The Weekly Edition

Elements of the Benin Armed Forces, led by Pascal Tigri, announce a coup d'état against president Patrice Talon and the creation of a military junta, the Military Committee for Refoundation, after seizing state television. The coup attempt is ultimately unsuccessful. (Al Jazeera)

The Nigerian Air Force launches precision airstrikes against pro-coup forces in Cotonou in support of the Beninese government, killing several putschists. (Sahara Reporters) (Zagazola)

ECOWAS announces the deployment of ground troops to Benin from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. (Sahara Reporters)

France provides military intelligence, surveillance aircraft, and logistical assistance to Benin and shares intelligence with Nigeria to help thwart the coup attempt. (Reuters)

The Southern Transitional Council (STC) captures all eight southern governorates of Yemen, opening possibilities for it to claim independence. Saudi Arabia withdraws all of its troops from Aden. (The Guardian)

Yemen's airspace briefly closes as a result of the STC offensive. (AP)

A Thai soldier is killed and eight others are injured after Cambodia shells Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand. (Bangkok Post)

Thai F-16 jets carry out airstrikes on Cambodian military targets in Oddar Meanchey province and Preah Vihear, killing four Cambodian civilians and wounding ten more. (Al Jazeera)

The Royal Thai Air Force carries out several airstrikes against Cambodia, killing nine civilians and wounding 20 more. (Al Jazeera)

Three Thai soldiers are killed and 29 more injured during clashes with Cambodian soldiers. (Al Jazeera)

The death toll during the clashes between the Thai Army and the Cambodian Army at the border increases to eight Thai soldiers, eleven Cambodian civilians and four Thai civilians. (Al Jazeera)

Israel carries out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon, allegedly targeting Hezbollah's site. (Al Jazeera)

The Rapid Support Forces capture Heglig, Sudan's largest oilfield, after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdraw from the area. (Al Jazeera)

Dozens of people are killed in a drone strike by the Sudanese Armed Forces on an oil field in Heglig, West Kordofan, Sudan. (AP)

M23 captures Sange, South Kivu, from the Congolese government and Burundian troops. (Al Jazeera) (SOS Media Burundi)

M23 enter Uvira, with at least 20,000 people fleeing across the Burundi–DRC border and reach Bujumbura. (Actualité in French) (TRT World)

M23 takes control of Uvira, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP via ABC News)

The United States Coast Guard seizes an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The ship was flying the Guyanese flag, despite not being registered in that country, and was en route to a port in Cuba. (CNBC) (Reuters)

Three members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are killed after an ambush by gunmen in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (AP)

At least 34 people are killed and 80 more injured in a Tatmadaw airstrike on a hospital in Mrauk U, Rakhine State, Myanmar. (AP via ABC News) (BBC News)

Two people are killed and two others injured by a Russian guided bomb strike on a shop in Velyka Pysarivka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (Ukrainska Pravda)

Eleven bandits are killed and several more injured in an ambush by the Nigerian Army in Sabon Birni, Sokoto State, Nigeria. The bandits allegedly planned an attack on a nearby village. (The Guardian)