Our daily excursion around the world

🇮🇷 Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti was arrested on Saturday after criticizing the execution of an anti-government protester. Alidoosti, who starred in the 2016 Oscar-winning film The Salesman, was detained by authorities for making an Instagram post last week condemning the execution. It marks the latest in a series of celebrity arrests – including athletes, actors, and influencers – in response to their public support for ongoing anti-government protests, which are now in their third month.

🇰🇵 North Korea fired two ballistic missiles capable of reaching Japan yesterday, the latest in a record year for such launches. It marked the 35th day this year that North Korea has conducted a missile test, the most on record. The missile launch came two days after the Japanese government approved a new $320 billion national security strategy that represents the country’s biggest military build-up since World War II, per Reuters.

🇲🇽 Mexico’s president asked Bad Bunny to perform a free concert due to a fake ticket fiasco. On Friday, hundreds of fans who bought legitimate tickets to see the hip-hop artist’s concert in Mexico City were turned away after security officials wrongly deemed the tickets to be counterfeit. Ticketmaster officially apologized after the concert, saying that an unprecedented number of people with fake tickets tried to gain entry, and the ensuing confusion caused some people with legitimate tickets to be rejected, too.