Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 09:00 GMT, July 31, 2023

Niger coup leaders warned against any armed intervention in the country ahead of an emergency summit of West African leaders.

Niger's army has officially backed a group of soldiers in their coup attempt, despite a defiant stance by the overthrown president, Mohamed Bazoum. 

Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum says democracy will be restored following a coup attempt against him.

Both ECOWAS and the African Union has lashed what they called an "attempted coup d'etat."

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on his ministers and army chiefs to work on the country's military postures in Africa, amid the complete withdrawal of thousands of its troops from Mali.

France has praised its troops who killed civilians during a standoff in Niger last month after allegedly conducting an investigation into the incident. 

Iran’s president defends the draft documents his country has presented in the latest round of talks with the remaining signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal.

Sixteen soldiers are killed and 10 injured in a militant attack in central Mali, officials say.

The Takfiri Boko Haram terrorist group attacks a military post in southern Niger, killing 16 soldiers and wounding nine more, the Nigerien Defense Ministry says.