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Wagner mercenary leader issues defiant audio statement as uncertainty swirls after mutiny
The leader of the Wagner mercenary group defended his short-lived insurrection in a boastful audio statement Monday, but uncertainty still swirled about his fate, as…
Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Nigeria
ABUJA: A new oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river, upending livelihoods in the fishing and farming communities…
New Zealand PM heads to China with two air force jets due to breakdown fears
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins took two air force jets with him on a trip to China in case the one he was traveling…
Rebel Russian mercenaries will turn back to avoid bloodshed, leader says
ROSTOV-ON-DON/VORONEZH: M utinous Russian mercenary fighters who surged most of the way to Moscow have agreed to turn back to avoid bloodshed, their leader said…
Wagner: 5,000 men are in Wagner convoy approaching Moscow – source close to Russian-backed Donetsk leaders
A convoy of mutinous Wagner fighters approaching the outskirts of Moscow by road contains about 5,000 men led by senior Wagner commander Dmitry Utkin, a…
Prigozhin, the mercenary chief urging an uprising against Russia’s generals, has long ties to Putin
Once a low-profile businessman who benefited from having President Vladimir Putin as a powerful patron, Yevgeny Prigozhin moved into the global spotlight with Russia’s war…
Modi: PM Modi arrives at Cairo hotel to rousing welcome from Indian diaspora | India News
CAIRO: After landing in Egypt, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at a hotel in Cairo amid a rousing welcome and chants of ‘Vande Mataram’ and…
Putin: Key moments in Vladimir Putin’s rule
PARIS: From the rise of the former KGB officer to the Kremlin to his invasion of Ukraine and a mutiny by the Wagner rebels who…
Singapore holds first LGBTQ rally since gay sex decriminalised
SINGAPORE: Hundreds of people wearing pink attended Singapore’s annual ‘Pink Dot’ LGBTQ rally on Saturday, the first to be held since the city-state decriminalised gay…
Mishra: Fake admission: Jalandhar immigration consultant Brijresh Mishra arrested in Canada
BATHINDA: Immigration consultant Brijesh Mishra, who had an office in Jalandhar, has been arrested by Canadian authorities on charges of offering immigration advice without a…