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via IFTTT The new attorney general says he will take a hard line, but Mr. Netanyahu has shown he can slip away from accusations with Teflon-coated ease.

By ANNE BARNARD from NYT World http://ift.tt/2aokZJq
via IFTTT Three American doctors provided a personal perspective on the deepening emergency in a Syrian city where local doctors have grown weary of the bloodshed.

By JONATHAN SOBLE from NYT World http://ift.tt/2amt268
via IFTTT Voters chose Ms. Koike, a former Japanese defense minister, to replace the city’s previous chief executive after he fell to a financial scandal.

By DAVID E. SANGER and MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2ajMthN
via IFTTT Mr. Trump said of Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, “He’s not going into Ukraine,” then was informed that Russia was already there. “O.K., well, he’s there in a certain way,” Mr. Trump replied.

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via IFTTT In a gesture of solidarity following the gruesome killing of a French priest, Muslims on Sunday attended Catholic Mass in churches and cathedrals across France and Italy.

By DECLAN WALSH from NYT World http://ift.tt/2ayWety
via IFTTT With Hillary Clinton’s historic nomination, Americans are confronting the country’s poor record of putting women in positions of power.

By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ from NYT World http://ift.tt/2aF0YAo
via IFTTT As university enrollment surges in China, apathy and poor teaching are eating away at advantages seen in elementary and primary schools, research out of Stanford suggests.

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via IFTTT Bryan Denton, a photographer who works for The New York Times and is based in Beirut, Lebanon, gives his account of covering Iraqi forces’ recapture of Falluja from the Islamic State.

By RICHARD C. PADDOCK from NYT World http://ift.tt/2aoJC9i
via IFTTT Over Najib Razak’s 40 years in public office, and through accusations of kickbacks, ties to a murder and more, he has been easy to underestimate.

By WALT BOGDANICH, JACQUELINE WILLIAMS and ANA GRACIELA MÉNDEZ from NYT World http://ift.tt/2aEN5C4
via IFTTT A section of the new, larger sea lane has troubled veteran ship pilots, and led to an accident involving a Chinese container ship.

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via IFTTT Earth movers dig into sand dunes on land where once Jewish settlements stood — prime real estate that the Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas group hopes will ease its worsening financial crisis.

By NINA SIEGAL from NYT World http://ift.tt/2aD46N4
via IFTTT Denk, or Think, is intended to attract minorities and represent their views in Dutch politics, where a right-wing anti-immigrant movement has caught fire.

By DIAA HADID from NYT World http://ift.tt/2aCgP2w
via IFTTT Talleen Abu Hanna, an Arab Christian who will represent Israel in a global pageant, sees herself as a trailblazer. But it’s not that simple.

By SIMON ROMERO from NYT World http://ift.tt/2agjOue
via IFTTT The decision could complicate the political ambitions of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is accused of obstructing the inquiry into the bribery scheme at Petrobras.

By DAN BILEFSKY and HENRIK PRYSER LIBELL from NYT World http://ift.tt/2aQ2eNn
via IFTTT A movement is afoot to turn over the summit of Mount Halti, already the highest mountain in Finland, to its neighbor.

By CHARLIE SAVAGE from NYT World http://ift.tt/2aDGLrK
via IFTTT Ahmed Abdul Qader, released a year and a half ago, said: “I cannot live my life regularly. I try, but it is like part of me is still at Guantánamo.”

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via IFTTT She was off duty and wearing a bikini but that didn't stop Swedish police officer Mikaela Kellner from catching a suspected thief.

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via IFTTT A spokesman for Montel Williams says the television personality was detained by customs officials at an airport in Germany after inadvertently leaving prescription marijuana powder in his luggage.

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via IFTTT Muslims and Catholics joined in Friday prayers at the mosque in the Normandy town where an elderly priest was slain this week, with one imam chastising the extremists as non-Muslims who are "not part of civilization."

By HELENE COOPER from NYT World http://ift.tt/2adKkV8
via IFTTT The Obama administration is changing its outreach program after critics said it was turning away the very people it tried to reach.

By CHRIS BUCKLEY from NYT World http://ift.tt/2ae30nq
via IFTTT The announcement highlights a partnership with Beijing after an international legal ruling underlined rifts between China and Southeast Asian nations over rival claims to the sea.

By EMILY FENG and CHARLOTTE YANG from NYT World http://ift.tt/2a5lNnI
via IFTTT Typically hired by a scorned wife, services coach women on how to save their marriages, while inducing the mistress to disappear.

By JOANNA BERENDT from NYT World http://ift.tt/2atACk0
via IFTTT He was the third pope to visit the former death camp, following visits by John Paul II in 1979 and Benedict XVI in 2006.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2a8Vvwu
via IFTTT The Latest on Pope Francis' visit to Poland (all times local):

These U.S. leaders held some powerful positions at colleges around the country.

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By AMANDA TAUB from NYT World http://ift.tt/2aeuKZf
via IFTTT With Russia accused of injecting itself into the American presidential race, analysts worry that such attacks could become a routine element of geopolitics.

