A Russian military officer was killed in a Sevastopol bomb attack, while separate Ukrainian drone strikes hit an Orsk oil refinery and a passenger train in Odesa, amid escalating hostilities and rising July civilian casualties.
A former senior Australian naval officer faces a court martial over charges linked to lucrative military contracts awarded in Western Australia before 2022. The officer's identity is suppressed, referred to as "Officer Brown," sparking debate on transparency from Greens spokesperson David Shoebridge.
Yoshitha Rajapaksa, 38, has been arrested on charges of aiding and abetting recruitment without minimum qualifications and misusing state funds for overseas training. He is already an accused in two money-laundering cases and was previously out on bail.
