 430 helicopters are expected to come off the assembly lines in Russia by the end of the decade, according to Deputy Transport Minister Igor Chalik. Read Full Article at RT.com

A notorious group of online cyber-warriors which has pressured Russian businesses over what it claims are manifestations of multiculturalism and pro-LGBT+ sentiments could soon see its channels taken down, its founder has said. Read Ful...

Foreign nationals fully vaccinated with WHO-approved vaccines will be able to enter the US from Canada and Mexico for non-essential travel starting November, US media reported after being briefed on the upcoming policy change. Read Full...

The top Catholic official in the US military has declared that soldiers have the right to opt out of Covid vaccine mandates on the basis of “conscience,” after some branches were accused of trying to discourage such exemptions. Read...

Aerospace giant Boeing has declared that all of its American employees must show they have been vaccinated for Covid-19 by early December, saying the move is required under a White House vaccine mandate for federal contractors. Read Ful...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled in Somalia’s favor in a major territorial row over a tract of sea believed rich in oil and gas, after a years-long dispute with Kenya, which has refused to recognize the decision. Rea...

The embassy in Bogota, Colombia is reportedly looking into claims by multiple staff about the ‘Havana Syndrome’ ahead of a visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and just as a new law providing money for victims is passed. Read ...

A shooting at a US Postal Service office in Memphis, Tennessee left three people dead, with the gunman dying from a self-inflicted wound after killing two fellow employees, the FBI and USPS have confirmed. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Police have pleaded with people to stop resorting to violence to settle disputes after a row over a college football game in the US escalated into a fatal shooting, with officers identifying a suspect they want to arrest. Read Full Arti...

A metro train serving the US capital partially derailed in a tunnel connecting Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, stranding around 400 passengers and bringing the evening commute to a halt. Read Full Article at...

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Covid-19 vaccine mandates are “good for the economy,” and denied accusations that thousands of recent Southwest flight cancelations were due to the requirement. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The just-leaked Facebook list of ‘dangerous individuals and organizations’ has over 4,000 entries. Among them are entities sanctioned by the US as terrorists, historical villains, cartels, militia groups, as well as dissidents. Read...

The young “vanlife” blogger Gabby Petito died of strangulation, a Wyoming coroner revealed on Tuesday. As the search for Petito’s fiance, Brian Laundrie, goes on amid incessant media coverage, he remains a “person of interest.�...

A group of men accused of hospitalizing a victim they kicked in the head after he defended a woman on a subway have been condemned by the coach of MMA fighter Magomed Ismailov, who has joined the Kremlin in voicing his disgust. Read Ful...

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California) has claimed her Twitter was “hacked” and “erased” and she knows who is responsible. Both of her accounts, however, appear normal and still functional. Read Full Article at RT.com

A report in which black British scientists describe the UK’s research culture as “institutionally racist” has prompted yet another debate over the existence of “structural bias” in academia and drawn accusations of “race-bai...

The Daily Express has retracted the claim Russia stole the coronavirus vaccine recipe from UK’s AstraZeneca, replacing it with a statement by Sputnik V’s developers. The Sun merely appended a quote and stands by its false story. Rea...

Seven-time all-star Kyrie Irving will become the most high-profile NBA absentee as a result of choosing not to receive a Covid vaccine, the Brooklyn Nets have announced – and fans have been split again by the dramatic development. Rea...

Another former Facebook employee has come forward denouncing the social media behemoth for not combating “hate and misinformation” and vowing she would testify before Congress to back her claims of “potential criminal violations.�...

An investigation is underway in Dayton, Ohio after a black paraplegic man filed a complaint over a traffic stop in which he was forcibly pulled from his vehicle over a drug check. The disturbing incident was all caught on camera. Read F...

The producer wife of two-time Olympic figure skating champion Evgeni Plushenko has cast doubt on Alina Zagitova's alleged row with the media and spoken of the perils of being a celebrity attending events. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Berlin is still not ready to recognize the Taliban as ruler of Afghanistan as it has not formed an "inclusive" government, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said while pledging major financial aid to Afghanistan, along with the EU. Read F...

The boss of the Ukrainian Federation for Mixed Martial Arts has spoken about its links to the country's Ministry of Defense and said that bosses demanded no Russians should take part at its hosting of the European Championships. Read Fu...

The recent wave of Southwest Airlines flight cancellations were not related to a Covid-19 vaccine mandate enforced on staff, CEO Gary Kelly claimed on Tuesday. In the same interview, he vowed to defy a Texas ban on such mandates. Read F...

