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‘Exiled’ Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin hails Niger coup, touts services
Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who remains active despite leading a failed mutiny against the Russian army’s top brass last month, has ...African leaders tell Putin: ‘We have a right to call for peace’
African leaders pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to move ahead with their plan to end the Ukraine conflict and to ...Niger coup widely condemned, countries urge return to order
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum remained held in the presidential palace on Thursday afternoon and it was unclear who was in charge of ...Belarus-EU borders may be closed if Wagner group incidents happen, Poland says
Poland, Lithuania and Latvia could jointly decide to shut their borders with close Russian ally Belarus if there are serious incidents involving ...Niger soldiers say President Bazoum’s government has been removed
Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power, according to a group of soldiers who appeared on the West African nation’s ...North Korea’s Kim shows off banned missiles to Russian minister
Russia’s defence minister accompanied North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to a defence exhibition that featured the North’s banned ballistic missiles as ...Powerful typhoon Doksuri lashes Philippines, threatens Taiwan, China
At least one person died as powerful typhoon Doksuri lashed the coastline of the northern Philippines with gale-force winds and torrential rain ...Death toll from violence in Ecuador prisons hits 31
Ecuador’s attorney general raised the death toll from a wave of violence over the weekend in one the country’s most dangerous jails ...Russia talks of retaliation after ‘Ukrainian drone strike’ near Moscow army HQ
Russia spoke of taking harsh retaliatory measures against Ukraine after two drones damaged buildings in Moscow early on Monday, including one close ...Ecuador declares state of emergency amid violent clashes
Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso on Monday declared a state of emergency and night curfews in three coastal provinces, amid a wave of ...