Mali troops and their Russian allies on Thursday battled separatist rebels near the Algerian border.
A Russian man suspected of carrying out a car bombing in Moscow that wounded two people has been extradited from Turkey, said Ankara.
Former US president Obama and his wife have endorsed Kamala Harris for the presidency, in a video that captured a private phone call between the three.
Veteran US diplomat Martin S. Indyk died earlier this week at age 73 due to health complications. He had been very critical of Netanyahu during the Gaza war.
France's high-speed rail network was hit by arson attacks on Friday ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers.
US officials have invested around $1.7bn of the public’s money in Israel Bonds since the start of the war on Gaza, with some deals raising ethics concerns.
Three Western countries have called on Israel to respond to the landmark ICJ ruling last week, and for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
A US administration official said that negotiations on a Gaza ceasefire were in the 'closing stages' and that Biden would try to close some 'final gaps'
The vice president told Israel's prime minister that he must 'get the deal done' to end the war in Gaza, using tougher language than Biden.
France has deployed tens of thousands of police and military onto the streets of Paris in one of its largest security operations.