The Kremlin said it wanted an objective investigation into Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 but stopped short of saying Russian forces shot at the plane.
Guyana said it would turn to the International Court of Justice if Venezuela went ahead with plans it sees as an attempt to impose control over Essequibo.
Puntland counterterrorism forces seize four foreign Islamic State fighters from a mountain hideout, in a rare capture that points to the group’s transnational presence in Somalia.
The United Nations says Myanmar military air attacks hit a village in Ramree township, killing more than 40 people and razing about 500 homes in one of the worst recent strikes in Rakhine.
Officials said 18 attackers and two soldiers were killed after armed men tried to enter the presidential palace while President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was inside.
Washington says Sudan's Rapid Support Forces and their proxies are committing genocide and has imposed sanctions on the group's leader and affiliated companies.
President-elect Donald Trump has declined to rule out military action to control Greenland and the Panama Canal, intensifying an already combative foreign-policy transition.
The State Department’s notification covers missiles, shells and bombs, setting up another major weapons package for Israel in the final weeks of the Biden administration.
Ukrainian forces have begun a fresh offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, keeping the cross-border fight active and underlining how fluid the front remains.
The Nigerian military says six soldiers and 34 Islamic extremists died after an attack on troops in Borno state, the center of Boko Haram’s long insurgency.