By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vFB6KM
via IFTTT In Mumbai, a megacity of 18 million where torrential rain is an annual reality, the comparisons to Houston have not gone unnoticed.

By ALISSA J. RUBIN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2xAdb0I
via IFTTT Loosening workplace regulations was a major campaign promise, but the measures could result short-term in more employees being fired.

By ROD NORDLAND from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wr7fHg
via IFTTT A convoy of 308 Islamic State militants has nowhere to go, with angry ISIS comrades in front of them, a broken Syrian deal behind and U.S. bombers overhead.

By TIM ARANGO from NYT World http://ift.tt/2iKQt2i
via IFTTT The battle for Tal Afar, which lasted just 11 days, was another sign that the militant group’s days of administering territory are numbered.

By SALMAN MASOOD from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wVD51T
via IFTTT The political party of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto called the decision to free the militants accused in her killing “a triumph of Taliban and Al Qaeda.”

By JON EMONT from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vsQz4Y
via IFTTT The killing of a man accused of stealing an amplifier from a mosque has opened a discussion about why vigilante violence is still common.

By ERNESTO LONDOÑO and SHANNON SIMS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2xzhWHS
via IFTTT The ruling comes amid a fight between conservationists and President Michel Temer over environmental protections and indigenous rights.

By DAMIEN CAVE from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wmBLU6
via IFTTT A conversation with Choe Sang-Hun, the New York Times’s Seoul correspondent, about where the standoff might be headed.

By CHOE SANG-HUN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2eHaVN6
via IFTTT The United States and South Korea completed their annual joint military exercises by flying warplanes two days after a North Korean missile test over Japan.

By CATHERINE PORTER from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vKSYTG
via IFTTT The subarctic town of Churchill has been stranded since May, when floods washed out its only link to the south. And the rail’s American owners don’t want to fix it.

By SARAH LYALL from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wjAkWo
via IFTTT Twenty years after her death, Diana’s influence can still be felt in unexpected ways in Britain.

By ELISABETH BUMILLER, STEPHEN FARRELL, WARREN HOGE, SARAH LYALL and CRAIG R. WHITNEY from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vLy4E1
via IFTTT Five New York Times journalists remember what it was like to report 20 years ago on the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her life.

By HARI KUMAR and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vFm3Ro
via IFTTT The deaths of several children, after oxygen was cut off for nonpayment of bills, result in charges of culpable homicide.

By ISABELLA KWAI from NYT World http://ift.tt/2whFySB
via IFTTT The campaign to vote “no” on legalizing same-sex marriage tries to refocus the debate on the welfare of children.

By HELENE COOPER from NYT World http://ift.tt/2x6qQP7
via IFTTT The Defense Department had for years publicly disclosed only the number of troops taking part in the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, not counterterrorism forces there.

By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vJZjih
via IFTTT The rebuke by Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said the president’s words could incite violence and had potentially dangerous consequences outside the United States.

By RUSSELL GOLDMAN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2xwXkQB
via IFTTT South Korea appeared not to want to be outdone after North Korea’s recent missile test, releasing footage of a missile that Seoul launched the previous week.

By ROD NORDLAND from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vJuZEe
via IFTTT The American command criticized a deal to relocate 600 militants and their families from Lebanon to eastern Syria, saying they could be “lucrative targets.”

By AZAM AHMED from NYT World http://ift.tt/2iHeF60
via IFTTT The son of a corporate chairman has been targeted by advanced spying technology bought by the Mexican government to combat terrorism and organized crime.

By PATRICK KINGSLEY from NYT World http://ift.tt/2go1AO9
via IFTTT Princess Diana is considered a towering symbol of her era for older Britons. But for young adults, as one teenager said, “she’s not really an icon.”

By MEGAN SPECIA from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wdhEYB
via IFTTT A team of international rowers set records on a journey to the Arctic ice shelf, but poor weather conditions set in on their way back to Norway.

By WILLIAM GRIMES from NYT World http://ift.tt/2xvn6EL
via IFTTT Using charm and guile, she uncovered Hitler’s rocket program and was held in three concentration camps.

By MEGAN SPECIA from NYT World http://ift.tt/2voU5NI
via IFTTT The group has called off its annual pursuit of Japanese ships in the protected Southern Ocean, saying it can’t compete with the country’s surveillance.

By MOTOKO RICH from NYT World http://ift.tt/2x0gwrU
via IFTTT As the North Korean missile threat grows, there are signs that Japan’s citizens are moving away from the country’s postwar pacifism.

By ELISABETH MALKIN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vlo891
via IFTTT President Jimmy Morales’s move to expel the leader of a United Nations-backed commission was temporarily blocked by Guatemala’s top judges, setting up a constitutional showdown.

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vHr7Ud
via IFTTT Flooding and landslides resulting from monsoon rains have directly affected at least 41 million people in Bangladesh, India and Nepal, the United Nations says.

