There were worrying scenes at an NCAA softball game on Friday night when Texas pitcher Miranda Elish was hit flush in the face by a throw from catcher Mary Iakopo. Read Full Article at RT.com

The action was fast, furious and feathery soft in the world's most comfortable combat sport as the Japanese town of Ito staged the qualifying rounds of the All-Japan Pillow Fighting Championships in Shizuoka Prefecture. Read Full Article at RT.com

Arsenal Fan TV's Robbie Lyle says UEFA have scored an "own goal" with the "disgraceful" decision to host the Europa League final in Baku, denying Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan the chance to play due to safety fears. Read Full Article at RT.com

"Warmongering" hawks on President Donald Trump's team are pushing him towards conflict with Iran as the situation in the region becomes more dangerous by the day, former congressman Ron Paul told RT. Read Full Article at RT.com

Trump has tried to rescind his "Crazy Nancy" (Pelosi) nickname – admitting it was a "copy of Crazy Bernie" (Sanders) – which suggests he faces an uphill task finding enough new epithets for all the Democrats he faces before 2020. Read Full Article at RT.com

A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali has erupted, spewing lava and throwing chunks of rock up to 3 kilometers away. An ash column rose about 2.5 kilometers high over the volcano, according to local officials. Read Full Article at RT.com

A senior police officer in Australia has said that violence against women "is absolutely about men's behavior" after dog-walkers discovered a woman's body in Melbourne. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian figure skating sensation Evgenia Medvedeva brushed off a 5.1-magnitude earthquake as she performed with fellow stars including countrywoman Alina Zagitova at a show in Japan. Read Full Article at RT.com

An Oregon man was told to go to a religious-themed parade and learn more about Sikhism as part of his sentence for a hate crime. He was convicted after ripping off a shopkeeper's turban during an argument. Read Full Article at RT.com

Iran is prepared to deploy 'secret weapons' against American warships, a military official in Tehran said, after the Pentagon sent three destroyers to the Persian Gulf amid a wave of increased tensions between the two states. Read Full Article at RT.com

A 'potentially hazardous' asteroid, so large it has its own moon, is hurtling towards Earth at some 48,000 kilometers per hour. The good news is that it's expected to pass safely, at about 5 million kilometers of us. Read Full Article at RT.com

Over a dozen Tories are clambering to take over the top spot from Theresa May, but the British public appears to be backing an unlikely (and undeclared) candidate for PM: 'hot podium guy'. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson appears to be very much back to himself after posting an aggressive rant directed at the manager of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Ali Abdelaziz. Read Full Article at RT.com

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is urging Russia to hand over Ukrainian ships and crew detained for "border violation" off Crimea in 2018. Moscow has hit back, saying the body has no jurisdiction in the matter. Read Full Article at RT.com

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will likely provide significant business opportunities to global economies, according to participants of the 8th China Business Forum in London. Read Full Article at RT.com