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NYTIMES (Steve Knopper) - BTS Is Back With ‘Arirang,’ but the K-Pop Landscape Has Changed

The superstar boy band returns after a four-year hiatus on Friday. The genre it helped turn into a global juggernaut has endured some shifts, and minted new stars.

NYTIMES (Sarah Mervosh, Miriam Jordan and Hamed Aleaziz) - ICE Released Hundreds of Children from Immigration Detention

About 50 children were in federal detention in Dilley, Texas this week, down from about 500 in January. It is unclear how many were deported, but some are back at their U.S. schools.

NYTIMES (Albert Sun, Allison McCann and Hamed Aleaziz) - New Data Shows Where ICE Has Been Most Active This Year

The pace of ICE arrests nationwide has topped 1,100 per day on average in 2026, but the rate of arrests has varied across the country in sometimes surprising ways.

NYTIMES (Caroline Kitchener, Charo Henríquez and Hamed Aleaziz) - Handcuffs, Tents and Pleas for Medical Care: Pregnant in ICE Detention

Women describe conditions that violate longstanding agency guidelines for how pregnant detainees should be treated.

NYTIMES (Rebecca R. Ruiz and Andrei Petre) - Trump Organization Eyes Transylvania Golf Course Deal

The president’s company is eyeing a site for a golf course and luxury apartments. Will a huge landfill and a troubled project history stand in the way?

NYTIMES (Alexandra Stevenson, Aaron Krolik, Tung Ngo and Victoria Kim) - Scramble for Jet Fuel Shows How Energy Shortages Are Rippling Across Asia

As China and other major suppliers of refined oil in the region restrict exports, import-dependent countries are desperate to secure fuel supplies.

NYTIMES (Sui-Lee Wee, Jason Gutierrez, Muktita Suhartono, Kittiphum Sringammuang and Tung Ngo) - Iran War Fallout: Southeast Asia Hard Hit by Skyrocketing Fuel Prices

Across Southeast Asia, a region heavily dependent on energy exports brought via the Strait of Hormuz, lives are being upended by higher oil and gas prices.

NYTIMES (Steven Erlanger) - One Global Power, One Regional Power, Two Different Goals

The U.S. is a superpower that views Iran through a prism of global responsibilities and strategic goals. Israel has a more regional approach. After three weeks of war, their paths are diverging.

AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Trump mulls risky Kharg Island takeover to force Iran to open strait

The Trump administration is considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran's Kharg Island to pressure Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz , four sources with knowledge of the issue tell Axios. Why it matters: President Trump can't end the war, at least on his terms, until he breaks Iran's chokehold on shipping through the strait. In the meantime, global energy prices are surging. - But an operation to take over Kharg Island, which sits 15 miles offshore and processes 90% of Iran's crude oil exports, could put U.S. troops more directly in the line of fire. - Thus, such an operation would only be launched after the U.S. military further degrades Iran's military capacity around the Strait of Hormuz. "We need about a month to weaken the…

NPR (Manuel Rueda) - From mall to torture site: The debate over El Helicoide's future in Venezuela

Once a futuristic shopping mall, El Helicoide became one of Venezuela's most feared prisons. Now, as the country changes, so does its fate — erase it, rebuild it, or remember what happened inside.