1. Why were more than 1,000 people trapped in Mexico’s Guadalajara Zoo overnight on Sunday?
The presence of low-flying drones over the city
A bomb threat made at the nearby Jalisco Stadium
Violence related to the capture of a cartel leader
Escaped zoo animals roaming the surrounding streets
As long as money can be made selling drugs, eliminating one cartel boss will simply lead to the installation of a replacement, Antonio De Loera-Brust argues.
3. Tunisian courts on Monday ordered the release from prison of prominent lawyer Ahmed Souab, who had been sentenced to five years for allegedly doing what? (Hint: He is a critic of President Kais Saied.)
Forming a terrorist group and spreading fake news
Fabricating documents for a trial against government officials
Mocking Saied in social media posts
Bribing a judge
Souab was arrested last April, shortly after speaking at a press conference criticizing Saied’s use of terrorism laws to convict critics, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief.
6. Zimbabwe on Wednesday suspended exports on raw minerals and lithium concentrates pending an investigation into what?
Reports of human rights abuses at mining sites
Contract irregularities at lithium mines
Malpractice during the exportation process
The recent disappearance of a dozen cargo trucks
Zimbabwe was on track to halt all lithium concentrate exports by January 2027 in a bid to process these minerals domestically to promote cleaner energy sources, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief.
7. An Iranian official on Thursday said a framework deal on Tehran’s nuclear program could be reached with the United States if Washington was willing to do what?
Allow for greater Iranian uranium enrichment
Separate nuclear and non-nuclear issues
Remove its regional military presence
Drop its demands concerning Iran’s ballistic missile program
Despite its military buildup near Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategic aims remain unclear, Daniel Byman writes.
8. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave AI company Anthropic until 5:01 p.m. on Friday to give the Pentagon unlimited access to its Claude program, or else he would potentially invoke the Defense Production Act. Hegseth also threatened one other possible punishment. What was it?
Arresting CEO Dario Amodei
Being stripped of all U.S. corporate tax incentives
Getting investigated by the FBI
Labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk
The conflict centers on whether the Pentagon can use Claude however it wants, or if it must provide Anthropic with a guarantee that it won’t use the program to conduct mass surveillance or develop human-free autonomous weapons, FP’s John Haltiwanger and Rishi Iyengar report in Situation Report.
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