Ambushes

Turkey on Dec. 27 condemned a terror attack in Niger where 14 soldiers lost their lives.

"We are deeply saddened to receive the news that many Nigerian security force members lost their lives in a terrorist attack against the convoy of the officials of the Niger Independent National Election Commission (CENI) in the Tillabery region," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

British police have charged a driver with murder after finding a lorry driven from Bulgaria containing 39 dead bodies.

Essex Police apprehended the 25-year-old driver from Northern Ireland in an industrial park in Grays, Essex County, in the east of England, and said he had driven the lorry from Bulgaria.