Allowing a psychopath to form a private army of violent criminals may not, on reflection, have been Vladimir Putin’s greatest idea. But Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutinous Wagner Group is by no means the only private army operating in Russia. Over the past couple of months no fewer than five armies have been fighting on Russian soil.
Kenya's election commission has announced that William Ruto has been elected as the country's fifth president with 50.49% of the vote. Iran has finally responded to the horrific and life-threatening attack on author Salman Rushdie.
Read our report on fresh military drills near Taiwan by China in the aftermath of the latest visit by United States lawmakers to the island.
In sports, read what Rafael Nadal has to say on his abdominal injury.