The Guardian Europe
Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia student and green card holder, was detained for 104 days and missed his son's birth - all because the government didn't like his pro-Palestinian advocacy. Kafka would be proud.
The Atlantic
Twenty-five years after Colin Powell stayed in Lima to sign a democracy charter while America burned, Marco Rubio visits Peru to promote a foreign policy where "democracy" gets three mentions and "interests" gets 36.
The Guardian Europe
The world's on fire, and the top US diplomat is apparently too busy pandering to notice. Someone hand him a fire extinguisher - or a spine.
BBC World
Trump gives his cabinet the slip via a catering truck, leaving them on a decoy Air Force One while he jets off on a mystery plane - security theater at its finest.
The Guardian Europe
China fires live rounds in Japan's EEZ for the first time, disputes island status, and clashes with Philippines in South China Sea - all before breakfast.
The Guardian Europe
Venezuela's government and opposition will talk about democracy, but the most popular opposition leader is left out, and elections are still a distant dream.
The Guardian
Trump shares a peace draft that everyone's already seen, threatens to blow up Oman, and Iran arrests 6,000 people. Diplomacy, folks.
The Atlantic
The Trump administration has left over 100 ambassador posts empty, preferring to conduct diplomacy through family and cronies - because who needs actual diplomats when you've got vibes and goodfellas?
BBC World
Russia threatens more strikes on Kyiv, tells diplomats to leave, and Ukraine calls it blackmail - meanwhile, the air defence system works overtime.
BBC World
Rubio's in India to hawk US energy while Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, because nothing says 'solution' like a longer, pricier shipping route.
The Guardian Europe
CIA director drops in on Cuba for tea and a chat; Cubans politely remind everyone they're not terrorists.
The Good Times
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