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Indonesia’s Orangutans Suffer as Fires Rage and Businesses Grow
The blazes, an annual occurrence where farmers clear land by burning it, often for palm oil plantations, have led to the relocation and even deaths of some of the apes.

Sinosphere: Donald Trump, Despite Bashing Beijing, Is Not Without Fans in China
As Mr. Trump gains ground in the Republican presidential race, the ranks of Chinese cheering him on have swelled.

Letter From Europe: Crippling Strike in France May Have Been About More Than Labor Law
The walkout appeared to have less to do with proposed changes to labor law than disaffection with President François Hollande’s government.

World Briefing: Ukraine: Conflict Brings Hunger Crisis
The two-year-old conflict in eastern Ukraine has left about 1.5 million people hungry, including nearly 300,000 in need of immediate help, the World Food Program said.

World Briefing: Yemen: U.S. Seizes Weapons at Sea
American Navy ships in the Arabian Sea intercepted and seized an arms shipment from Iran likely bound for Houthi rebels in Yemen, the military said.

World Briefing: Egypt: Meeting in Rome on Killing of Italian Student is Postponed
Egyptian officials have postponed a trip to Rome to discuss the investigation into the killing of Giulio Regeni whose body was found on the outskirts of Cairo in February.

World Briefing: Ivory Coast: Politician Acquired Tons of Weapons, U.N. Investigation Finds
During the 2011 civil war, Guillaume Soro, the parliament speaker, acquired 300 tons of weapons, many of which remain under the control of his loyalists in the army.

Here’s What We Know About the ‘Panama Papers’
The documents name international politicians, business leaders and celebrities in a web of unseemly financial transactions, according to news articles.

U.N. Strives for Transparency in Picking New Secretary General
While the United Nations is trying to make the selection of a new secretary general more transparent, the world powers are, as usual, expected to exert undue influence over the process itself.

Global Health: Yellow Fever Outbreak in Angola Strains Health Organizations
A crisis threatens other countries, including China, and exposes how poorly prepared the world is to fight two mosquito-borne epidemics at once.

Gunfire in Republic of Congo as Police Stations Attacked
An armed group rampaged overnight in Brazzaville, the capital, shattering a relative calm since the re-election of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso.

Ethnic Conflict Between Armenia and Azerbaijan Flares Anew
A new round of fighting in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region has killed at least 44 people.

Israeli Military’s Spring-Cleaning Call: Return Our Gear, Please
Under the military’s no-questions-asked appeal for missing equipment, former soldiers have returned guns, ammunition, a jeep and at least one parachute.

U.S. Officials Met With Belgians on Security Concerns Before Attacks
The meeting in Brussels in February was an attempt to correct gaps in Belgium’s widely criticized ability to track terrorist plots, American officials said.

A Jewel in Syria Where ‘Ruins Have Been Ruined’ by ISIS
A Times photographer traveled to Palmyra, Syria, to see what remained of its archaeological treasures after almost a year of Islamic State control.

‘Panama Papers’ Leaks Put Iceland Leader Under Pressure to Quit
Calls for the resignation of the prime minister were among the first repercussions of the leaks on secret tax shelters and offshore shell companies.

Raw Data: To Beat Go Champion, Google’s Program Needed a Human Army
Without the multitude of minds that created a program capable of beating a Go game master, the contest would have been a no-go.

Sinosphere: China News Blackout as ‘Ten Years’ Takes Hong Kong Best Film Award
The mainland state news media omitted mention of the film, which depicts a dystopian future for Hong Kong under Chinese rule.

Sinosphere: Q. and A.: Xujun Eberlein on the Legacy of the Cultural Revolution
The writer considers the emotional complexity of reconstructing an era whose memories are painful to the victims and shameful to those who victimized.

Op-Ed Contributor: Could There Be a Terrorist Fukushima?
Nuclear facilities throughout the world are vulnerable to attack.

Greece Begins Sending Migrants Back as E.U. Deal Takes Effect
No Syrians were present in the first group that arrived back in Turkey on Monday, Volkan Bozkir, the European affairs minister for Turkey, said.

Contributing Op-Ed Writer: False News From the Sisi State
As hundreds of young Egyptians continue to disappear, no one believes the government’s explanations.

Double Agent Kim Philby Bragged of How Easy Spying Was in 1981 Lecture
During the talk to members of the Stasi, recently discovered by the BBC, he described his successes and urged colleagues to “deny everything.”

