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.

Ethiopia’s federal military has recaptured the main airport in the capital of the northern Tigray region, three sources said on Saturday.

At least 13 people were killed in a road crash involving multiple vehicles on the highway to the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, police said on Saturday.

The UN noted that Somalia had made important advances in developing nationally-led human rights mechanisms.