CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports on how Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to reassert his strongman reputation inside Russia after the Wagner insurrection put it to the test.

Russia glimpsed the threat of armed insurrection this past weekend, with Wagner Group mercenaries marching toward Moscow as President Vladimir Putin vowed retribution.

CNN’s Matthew Chance reports on documents shared exclusively with CNN that suggest that Russian Gen. Sergey Surovikin was a secret VIP member of the Wagner private military company.

Scientists discovered the third octopus nursery in the world off the coast of Costa Rica, in an area previously believed to be uninhabitable for new life.

CNN International Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson reports on the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who brokered the deal that ended the armed insurrection in Russia.

CNN Senior National Correspondent Alex Marquardt reports that U.S. officials expected Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin to encounter more resistance and the insurrection to be more violent.

Russian President Vladimir Putin blames Kyiv for drone strikes on Moscow but Ukraine denies direct involvement. CNN’s Senior International Correspondent Sam Kiley reports from Eastern Ukraine.

South African prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against Zolile Sekeleni, the father of the girlfriend of high-profile convicted murderer Thabo Bester, who is accused of escaping from a South African prison after faking his own death in a fire, officials told CNN Monday.

Gunfire, explosions and overhead fighter jets were heard across Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Tuesday, as gunmen stormed the homes of people working for the United Nations and other international organizations, amid conflicting reports of an agreed ceasefire in the country.