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#washingtonpost.com. × DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters. D.C. employees of the institute, founded and funded by Congress, received late-night termination notices, though most of its overseas staff were left in place.

#washingtonpost.com. × Turkish opposition stages rally, announces campaign to defeat Erdogan. Turkey’s leading opposition party is trying to channel anger over the arrest of a key Erdogan challenger into a sustained political movement.

#washingtonpost.com. × Academy apologizes for muted response to Palestinian director’s assault. Olivia Colman and Joaquin Phoenix were among more than 600 Academy members who criticized leaders after Israeli settlers reportedly attacked “No Other Land” director Hamdan Ballal.

#washingtonpost.com. × Julio Simón, Argentine torturer convicted in landmark case, dies at 84. The 2006 trial for atrocities during Argentina’s military dictatorship began a wave of prosecutions more than a generation after the junta.

#washingtonpost.com. × Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints. An secret memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense. The guidance mimics language of a report from the conservative think t

#washingtonpost.com. × Deadly Russian attacks leave Ukrainians questioning point of ceasefire. “This is the result of peace negotiations with Putin,” said one Ukrainian, after a Russian attack in Dnipro killed four people and injured more than 20 on Saturday.

#washingtonpost.com. × China wants to lead the world in robots — from dogs to dancers. Beijing is promoting China’s robotics sector as part of its drive to own the technologies of the future. It is fast closing the gap with the United States.

#washingtonpost.com. × Death toll in Myanmar quake jumps to over 1,000 as damage comes into focus. An additional 2,376 people were injured, according to the country’s military junta. At least eight people were killed in neighboring Thailand.

#washingtonpost.com. × Israel strikes Beirut suburb in first attack on capital since ceasefire. Fears are mounting that the months-long ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is at risk of collapse, as conflicts elsewhere in the region expand.

#washingtonpost.com. × At least 144 dead after earthquake strikes Myanmar, a country in crisis. The 7.7 quake in Myanmar hit an isolated nation already reeling from civil war. Across the border in Thailand, dozens were trapped under a collapsed building.

#washingtonpost.com. × New U.S mineral deal imposes onerous conditions, Ukrainian officials say. Ukraine says the minerals deal presented by the United States differs substantially from an earlier framework that had been agreed upon.

#washingtonpost.com. × See the aftermath of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand. The epicenter of the quake was in Myanmar’s second-largest city of Mandalay and was felt as far away as 600 miles away in Bangkok.

#washingtonpost.com. × Before DOGE, Argentina’s Javier Milei took a chainsaw to his government. In an interview with The Washington Post, Milei celebrated Elon Musk’s embrace of his chainsaw, calling it “an emblem of the new golden era of humanity.”

#washingtonpost.com. × Live briefing: Mass evacuations as Israel strikes Beirut suburb. It is the first time Israel has struck the Lebanese capital since Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire late last year.

#washingtonpost.com. × Taiwanese soldiers guarding president’s office were spying for China. Four Taiwanese soldiers have been jailed for passing information to China in a case that analysts say shows the extent of Beijing’s infiltration of Taipei.

#washingtonpost.com. × China offers ‘safe’ place for investment, Xi tells execs amid trade war. In a rare meeting with heads of 40 multinational companies, Chinese leader Xi Jinping sought to strike a contrast with protectionist President Donald Trump.

#washingtonpost.com. × 7.7-magnitude earthquake hits Myanmar and neighboring Thailand. The quake hit 10 miles from Myanmar’s second-largest city. The number of dead could not be immediately verified, but buildings as far away as Bangkok collapsed.

#washingtonpost.com. × North Korea claims to have made ‘suicide attack drones’ that use AI. Kim Jong Un’s regime is trying to update its weapons capabilities, as its soldiers learn about modern warfare in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

#washingtonpost.com. × For exiled Tibetans, U.S. funding was always about more than just aid. U.S. funding has helped Tibetan refugees from China establish a thriving community in India. The future of that support is now in doubt after Trump’s aid cuts.

#washingtonpost.com. × Column | Trump’s war on universities puts U.S. in an autocratic club. Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest reflects a wider global trend of nationalist leaders targeting universities as hotbeds of radicalism, such as in Hungary, India and Turkey.

#washingtonpost.com. × A rock sat in a school for years. Scientists say it’s a fossil jackpot.. A paleontologist discovered dinosaur footprints in the roughly 200 million year old boulder, which was donated to an Australian school two decades ago.

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump reverses termination of program tracking mass child abductions in Ukraine. The rare reversal of a Trump administration edict terminating a program to track mass child abductions in Ukraine follows a Washington Post report and concerns from U.S. lawmakers and Christian evangel

#washingtonpost.com. × Tiny dachshund survives 16 months on remote island but eludes rescuers. Her owners call her a “princess.” But little Valerie has likely toughened up, says the wildlife group looking for her, living off roadkill and evading poisonous snakes.

#washingtonpost.com. × Netanyahu’s budget victory gives him room to pursue political agenda. The Israeli leader bought himself a form of insurance for up to 18 months as he navigates a constellation of conflicts at home and in Gaza.

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