Politics Aug 24 WATCH: U.S. intelligence is investigating what brought down Wagner chief Prigozhin's plane Pentagon spokesman Gen. Pat Ryder said press reports that a surface-to-air missile took down the plane were inaccurate. He declined to say whether the U.S. suspected a bomb.
Science Aug 10 Russia launches its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on the lunar south pole before a spacecraft from India gets there.
World Aug 10 Ukraine orders mandatory evacuation of nearly 12,000 residents on eastern front line The local military administration described Thursday's evacuation order as mandatory but said people could stay if they signed a document stating they would do so at their own risk.
World Aug 10 Russia says it intercepted drones headed for Moscow, continues shelling eastern Ukraine Firing drones at Moscow after more than 17 months of war has little apparent military value for Ukraine, but the strategy has served to unsettle Russians and bring home to them the conflict's consequences.
World Aug 09 Explosion at Moscow area factory adds to Russian unease as new drone attacks are blamed on Ukraine The explosion produced a tall plume of black smoke added to Russian jitters over nighttime drone attacks on Moscow.