Kosovo’s major political parties turned down coalition-building efforts when preliminary results showed no clear majority, likely paving the way for gridlock, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief.

In response, a coalition of political factions aligned with the rival Rapid Support Forces announced that it would form its own parallel government, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief.

Although turnover has been common in Petro’s administration, the latest shake-up is likely to have bigger implications ahead of presidential elections next year, FP’s Catherine Osborn reports in Latin America Brief.

Among the reasons Trump gave for the decision was U.S. competition with China, which produces 54 percent of the world’s steel and nearly 60 percent of its aluminum, FP’s James Palmer writes in China Brief.

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s remarks at the summit demonstrated Washington’s growing alignment with the AI industry and its interests, FP’s Howard W. French writes.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s move was motivated by Trump’s plan to displace millions of Palestinians from Gaza, marking a stark departure from the leaders’ previously friendly relationship, Mahmoud Salem writes.

The premiers sought to dissuade the Trump administration from planned tariffs by highlighting the United States’ high level of economic integration with its northern neighbor, which Brad Setser recently discussed with FP’s Ravi Agrawal.

Rare earths actually aren’t particularly rare—but since China dominates global supply chains, they’re considered a strategic vulnerability in Washington, FP’s Christina Lu reports.

The rapidly increasing size of ships makes disasters all the more dangerous, FP’s Elisabeth Braw wrote last March after a container ship collided with a bridge in Baltimore.

As humans deforest large swaths of their habitats, a skyrocketing monkey population in Sri Lanka is causing challenges when the primates come into contact with human settlements, the Guardian reports.