Our Monday morning stroll around the world

🇮🇹 The Roman Empire’s oldest road was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Italy’s Via Appia Antica – aka “Queen of Roads” – was built in 312 BC as a strategic military corridor to connect Rome with southern Italy, allowing the Romans to conquer the southern part of the peninsula. The 500+ mile-long road is Italy's 60th UNESCO World Heritage site, bumping the country up to first place globally.

🇲🇽 US officials arrested two top leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a co-founder of Sinaloa, was detained on drug charges along with the son of incarcerated drug lord El Chapo (another Sinaloa co-founder) when a plane carrying them both landed in Texas last Thursday. US officials describe the arrest as a sting operation, while Zambada’s lawyer accuses El Chapo’s son of kidnapping Zambada as part of a plea agreement with US authorities.

🇮🇱 Israel blamed Hezbollah for a rocket attack on a soccer field in Israeli territory. Israel’s government said Saturday’s rocket strike in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights region killed 12 children and wounded ~40 other people. Israeli officials blamed the attack on Hezbollah and launched retaliatory airstrikes into Lebanon overnight Sunday, raising fears of a broader conflict. Hezbollah “firmly denies” it was behind the strike, which marks the deadliest attack on Israeli-controlled territory since October 7, while US officials say the government’s assessment is that Hezbollah fired the rocket.