By JONATHAN GILBERT from NYT World http://ift.tt/1NK4IXR
via IFTTT Argentina’s new government has vowed to get to the bottom of a 1994 attack on a Jewish center that killed 85 people and led to a lasting rift with Iran.

By REUTERS from NYT World http://ift.tt/1JReSv2
via IFTTT On a treeless plain in eastern Ethiopia, thousands of destitute pastoralists have set up camp outside the tiny village of Fedeto. Over the past six months the camp has swelled as one of the worst droughts in decades has decimated herds, dried up pasture and made even drinking water scarce.

By SAM ROBERTS from NYT World http://ift.tt/1PrfJCN
via IFTTT The moon dust’s fate was revealed by Britain’s National Archives, which released 178 pages of correspondence on the subject going back 30 years.

By THOMAS ERDBRINK from NYT World http://ift.tt/1PrgBYc
via IFTTT The battle is threatening to complicate government efforts to attract desperately needed foreign investment, two weeks after the lifting of sanctions.

By CHRISTINA ANDERSON from NYT World http://ift.tt/1nxVdWd
via IFTTT When scores of masked men, many of them gang members, descended on the center of Stockholm on Friday to terrorize young migrants, the police were waiting for them.

By DECLAN WALSH and AMINA ISMAIL from NYT World http://ift.tt/1RUmaQZ
via IFTTT The arrest of the cartoonist Islam Gawish escalated a crackdown by the government on even moderate forms of dissent.

By TIM ARANGO from NYT World http://ift.tt/20Aw9N2
via IFTTT The country, which depends on oil for 90 percent of its revenue, faces crippling budget cuts and increasing difficulty paying government workers.

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and ERIC SCHMITT from NYT World http://ift.tt/1POALgE
via IFTTT The operations followed President Obama’s decision to expand the authority of American commanders to attack a new branch of the militant group in Afghanistan.

By ISABEL KERSHNER from NYT World http://ift.tt/1nxyv0p
via IFTTT The decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet was seen as a victory for American Jewish leaders and Jewish women who struggled for years for inclusion.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/1RTEUAe
via IFTTT A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by Nigeria's homegrown Islamic extremists.

By ANNE BARNARD from NYT World http://ift.tt/1UzZXWr
via IFTTT Islamic State social media accounts said the group was responsible for the attack, which came as opposing sides of the Syrian conflict were gathered in Geneva for talks.

By CHRIS BUCKLEY from NYT World http://ift.tt/1Kh8SeQ
via IFTTT The four men were among 29 miners caught when a cavernous gypsum mine in Pingyi County, Shandong Province, collapsed on Dec. 25. Thirteen are still missing.

By LIAM STACK from NYT World http://ift.tt/1nVtXlc
via IFTTT Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said a Russian fighter jet entered the country’s airspace after radar units warned it to turn back.

By LIZ ALDERMAN from NYT World http://ift.tt/1nvjYCG
via IFTTT Europe has reached a turning point in the migrant crisis, and is starting to coalesce around proposals that would effectively turn Greece into a giant processing center.

By JANE PERLEZ from NYT World http://ift.tt/1VylKOs
via IFTTT President Xi’s arrival after the lifting of sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program provided a moment for China to set the stage for future deal-making.

By REUTERS from NYT World http://ift.tt/1NIl0jR
via IFTTT More than a third of pregnant women with the mosquito-borne illness are in a single province, the nation’s health institute said.

By SOMINI SENGUPTA from NYT World http://ift.tt/20dCQYE
via IFTTT Coast guard officials said at least 33 people had died, and 75 were rescued. But officials suspect more migrants were trapped inside the boat and that the death toll will rise.

By THOMAS FULLER from NYT World http://ift.tt/1nF0f43
via IFTTT Elephants, which hold a near-mystical place in Myanmar, are out of work because of shrinking forests, and the nation must now figure out how to handle 5,500 pachyderms in captivity.

By JANE PERLEZ from NYT World http://ift.tt/23AaoPN
via IFTTT In an exercise intended to challenge excessive territorial claims by China, a United States vessel entered the disputed waters in the Paracel Islands without giving China notice.

By REUTERS from NYT World http://ift.tt/1m4wzM7
via IFTTT German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried on Saturday to placate the increasingly vocal critics of her open-door policy for refugees by insisting that most refugees from Syria and Iraq would go home once the conflicts there had ended.

By EDWARD WONG from NYT World http://ift.tt/1PL5cV9
via IFTTT At least 36 restaurants across China were investigated in the past week for adding poppy capsules and other illegal ingredients to food, the state news media said.

By ELLEN BARRY from NYT World http://ift.tt/1Ux7Uf0
via IFTTT The Indian Constitution guarantees equality under the law. But for women facing a patriarchal social order, strict caste rules and centuries of traditions, that guarantee means little.

By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW from NYT World http://ift.tt/1PmD3Sd
via IFTTT The center opened after Beijing hosted a landmark women’s conference in 1995, and its loss represents another blow to civil society groups in China.

By STEVEN ERLANGER from NYT World http://ift.tt/1WRuYX9
via IFTTT The operation also targeted Egypt, Iran, Syria and Turkey, according to evidence attributed to leaks by the former intelligence contractor Edward J. Snowden.

By SOMINI SENGUPTA and ANNE BARNARD from NYT World http://ift.tt/1m1YufB
via IFTTT Representatives of the opposition have refused to come to the table until the besieged towns are given a reprieve and bombings of civilians are halted.

By RICK GLADSTONE and STEVEN ERLANGER from NYT World http://ift.tt/1SpWHh0
via IFTTT The announcement was criticized by Israeli officials who said it would encourage the Palestinians not to negotiate seriously.

