UNICEF: One million students unable to go to school due to rising kidnapping in Nigeria

The White House said in response to a report that US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Millie had secretly contacted his Chinese counterpart at the end of Donald Trump's presidency. Joe Biden has full confidence in Millie. Millie's spokesman also said the contacts were in line with his duties to ensure strategic stability.

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on North Korea's missile test, AFP quoted several diplomatic sources as saying.

After Dominic Robb was ousted from the British Foreign Office, Liz Terrace was named the new Secretary of State The Guardian writes that this is the first woman to hold this position in more than a decade. He was previously Minister of International Trade

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has fired Dominic Robb from the Foreign Office and appointed him Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister. Robb's holiday trip to Greece was widely criticized as the Taliban advanced

The State Department condemned North Korea's missile test on Wednesday, calling it a violation of several Security Council resolutions and a threat to its neighbors and the international community.