Israel’s minister of infrastructure, energy and water, Karine Elharrar has announced that Tel Aviv has formally signed off on a deal to double its freshwater supply to Jordan, in a bid to bolster “good neighborly relations.” Read ...

The UK's Brexit minister David Frost has said the Northern Ireland Protocol needs to change as he called on the EU to enhance cooperation with their European partner, hoping for quick and intensive talks over the coming weeks. Read Full...

Cosplayers from Yakutia, in the heart of Siberia, have completed a model of an X-Wing, the iconic starfighter from Star Wars. The replica took three months to complete, with the team making sure to recreate every detail perfectly. Read ...

Relations between Russia and the US could worsen in the wake of long-awaited negotiations between the two countries that are making less progress than originally hoped, Moscow’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said. Read Fu...

MMA megastar Conor McGregor has boasted that he is wealthier than the entire UFC roster while smoking topless in a luxury car. Read Full Article at RT.com

Twitter was both criticized and ridiculed after it announced that a feature to allow users to remove a single follower would soon be implemented, with many people wondering what the point was. Read Full Article at RT.com

Basketball icon Michael Jordan has divided fans by speaking out on the NBA's Covid protocols, siding with the league over vaccination while stating he is a "firm believer in science". Read Full Article at RT.com

Drunk drivers are set to face new penalties under proposed legislation to be introduced later this year, which could potentially impose tough lifelong bans on convicted offenders from ever again getting back behind the wheel. Read Full ...

The Vatican enjoys sovereign immunity that protects it from sexual-abuse lawsuits in local courts, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled, after a case was put forward by 24 people who claim to be victims. Read Full Article...

A London Overground train crashed during rush hour on Tuesday morning, smashing through the buffers and coming off the tracks. The train came to a halt inches from the station building. Two people were injured. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Beijing has announced a major inspection of the country’s financial regulators, insurers, bad-debt managers and its biggest state-controlled banks, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement. Read Full Artic...

The situation with Covid-19 in Moscow has worsened significantly and the occupancy of the city’s primary coronavirus hospital in Kommunarka is quickly increasing due to the low number of citizens vaccinated against the virus. Read Ful...

The UK’s High Court has ruled that thousands of human trafficking victims, who have been stuck in “legal limbo” awaiting asylum or humanitarian protection, should be granted leave to remain, in a landmark decision. Read Full Artic...

With coronavirus deaths on the rise across the country and many still reluctant to sign up for a jab, elderly and vulnerable people in Bashkortostan, Central Russia have been told they must soon get a vaccine or else stay at home. Read ...

UFC favorite Chuck Liddell has reacted to reports that he was arrested and jailed on charges of domestic violence by claiming that he was the injured party in a violent incident involving his wife. Read Full Article at RT.com

Biotech firm Moderna says it has filed for an amendment to the Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine in the US for giving booster shots, including for those aged 18-64 who are more easily exposed to Covid-19. Read Full Article at ...

YouTube censorship of Covid-19 debate is a “dangerous encroachment” on the freedom of speech, an editor at leading German tabloid Bild has said, after the platform deleted two videos of an online debate on the pandemic. Read Full Ar...

A new video appears to show late Argentina legend Diego Maradona in a hotel with a girl who has alleged he seduced her as a 16-year-old and kept her locked in a room where she was plied with drugs. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian manufacturers of gun cartridges for civilian-owned weapons may suffer a significant dent in their profits amid sanctions imposed by Washington that restrict the “permanent import” of small arms and ammunition into the US. Re...

The Chinese military has warned it will “resolutely crush” any attempt to split Taiwan from China, a day after it shared a video of “shock” troops conducting beach landing and assault drills right across the sea from the island....

The ruble has reached its strongest levels in months against the US dollar and the euro, as soaring global energy prices boost the Russian national currency. Read Full Article at RT.com

Poland’s prime minister has accused the opposition of spreading “fake news” about the country’s supposed desire for ‘Polexit’, following a ruling that Warsaw’s law reigns supreme over Brussels’, stirring concern in the b...

In 100 years, politics as we know it will have degenerated into “humanless democracy,” where decisions are made by machines instead of elected leaders, and countries will no longer need physical territory to exist in cyberspace. Rea...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is speaking to the eighth convocation of the country’s State Duma, on its first sitting after the September elections that saw the ruling party United Russia retain its supermajority in parliament. Rea...

The Indian drugs regulator has recommended the use of Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 shot for emergency use in children aged between two and 18 years old. It will become the first shot to be used on under-12s in India. Read Full Article at R...

