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Major shipping companies opt out of the waters off the coast of Yemen following attacks and a US aircraft carrier may be headed for the troubled waters off Yemen but first....
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom calling on the Biden Administration to designate India as a "country of particular concern".
The commission noting recent efforts by India's government to silence individuals living outside of India.
This statement follows the murder in Canada earlier this year of Sikh nationalist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar and the discovery of a plot by US authorities against Sikh activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY
SIX UKRAINIAN DRONES DOWNED OVER CRIMEA TONIGHT. THIS AFTER 26 OTHER DRONES WERE SHOT DOWN EARLIER IN THE DAY...TASS RUSSIA
Game publisher Activision Blizzard settling with the California Human Rights Department over alleged discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace.
The settlement totals 46.8 million US dollars...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN A UKRAINIAN CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY A COUNCIL MEMBER SETTING OFF GRENADES.
ONE PERSON DEAD AND 26 WOUNDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT WHICH WAS RECORDED ON VIDEO...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS ..."X" SOCIAL MEDIA POST (VIDEO EMBED)
35-year-old Michael Cassidy charged in connection with the damage to the Satanic Temple display at the Iowa State Capitol.
Cassidy is from Mississippi he's a former US Navy pilot and recent unsuccessful state legislative candidate.
He is accused of fourth-degree criminal mischief which carries a maximum sentence of a year in prison and a 2,560 dollar fine...BBC NEWS
"the acute effects of ketamine"
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner reporting on the death of actor Matthew Perry.
The report also cites contributing factors including drowning, coronary artery disease and effects of medication used to treat opioid use disorder.
Perry dying an accidental death according to the report...VARIETY
US POLITICS THE HARVARD-HARRIS POLL PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WINNING EITHER A TWO -WAY RACE WITH JOE BIDEN OR IN A MULTI-CANDIDATE FIELD.
ITS 52-48 PERCENT TWO-WAY OR 43-35 PERCENT IN A MULTI-CANDIDATE FIELD WITH ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. AT 17 PERCENT AND CORNEL WEST AND JILL STEIN AT 2 PERCENT EACH.
THIS POLL MATCHES RON DESANTIS AND NIKKI HALEY AGAINST JOE BIDEN AND IN BOTH CASES BIDEN IN THE WINNER BY 2 PERCENTAGE POINTS OVER HALEY AND THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS OVER DESANTIS...REAL CLEARPOLITICS LATEST POLLS.
FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI, WHO SERVED AS A LAWYER ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, ORDERED BY A FEDERAL JURY IN ATLANTA TO PAY 148 MILLION DOLLARS.
THE SUIT BROUGHT BY TWO ELECTION WORKERS IN FULTON COUNTY GEORGIA WHERE HANDLING OF VOTES WAS QUESTIONED FOLLOWING THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION...AFP FRANCE-DIGITAL JOURNAL
The mother of a six-year-old child who shot his teacher in Virginia sentenced to two years in prison.
26-year-old Deja Taylor involved in the case where her son shot elementary school teacher Abby Zwerner at the Richneck Elementary School in Newport News back in January.
Zwerner seriously injured in that shooting is suing the school district for 40 million dollars saying administrators ignored several warnings that the child had a gun...BBC NEWS
TONIGHT ISRAEL'S WAR CABINET APPROVING THE USE OF AN ISRAELI BORDER CROSSING TO SEND AID INTO GAZA.
AN 'URGENT SECURITY NEED' CITED IN APPROVING THE MOVEMENT OF MORE AID...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TONIGHT, THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES SPOKESMAN SAYS IDF TROOPS MISTAKENLY KILLED THREE HOSTAGES IN GAZA THIS MORNING...TIMES OF ISRAEL
A civil lawsuit filed here in the US against a French concrete conglomerate for supporting the Islamic State in Syria.
Lafarge S.A. has already pled guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to providing support to both ISIS and the Al-Nusra Front terrorist groups in Syria.
Al-Nusra involved in starting the Syrian Civil War against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in 2011.
The civil lawsuit filed today involved Yazidis who were victims of the terrorist campaign of ISIS in Syria and Iraq almost a decade ago...ABC NEWS
TURKISH WARPLANES ATTACKING KURDISH TARGETS IN NORTHERN IRAQ...SHAFAQ NEWS IRAQ
In France the government of President Emmanuel Macron wants to push through immigration legislation next week after a vote failed this week in the National Assembly.
One sticking point registering foreign workers in France some members supporting the government in the assembly object to general registration of those workers.
