LOS ANGELES -- A U.S. federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration violated a 19th-century law when it deployed National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles in early June to quell protests against federal immigration raids.
Charles Breyer, senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, wrote in a ruling that the Trump administration violated the Posse Comitatus Act that prohibits the use of the U.S. military to execute domestic law without approval from Congress.
The ruling bars the Trump administration from "deploying, ordering, instructing, training, or using the National Guard currently deployed in California, and any military troops heretofore deployed in California, to execute the laws." (US-California-Ruling)
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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said Tuesday it launched multiple attacks on targets in Israel, including the Israeli army's General Staff headquarters in Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion International Airport, and a vessel in the northern Red Sea.
In a statement aired on the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, military spokesman Yahya Sarea claimed that "a Sammad-4 drone struck the Israeli army's General Staff building" in Tel Aviv. He added that other drones targeted a power station in Hadera, Ben Gurion Airport, and the Port of Ashdod.
Sarea also said the group launched two drones and a cruise missile at the container ship MSC Aby in the northern Red Sea, accusing the vessel of maintaining trade links with Israeli ports. (Yemen-Houthi Attack)
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ISLAMABAD -- Floods and rain-triggered accidents across Pakistan claimed 18 lives and injured 29 others in the past 24 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said Tuesday.
The eastern Punjab province and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir reported seven deaths each, followed by four in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to the NDMA.
The causes of death included flood-related drowning, structural collapses due to water damage, and accidental electrocutions as water levels rose in urban and semi-urban areas. (Pakistan-Flood-Rain)
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GOMA, DR Congo -- The March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to pursue the peace process under Qatari mediation, despite ongoing differences with the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
At a press conference in Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province that has been under M23 control since late January, Corneille Nangaa, head of the Congo River Alliance, a politico-military coalition allied with the M23, voiced confidence in Qatar's mediation efforts even as disputes with Kinshasa persist.
The remarks came as the DRC government and the M23 resumed discussions in Doha, following the signing on July 19 of a Declaration of Principles intended to start negotiations by Aug. 8 and target a peace accord by Aug. 18. These deadlines have not been met, but Doha remains the only venue for direct dialogue in recent weeks. (DRC-M23-Peace process) ■
