China Gets More Airtime Around the World as Voice of America Signs Off—Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after Trump dismantled government-funded outlets Aruna Viswanatha Alexandra Wexler Snow Clarence Leong wsj.com/world/china/vo… wsj.com/world/china/vo…

Among the State Department offices cut was the Office of Multilateral Affairs within EAP, which managed U.S. engagement with the countries that make up ASEAN and coordinated the diplomatic response to China’s actions in the South China Sea washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Hungarian authorities have declined to detain or arrest the tens of thousands of participants who took part in Budapest’s LGBTQ+ Pride parade last month, the city’s police said, despite looming fears of an after-the-fact crackdown. wapo.st/44N100M

The Trump administration is rolling back programs that were meant to assist more than 250,000 Afghans with planned resettlement in the U.S. Many, including those who risked their lives to help Americans, could now face retribution from the Taliban. wapo.st/4lDLyLF

After 4 months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s hospitals now have wards for the malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones. Aid groups had warned of this for more than a year. Now a worst case scenario is upon us. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

Trump says he spoke to the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand to urge them to reach a ceasefire -- suggesting he'd impose heavy tariffs if the deadly border conflict continues, via Naftali Bendavid & Joshua Yang washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

“I don’t know what you would call it other than mass starvation, and it’s man-made, and that’s very clear,” World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

India was one of the first countries to start trade talks w/the Trump administration. It made many early concessions, including tariff reductions. It’s been increasing US goods imports & investing in US for years. Trump calls India a friend. India was still hit with 25% tariffs.

For those in DC, pick up a copy of the print The Washington Post, where we have published a portion of the known names of the 18,500+ children killed so far in Gaza

A hastily organized effort to revise voter rolls in the eastern state of Bihar has been marked by technical glitches, absent documents and widespread confusion. I report on the special intensive revision in Bihar, gift link: wapo.st/474QfK4

These are the rare aerial images of Gaza that the Israeli military prevented other outlets from photographing. A team effort with heidi levine, Evan Hill and Sammy Westfall: Scenes of destruction and displacement from the skies above Gaza. washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

US India relations have plunged to their lowest point in at least a decade. In working to push India away from Russia, Trump may run up against a tall obstacle: “the deep-seated Indian belief that you need to have friendships that go beyond the West.” wapo.st/4msQm6z

My debut column for The Washington Post: The end of the (prelapsarian) Trump-Modi bromance washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/…

The U.S. and Israel bombed Yemen — and now the cholera cases are everywhere. My latest for WaPo:

Some personal news! I’m excited to be reporting for the Wall Street Journal stateside after the last few months based in the U.K. I’ll be in DC for the next few months and then permanently in NYC as a News Associate. Reach out for tips/coffee - [email protected]