A 14-member committee of the Senate and National Assembly working on the bill which is expected to come out for a vote by Tuesday of next week...(BFM-TV France)
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran says that the US aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower has moved out of the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian media noting the aircraft carrier's movement in the context of the Yemeni attacks in and around the Arabian Sea and Red Sea...PRESS TV IRAN...
More on the situation off the coast of Yemen later in the summary.
IN CANADA GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION (BILL C-21) PASSING THE SENATE 60-24.
THE CONTROVERSIAL PLAN OF PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S LIBERAL PARTY GOVERNMENT SET TO BECOME LAW.
RESTRICTIVE MEASURES IN THE BILL INCLUDE A BAN ON SALE, PURCHASE OR TRANSFER OF HAND-HELD FIREARMS AND 'YELLOW FLAG' AND 'RED FLAG' PROVISIONS REGARDING FIREARMS OWNERS BEING A 'THREAT' TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS...CTV NEWS CANADA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 56.81 points.
The NASDAQ rose 52.36 points.
The price of oil after the close of trading today 71 dollars and 78 cents a barrel up 20 cents...MARKETWATCH
A POLICE STATION ATTACKED IN SOUTHEASTERN IRAN TODAY. 11 KILLED AND SIX WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK BLAMED ON TERRORISTS...PRESS TV IRAN
MULTIPLE ATTACKS REPORTED ON MERCHANT SHIPS OFF THE COAST OF YEMEN
MAJOR SHIPPING COMPANIES AVOIDING WATERS OFF YEMEN FOR NOW
CALLS FOR ACTION AGAINST HOUTHIS
HOUTHI LEADER WARNS AGAINST ATTACK ON YEMEN
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Ali al-Qahoum, a member of the Houthi politburo, telling the Al-Mayadeen media outlet in Lebanon affiliated with Hezbollah that any hostility from foreign forces against Yemen will have dire consequences...(Al Jazeera Qatar)
Shipping companies Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd deciding to avoid using the Red Sea due to attacks on merchant ships off the coast of Yemen.
The European Shipowners Association and European Transport Union calling for international action against the Houthis...NOS NETHERRLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
The US military reporting attacks on merchant vessels off Yemen with the Houthis claiming strikes at three vessels...BBC NEWS...
The warship USS Mason moving to assist one of the vessels attack...JENNIFER GRIFFIN FOX NEWS "X"...
In the Red Sea an attack on a Liberian flagged cargo ship. The projectile striking the "Al Jasrah" came from Yemen.
The cargo vessel caught fire...ASSOCIATED PRESS-OUTLOOK INDIA
A BRITISH JUDGE RULING THAT PRINCE HARRY WAS THE VICTIM OF PHONE HACKING BY THE 'MIRROR GROUP' OF TABLOID NEWSPAPERS.
DAMAGES OF 140,600 POUNDS (179,550 US DOLLARS) AWARDED OVER THE HACKING BETWEEN 2003 AND 2009...BBC NEWS BLOG
While Hungary was not present when the EU voted to start membership talks with Ukraine Hungary prevented an additional 50 billion Euros (54.4 billion US Dollars) in aid from being approved for Ukraine...NEWS AGENCIES-MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
China's Défense Ministry warning the US about the status of the Taiwan Strait.
Spokesman Zhang Xiaogang saying there are no "international waters" between the mainland of China and the island of Taiwan.
He says the US needs to "careful in statements and actions concerning the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea".
US military aircraft and naval ships continue to move through the Taiwan Strait and disputed South China Sea areas on a regular basis...TASS RUSSIA
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MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG
Heavy Israeli attacks in southern Gaza tonight...(Al Jazeera)
A journalist working for Al Jazeera killed by Israeli forces today...(Al Jazeera)
In other news...
After two rounds of voting the newly elected Dutch House of Representatives picking Martin Bosma of the PVV Party of Freedom as Speaker.
Bosma taking the gavel promising to be a neutral arbiter as Speaker. He noted the "high price" the leader of his party Geert Wilders has to pay in terms of being under heavy security.
The talks leading to the formation of a new government in the Netherlands expected to take months... NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN OREGON A FEDERAL AGENT ACCUSED OF STRIKING A BICYCLIST EARLIER THIS YEAR GETTING THE CASE BUMPED UP TO FEDERAL COURT.
THE FEDERAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENT ACCUSED OF RUNNING A STOP SIGN IN SALEM AND KILLING 53-YEAR OLD MARGANNE ALLEN.
IN FEDERAL COURT THE AGENT WILL BE ABLE TO CLAIM IMMUNITY FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION...MAXINE BERNSTEIN OREGON LIVE "X" POST (LINKED TO ARTICLE MOSTLY BLOCKED BY PAY WALL)
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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