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Yemen’s Houthis claim the first strike on container ships in two weeks
Yemen's Houthi armed group claims to have targeted a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden, its first maritime action since Israel struck the port city of Hodeidah on July 20. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokeswoman, stated in a televised broadcast on Sunday that ballistic missiles struck the MV Groton. According to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations and the British security firm Ambrey, the vessel was attacked by a missile on Saturday 125 nautical miles (230 km) east of Yemen's port of Aden. Both stated that no water intrusion or oil leaks were seen.
Violence injures 10 police officers as masked rioters barge into asylum seekers’ hotel
Police, including some on horseback, attempted to separate the crowd from the hotel entrance, but a sizable group forced their way inside by destroying an adjacent glass door. Masked anti-immigration protesters threw chairs at police and shattered windows as they burst into a hotel sheltering asylum seekers in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Objects such as rocks and large pieces of wood were hurled at the Holiday Inn Express and the police officers who stood in front of the hotel to protect it.
Trump ally says GOP attack on Harris’s race a ‘phoney dispute’
Byron Donalds, a Trump loyalist, and ABC host George Stephanopoulos sparred on Sunday over Republicans' attack line challenging Kamala Harris' racial identity. During an appearance with ABC's This Week, the Republican Florida lawmaker described the issue as a "phoney controversy" and stated, "I don't really care." He echoed the former president's remarks at the NABJ convention, saying that Kamala Harris was the first Indian American senator in the US Senate, as reported by the Associated Press. Now that she's running nationwide, the campaign has clearly transformed. "They're talking a lot about her father's heritage and her Black identity."
Biden wants Supreme Court reform. Does it die on arrival?
For decades, calls to alter the United States Supreme Court have echoed through the political environment, fueled by scandal and criticism of the institution's alleged political bent. In the last year alone, two justices have been accused of accepting luxurious vacations from Republican contributors. One was found flying political flags outside his home, one of several incidents that have raised concerns about the court's neutrality. Experts, however, believe that President Joe Biden's decision on Monday to propose broad reforms to the court represents a watershed moment.
Trump 2020 election meddling case resumes following immunity judgment
Donald Trump's criminal prosecution for attempting to overturn the 2020 election was expected to continue on Friday with limited accusations, following the US Supreme Court's judgment that granted previous presidents wide immunity and remanded the matter to the supervising trial judge. The official transfer of authority back to US District Judge Tanya Chutkan allows her to issue a scheduling order outlining how she plans to proceed, including whether she would hold public hearings to determine how to apply the immunity ruling.
Protesters target mosque as unrest erupts
Protesters battled with police in Sunderland as they gathered for a scheduled march in response to the Southport knife attack. Stones and beer cans were thrown at officers in riot gear outside a mosque in the city. Mounted officers pushed back demonstrators, some of whom were wearing masks, from the mosque on St Mark's Road.
The Russian prisoner swap deal was supposed to include Alexei Navalny
On Thursday evening, a group of associates of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gathered at Cologne airport to await the arrival of a plane from Ankara. On board were 13 persons who had been imprisoned in Russian jails until that morning, including three people who had worked as Navalny's regional coordinators in several Russian cities and had been detained for "extremism." After a trade in Turkey, they were released, along with Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other Americans returning home on a separate plane.
Dozens of children murdered in Bangladesh protests—Unicef
According to the United Nations Children's Agency, at least 32 children died during student protests in Bangladesh last month. According to a spokeswoman for Unicef, the youngest child slain was under the age of five, and the majority of those who perished were spectators. They were among more than 200 individuals slain amid demonstrations over public service employment quotas.
Sunderland police face beer barrels and stones as UK turmoil continues
Beer barrels and stones were thrown at police in Sunderland on Friday as they attempted to control several hundred demonstrators on another night of unrest. The demonstrators, some of whom wore balaclavas, flung the objects in a standoff outside a mosque on St Mark's Road that officers guarded. An overturned automobile was set on fire, and rioters activated fire extinguishers at officers. Northumbria police recommended the public avoid Sunderland's city center due to the "ongoing disorder."
Turkey blocks Instagram after Hamas leader assassination
The restriction on access to the social media giant comes after accusations. Instagram had erased posts from Turkish users expressing their condolences on the death of Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh. Instagram access was prohibited in Turkey on Friday as part of the country's ongoing crackdown on websites. According to reports, the access restriction was imposed in retaliation to Instagram removing posts from Turkish users expressing condolences over the death of Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Kamala Harris is formally picked as the Democratic nominee
US Vice President Kamala Harris has passed the Democratic presidential nomination barrier in a ballot of party delegates. Ms. Harris spoke on the phone, saying she was "honored to be the presumptive nominee" as the virtual roll call continued ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago later this month. Ms Harris is the first black woman and the first South Asian woman to serve as the White House standard bearer of a major US political party.
British prisoner released from Russia believed he was ‘taken to his execution’
Dual UK–Russian citizen Vladimir Kara-Murza and American journalist Evan Gershkovich were among those released on Thursday in the largest East-West prisoner exchange since the Cold War. A British citizen who was released in the largest prisoner swap with Russia since the Cold War has said that he believed he was being led to his death. Speaking in Bonn, Germany, Vladimir Kara-Murza stated that on the day he was abducted from his jail cell in Siberia and transferred to the Russian capital, he had no knowledge he was part of the prisoner swap.