The ministry of defence in Niger announces three days of national mourning following the previous day's ambush of security forces near the village of Tassia in the Tillabéri Region, during which at least 20 soldiers and a civilian were killed and several others wounded. (Al Jazeera)
Two South African soldiers are killed and twenty others are injured in a mortar attack on their logistics base in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (SABC News)
Unidentified attackers opened fire on a Tunisian military patrol near the Libyan border killing a soldier according to the Tunisian Ministry of Defense. (Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
Three fishermen are found dead following heavy rainfall and winds that caused coastal inundation along New Zealand's Eastern coast. (1 News)
Two days of heavy rains in Nepal kills 20 people. (Reuters)
Jamaal Bowman, a member of the Squad, loses a primary challenge against George Latimer. Overall, $24.8m was spent by various groups in the race, making it the most expensive House of Representatives primary in history. (BBC)(The New York Times)