The move comes as the Trump administration moves to normalise diplomatic and trade relations with Syria following the fall of Bashar al Assad’s regime.

The flight briefly transmitted a general emergency signal before switching to the code used for unlawful interference onboard.

Ankara’s call for urgent reforms to the global body reflects the mood and needs of the world that has long outgrown the circumstances that led to the creation of the UN.

A terrorist movement cannot be defeated by military force alone. The fight must also extend to the ideas, finances, narratives and social influence that allow such a movement to survive.

This year’s visit marks Mercy Ship’s fifth deployment to Ghana since 1991.

Africa should not approach electrification by asking how we tap more effectively into our resources. We should ask a harder question. How do we use electricity, infrastructure and those resources to create things the world and Africa itself values?