Three peacekeepers from Senegal were killed and five seriously injured after their convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device in central Mali, the UN peacekeeping mission in the country and Senegal’s army said late Tuesday.

The United States brought its most advanced fighter jet, the F-35, to India for the first time this week alongside F-16s, Super Hornets and B-1B bombers as Washington looks to woo New Delhi away from its traditional military supplier, Russia.

South Africa would launch a joint naval exercise with Russia and China on Friday, a move it described as routine.

The UN Migration Agency and partners are seeking $84 million dollars to provide humanitarian and development assistance to over one million migrants in the Horn of Africa and the communities hosting them.

The Japanese government on Friday announced that it would establish a new, simplified track for granting special visas to high-income earners and graduates of high-ranking foreign universities.

Many of Germany’s most important airports were empty due to industrial action called by trade union Verdi, in a move that affected travel hubs nationwide on Friday.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba has criticized the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in view of the organization’s step to open doors for a possible return of Russian and Belarusian athletes.

The United Nations has asked member states to contribute 1 billion dollars to help the millions of people affected by the earthquake that has killed more than 42,000 people in Turkey and Syria.