Over 50 people were detained by the police during the raid, SHOT reported, adding that police also raided Three Monkeys, another central Moscow queer venue overnight. It is unknown where those detained were taken.

“This strategic move is aimed at reclaiming Burkina Faso’s mineral wealth,” said Joe Hotagua of African Streams, ensuring that a larger portion of the profits benefits Burkinabe people.

The army’s recapture of Jebel Moya marks a significant victory in its efforts to regain control of territory lost to the RSF since the conflict erupted in mid-April 2023.

"The successes experienced, including proving the ability of all three AUKUS navies to command-and-control vessels on the other side of the world in a tactically realistic scenario, show how close we are to realising our ambition of a genuine team of crewed and uncrewed systems, capable of operating and prevailing everywhere on the planet, from the seabed to space," Royal Navy Director Develop James Parkin said in a statement.

Agreement to hand back UK’s last African colony follows 13 rounds of negotiations and international pressure

North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, ramped up the rhetoric that has increasingly soured relations between South Korea, promising it would use "all the offensive forces it has possessed, including nuclear weapons". South Korea responded that its US-backed response would be "overwhelming" and result in the "end of the North Korean regime."