The Rest of the World Report | August 11, 2026 — Evening Edition

Pakistan signed a defense pact widely read as a shield against Iran, then sent its own interior minister to Tehran days later claiming a peace deal is close. Zambia votes Thursday in an election that's a real test of its democracy, and almost nobody in the US is watching. And a Trump-linked oil company just got a formal government rebuke for moving equipment onto Greenland without permission.Pakistan signed a Saudi-Turkish defense pact widely read as a shield against Iran, then sent its interior minister to Tehran days later claiming a US-Iran deal is close. Zambia votes Thursday in a genuinely contested election, with real democratic-integrity stakes drawing almost zero US coverage. Greenland formally rebuked a Texas oil company tied to Trump's inner circle for moving drilling equipment ashore without a valid permit. Two days later, Trump posted an AI image of himself looming over the island."Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government." — Thomas Jefferson, 1789 Get full access to The Rest of the World Report at www.restoftheworldreport.com/subscribe