Senegal

Gordana Medunjanin is a no-nonsense woman with military discipline that she passes on to her top recruits - the specially-trained dogs who detect mines and bombs all over the world.

State-run Anadolu Agency has visited Medunjanin's training center on the outskirts of the Serbian capital, Sarajevo, where the sound of dogs barking and yelping filled the country's frosty air. 

He doesn't have much time left before he leaves office in a few weeks, but U.S. President Barack Obama got in one final, parting shot against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in revenge for the latter's speech in Congress in March 2015.

On Dec. 23, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution demanding an end to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

The United States on Dec. 23 allowed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, defying heavy pressure from long-time ally Israel and President-elect Donald Trump for Washington to wield its veto.

Oil major BP has agreed with Azerbaijan to extend a contract to develop the country's biggest fields by a quarter of a century to 2050 in a move to unlock billions of dollars of fresh investments in the Caspian Sea deposits.

Turkish construction and investment firm Rönesans Holding's healthcare unit is working with French fund Meridiam on public-private partnership (PPP) investments in Morocco and Senegal, the Rönesans board chairman told Reuters on Dec. 20, also giving details about the planned financing deals for the group's city hospital projects. 

Among deteriorating weather conditions, a total of 48 migrants and refugees arrived at the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos Tuesday, authorities said.

No arrivals were recorded on the other islands, authorities said.

The number of migrants and refugees stranded on Greece's islands was Tuesday estimated at 11,299.

Finland said on Wednesday it would push the European Union to step up efforts to curb illegal migration by negotiating agreements with Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia.

European leaders are due at a summit on Thursday to discuss results from their recent migration compacts with five African countries - Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Senegal and Ethiopia.

An Italian court ruled Dec. 13 that the captain of a migrant boat that sank in 2015, killing up to 900 people, was responsible for the disaster, the Mediterranean's worst since World War II.

Turkey will have three teams in the Europa League when the European football's second-tier competition resumes with the round of 32 in February.  

Fenerbahçe pipped Manchester United to top spot in its Europa League group on Dec. 8 after beating Feyenoord 1-0, while Osmanlıspor beat FC Zurich 2-0 at home to finish atop its group.

Turkish Limak Holding, Russian VTB Capital and Swiss Flughafen Zuerich will bid jointly for the rights to operate Sofia Airport for 35 years, reported Reuters.

In September, Bulgaria extended the deadline for the tender offers by one month until November 18 due to increased interest in the tender.