Russian investigators said yesterday that genetic tests had confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people killed in a plane crash last week.

Russia said it downed two Ukrainian drones flying over border regions yesterday, after the governor of Belgorod region said a drone carrying explosives had killed a man.

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.

Russia yesterday said that it shot down two drones over its Belgorod region and one headed for Moscow, as it reported Ukrainian shelling wounded six people in a border town.

The world’s major tech titans must crack down on illegal content and keep European users safe online from yesterday, when far-reaching EU rules force digital firms to fall into line.

The Kremlin yesterday rejected rumours it had ordered the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, presumed to have died in a plane crash two months after leading a mutiny in Russia.

The Kremlin said yesterday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had no plans to attend the G20 summit in India in September in person.

Russia said yesterday Ukraine had fired a missile towards Moscow and attacked Crimea with 42 drones, in what would be one of the biggest known coordinated Ukrainian air attacks to date on Russian-held territory.

An ancient polychrome wall discovered in northern Peru is believed to be over 4,000 years old and could have been part of a ceremonial temple, according to archaeologists, offering new insights into the region’s historic cultures.

Dutch brewer Heineken said on Friday it had completed its exit from Russia by selling its operations there to Russia's Arnest Group for a symbolic one euro

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.

The UK’s backlog of asylum claims has hit a record high, official figures showed yesterday, heaping fresh pressure on the government which has pledged to cut immigration.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressed his "condolences" over a plane crash that killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, describing him as a man who made mistakes but "achieved results"

The German cabinet yesterday approved plans to shorten the path to citizenship for immigrants and allow more people to have dual nationality.

The German cabinet yesterday approved plans to shorten the path to citizenship for immigrants and allow more people to have dual nationality.

Greek firefighters yesterday struggled to contain uncontrolled fires throughout the country for a fifth day, several of them bordering an acrid, smoke-filled Athens.

The redesign of Adolf Hitler’s birth house will go ahead as planned, starting on October 2, Austria’s interior ministry said Monday, after a documentary aired new claims about the late Nazi dictator’s wishes for it.

Artificial Intelligence is more likely to augment jobs than to destroy them, a UN study indicated on Monday, at a time of growing anxiety over the potential impact of the technology.

Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme.

Russian security forces yesterday launched mass raids targeting the independent election monitoring group Golos, the group said, as its co-chair was taken in for questioning.