By BRETT COLE from NYT World http://ift.tt/2adiRSG
via IFTTT The accusations, of child sexual assault, date back four decades, a top police official said, confirming a report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

By JOE COCHRANE from NYT World http://ift.tt/2a23LTt
via IFTTT The convicts, three foreigners and an Indonesian, were executed by firing squads, an official said, and 10 others are still facing the same fate.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2ason5J
via IFTTT The Latest on developments related to the Syrian war and international effort on the crisis (all times local):

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2afXpeC
via IFTTT The leader of Syria's Nusra Front said in recording aired Thursday that his group is changing its name, claiming it will have no more ties with al-Qaida in an attempt to undermine a potential U.S. and Russian air campaign against its fighters.

By TIM ARANGO and CEYLAN YEGINSU from NYT World http://ift.tt/2ahCFX5
via IFTTT The chaos and discord in the military, long a venerated and unifying force in Turkey, is a psychological blow to a badly splintered nation.

By MELISSA EDDY from NYT World http://ift.tt/2a20OCl
via IFTTT She said Germany would achieve that “historic” task while defending freedom and democracy against the hate sown by terrorists.

By CHOE SANG-HUN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2aybQjI
via IFTTT The South Korean police blamed the North’s main spy agency for an attack in May on Interpark, an online shopping mall.

Although not a full ride, multiyear scholarships can significantly lower annual college tuition expenses.

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In-person networking in blended programs is one factor for prospective b-school students to weigh, experts say.

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By BENOÎT MORENNE from NYT World http://ift.tt/2az89tL
via IFTTT The man was identified as Abdel-Malik Nabil Petitjean, 19, who had been on the radar of the police since June 29 for having tried to enter Syria from Turkey.

One unexpected line item might be the cost of professional attire for industry events.

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By AYESHA VENKATARAMAN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2afA3FD
via IFTTT Despite scowls from the government, a centuries-old tradition of baby-tossing as a proof of religious faith continues in some rural villages.

By MAX FISHER from NYT World http://ift.tt/2acrBIN
via IFTTT There is simply no precedent for a presidential candidate publicly appealing to a foreign adversary to intervene in the election on his behalf.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2azlwaK
via IFTTT Australian officials confirmed on Thursday that data recovered from a home flight simulator owned by the captain of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 showed that someone had used the device to plot a course to the southern Indian Ocean, where the missing jet is believed to have crashed.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/29YPcQI
via IFTTT A suicide bomber riding an empty livestock truck laden with explosives blew himself up Wednesday in a crowded district in the predominantly Kurdish town of Qamishli in northern Syria, causing massive destruction and killing 44 people in a new attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

By HWAIDA SAAD from NYT World http://ift.tt/2a9mgCP
via IFTTT The explosion struck Qamishli, in the country’s northeast. Separately, Unicef said airstrikes hit four hospitals and a blood bank in Aleppo.

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2aKhnjf
via IFTTT James B. Comey warned that eventual victory over the Islamic State could lead to an uptick of terrorist attacks in Europe and possibly the United States.

By JOANNA BERENDT from NYT World http://ift.tt/2afp0Qc
via IFTTT As he began his first official visit to Poland, Pope Francis he challenged Central and Eastern Europe to soften their resistance to migrants seeking refuge.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2adWvlK
via IFTTT South Sudanese government soldiers raped dozens of ethnic Nuer women and girls last week just outside a United Nations camp where they had sought protection from renewed fighting, and at least two died from their injuries, witnesses and civilian leaders said.

By بقلم بين هبارد from NYT World http://ift.tt/2azknj7
via IFTTT An Arabic language translation of an article about a longtime morals enforcer in Saudi Arabia who began to question the rules of the hyper-conservative strain of Islam practiced in the kingdom.

By ERIC SCHMITT from NYT World http://ift.tt/2acy2jH
via IFTTT Officials say the information, seized by American-backed militias in Syria, could help fight militants on the battlefield and prevent fighters from slipping into Europe.

By JEFFREY MOYO and NORIMITSU ONISHI from NYT World http://ift.tt/2a41N0n
via IFTTT Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s year-and-a-half stay in a luxurious hotel — at a taxpayer cost of $1,000 a night, including meals — may be coming to an end.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2acZzvh
via IFTTT More horrifying details emerged Wednesday about an attack on a French village church even as the country's main religious leaders sent a message of unity and solidarity after meeting with President Francois Hollande in Paris.

By JONATHAN SOBLE from NYT World http://ift.tt/2a9UCWf
via IFTTT The man accused of stabbing 19 people to death on Tuesday appears to have slipped through cracks in systems meant to identify mentally ill people and prevent them from harming others.

By MAX FISHER from NYT World http://ift.tt/2aJ1d9V
via IFTTT A growing body of forensic evidence has implicated the Russian government in the breach of emails from Democratic National Committee officials.

By MELISSA EDDY from NYT World http://ift.tt/2a5J6Ks
via IFTTT A spate of violence has left Germans longing for a sense of order and questioning the wisdom of opening their doors to migrants.

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via IFTTT A look at the lives of 247 men, women and children who were cut down in mass killings in six countries.

Borrowers spoke, and the government listened: Student loan servicing is getting easier to understand.

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Manage MCAT prep time and strategize your studying with a little digital help.

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By ALISSA J. RUBIN and BENOÎT MORENNE from NYT World http://ift.tt/2awI4sw
via IFTTT Adel Kermiche, 19, had spent nearly 10 months in detention but was released in March over prosecutors’ objections.