By ISABEL KERSHNER from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wQcXW3
via IFTTT Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. chief that the sites will make “precision guided missiles” for Hezbollah to use against Israel.

By CHOE SANG-HUN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wQiWKi
via IFTTT Pyongyang did a more realistic test of the type of missile it had threatened to use to strike near the American territory of Guam.

By ROD NORDLAND from NYT World http://ift.tt/2we83k8
via IFTTT Foreign powers have tried to control Afghanistan for three centuries. It has not gone well for them. Now the U.S. is digging back in.

By MOTOKO RICH from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wemNPX
via IFTTT An alert that roused people from sleep and interrupted the morning commute warned residents that North Korea had launched a missile.

By IAN AUSTEN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wWVQRC
via IFTTT The broad use of the name and image of Canada’s first prime minister, John A. Macdonald, is being challenged because of his policies toward indigenous people.

By ROD NORDLAND from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wiTUR8
via IFTTT The Islamic State militants are being taken to eastern Syria in a deal for the remains of eight people thought to be Lebanese soldiers.

By JAIME YAYA BARRY from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vBi2fJ
via IFTTT The police have prohibited jogging in groups, citing disorderly conduct. Rights activists condemn the ban as an attempt to stifle public assemblies ahead of elections.

By CHOE SANG-HUN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vyBRVH
via IFTTT The missile flew over an island in northern Japan, South Korean and Japanese officials said. It was the first time a North Korean projectile had crossed over Japan since 2009. It was the second North Korean launch in four days.

By MELISSA EDDY from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wDJfTD
via IFTTT Niels Högel was convicted of killing two patients. An investigation has found at least 84 more are likely to have died from his injections.

By KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURA from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wD5XeC
via IFTTT New rules that went into effect on Monday forbid the use of plastic grocery bags and call for prison and steep fines for anyone manufacturing or importing them.

By HARI KUMAR from NYT World http://ift.tt/2xqDlmf
via IFTTT The guru, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, was found guilty of having raped two women more than a decade ago. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

By BRYANT ROUSSEAU from NYT World http://ift.tt/2w9Y4fS
via IFTTT Did you stay on top of the most important stories last week? Test your knowledge of international events with our quick quiz, recapping major news headlines and featured articles from across the globe. To take the quiz, click on an answer, and the correct response will be revealed after you choose.

By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vBO6QS
via IFTTT The decision was the first sign of a thaw in one of the worst diplomatic flare-ups between the Asian rivals in decades.

By RICHARD C. PADDOCK from NYT World http://ift.tt/2iAJY2c
via IFTTT Yingluck Shinawatra, the former prime minister, is believed to have gone into exile rather than face a possible 10 years in prison on negligence charges.

By RICHARD C. PADDOCK from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wUtjMu
via IFTTT The remains were recovered in the crushed and flooded compartments of the destroyer John S. McCain a week after it collided with an oil tanker near Singapore.

By BEN HUBBARD from NYT World http://ift.tt/2iz5i8d
via IFTTT The “Party of God” has evolved from a Lebanese militant group into the spearhead of an international militia network led by Tehran.

By ELISABETH MALKIN from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wgcc5r
via IFTTT The decision by Jimmy Morales, which came after the United Nations-backed panel moved against him, pushed the country toward political chaos.

By RAPHAEL MINDER from NYT World http://ift.tt/2iy1lk9
via IFTTT Hundreds of thousands marched in Barcelona for a peace rally after last week’s attack on Las Ramblas, the city’s most famous promenade.

By DAVE PHILIPPS and ERIC SCHMITT from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wK8IeK
via IFTTT After two deadly collisions involving Navy ships, more than a dozen current and former officers raised alarms about gaps in maintenance and training, grueling duty schedules and expanded operations.

By ROD NORDLAND from NYT World http://ift.tt/2w90paV
via IFTTT The Lebanese Army announced a truce to try to recover soldiers. Separately, Hezbollah and its Syrian allies said Islamic State fighters had surrendered.

By PAULINA VILLEGAS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2xBJ0p6
via IFTTT With killings in Mexico at record levels, the rebels have decided to abandon their armed struggle and to work instead within the political system against which they once revolted.

By AIDA ALAMI from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vqiSgb
via IFTTT What started as a spontaneous call for a serious inquiry into a vendor’s death in a Berber area has turned into one of the longest protests in North Africa since the Arab Spring.

By IAN JOHNSON from NYT World http://ift.tt/2wHRvCB
via IFTTT Singapore’s language scene was once “a linguistic tropical rain forest,” chaotic but vibrant. Then came a campaign to limit speech to just English and Mandarin. Now, dialects are coming back.

By ANDREW E. KRAMER from NYT World http://ift.tt/2vyHna2
via IFTTT A council compels split couples to get back together, warning of fewer children who are “normal” and more likely to become terrorists.