News Minute - Video of Major World Affairs – July 21
Overnight Russian drone attack on Sumy leaves number of people injured
Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels say they will block Saudi shipping in Red Sea
Philippines accuses Chinese coast guard of injuring Filipino sailor in disputed shoal
LONDON (AP) – Former British politician Ann Widdecombe was struck 21 times on the head with a hammer as she was eating lunch at home, a prosecutor told a court hearing on Tuesday for the man charged in her murder.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Rescue crews in Afghanistan searched Tuesday for survivors and bodies in the rubble of houses destroyed by devastating flash floods that authorities said have killed at least 23 people and left more than 100 missing.
Lebanon’s president meets with Trump at White House
Today in History. Today is Tuesday, July 21, the 202nd day of 2026. There are 163 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 21, 1925, the so-called “Monkey Trial” ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with John T. Scopes found guilty of violating state law for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. (The conviction was later overturned.)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Tropical Storm Bertha formed Monday evening in the Gulf of Mexico south of the Florida Panhandle as it drifts erratically toward populated coastal areas bearing a threat of heavy rain, storm surge and damaging wind gusts, forecasters say.