Harris’ overambitious immigration mandate sets up Trump attacks

As vice president, Kamala Harris had a broad mandate to tackle problems contributing to a surge in migration from Central America to the US: Fight corruption, lure investment, strengthen the rule of law, promote human rights and battle organized crime. Three years later, there’s little to show for the effort.

$10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt

“The investigation referenced found no wrongdoing and was closed,” a spokesman for Trump’s presidential campaign said in an email. “None of the allegations or insinuations being reported on have any basis in fact.”

Somali police say 32 people died in an attack on a beach hotel. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility.

Police in Somalia said Saturday that 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the previous evening.

As recruiting rebounds, the Army will expand basic training to rebuild the force for modern warfare

Buoyed by an increase in recruiting, the Army will expand its basic combat training in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of future wars.

22 injured during explosion in paddock area at Germany’s Nuerburgring auto racing track

Twenty-two people have been injured during an explosion in the padlock area of Germany’s famous auto racing circuit Nuerburgring.

Marseille and the sea: A portrait of the millennia-old port city that is hosting Olympic sailing

Marseille, host of the 2024 Olympics sailing competition, is a city of contrasts. It’s a millennia-old port, crossroads of cultures and faiths, where the sea is ever present but not equally accessible, and the beauty and cosmopolitan flair rub shoulders with enclaves of poverty and exclusion.

British police braced for more far-right violence over the weekend after another night of disorder

Police across the U.K. are bracing for more violence following another night of rioting by far-right protesters that saw four officers hospitalized after a tense stand-off outside a mosque in northeast England.

IOC leader says ‘hate speech’ directed at Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting at Olympics is unacceptable

IOC President Thomas Bach says the “hate speech” directed at two women boxers at the Paris Olympics is “totally unacceptable.”

Iran says a short-range projectile killed Hamas’ Haniyeh and reiterates vows of retaliation

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said a short-range projectile was behind the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and accused the United States of supporting the attack which it blamed on Israel, state TV reported Saturday.

Israel kills militants in the West Bank as a nervous region watches latest on cease-fire talks

Two Israeli airstrikes in the West Bank killed nine Palestinian militants on Saturday, Israel’s army said, as violence flared again in the Israeli-occupied territory with tensions high over the war in Gaza and a potential regional escalation.

Liberty Bridge, 1967

South Vietnam, August 1967: A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 works on the “Liberty Bridge” across the Thu Bon River, 20 miles south of Da Nang.

Review of Venezuela opposition-provided vote tallies casts doubt on government’s election results

An Associated Press analysis of vote tally sheets released by Venezuela’s main opposition party indicates that their candidate won significantly more votes in Sunday’s election than the government has claimed, casting serious doubt on the official declaration that President Nicolás Maduro won.

Parties in lawsuits seeking damages for Maui fires reach $4B global settlement, court filings say

The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year’s Maui wildfires have reached a $4 billion global settlement, a court filing said Friday, nearly one year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.

Vietnam’s president confirmed as new Communist Party chief — the country’s most powerful role

Vietnamese President To Lam was confirmed Saturday as the new chief of the Communist Party after his predecessor died July 19.

Mexican army acknowledges some of its soldiers have been killed by cartel bomb-dropping drones

The Mexican army acknowledged for the first time Friday that some of its soldiers have been killed by bomb-dropping drones operated by drug cartels.

Defense Secretary overrides plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind, two other defendants

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has overridden a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death penalty cases.

Few Americans trust the Secret Service after a gunman nearly killed Trump, an AP-NORC poll finds

Most Americans have doubts about the Secret Service’s ability to keep presidential candidates safe after last month’s attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life, a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds.