Nigeria’s police have arrested six suspects following a deadly ambush that killed three officers and left seven others missing in Benue State.

Warrant Officer G'haleb Alnasasra, a Bedouin from Rahat, was killed near Beit Hanoun; three others seriously wounded.

The Nigerian military announced that its troops killed 34 insurgents in a gun battle in northeastern Borno state, with six soldiers also losing their lives in the conflict, News.az reports citing TRT World.

Syria's newly established authorities have reported that 14 interior ministry personnel were killed and 10 others injured in an "ambush" by forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in the western part of the country.

Mali says it has cut diplomatic relations with Ukraine, after a military official suggested Kyiv had played a role in deadly fighting near the Algerian border last month.