Ukraine has suspended consular services for military-age men abroad. Kyiv is battling a Russian onslaught and needs reinforcements on the front line. Authorities want to ensure that Ukrainian men between 18 and 60 years old living abroad return home.

Soldiers backed by police, the intelligence service, the air force and a local vigilante group are searching for armed kidnappers who abducted nearly 300 pupils from a school in the northern Kaduna state, a source has said.

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Indian officials pledged to investigate the alleged deaths of three civilians in military custody in Kashmir. The reports of deaths and torture come after rebels attacked an Indian army vehicle, killing four soldiers.

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Israel's former premier Ehud Barak said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has neither the trust of the Israeli people nor that of the army following a devastating attack by Hamas last week. He also said Israel had no choice but to launch a ground offensive in Gaza in response if it wants to defeat Hamas definitively.

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said he will meet the national army and police chiefs on Friday to combat a surge in gang violence, as the country reels from record shooting deaths this month.

Martin Oloja on Inside Stuff this week talks about how Late President Yar’Adua and Jonathan condoned electoral injustice against the late Ondo State governor, Olusegun Agagu.

Martin Oloja on Inside Stuff this week talks about the African people who are talking about military coups in Africa.

Twenty-two soldiers of the Nigerian Army killed in an ambush by bandits in Niger state have been buried.

Parts of Israel’s armed forces have turned against the right-wing government's judiciary changes. Peter Lintl, from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, says this will have lasting consequences.

All activities by political parties in Niger have been suspended until further notice, army Colonel Amadou Abdramane said on state television on Thursday, after the army declared allegiance to leaders of a coup that toppled the government.

The situation in Niger remains tense after the army chief threw his support behind the coup attempt. Niger's Interior Ministry has also banned protests amid unrest and vandalism in Niamey.