Group challenges female engineers to make themselves visible

The Bedouin communities living in the unforgiving Badia, or the Syrian desert, are facing a surge in armed attacks. The violence reaches a peak each year between February and April: the truffle season. As tribes go out to hunt truffles, they risk being ambushed by sleeper cells of the Islamic State group, which has taken refuge in the Badia since 2019. This exclusive investigation from FRANCE 24's Observers team exposes the horrific abuses being carried out deep in the desert.

Germany found that 740 people were involved in 580 different offenses committed by the climate activist group Last Generation.

Amid heightened tensions over the sovereignty of the island, Taipei's Defense Ministry said the Shandong aircraft carrier's movements were being "monitored."

In his first remarks since launching — and ending — an insurrection against Russian military leaders over the weekend, Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin said the aim was to avoid the destruction of the mercenary force.

The Wagner Group's attempted insurrection has drawn attention to how far Chinese President Xi Jinping is willing to go to support his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine war is in the spotlight now. The Wagner Group operates in Africa too. So, could the fall out between Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and Russian leader Vladimir Putin spill over into Africa?

One of the Wagner Group boss' biggest complaints was about how Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu was running the Ukraine war. But little has been said about Shoigu's future — as yet.

There's evidence that mercenaries from Russia's Wagner Group operate in at least four African countries: Sudan, the Central African Republic, Mali and Libya.

Poland has recently warned of possible provocations coming from the mercenary group currently based in neighbouring Belarus.

The organization, dedicated to Nobel Peace Prize winning rights activist Andrei Sakharov, was accused of illegally hosting conferences and exhibitions. It was created in Moscow almost three decades ago.

The independent monitoring group Golos says the detention of its co-chair Grigory Melkonyants is aimed at hindering public observation of the upcoming elections in Russia.

The maker of weight-loss drug Wegovy has become Europe's most valuable firm, dethroning the French luxury conglomerate LVMH. Shares rose after the Danish pharmaceutical giant, Novo Nordisk, launched the popular drug in the UK. At the close of trading on Monday, the firm had a stock market valuation of $428bn (£339bn).