The Week

A new rule undercuts the asylum process, and the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, created in 1996 to deport people using classified evidence, will hold its first hearing in nearly 30 years.

Source: NPR

Zelensky and Netanyahu held back-to-back meetings with Trump at the White House, both leaders sounding encouraged even as the wars in Ukraine and Iran continue.

Source: BBC

Senator Rand Paul is moving to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment rights.

Source: NPR

Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Robotics 2, pitched as 'one brain for any robot,' pairing spatial reasoning with long-horizon planning and adding full-body control, fine dexterity, and multi-robot teamwork. It can adapt to a new bi-arm robot in hours and scale from industrial arms to humanoids, another sign the model layer is racing into the physical world.

Source: Google DeepMind

Saudi Arabia joined US strikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq after the proxies hit US bases and Saudi energy infrastructure, US Central Command said. The escalation is feeding the oil spike.

Source: BBC

Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine killed at least eight civilians, including a family of five, as Moscow exploited Kyiv's shortage of Western air defenses.

Source: NPR

Israel is building new land barriers inside Gaza and displacing families, with experts telling the BBC the earthworks suggest a long-term internal border.

Source: BBC

A missile that left a 10-meter crater inside Poland, about 100km from the Ukraine border, was probably Russian, the Polish prime minister said, a rare spillover of the war onto NATO soil.

Source: BBC

A home on the edge of al-Mughayyir has become a weekly frontline as Israeli settlers lay siege in the occupied West Bank.

Source: BBC

The Congress said the 'rot' in India's education system runs deep as Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation landed, calling it only the beginning after months of student protests over exam-paper leaks. In Delhi, the government said it will not pursue legal action against NEET protesters.

Source: The Hindu

The Indian government will meet Meta within a week over the removal of a post by Prime Minister Modi, a flashpoint on platform moderation and speech, and a rhyme with the week's open-weights fight.

Source: Indian Express

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti urged Pakistan to adopt dialogue and a humane approach after violent protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Source: The Hindu

Karnataka IT minister Priyank Kharge is forming working groups with Anthropic to explore AI in governance and education, including Claude certifications for students and professionals. No formal agreement is signed yet, and it is the same Anthropic that stayed off the open-weights letter.

Source: The Tribune

The Cal 2027, titled 'India, Beyond a Single Gaze,' was photographed at Jaigarh Fort in Jaipur and in Alwar, Rajasthan, the first Pirelli calendar shot entirely in India. The all-Indian cast includes Padma Lakshmi, Aditi Rao Hydari, Avantika Vandanapu, Freida Pinto, Anoushka Shankar, and Rupi Kaur, with street portraits by Avani Rai alongside studio work by Solve Sundsbo.

Source: Pirelli

Mira Nair unveiled the first look at 'Amri,' her biopic of the painter Amrita Sher-Gil, with Anjali Sivaraman in the title role and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jaideep Ahlawat, and Emily Watson in the cast. Jim Sarbh plays the art critic Karl Khandalavala; shooting runs across Amritsar, Hungary, and France.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter India

The first trailer for Nitesh Tiwari's two-part 'Ramayana' debuted this week, with Ranbir Kapoor as Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, and Yash as Ravana, ahead of a worldwide release in November. It is the most substantial promotion yet for the epic, which premiered footage at San Diego Comic-Con.

Source: Variety

Masaba Gupta's Bridal Couture '26 introduces 'All Rising,' a Kora-cotton power-suit look inspired by corporate India, with a red-bindi collar, oversized latkan prints, and a rhinestone map-of-India briefcase.

Source: House of Masaba

Netflix released the first look at 'Best of the Best,' a coming-of-age comedy set on UCLA's Bollywood-fusion dance team, starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia. Directed by Lena Khan and written by Hasan Minhaj and Prashanth Venkataramanujam, it premieres September 18.

Source: Netflix Tudum

Vijay Kumar, the Michelin-starred, James Beard winning chef behind Semma in New York, is serving mulaikattiya thaniyam, a sprouted mung bean, coconut, and smoked chili snack from his Tamil Nadu childhood. Semma was the New York Times' number one New York City restaurant for 2025.

Source: Semma

BTS said it will not submit its 2026 comeback album 'Arirang' for 2027 Grammy consideration, a month after the Recording Academy introduced a new category for Asian pop. The decision reframes the debate over what the category is for.

Source: Rolling Stone

Trader Joe's added a fresh Paneer Indian Style Cheese, made in Wisconsin, after customer demand. The chain tried paneer in the early 90s and mid-2000s without success; this time it arrives on the back of fifteen years of frozen palak paneer and paneer tikka masala. A small marker of how mainstream the diaspora pantry has become.

Source: Trader Joe's