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  1. 01

    UNITED STATES

    AI executive order drop?

    The White House could release its new AI and cybersecurity executive order as soon as today (Thurs), formalising a new inter-agency process to review advanced AI models before public release. (Politico)

  2. 02

    BOLIVIA

    Morales conviction sparks chaos.

    A Bolivian court’s arrest warrant for leftist ex-leader Evo Morales has fuelled mass protests. The court issued the warrant after Morales failed to show for his trial over claims he impregnated a minor while in office. (Foreign Policy)

  3. 03

    ISRAEL

    Outrage at Ben-Gvir flotilla stunt.

    Various countries (including Italy, France, Canada, the UK, and the Netherlands) have summoned Israeli ambassadors over a video of natsec minister Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting the prostrated detainees from an international activist flotilla. (BBC)

  4. 04

    IRAN

    Who’s in charge here.

    Iran’s IRGC navy has claimed it just coordinated the safe passage of 26 vessels (including tankers and container ships) through Hormuz. Meanwhile, mediators Qatar and Pakistan are now reportedly drafting a letter of intent to end the US-Iran war then open a 30-day window for nuclear and Hormuz talks. (Al Jazeera)

  5. 05

    KENYA

    AI push kicks off.

    Organisers are touting Africa’s biggest public-private AI summit in Nairobi this week, backed by Kenya (plus Germany), and corporates like Mastercard. (The Star)

  6. 06

    PERU

    Super El Niño on the horizon?

    Peruvian scientists are tracking a massive subsurface Kelvin wave (basically a 14,500km / 9,000mi-long blob of warm water) across the equatorial Pacific, raising the odds of a brutal El Niño hitting later in 2026. (Washington Post $)

  7. 07

    JAPAN

    Tokuryu crime surge.

    Police are warning of shady new online tokuryu networks after arresting four teenagers over a botched home robbery that left a 69-year-old woman dead in Tochigi —they’d just been recruited online for the robbery hours earlier. (Nippon)

  8. 08

    CUBA

    Raúl Castro indicted.

    After a week of rumours, the US justice department has unsealed an indictment charging 94-year-old former leader Raúl Castro and five co-defendants over the 1996 shoot-down of two Cessnas in international airspace helping rafters flee the regime. Meanwhile, leaks continue to flag that the US is ramping up its consideration of military options. (The Hill)

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