2 Libyan Guantánamo Inmates Are Transferred to Senegal
Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated the Obama administration’s arguments that the American military prison in Cuba should be closed.

Chongqing Journal: At Red Guard Cemetery, Scars Still Raw 50 Years After Cultural Revolution
A cemetery in Chongqing, an industrial city on the Yangtze River, is the only sizable one left solely for those killed during the Cultural Revolution.

Op-Ed Columnist: The Politics of Backlash
Another two decades of neo-liberal, reward-the-rich politics will lead to a breakdown in society.

Overpass Project in India ‘Made Our Lives Hell’ for Years Before Collapse
Irritation with the faltering project, unfinished after seven years, has turned into a sort of focused hatred for the people who live beneath it.

Lost in Nicaragua, a Chinese Tycoon’s Canal Project
Sixteen months after ground was broken, a plan by a Chinese billionaire that would greatly alter a country is shrouded in mystery and controversy.

China’s Companies Poised to Take Leap in Developing a Driverless Car
Conditions for the technology may actually be more favorable in China than in the United States because of aggressive support from the government.

Leaked Files Detail Offshore Accounts Tied to World Leaders
A media group said the documents revealed the offshore accounts of 140 global politicians, including several with close ties to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

Armies Used by U.N. Fail Watchdog Group’s Test
A new study found that the armed forces that provide the most United Nations peacekeepers are also among the world’s most susceptible to corruption.

Israel Expands Palestinian Fishing Zone Off Gaza’s Coast
A change to nine nautical miles of the Mediterranean, from six, will allow access to areas that had been off limits for a decade.

Op-Ed Contributor: Jacob Zuma Must Go
A court ruling that South Africa’s president has abused his office should herald a new era of democratic accountability.

Insider’s Account of How Graft Fed Brazil’s Political Crisis
How a leftist party that rose to power vowing to stamp out the corruption of a privileged political elite ended up embracing its predecessors’ practices.

Memo From China: It’s Hazy, but China’s Carbon Emissions May Have Peaked
There could be important consequences if such emissions are falling more than a decade earlier than expected, but finding the answer is difficult.

Azerbaijan Claims to Halt Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Warns Armenia
Azerbaijan laid the seeds for continued fighting over the long-disputed enclave by saying that it would keep the territory seized by its forces.

Malaysian Sailors Abducted Near Philippines in Latest Act of Piracy
Four crewmen on a cargo ship were kidnapped by armed men, according to police officials, less than a week after 10 Indonesian crewmen were taken.

Mikhail Lesin’s Strange Death in U.S. Follows a Fall From Russia’s Elite
Mikhail Y. Lesin, once a player in the Kremlin’s media apparatus, was found dead from “blunt force injuries” in Washington, fueling speculation of murder.

Gato Barbieri, Latin Jazz Trailblazer, Dies at 83
Leandro Barbieri, who earned the nickname Gato, recorded 35 albums between 1967 and 1982, and received a Latin Grammy lifetime award in 2015.

E.U. Suspects Russian Agenda in Migrants’ Shifting Arctic Route
The flow of refugees and migrants on the Arctic route through Russia is tiny, compared with other routes. But it has added anxiety, not to mention intrigue, to a crisis that is tearing the European Union apart.

‘They Cannot Remove Me by Force’: A Strongman on Afghan Infighting
In a rare interview, Atta Muhammad Noor, the most powerful Tajik politician in northern Afghanistan, discussed his take on factional tensions.

News Analysis: Why U.S. Cities Should Envy Toronto for Electing Rob Ford
The flamboyant mayor may have embarrassed some with his antics, but he was proof of how a city can thrive.

Uncertain Economics Influence ‘Brexit’ Talk
Proponents of Britain’s exit from the European Union are trying to convince the country that any freedom it gains would not be offset by the risks to prosperity.

Fighting Between Azerbaijan and Armenia Flares Up in Nagorno-Karabakh
The heaviest fighting in years broke out in the Armenian separatist enclave, involving tanks, artillery and aircraft.

Guatemalan Women’s Claims Put Focus on Canadian Firms’ Conduct Abroad
Overseas subsidiaries have long acted as a shield for extractive companies, but cases describing negligence and rape could lead to new scrutiny.

Third Man Is Charged in Belgium Over Foiled Plot in France
The 33-year-old Belgian was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist group, the federal prosecutor’s office said Saturday.

