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MOSCOW, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has ordered Wagner fighters to sign an oath of allegiance to the Russian state after a deadly plane crash believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the volatile chief of the mercenary group.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Around 2,000 artefacts including gold jewellery and gems had been stolen from the British Museum over a long period of time, but recovery efforts were already under way, the museum’s chair George Osborne said on Saturday.

KIHEI, Hawaii, (Reuters) – Hawaii officials have released the names of 338 people still missing more than two weeks after the deadliest U.S.

JOHANNESBURG/LONDON,  (Reuters) – The expansion of the BRICS group of developing countries could provide a lifeline to capital-starved new entrants Iran and Argentina, but investors and analysts say a broader economic boon for the bloc’s members is far from certain.

(Reuters) – The United States on Friday condemned pervasive conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan, which the State Department said that credible sources including victims have attributed to Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied militias.

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency said on Friday a Ukrainian drone attack had hit a Russian military base deep inside annexed Crimea, while residents reported casualties, explosions and a road closure.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – U.N. experts sent a letter of concern to Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco, saying its expansion of fossil fuel production and ongoing exploration threaten human rights, a document posted on Friday showed.

(Reuters) – Russia reported a new drone attack on Moscow in the early hours of Saturday, which again forced the authorities to temporarily shut down all three major airports serving the capital.

ANTANANARIVO,  (Reuters) – A stampede of sports fans trying to enter Madagascar’s national stadium for the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games has killed 12 and injured around 80, the prime minister said on Friday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will stand trial in 2025 on charges of corruption and illegal financing related to alleged Libyan funding of his successful 2007 presidential bid, the financial prosecutor’s office said today.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The BRICS bloc of developing nations agreed yesterday to admit Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates in a move aimed at accelerating its push to reshuffle a world order it sees as outdated.

(Reuters) – A former police officer killed three people and wounded six others when opening fire at a famed biker bar in Southern California before he was shot dead by police late on Wednesday, officials said.

BAMAKO,  (Reuters) – Niger has authorised Mali and Burkina Faso’s armed forces to intervene on its territory in case of an attack, the countries said in a joint statement yesterday, a possible sign the junta in Niger plans to keep resisting regional pressure to stand down.

ATLANTA,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s mug shot was released last  evening after he was booked at an Atlanta jail on more than a dozen felony charges as part of a wide-ranging criminal case stemming from the former U.S.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the family of Yevgeny Prigozhin yesterday, breaking his silence after the mercenary leader’s plane crashed with no survivors two months after he led a mutiny against army chiefs.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – The five BRICS developing nations will admit Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates, they said today, a move aimed at growing the clout of the bloc as it pushes to rebalance the prevailing world order.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean today, a polarising move that prompted China to announce an immediate blanket ban on all aquatic products from Japan.

BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – An Indian spacecraft became the first to land on the rugged, unexplored south pole of the moon yesterday in a mission seen as crucial to lunar exploration and India’s standing as a space power, just days after a similar Russian lander crashed.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia’s most powerful mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane which crashed on Wednesday evening north of Moscow with no survivors, the Russian authorities said, two months to the day after he led an abortive mutiny against the army top brass.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – A deal to expand the BRICS group of leading developing countries appeared stuck in eleventh hour negotiations at a leaders summit yesterday, threatening to undermine the bloc’s ambition to give the “Global South” more clout in world affairs.