Russia will now create at least 23 new protected conservation areas across the width of the world’s largest country, as part of renewed efforts to protect nature and fight global warming, President Vladimir Putin has announced. Read F...

Conservative MP James Gray has been dropped from his role as commander of the St. John Ambulance charity this week after he confused two non-white ministers for each other and then allegedly said that they look the same. Read Full Artic...

Hockey ace Evander Kane has been dropped by his team and could face criminal charges after reportedly faking a card to show he had been vaccinated – and the NHL is continuing to investigate abuse allegations by his estranged wife. Rea...

This Sunday, the Soyuz MS-18 space capsule is scheduled to land, bringing home a two-person movie crew that conducted the first-ever location filming on board a space station. Tune in to RT to watch the historic moment. Read Full Articl...

UK job vacancies have hit a 20-year peak of 1.1. million, the highest level since records began in 2001, as industries battle with labour shortages, data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Tuesday showed. Read Full ...

More than a quarter of Russians think President Vladimir Putin has a devoted fanbase within the country’s mass media, a new survey suggests. Despite that, though, almost half of people want him to stay on in the job longer. Read Full ...

Transport for London (TfL), the government body responsible for the capital’s transport, has unveiled a special tube map to celebrate the contribution of prominent black people to the city in the past 2,000 years. Read Full Article at...

As the US debt pile continues to grow, a number of schemes have emerged in Washington on how to solve the problem. Max Keiser looks at the idea of minting a trillion-dollar platinum coin. Read Full Article at RT.com

An ex-international footballer has complained that he was sanctioned by his former club for suggesting that Ondrej Kudela, who was banned for ten games for racially abusing an opponent, should not have been presumed guilty. Read Full Ar...

Who’s in charge? That’s the question Poland’s top court has been debating. By ruling that the country’s own laws trump those of the EU, it’s shattered one of the bloc’s principles – the trading of some sovereignty for memb...

The judge leading the probe into last year's explosion in Beirut port has had to pause his investigation, for the second time in weeks, shortly after handing out an arrest warrant for Lebanon's ex-finance minister. Read Full Article at ...

After beating a ‘hasty’ retreat following two decades of military operations, Western nations have handed over their weapons to the Taliban and are now working to escalate tensions yet further, Russia’s Foreign Minister has said. ...

Environmental campaigners have launched an official complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, of “crimes against humanity” for his alleged role in Amazon deforestation. Read ...

Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden has resigned over historical emails that reportedly labeled Joe Biden a "nervous, clueless pussy", included references to a black boss's lips and called the NFL commissioner a "faggot". Read Full Artic...

The International Monetary Fund decided to keep Kristalina Georgieva as its managing director, expressing full confidence in her leadership, despite accusations she'd altered data to favor China during her time at the World Bank. Read F...

A senior minister has refused to apologise for the UK government’s handling of the Covid pandemic after a damning report by MPs claimed Downing Street’s delays to enact lockdown and policy cost thousands of lives. Read Full Article ...

Following a disastrous week, Facebook says it is willing to open up its algorithm to federal scrutiny to make sure it is performing as intended and not harming users. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have started their latest wargames in the country’s central desert, aimed at bolstering the combat readiness of air-defense forces against hostile parties. Read Full Ar...

Filipino ninja doctors may soon be sneaking into the homes of Covid-19 vaccine refuseniks to inject them in their sleep. At least that’s the idea proposed by the country’s trigger-happy president. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Bestselling Irish author Sally Rooney has stirred anger by turning down a book deal with a publisher whose clients include the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Accusers say her support for the boycott of Israel was ill-advised. Read Full Ar...

The price of the world’s top cryptocurrency has rallied above $57,000 for the first time since May as traders bet bitcoin would retest the record highs it reached earlier this year. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has insisted his relationship with a top Ukrainian MP is no meaningless fling but a fully-fledged partnership. His wife has previously admitted she was surprised to hear his big news. Read F...

A group of Russian scientists have created a drug that may potentially revolutionize the treatment of Covid-19 by defusing the most catastrophic reaction the disease causes in patients, while not destroying their immune response. Read F...

North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un has boasted of his country’s “invincible” military during a major weapons expo, and blasted Washington for hypocritically talking of peace while driving a wedge between Pyongyang and Seou...

A family of four in Indiana claims they were given Covid-19 vaccinations in error after showing up at a Walgreens location for flu shots – not the first time such a mix-up has been reported at the pharmacy chain. Read Full Article at ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed an order prohibiting all vaccine mandates statewide, including at private firms, arguing that while he is in favor of the inoculations, they must never be forced on people against their will. Read F...

