Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin claimed an assault on Niamey's airport and military airbase that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians, marking the second attack on the complex this year.
Zimbabwe's platinum miners say the government owes them more than $228 million under a foreign-currency retention system, adding pressure to an industry already facing high costs, unreliable electricity and the effects of a recent price downturn.
South African wheat producers are considering a legal challenge after Trade Minister Parks Tau rejected a request to raise the domestic reference price used to calculate import protection.
Xi Jinping told Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing that China regards relations with Myanmar as a priority in its neighborhood diplomacy and supports the country's government in balancing development and security.
A Long March-12 rocket lifted off from a commercial space launch site in Hainan and successfully placed China's 22nd group of low-orbit internet satellites into their planned orbit.
Ajay Pant, captain of the stateless tanker MV Smyrtos, was charged with breaching UK sanctions after British forces intercepted the vessel in the English Channel while it carried Russian crude toward India.
Donald Trump declined to rule out military action against Cuba, describing the island as geographically close to the United States as Havana denounced growing pressure and renewed warnings from Washington.
Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett accused Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to restrain senior ministers whose rhetoric, he said, has weakened Israel's position abroad and complicated ties with the United States.
Argentina awarded operation of its main inland waterway to the Jan De Nul-Servimagnus consortium for 25 years, with the government projecting lower logistics costs and expanded capacity for large vessels.
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the agreement between Washington and Tehran but cautioned that the conflict could not yet be considered completely over, citing unresolved security questions and the need to restore navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
