Gloomy economic data and leadership challenges loom over the UK Tory conference, Angela Merkel’s coalition talks get off to a bad start in Germany, and protesters flood the streets of Barcelona.

A Ukrainian connection in North Korea’s missile program, a strong second-quarter showing from Japan’s economy, and some early signs that history won’t be repeating itself in Kenya.

China adds a new pearl to the string in Sri Lanka, Venezuelans vote in a contentious election, and Japan’s prime minister faces a scandal that could remove him from power.

Venezuela’s political crisis lurches toward violence, another prominent Brazilian politician gets Car Washed, and a wealth of geopolitical subtexts at the upcoming G20 summit.

The fight to retake Marawi in the southern Philippines, Trump’s first FONOP in the South China Sea, and Merkel makes some history.

Good news from Mosul, bad news from Afghanistan, and President Trump angers Turkey by arming Syria’s Kurds.

No surprises in France’s first round of voting, a big week for Donald Trump, and expanding protests in Venezuela.

Turks vote on overhauling their political system, a far-left outlier surges in the French presidential race, and attacks on Copts trigger a state of emergency in Egypt.

Brexit begins, the Iraqi army makes slow steady in Mosul, and China looks to turn up the heat on Taiwan.

A sign of things to come in US-Mexico relations, more Greek bailout tensions, and China picks up where it left off in the South China Sea dispute.