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These are the main developments as Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its 543rd day.

RABAT: Morocco has not made a formal request to join the BRICS grouping and will not attend its summit in South Africa, state news agency MAP said. Citing an unnamed diplomatic source, MAP denied a statement by South Africa’s Foreign Minister Anil Sooklal who said earlier this month Morocco was among the nations seeking to join the bloc. “South Africa allowed itself to speak about Morocco’s ties with the BRICS without prior consultation,” it said.

Abdourahmane Tchiani warns that any military intervention in Niger 'will not be a walk in the park' for those involved.

Devastation in British Columbia province and Northwest Territories is the latest in wildfires across the country.

BAGHDAD: Iraqi and UN officials on Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of a deadly attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad. The Aug. 19, 2003, truck bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, which housed the UN headquarters in Iraq at the time, killed 22 UN staff including the head, Sergio Vieira de Mello, a rising UN star. It was the deadliest attack against UN staff in its history. The attack came in the wake of the US-led invasion of Iraq that toppled ex-ruler, Saddam Hussein, but unleashed an insurgency and years of brutal civil war in the country.

Russian spacecraft is scheduled to land on the south pole of the moon on Monday to search for water and minerals.

The fire was at a scale that has never been seen before in the Canary Islands, officials say.