Several rifles were reportedly stolen from a weapons shop on the fourth consecutive night of the unrest across France Marseille saw some of the worst violence on Friday, as rioters looted a gun shop near the Old Port district, according to French media. Paris has deployed 45,000 police, armored vehicles, and helicopters to quell the…

The crackdown takes place a week after the failed rebellion of the private military company Russia has blocked access to several news websites linked to businessman Evgeny Prigozhin, whose private military company, Wagner Group, was involved in a short-lived mutiny last week.

The Russian ruble fell nearly 2% against the US dollar on the Moscow Exchange during trade on Friday, reaching its lowest point since late March 2022. The currency traded at 89.4 rubles to the dollar at 14:00 Moscow time, according to exchange data. The euro traded at over 97 rubles, also the lowest level since…