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Yevgeny Prigozhin resurfaced Monday to hint that his Wagner Group may stage a comeback and secure "next victories." A Russia expert believes just about anything could happen, even some of the most absurd scenarios, especially in a Russia where it turns out the regime's Herculean walls have cracks too.

Hong Kong issued arrest warrants for eight overseas-based activists Monday, and the city's leader has warned of a lifelong pursuit of the activists accused of endangering China's national security. A human rights organization says the crackdown against rights activists will only fan the flames of discontent among Hong Kong's people.

Gen. Armageddon was absent during a meeting between Russia's military top brass, a new report revealed. Multiple outlets reported last week that Gen. Sergei Surovikin was arrested over suspicions of his supposed links to the Wagner Group.

Yevgeny Prigozhin has resurfaced more than a week after his short-lived mutiny that shook Vladimir Putin and Russia. His exact whereabouts are unknown but Belarus confirmed he has started his exile in the country.

Several days of protests in France over the killing of a teenager in France by police have led to riots, an apparent assassination attempt, and fires burning buildings, buses, trains and cars.

Saudi's ICT Minister Abdullah Alswaha said there was an opportunity "to build an innovation bridge to leap farther into the future with an innovation-based economy."

Military police in Honduras seize control of prisons to crackdown on organized crime after a prison riot started between gangs killing 46 inmates.

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Friday that the government was considering "all options" to restore order, including declaring a state of emergency, after a third night of rioting over a police officer's killing of a youth.

Rumors claimed Putin's top general was arrested in connection to the Wagner group's recent armed rebellion.

Amid violence and allegations of corruption during the first round, Guatemala's election is proceeding to a run-off, with the Organization of American States urging Guatemalans to honor the outcome and show respect.

Mainstream media is buzzing about Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner group's "coup," but who are Prigozhin and the Wagner group? What is the future of Russia now?

Lukashenko on Tuesday boasted that he "suggested Putin should not rush" to "eliminate those involved" in Prigozhin's uprising. He claimed he convinced Putin to not "wipe out" Prigozhin when tensions were at their peak over the Wagner chief's call for a rebellion against the Russian army.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has softened her once strident anti-EU views but the ratification of a reform to the eurozone's bailout fund has left her in a quandary.

Experts believe Wagner Group's chief was tricked into going to Belarus and that he "would still be in danger." Some analysts say Prigozhin may pose a threat again if Wagner mercenaries decided to follow him to Belarus.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko also claimed that he stopped Russian President Vladimir Putin from destroying the Wagner group.

The Russian government spent more than 160 billion rubles to fund the Wagner group and its owner, Concord company.

Russian President Vladimir Putin may have "dropped" the supposed deal his Belarusian counterpart brokered with Wagner Group's Yevgeny Prigozhin over the weekend as the two sides reignited tensions over comments they made Monday. Putin slammed the insurrection's "organizers" while Prigozhin said he doesn't regret the short-lived march to Moscow.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, also claimed Putin is likely feeling vulnerable after the Wagner group's insurrection.

Experts say Putin's failure to keep Yevgeny Prigozhin in check makes Russia's power structure appear weak to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva revealed the nation's plan to raise the issue of de-dollarization at the next meeting of BRICS.

Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin previously accused the Russian military of bombing his war camps and killing his fighters in Ukraine.

Former President Donald Trump claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin would never have invaded Ukraine if he won the 2020 election.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stuttered during a meeting with pro-Russian military bloggers.

"If you are punished with a counterfeit passport, only me will receive it," Kwon reportedly said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin also said the nuclear weapons serve as Moscow's "guarantee" amid the war.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet China's top envoy and potentially President Xi Jinping Monday, on the final day of a trip to Beijing aimed at improving severely strained ties.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday hosts Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris, seeking to nudge the de-facto leader of the oil-rich kingdom into more full-throated support of Ukraine against the Russian invasion.

Emmanuel Macron might once again be the key to keeping Kylian Mbappe in France.

Latvian President-elect Edgars Rinkevičs warned that Russia's neighboring countries should be on "alert day and night" in case Moscow does end up losing the war in Ukraine.