Hungary’s Orban launches his offensive on Europe

The Hungarian prime minister flies the flag of Trumpism on the continent.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/08/02/hungarys-orban-launches-his-offensive-on-europe/

From prison to politics: Former Congolese warlord returns home to run for president

Jean-Pierre Bemba was acquitted after an initial 18-year-sentence at the ICC, and will now run for Congo's highest office.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/08/01/from-prison-to-politics-former-congolese-warlord-returns-home-to-run-for-president/

Q&A: Exiled Russian oil tycoon who backed reporters killed in Africa says he’ll keep pouring millions into independent Russian journalism

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former CEO of the Russian oil giant Yukos, used to be Russia’s richest man. In 2003, as he was increasingly criticizing Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Khodorkovsky was arrested on fraud charges and spent a decade behind bars. Since being freed in 2013, Khodorkovsky has lived in exile and become one of Putin’s […]

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/08/01/qa-exiled-russian-oil-tycoon-who-backed-reporters-killed-in-africa-says-hell-keep-pouring-millions-into-independent-russian-journalism/

This British couple tried to force their daughter to marry her cousin. Now, they’re going to jail.

It's just the second such conviction in the four years since Britain criminalized forced marriage.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/08/01/this-british-couple-tried-to-force-their-daughter-to-marry-her-cousin-now-theyre-going-to-jail/

A hiker’s harrowing escape from the top of Mount Rinjani after powerful quake

Mackenzie Irwin, a 28-year-old Canadian, was at the summit of Mount Rinjani when a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit the island of Lombok.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/08/01/a-hikers-harrowing-escape-from-the-top-of-mount-rinjani-after-powerful-quake/