The Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was thought to be on a plane that crashed north of Moscow. His group staged a rebellion against Russia and Vladimir Putin two months ago.
Vivek Ramaswamy stole the show at the first Republican presidential debate, while Ron DeSantis avoided questions on key issues. Front-runner Donald Trump did not attend the event.
India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landed days after Russia's Luna-25 mission ended in a crash landing. The country is the first to land on one of the moon's lunar poles.
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Ecuador voters decide on August 20 whether drilling will continue in an oil-rich area of the Amazon.
Ukraine arrested three female suspects that were part of an alleged spy ring that fed military intelligence to Russia and the Wagner Group. The bust came one day after Ukraine announced it foiled assassination attempt on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
From the rainbow-hued pearl lobsters of Indonesia and the baby eels of Spain to the giant Copper River king salmon of Alaska and Nigeria's cod stockfish, dried thousands of miles away in the cold winds of Norway, we uncovered the stories behind six of the world's most expensive kinds of seafood.
Russia launched its first lunar mission in 47 years while mired in its war against Ukraine. The country is intent on beating India to the moon's south pole in search of life-supporting water.
The Sierra Madre is a warship turned military outpost intentionally grounded by the Philippines. Last week, the Chinese coast guard shot water cannons on a supply boat in an escalating battle over the former World War II ship.
A blast shook the Russian town of Sergiev Posad on Wednesday, injuring at least 45 people, according to local authorities.