Our daily flight around the world

🇿🇦 *Samuel L. Jackson voice* I’ve had it with this… South African pilot Rudolph Erasmus had a real-life Snakes on a Plane moment on Monday, when he discovered a highly-venomous cobra under his seat while carrying four passengers 11,000 feet in the air. Thankfully he was able to make a safe emergency landing without upsetting the Cape cobra, which is considered one of Africa’s most-deadly snakes (a single bite can kill within one hour).

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israeli police clashed with Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem yesterday. Israeli law enforcement raided the mosque in an attempt to remove what they said were masked agitators, who locked themselves inside after attempts to remove them by dialogue failed. Palestinian witnesses said Israeli forces disrupted peaceful worshippers who were praying during Ramadan, and accused them of using excessive force including stun grenades, tear gas, and beatings with batons. The Al-Aqsa Mosque is considered the third-holiest site in the Islamic faith; it’s also the location of Temple Mount, the most sacred site in Judaism.

🌎 Law enforcement from 17 countries successfully took down the dark web marketplace Genesis Market. The international sting, dubbed Operation Cookie Monster, led to the arrests of 120 suspects involved in Genesis Market, which officials called “one of the most dangerous marketplaces selling stolen account credentials to hackers worldwide." The dark web marketplace featured more than 80 million stolen credentials and digital fingerprints from more than two million people up for sale, per the British National Crime Agency.