🇪🇸 Spanish Vocabulary — 12 Jul 2026

"BUDAPEST: The assault on short-course swimming world records continued Saturday as Gretchen Walsh added two more to take her tally for the week to eight, while Jordan Crooks broke one record twice in the day and Summer McIntosh claimed a third and Noe Ponti a second mark of the week."

"Nigeria faces a number of security crises, with an Islamist insurgency by Boko Haram and its rival, the Islamic State West Africa Province."

"The insurgency has been ongoing for 20 years now, the longest of any in Balochistan."

"There are also reports that the US has deployed more fighter jets to its bases in some regional states, while the Turkish foreign minister has said that Israel is “looking for an opportunity” to strike Iran."

"Criminal gangs have become widespread in impoverished rural Nigeria, while jihadists continue to wage a 17-year insurgency in the north of the country."

"The Iran war, as well as the genocide in Gaza, have fuelled Islamophobia in many non-Muslim societies."

"Nigeria faces a number of security crises, with an Islamist insurgency by Boko Haram and its rival, the Islamic State West Africa Province."

"While KP and Balochistan have recorded the highest number of casualties in the ongoing wave of terrorism, Punjab has remained largely immune."

"Gangs made up of cattle rustlers and jihadists have terrorised communities in northern and central Nigeria, where they raid farmers’ land, steal cattle and kidnap people for ransom."

"They also impose levies on farmers who want to access their own land in protection rackets."

"Residents of Gummi said soldiers and local vigilantes had launched a campaign on Wednesday night against about 1,000 bandits who had stolen livestock."

"The offensive was initiated despite reports of a breakthrough in ongoing negotiations."

"Jihadists and bandits have long used mass kidnappings of elementary-schoolchildren to extract ransom payments and pursue other demands."