Follow RT on In the latest instalment of ‘viral fads gone wrong’ phenomena, two Chinese teenage girls exercised their way into intensive care, having taken part in the truly hellish-sounding ‘One Thousand Squat’ challenge’. What started off as an innocent competition between two friends had very serious consequences for 19-year-old Tang and her pal as…

Follow RT on Bahrain has hosted a conference on Gulf maritime security, following attacks on shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The tiny Gulf monarchy, which also hosts the US Fifth Fleet, said the meeting was held “to discuss the current regional situation and to strengthen cooperation.” It also slammed “the repeated attacks and…

Follow RT on Baffled dental surgeons removed some 526 teeth from a fleshy sack that had grown inside the mouth of a seven-year-old boy who was living with a rare condition known as “compound composite ondontome.” The boy had experienced painful swelling in his lower right jaw since the age of three but refused medical…

Click:Fiber Optic Patchcord Follow RT on Two missiles have been fired from a launch point in the Hodo Peninsula, in the eastern part of North Korea, the South Korean military has said. The projectiles are believed to be short-range ballistic missiles. The launch took place early Wednesday morning, Yonhap reported citing South Korea’s Joint Chiefs…

Follow RT on Former president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko was not poisoned during the 2004 campaign, Ukraine’s chief military prosecutor said in an interview, casting fresh doubts on the narrative shaping Kiev politics for the past 15 years. At the time, Yushchenko led a Western-backed coalition against the incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, whom they…

Follow RT on The fetid, stagnant waters of the Theresa May era have been replaced by the foaming effervescence of The Boris Interregnum. It will be thus described whatever happens in the next election, which cannot be delayed for long. Turbo-charging the political scene with his customary élan, Boris Johnson cuts a dash to be…

Follow RT on Pretending to ‘understand’ Russia has become quite the lucrative business for Western media professionals in recent years – and “leading” Russia expert extraordinaire Keir Giles is the latest to believe he has cracked the code. Generous Giles has published a list of 10 “ground rules” for befuddled Westerners seeking to unravel the…

Follow RT on Julian Assange will most likely be subjected to torture if he is extradited to the US, the UN special rapporteur on torture warned, revealing Assange’s current living conditions. The UN special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, visited Assange at Belmarsh Prison in London with two medical experts in May to access the…

Follow RT on A Vox journalist has drawn ire on Twitter for claiming that Donald Trump suggested he was a “9/11 first responder” — despite the fact that the clip posted by the reporter himself shows the US president saying exactly the opposite. Aaron Rupar of the ultra-liberal explainer outfit posted the clip from Monday’s…

Follow RT on Without explanation, Twitter has suspended the official account of the Russian embassy in Syria after it posted a video critical of the controversial ‘White Helmets’ group, citing statements by the Russian military. “Twitter suspends accounts that violate Twitter rules,” said the default notice on the grayed-out page of @RusEmbSyria on Tuesday. The…