The leader of the Wagner Group likely thought that the odds were not in his favor in continuing the troops' march to Moscow before ordering them to turn around, an expert said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is probing whether to launch a criminal investigation into the fatal implosion of the Titan submersible carrying five passengers.
Yevgeny Prigozhin rose to prominence as the founder and chief of a mercenary army, but he started off a humble hot dog vendor in a flea market after the fall of the Soviet Union.
The mercenary Wagner Group started marching towards Moscow after its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed the Kremlin had authorized an attack on his forces Friday.
Armed rebels with the Wagner Group are reported to be advancing north towards Moscow after capturing Russian military facilities in the city of Rostov-on-Don.
Debris from destroyed Russian missiles caused a fire in Ukraine's capital city that killed at least two people and injured eight others, Ukrainian military officials reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to punish everyone involved in the “armed rebellion," describing Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's call to action as treasonous.
The owner of the Wagner private military contractor who called for an armed rebellion to oust Russia's defense minister said he and his troops reached Rostov-on-Don.
A video allegedly depicting members of Mexico's Jalisco New Generation cartel holding bar hostesses at gunpoint is being investigated by the nation's government.
Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin posted video after the alleged attack and promised to take revenge for the "huge number" of troops killed. Russian officials denied the attack.
The U.N. has not opened investigations into Russia's use of Iranian drones in Ukraine, which violates U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231, which requires approval for transfer of weapons from Iran.
James Cameron tells Reuters "I wish I'd spoken up, but I assumed somebody was smarter than me" when it came to the design of OceanGate's Titan submersible.
In a recent attack by Islamic extremists, eight farmers were killed and ten others were abducted in the Mafa district of the Borno state in northeastern Nigeria.
Four Thai nationals have been charged under Malaysia's anti-trafficking laws in connection with the discovery of mass graves found in a jungle area on Malaysia's border with Thailand.
Authorities in South Africa have revealed that a gas explosion occurred in a disused gold mine over a month ago, resulting in the suspected deaths of at least 31 illegal miners.
A Chinese city government announced Friday that an explosion at a steel mill has killed four people and left five others hospitalized with injuries. The incident occurred Thursday morning.
During a high school's routine fire drill on Friday in Thailand's capital, a fire extinguisher exploded, resulting in the death of one student and injuring five others.