Hamas Releases Photographs Said to Show Captured Israelis
The militant group also made public images of two Israeli soldiers killed in 2014.

Chinese Phrase Adds Mystery to Anbang’s About-Face on Starwood
A vague Chinese regulation allows insurance companies to make overseas investments of less than 15 percent of their assets, but it has wiggle room.

Somali Militant Leader Believed Killed in Drone Strike
Hassan Ali Dhoore, considered an important member of the Shabab security and intelligence wing, had been under U.S. surveillance for some time.

Bela Biszku, Hungarian Official Tried in 1956 Uprising, Dies at 94
Mr. Biszku, who denied wrongdoing, was appealing a convicted on charges related to repression after the 1956 Hungarian uprising.

A Yoga Master, the King of ‘Baba Cool,’ Stretches Out an Empire
Baba Ramdev has emerged as the leader of the “Baba Cool Movement” — a group of spiritual men who are marketing health-based products based on the ancient Indian medicinal system.

Op-Ed Contributor: Angela Merkel’s Unpopular Goodness
Germany faces a new reality, with terror elsewhere in Europe and the refugee crisis at its doors.

Turkey Has Forcibly Returned Thousands of Refugees to Syria, Amnesty International Says
The report exposes the perils of a deal reached last month that allows Greece to send migrants back to Turkey, and reflects shifting attitudes toward refugees in the countries bordering Syria.

Amid Clashes, Greece Presses On With Plan to Deport Migrants
Several refugees were hospitalized after hundreds broke out of a detention center to protest a European Union deal allowing Greece to send refugees back to Turkey.

Libya’s U.N.-Backed Government Ventures Farther Into Tripoli
The unity government, which landed by boat on Wednesday, appears to be getting some support from other factions.

Brussels Airport’s Reopening Delayed by Security Dispute
The airport was closed Friday, and it was unclear whether it would be able to open on Saturday morning, an airport spokeswoman said.

New Ebola Case Confirmed in Liberia; Guinea Tries a Vaccine
Although the World Health Organization no longer considers Ebola an international emergency, new cases in Liberia and Guinea show the disease’s resilience.

Obama Cites ‘Substantial Success’ of Nuclear Deal With Iran
The president made the comment at a meeting of more than 50 world leaders meeting in Washington to discuss nuclear security.

Jacob Zuma Says He’ll Repay South Africa for Home Improvements
Mr. Zuma said that the upgrade of his private home had caused “frustration and confusion,” but that he never meant to subvert the Constitution.

Second Lion Killed in Kenya in 2 Days Reignites Outrage
A 2½-year-old lion known as Lemek was found killed by a spear one day after rangers shot another lion that confronted a crowd.

A C.I.A. Grunt’s Tale of the Fog of Secret War
The collective weight of all C.I.A. memoirs written since 9/11 could collapse a bookshelf, but Douglas Laux brings a raw perspective to the canon.

Saudi Arabia Moving to Reduce Dependence on Oil Money
A top Saudi prince has announced new elements of a plan to restructure the country’s economy, which is reeling amid a drop in world prices.

Artist Says Brazilian Protesters Copied His Giant Rubber Duck
The duck displayed in Brazil bears too much of a resemblance to a six story-tall one created by the Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, his team said.

Contributing Op-Ed Writer: The Dirty Old Men of Pakistan
Some men here are fighting for a man’s right to beat up his wife or murder his sister.

Construction Firm Charged in India Overpass Collapse
The police in Kolkata detained eight executives of the company that built the elevated highway, after at least 23 people died.

Hans-Dietrich Genscher, an Architect of German Reunification, Dies at 89
As the country that he helped create grew into a flourishing nation and a force in the European Union, Mr. Genscher became a living political legend.

The Saturday Profile: A Palestinian Teacher’s Methods Earn the Attention of More Than Her Class
Hanan Hroub, who recently won a $1 million global education prize, developed her play-therapy approach to help her own children cope with the trauma of violence.

Tesla Model 3 Orders Surge Even Before Its Unveiling
The new electric vehicle is “the final step in the master plan, which is a mass market, affordable car,” said Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk.

Op-Ed Columnist: A Time of Bullies
Last month American Jews cheered a demagogue. This is the wrong moment to forget.