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) joked about ruling the world after NATO honored her with the newly introduced ‘Women For Peace and Security’ award at the parliamentary conference in Portugal. Read Full Article at RT.com...

The Czech Senate’s Constitutional Committee will hold a meeting next week to discuss President Milos Zeman’s abrupt hospitalization and whether it makes him unfit for office, the body’s chairman said. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Critics have almost universally praised the new documentary on Dr. Anthony Fauci, but audiences have seemingly hated it, even accusing review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes of trying to hide the movie’s unpopularity. Read Full Article at ...

The Afghan interpreter who helped retrieve then-senator Joe Biden from the mountains of Afghanistan in 2008, and was left behind by the Kabul airlift, has been evacuated to Pakistan. The State Department is fast-tracking his visa. Read ...

A small aircraft has crashed near a high school in Santee, California, just north of San Diego, hitting several buildings and setting some ablaze. At least two people were killed and another two injured, fire officials said. Read Full A...

Ruslan Zakharov, who medalled at the Junior World Championships in 2017, has died after reportedly being hit by a car while jogging on the morning of his 23rd birthday in his hometown of Khabarovsk. Read Full Article at RT.com

Amid the escalating war of words between Beijing and Taipei, the Chinese military posted a video of its troops practicing beach landings and building beachheads, in “recent” drills conducted right across the straits from Taiwan. Rea...

DC Comics’ Superman is now bisexual, and a forthcoming issue features a romantic encounter between the Man of Steel and a male reporter. The superhero’s woke makeover has caused some controversy, to say the least. Read Full Article ...

CNN has sparked debate after referring to the “Before Times” – meaning pre-Covd-19 pandemic – with some accusing the network of creating fear on purpose with its “dystopian” language. Read Full Article at RT.com

Spain’s Cumbre Vieja volcano continues to erupt and cause serious problems for the residents of La Palma island, with a cement plant the lava’s most recent victim. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two years after Israel crashed a probe into the Moon, its space agency is setting its sights on Mars. Six people have begun a three-week mission in the Negev Desert, helping to prepare for a manned exploration of the Red Planet. Read Fu...

Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has accused football's governing bodies of prioritizing financial revenue over player health in a stinging rebuke of UEFA and FIFA's handling of the global football calendar. Read Full Article at RT.c...

A statue of seventh US President Andrew Jackson that stands outside the White House was vandalized by activists on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, with the words “expect us” spray-painted in red onto its plinth. Read Full Article at RT.c...

Ex-UFC champion Conor McGregor has personally congratulated Tyson Fury and his family and Deontay Wilder and his girlfriend following the heavyweights' epic boxing bout – and taken shots at Dustin Poirier and his wife again. Read Full...

Legendary musician Eric Clapton is once again facing backlash for his controversial views on Covid-19 vaccines and mandates, this time being accused of helping to “bankroll” the anti-vaxx movement. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Kseniya Sobchak, the Russian TV personality who became famous after hosting popular reality TV show Dom 2, has published a long statement refuting accusations that she fled the scene of a fatal accident on Sunday evening in Sochi. Read ...

AstraZeneca has released new data from phase-three trials of its Covid-19 antibody injection, AZD7442, showing it reduces the risk of developing severe illness or death from the coronavirus in vulnerable people. Read Full Article at RT....

Hundreds more Southwest flights have been canceled or delayed, as rumors of a staff “sickout” in protest over Covid-19 vaccine mandates persist. SouthWest’s union says no such action is taking place, but others aren’t convinced....

We’re a year and a half in and public interest is waning in the Covid-19 pandemic. Thus, you can probably forgive Britain's best-selling newspaper, The Sun, for trying to inject a little bit of excitement back into the narrative. Read...

Conservative pundit Candace Owens has taken aim at the “extremely overweight,” claiming that fat people don’t have any authority to belittle anti-vaxxers when it comes to staying healthy, prompting Twitter debate. Read Full Articl...

One of the world's most famous MMA stars, Chuck Liddell, is in a Los Angeles jail after the former UFC light heavyweight champion was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two men have been found guilty of murdering a Dutch lawyer who, at the time of his death, was involved in a high-profile criminal case against suspected gangland bosses. The killers were both given 30 years in prison. Read Full Article ...

Denmark has implemented four ‘no-go’ zones for individuals who have been convicted of violent offences, as part of a series of nightlife areas controlled by police to limit the risk of illegal activities in bars and pubs. Read Full ...

John Fury, the father of newly reconfirmed WBC heavyweight champion Tyson, says that undefeated Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk is the only fighter who poses a risk to him – and has told him to ignore all other challengers. Read Full Article...