Armed groups attack Malian military convoy in Gao region
Mali says counterattack under way as rebels claim they inflicted ‘human losses’ and ‘material damage’ on troops.

Mali says counterattack under way as rebels claim they inflicted ‘human losses’ and ‘material damage’ on troops.







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Tuareg-led armed group says it attacked northern town where Malian troops and Russian fighters are based.
Syrian Bar Association mourns six lawyers amid international condemnation of Thursday’s attack in Damascus.

The RSF wants to seize the strategic southern city from the Sudanese military.
The attacks targeted a secondary school in the northeastern town of Lassa, in Borno State.
Police say four attackers were also killed after gunmen stormed a Rangers facility in country’s commercial capital.
Kinshasa takes Kigali to UN’s top court over 30 years of alleged massacres, sexual violence, and forced displacement.
Gaza talks remain active, but stall as the US envoy demands the handover of tunnel maps and family arms.
JNIM claims responsibility for assault on Diori Hamani International Airport as gov’t says 22 attackers also killed.
Uncertainty remains over whether Israel will honour the agreement.
President Tinubu takes victorious tone despite recent mass kidnappings by armed groups across the country.