By LIAM STACK from NYT World http://ift.tt/1WSPiaR
via IFTTT The authorities said Tareena Shakil, who went with her young son to Syria to become a “jihadi bride” but returned to Britain, was the first British woman convicted of joining the militants.

By LOUISE STORY from NYT World http://ift.tt/1PZwS2M
via IFTTT The sovereign wealth fund, called 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB, has been the focus of investigations around the world involving misappropriated money.

By PASCALE BONNEFOY from NYT World http://ift.tt/1ZZiH2T
via IFTTT Prosecutors investigating a land deal said Natalia Compagnon, President Michelle Bachelet’s daughter-in-law, was part of a scheme to avoid paying taxes.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/1nUCPaE
via IFTTT The five died in an area where a group of people were snowmobiling in the western Canadian province.

By JOSH KRON from NYT World http://ift.tt/1TriO7u
via IFTTT The Amnesty International analysis added to growing evidence of atrocities. Separately, two foreign journalists who had been detained were released.

By SIMON ROMERO from NYT World http://ift.tt/20yMthe
via IFTTT The Zika epidemic has spread much faster than science’s understanding of it.

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR from NYT World http://ift.tt/1Sg0yiA
via IFTTT Moscow reacted to statements by two senior American officials who said that the Russian president had enriched himself through corruption.

By SALLY McGRANE from NYT World http://ift.tt/1m0MGdv
via IFTTT Peter Wohlleben, a career ranger, has topped best-seller lists with “The Hidden Life of Trees,” describing trees as social beings that communicate on the “Wood Wide Web.”

By CHOE SANG-HUN from NYT World http://ift.tt/1SNGO5o
via IFTTT Arthur John Patterson was convicted of killing a 22-year-old South Korean college student, a case that has gripped the nation for years.

By ALAN WONG from NYT World http://ift.tt/1PEhWqq
via IFTTT A new film, “Ten Years,” has become a surprise hit across theaters in Hong Kong, tapping into fears over the erosion of local culture and civil liberties.

Accreditation and rankings can help you determine if an online degree will be legitimate.

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By STEPHEN CASTLE from NYT World http://ift.tt/20x7SY8
via IFTTT Oriel College, one of 38 largely self-governing colleges at Oxford, said it would keep the statue of the man regarded by many as an architect of apartheid.

By FLOYD WHALEY from NYT World http://ift.tt/1RQEWZq
via IFTTT As the Japanese emperor visited their country, the so-called comfort women of the Philippines sought an apology for being forced into wartime brothels.

Students' obligations outside of class and their time frame for earning a degree play a role in the decision, experts say.

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By STEVEN ERLANGER from NYT World http://ift.tt/1QKgpEn
via IFTTT A “Loyalty in Culture” initiative, included as an amendment to a budget bill, proposes denying state funds to institutions that do not express “loyalty” to the state.

Don't ignore the business school's essay prompt.

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By SEWELL CHAN from NYT World http://ift.tt/1WPDUw8
via IFTTT More than 3,700 migrants died while trying to enter Europe via the Mediterranean last year, and the latest accident was a reminder that the flow has not stopped.

By IVAN NECHEPURENKO from NYT World http://ift.tt/1ROYTjk
via IFTTT Russian landowners trying to increase domestic agriculture production are using trainers from the United States to teach workers about riding horses and herding cattle.

By IVAN NECHEPURENKO and ALISON SMALE from NYT World http://ift.tt/1JJPszs
via IFTTT Russia’s foreign minister said a girl’s disappearance and alleged rape in Berlin was “hushed up.” But German officials have warned against politicizing the case.

By JIM YARDLEY from NYT World http://ift.tt/1NE0Ffu
via IFTTT With the European Union fragmenting politically and hit by crises, Mr. Renzi is demanding that Italy’s voice be heard. But his assertiveness comes with political risk.

By RICK GLADSTONE from NYT World http://ift.tt/1SN0wOQ
via IFTTT Jason Rezaian of The Washington Post and Matthew Trevithick added to the picture that has been emerging about the prisoner ordeal and the diplomacy that led to their release.

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and HELENE COOPER from NYT World http://ift.tt/1QITYPQ
via IFTTT To deal a lasting blow to the extremist Sunni militancy, officials believe that additional forces will be needed to work with Iraqi, Kurdish and Syrian opposition fighters.

By MICHELLE INNIS from NYT World http://ift.tt/1KIUhDZ
via IFTTT A teenager, who pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges on Thursday, is accused of planning a holiday attack on the police in a Melbourne suburb.

By SAM ROBERTS from NYT World http://ift.tt/1PX57I5
via IFTTT Mr. Yaqub Khan had a role in facilitating President Richard Nixon’s overture to China in 1972 and helped negotiate the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.

By CHRIS BUCKLEY from NYT World http://ift.tt/1P0UZy6
via IFTTT Kevin Garratt, who ran a cafe near China’s border with North Korea, will be tried on charges of spying and stealing state secrets nearly a year and a half after he and his wife were detained.

By SIMON ROMERO and REBECCA R. RUIZ from NYT World http://ift.tt/1nqUF4D
via IFTTT Of the visitors expected to pour into Brazil in August, some may get infected by the mosquito-borne virus and then return home at a time of peak mosquito activity.

By DAPHNÉ ANGLÈS and HANNAH OLIVENNES from NYT World http://ift.tt/1SdYvLV
via IFTTT A 28-year-old man carrying two guns, ammunition and a Quran was arrested at a hotel in Disneyland Paris, adding to security fears in France.