A senior official working under Myanmar’s government expressed hope that Myanmar would regain its status in ASEAN alongside other members of the bloc and asked for “understanding and support” on the sidelines of the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meetings in Laos on July 24.

Every Friday and many Tuesday afternoons, national arts reporter Geoff Edgers hosts The Washington Post's first Instagram Live show from his barn in Concord, Mass. So far, he has interviewed, among others, actress Tracee Ellis Ross, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and journalist Dan Rather.