Global tensions are converging in uneasy ways. In Eastern Europe, Volodymyr Zelensky is trying a new diplomatic gambit, publicly urging Vladimir Putin to meet face-to-face and accept a full ceasefire, even floating an all-for-all prisoner swap as a first step toward ending the war. In the Middle East, Israel and Lebanon have renewed a fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire, with plans for Hezbollah-free security zones in southern Lebanon, while Kuwait has released dramatic airport CCTV it says shows an Iranian drone strike that killed one person and injured dozens, adding fresh strain to an already volatile region. Back in the United States, national security concerns also loom large: former Trump adviser John Bolton is reportedly set to plead guilty in a classified documents case tied to sensitive records from his time in office. And in Texas, authorities are confronting a very different threat after confirming the first New World screwworm case in U.S. cattle in decades.