Some off beat reads for the weekend:
How US destabilized Bangladesh (Gray Zone)
How Israel almost wiped out Hezbollah (JPost)
The man who exposed Switzerland’s dirty secrets (Guardian)
Jordan ready to challenge Trump (New Lines)
Why Trump’s tariffs are an economic masterplan (Unherd)
Thousands of US Govt workers are getting fired (Reuters)
What explains Christian evangelist Singh’s popularity? (Scroll)
AApocalypse (Open)
Telangana caste survey results poses dilemma for Congress (Print)
Lalu Prasad Yadav negotiated kidnapping ransom deals (OpIndia)
Arranged marriages in India turn to AI (Walrus)
India’s Special Frontier Force (ORF)
A Japanese sword’s reunion (Outside)
Drive: 10,000 km Pune to North East (Team BHP)
Travelogue: 10 Monasteries (Smithsonian)