Malaysia’s challenges in the South China Sea is front-page news in today’s Washington Post, thanks to Rebecca Tan.

I heard a story about a 100-year-old slaying of 3 Tejanos that possibly involved Texas Rangers that I couldn’t let go. The The Washington Post team helped me tell it in a way I never could’ve imagined in 2 languages. Don’t miss it. Today online, tmrw print!

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Read our full The Washington Post story, detailing from Prime Minister Zeine’s perspective how security relations between the United States and Niger, which had been its biggest ally in West Africa, ultimately ruptured

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In a ⁦⁦The Washington Post⁩ interview, Niger’s PM Ali Zeine detailed the extent of Niger’s frustrations with the United States and the level of disconnect between the two countries as they negotiated over the U.S. security presence, which is set to draw down in coming months

Last week was a brutal one in Myanmar’s Dry Zone. 15+ killed in a military air strike on a monastery in Magway Region, 30+ killed during a resistance attack on a pro-military village in Mandalay Region and 30+ massacred by the military in Sagaing Region

We reported inside Vovchansk yesterday, where Ukrainians are fleeing what they described as “hell.” Russian bombardment is constant. More than 6,000 people already evacuated from Kharkiv region border areas. With ⁦Serhii Korolchuk⁩ and ⁦Ed Ram⁩ washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/…

I’d also add that PRC/SCS is not the *only* security challenge confronting Borneo. See more details 👇🏻

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The South China Sea is one of the world's busiest, most contested waterways.

There's been a lot of attention recently for China’s intensifying encounters with Philippine fishermen and coast guard. Far less has been reported about stirring tensions to the south, in Malaysia... 🧵

As tensions rise throughout the South China Sea, energy demands are drawing Malaysia deeper into the fray and testing the country’s long-standing reluctance to antagonize China. By Rebecca Tan
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'They tortured us.' Survivors of a boat capsize that killed 67 Rohingya refugees, including 28 children, tell AP the captain raped girls on board before purposely sinking the vessel. apnews.com/article/rohing…

BREAKING: Penn and Philadelphia Police officers in riot gear arrested over a dozen individuals at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at around 6 a.m. on Friday. thedp.com/article/2024/0…

Grateful one of our Rohingya stories was shortlisted for OWM's refugee reporting award. Especially thrilled for my collaborator Mohammed Faruque, who is a refugee himself and has done integral journalism on his own community.

We have a big package of Singapore coverage this week, including our interview with Lawrence Wong, the incoming Prime Minister. We asked him about navigating the US-China split, the future for race in Singapore, the politics of the country and the growth of the opposition.

An all-star bureau and an incredible line of coverage. Read their work!!

Silvia Foster-Frau on The Post's AR-15 Pulitzer win: “I want to thank the people affected by the mass shootings who were quoted, and some who were not...They retold the most vulnerable and horrible moment of their lives in the hopes that, through us, it would make a difference.”

Read the The Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize winning work here, including heart-wrenching stories on the AR-15 by many great journalists in our newsroom, including the lovely Silvia Foster-Frau Paul Kane & Arelis R. Hernández. Lucky to call these folks my colleagues: washingtonpost.com/pr/2024/05/06/…