Nigeria says army has killed 300 bandits in north-western state of Zamfara

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Vigilantes also took part in the fight that raged all night and the following morning, residents say

Nigerian soldiers killed more than 300 members of kidnapping and cattle bandit gangs in the north-western state of Zamfara this week, according to a government official.

Government troops targeted the gangs in Gummi district in a two-day operation that “led to the elimination of more than 300 terrorists”, Zamfara’s information commissioner, Mahmud Muhammad Dantawasa, said in a statement.

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Bringing the war to Putin’s front door: Is Ukraine’s energy strike strategy working? – Fox News

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  1. Bringing the war to Putin’s front door: Is Ukraine’s energy strike strategy working?  Fox News
  2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 10, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  3. Russia's diesel export ban deepens global supply crunch  Reuters
  4. How Ukraine’s drones brought war home to 50mn Russians  Financial Times
  5. Russia bans diesel exports after Ukrainian attacks, straining tense global market  CNN
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Levi Bellfield to have DNA test in connection with Lin and Megan Russell murders

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Exclusive: CCRC will test serial killer as part of inquiry into whether Michael Stone was wrongly convicted of 1996 murders

The serial killer Levi Bellfield will have his DNA taken in an attempt to establish if he murdered Lin and Megan Russell in 1996.

Michael Stone has protested his innocence since his conviction in 1998 for the killing of Lin, 45, and her daughter, six-year-old Megan, as well as a vicious attack on Megan’s sister Josie, nine, who survived.

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Land sold for Kushner-backed Albania resort suspected of forged deeds – Al Jazeera

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  1. Land sold for Kushner-backed Albania resort suspected of forged deeds  Al Jazeera
  2. Businessman who sold land for Kushner resort in Albania suspected of faking the deeds  Reuters
  3. The Alluring Albanian Island Inspiring Ivanka’s Fantasy  The New York Times
  4. Jared Kushner’s Albania Albatross  New York Magazine
  5. Is this the Kushners’ $5bn Albania resort? 350 yachts and a water park  The Times
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Two dead, 19 wounded as Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles, drones – NBC News

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  1. Two dead, 19 wounded as Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles, drones  NBC News
  2. Russian attacks kill 6 and wound 29 as Ukrainian forces target oil tankers  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  3. 8 Dead, Dozens Wounded as Russia Strikes Ukraine With Missiles, Drones  The Moscow Times
  4. Russia hits Ukraine's Kyiv, Odesa in fresh attacks  DW.com
  5. Russian missile and drone barrage kills eight and wounds dozens in Ukraine  Al Jazeera
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Alfred Dreyfus statue to finally receive permanent home in central Paris

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Sculpture of Jewish army officer wrongly accused of treason has been moved around the city for decades

For 40 years, the statue of Capt Alfred Dreyfus has been moved around Paris, never finding a permanent home.

The French army twice refused to allow it to stand at l’École Militaire, where Dreyfus, a Jewish officer it had wrongly accused of treason in 1894, was stripped of his rank in one of the most notorious acts of antisemitism in France’s history.

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‘Sealed in blood’: Where does the China-North Korea alliance stand today? – Al Jazeera

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  1. ‘Sealed in blood’: Where does the China-North Korea alliance stand today?  Al Jazeera
  2. Xi urges China, North Korea to keep 'strategic resolve' amid global turmoil  Reuters
  3. Xi says China’s commitment to North Korea friendship will not change, KCNA reports  Yahoo
  4. Xi Says China’s Backing for Kim and North Korea Won’t Change  Bloomberg.com
  5. President Xi Jinping Meets with DPRK’s Premier of the Cabinet Pak Thae Song  中华人民共和国驻美利坚合众国大使馆
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Pianist Jayson Gillham ‘very disappointed’ after losing Melbourne Symphony Orchestra discrimination case

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The federal court on Friday threw out the concert pianist’s case against the MSO, finding he was not unfairly dismissed due to Gaza war comments

The concert pianist at the centre of a high-profile unfair dismissal case has revealed his deep disappointment with his courtroom defeat.

Federal court justice Graeme Hill on Friday threw out Jayson Lloyd Gillham’s case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, finding he was not unfairly dismissed.

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