Analysis: Wagner Group ‘like a bull in a china shop’ in unstable parts of Africa, say experts Western officials told the Guardian earlier this year that the Wagner mercenary group was the “thin end of the wedge” and a “Trojan horse” for a Russian effort to extend its influence covertly …

Mali’s decision to renounce a military cooperation agreement with France after it fell out with the ruling junta is “unjustified” and would not affect the military withdrawal, a French foreign ministry spokesman said Tuesday. Paris “considers that this decision is unjustified and absolutely contests any violation of the bilateral legal …

Israeli police entered a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem to clear away Palestinian protesters on Thursday, after Jewish visits that had been paused for the Muslim holidays resumed. Recent weeks have seen several rounds of clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest site for Muslims, which is built …