Wednesday

July 24, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Insurgency in the Maghreb

Seven security forces and five rangers are killed during an ambush by Islamic extremists at the W National Park in Benin. The park is overrun by the militants. (AP)

Arts and culture

Polish divers announce that they have discovered a 19th-century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden, containing crates of champagne and porcelain. (France 24)