Here are some of the stories we are covering from around the world:

Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels

President Trump has secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels that his administration has deemed terrorist organizations, according to people familiar with the matter.

India’s Modi Left Soul-Searching After Failed Courtships of Xi and Trump

The collapse of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-stakes efforts to transform ties with the world’s two superpowers has exposed the limits of India’s leverage.

A Starfish Has Captivated Argentina. It Didn’t Ask to Be Political.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Argentina have watched a livestream of a deep sea exploration, partly out of interest in nature and partly as a form of activism as President Javier Milei threatens to cut state-funded science.

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