Anthony Albanese became the first Australian prime minister to win reelection since 2004 in a race that featured the looming presence of President Donald Trump—but was about far more than the U.S. leader, FP’s Amelia Lester writes.

The party, led by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, secured 87 of 97 seats, Salil Tripathi writes.

The United Nations’ top court said that it “manifestly” lacked the authority to hear the case due to the fact that the UAE has opted out of Article 9 of the Genocide Convention, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi reports in Africa Brief.

Whether the tension between the neighboring countries spirals into nuclear conflict is an open question, FP’s Sumit Ganguly writes.

The deal will reportedly ensure that 99 percent of India’s exports to the United Kingdom receive zero tariffs, FP’s Michael Kugelman writes in South Asia Brief.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the activists had arrived stateside following a “precise operation”—though Caracas has said that they were allowed to leave the country following negotiations, FP’s Catherine Osborn reports in Latin America Brief.

Prevost, who was born in Chicago, has spent the bulk of his adult life in Italy and Peru. He shares the late Pope Francis’s vision for “a better kind of politics,” Christopher White writes.

The Kremlin is hoping the leaders’ presence will demonstrate to the West that attempts to isolate Russia on the world stage have largely failed, FP’s Alexandra Sharp writes in World Brief.

The post seemed to fail to take into consideration that only the Sith—the well-known villains of the Star Wars franchise—possess red lightsabers.

Each snail takes eight years to reach sexual maturity, after which it lays about five eggs a year, The Associated Press reports.