Nearly a year has passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, which came just weeks after Beijing and Moscow had declared a “no limits” partnership that sparked anxiety in the West.

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.

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.