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Rare video shows American Paul Whelan inside Russian prison
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian state media has released rare footage showing Paul Whelan inside a notorious prison camp, providing the first publicly available video images of the imprisoned American in more than [Read More…]

Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner Group leader killed in plane crash, buried in private funeral
Artem Priakhin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (ST. PETERSBURG, Russia) — Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried in a private funeral on Tuesday, his press service said, nearly a week after he and nine others died [Read More…]

Pop singer arrested by Iran’s regime after releasing track dedicated to women
KeithBinns/Getty Images (LONDON) — Mehdi Yarrahi, a prominent Iranian pop singer, was arrested by Iranian authorities on Monday after releasing a song celebrating the anniversary of the Mahsa Amini protests coming up next month. Iran [Read More…]

Countries must provide a clean and healthy environment for children: UN
Lucia Vazquez/ABC News (NEW YORK) — A United Nations committee strengthened a treaty on Monday on children’s rights in their fight against climate change, according to new guidance from the organization. Countries should work to [Read More…]

Three Marines killed in V-22 Osprey crash in Australia identified
abzee/Getty Images (DARWIN, Australia) — The Marine Corps on Monday identified the three Marines killed on Sunday when their Osprey aircraft crashed during a training exercise off the northern coast of Australia. The MV-22B Osprey [Read More…]

DNA confirms Wagner Group leader among crash victims, Russian officials say
Artem Priakhin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON and AMSTERDAM) — Remains found after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private plane crashed last week were confirmed by genetic testing to be those of the Wagner Group leader, Russian investigators [Read More…]

3 dead as Marine helicopter crashes in Australia during training, officials say
abzee/Getty Images (DARWIN, Australia) — At least three U.S. military personnel were killed on Sunday when a Marine helicopter crashed during a training exercise off the northern coast of Australia, U.S. officials said. The Bell Boeing [Read More…]

Bomb likely the cause of explosion that downed Wagner leader Prigozhin’s plane, US officials say
Artyom Anikeev/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (KUZHENKINO, Russia) — The explosion that downed a plane carrying Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and nine others in Russia was likely caused by a bomb, two U.S. officials told ABC [Read More…]

Greece warns of ‘arsonist scum’ amid deadly wildfires
Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP via Getty Images (ATHENS, Greece) — As firefighters battle wildfires raging across swathes of Greece that have killed at least 20 people, authorities warned that “arsonist scum” are trying to ignite new blazes. [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Kremlin denies role in Prigozhin’s presumed death
Valentyn Semenov / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny [Read More…]

Greece warns of ‘arsonist scum’ amid deadly wildfires
Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP via Getty Images (ATHENS, Greece) — As firefighters battle wildfires raging across swathes of Greece that have killed at least 20 people, authorities warned that “arsonist scum” are trying to ignite new blazes. [Read More…]

Wagner leader Prigozhin ‘likely’ killed in Russian plane crash, US says
Artyom Anikeev/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (KUZHENKINO, Russia) — The U.S. Department of Defense said Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was “likely” killed in a plane crash along with nine others in Russia on Wednesday, but that [Read More…]

BRICS announces major expansion with six countries joining in 2024
Gianluigi Guercia/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The five-nation BRICS group announced expansion of members on Thursday, having invited six countries to join the bloc. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is hosting the group’s [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukrainian forces land in Russia-occupied Crimea, official says
Valentyn Semenov / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny [Read More…]

Japan begins releasing Fukushima’s treated radioactive water into Pacific, prompting strong rebuke from China
STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company began releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday afternoon. Executives of the [Read More…]

North Korea fails second attempt to launch spy satellite but vows to try again
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — North Korea said a second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit failed early Thursday, but the reclusive country vowed to launch another in the coming months. The Malligyeong-1 reconnaissance [Read More…]

Prigozhin’s body taken to medical examiner’s office as Kremlin remains silent
Vladimir Nikolayev/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The bodies of those killed in the plane crash near Kuzhenkino, Russia, including Yevgeny Prigozhin and the commander of the Wagner PMC Dmitry Utkin, have been moved to [Read More…]

Female Afghan students stopped by Taliban on way to Dubai
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — A group of around 100 Afghan women was stopped by the Taliban from boarding a plane to the United Arab Emirates in order to attend university there, their sponsor said on [Read More…]

“Wall Street Journal” reporter’s detention extended in Moscow hearing
Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Wall Street Journal reporter being held in Russia had his pre-trial detention extended for three months during a hearing at a Moscow court on Thursday. Evan Gershkovich, [Read More…]

How Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rose with Putin, then turned on him
DIMUSE/Getty Images (RUSSIA) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russian private military company the Wagner Group, which played a key role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine before briefly launching an insurrection against the Russian military, [Read More…]