The EU has decided to ban Belarusian airlines from European skies after a flight was diverted to Minsk on Sunday and an dissident journalist arrested.
The UN mission in Mali has demanded an immediate release of President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane, after reports that they were detained by soldiers.
A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come into effect.
The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives has voted, with Republican support, for a commission to investigate the Capitol riot.
A senior Hamas official has said that he expects Israel and Gaza militants to reach a ceasefire "within a day or two" as cross-border attacks continue.
The Biden administration has waived sanctions on a company building a controversial gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnayahu has just briefed foreign journalists on the efforts to end the fighting.
A Palestinian journalist was among those killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza City overnight, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.
Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, has accused Israel of carrying out “organised state terrorism and war crimes” in Gaza.
Israel's nine-day bombardment of Gaza has "set Hamas back by many years", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.