Six Nigerien soldiers are killed in an attack on the Niger-Benin oil pipeline between the villages of Salkam and Tibiri, in Niger's southeastern Dosso region. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
The general secretary of the miners' confederation in Mali announces that at least 22 miners died in southern Mali five days ago. (Reuters)
Health and environment
A heatwave forces Greek authorities to close the Acropolis for visits during the afternoon. (AP)
Law and crime
The European Union’s top court fines Hungary 200 million euros and imposes a daily one-million-euro penalty for failing to follow the bloc’s asylum laws and for illegally deporting migrants. (Al Jazeera)