A convicted kidnapper who fought for Wagner in Ukraine said it was 'utter hell' and he saw fellow fighters 'cry' and 'vomit' as fear took over in the trenches

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A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks out of PMC Wagner Centre, which is a project implemented by the businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on November 4, 2022.

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A top US general warns ISIS will be able to strike Western interests from Afghanistan within 6 months

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Members of ISIS-K in Afghanistan.
Members of ISIS-K stand in front of their weapons as they surrendered to the government in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan on November 17, 2019.

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Ukraine said it was 'watching with pleasure' as footage showed a lethal fire at a building of Russia's FSB security service near border

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FSB border patrol building on fire in Rostov-on-Don on Thursday, 16 March 2023.
FSB border patrol building on fire in Rostov-on-Don on Thursday, 16 March 2023.

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Russia wants to replenish its troops by recruiting 400,000 new contract soldiers starting April: reports

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Young men walk in front of a billboard promoting contract army service with an image of a serviceman and the slogan reading
Young men walk in front of a billboard promoting contract army service with an image of a serviceman and the slogan reading "Serving Russia is a real job" in Saint Petersburg on September 29, 2022.

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Fighter jets are 'worthless' over Ukraine, and it's a sign of what US pilots and troops may face in future battles

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A Ukrainian Su-25 close air support jet flies low over the Donetsk region in June 2022.

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I took a cruise around the Mediterranean. Here are 5 things that surprised me — from the coffee to the navigation.

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The AIDAblu cruise ship.
The AIDAblu cruise ship.

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How Indonesia is using diplomacy to call for the end of Russia's war in Ukraine

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A crowd of people on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia

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Meet China's latest AI news anchor, a young woman who runs virtual Q&A sessions to teach people propaganda

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Ren Xiaorong debuted on Weibo on Sunday and so far only works with preset questions and responses.
Ren Xiaorong debuted on Weibo on Sunday and so far only works with preset questions and responses.

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The man in charge of deporting Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' explains how he plans to fly 70 of them across the world

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A hippo swimming close to the Magdalena River in Doradal, Colombia.
Hippos are considered one of the deadliest land animals on the planet.

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Artist's discovery of an 'execution wall' sheds light on the brutal history of Nazi concentration camps on British soil

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Lager Sylt 2023 German gunpowder ink on paper.
Lager Sylt 2023 German gunpowder ink on paper.

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