Janina Panasewicz, Seeker of Opportunity in Belgium, Died in Brussels Attacks
Ms. Panasewicz was part of a close-knit Polish expatriate community in the capital.

North Korea Jamming GPS Signals Across Border, South Korea Says
The attempt did not disrupt any mobile communications or air or ship traffic, the South Korean government said, unlike previous efforts.

Sinosphere: No April Fooling Please, We’re Chinese
A Chinese state news agency’s rejection of the West’s “Fools’ Day” received thousands of comments, and not everyone took the message seriously.

Editorial: Hints of an End to the Fighting in Yemen
A cease-fire could lead to progress toward peace in a civil war that has become a proxy struggle over influence in the region.

Op-Ed Contributors: How Hedge Funds Held Argentina for Ransom
By extracting a lavish settlement, U.S. vulture investors demonstrated how they could put a whole country’s recovery on hold.

World Briefing: Brazil: Judge Removed From Inquiry Into Ex-President
The Supreme Federal Tribunal’s decision, which is not its final ruling, transfers the inquiry into the finances of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the high court from Judge Sérgio Moro.

World Briefing: Somalia: Suicide Bomber Strikes Cafe in Central Town
At least nine people were killed and 10 others wounded near a hotel in the town of Galkayo, a police official said.

Retired Rwanda Politician Dies While Jailed in Burundi as a Spy
Jacques Bihozagara’s death is under investigation at a time of escalating tensions between Burundi and Rwanda.

Berit Viktorsson, Visiting Daughter in Brussels, Was Killed in Attacks
Ms. Viktorsson, who was at the Brussels airport, had become adept at navigating the city on frequent trips to visit her daughter.

Editorial: The Danger of a Runaway Antarctica
Despite environmental progress, the threat of rising seas must be countered by increased international cooperation and leadership from the United States.

Obama and President Xi of China Vow to Sign Paris Climate Accord Promptly
Officials cast the announcement as a statement of resolve by the world’s two largest greenhouse gas polluters, even though there are doubts about whether the United States can meet its obligations.

Uganda’s Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Presidential Election
The challenge by the third-place finisher, Amama Mbabazi, argued that President Yoweri Museveni was not validly elected and that false results had been disseminated.

Starwood Hotels’ Chinese Suitor Backs Out of Bidding
A consortium led by the Anbang Insurance Group of China withdrew its $14 billion offer with no explanation, clearing the way for Marriott’s offer.

Kosher Kilts and Plaid Skullcaps: Scotland’s Jews Get a Tartan
Rabbi Mendel Jacobs has drawn a wave of attention for his “Jewish Tartan,” a combination of colors from the Scottish saltire flag and the Israeli one.

ISIS Leader Is My Ex-Husband, Woman Says, but Doubts Remain
The woman, Saja al-Dulaimi, 28, told the Swedish newspaper Expressen that she married Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2008, but experts question her claims.

Op-Ed Contributor: A Syrian Refugee’s Message to the European Union
We fled war to find safety with our families. Why is the E.U. making our lives more miserable?

View From Space Hints at a New Viking Site in North America
The site was identified last summer after satellite images showed possible man-made shapes under discolored vegetation on the Newfoundland coast.

U.N. Peacekeeping Hit by New Allegations of ‘Sickening’ Sex Abuse
The allegations, if confirmed, would expand the scope of the sexual abuse committed by peacekeepers deployed in the Central African Republic.

Gilles Laurent, a Filmmaker With an Eye for Sounds, Dies in Brussels Attacks
Mr. Laurent, 46, had such an intimate connection with the noises of everyday life that his collaborators say he “looked” at sounds as if observing an object.

Investigators Pursue Leads on Frenchman Accused of Terror Plot
Reda Kriket, 34, previously convicted of robbery and acts of violence, had amassed an arsenal of weapons and bombs, and on Wednesday he was charged with terrorist conspiracy.

World Briefing: Cameron Rules Out Nationalization of Britain’s Struggling Steel Industry
Prime Minister David Cameron spoke after Tata Steel, an Indian company, announced on Wednesday that it would seek to sell its British steel factories.

Op-Ed Contributor: To Unify Europe, Face the Mideast as One
The European Union needs a unified policy that takes care of our own security.

Love Story? Ex-Wife Calls EgyptAir Hijacker Abusive
Marina Paraschos, who divorced Seif Eldin Mustafa 25 years ago, said he was “dangerous and unpredictable.”

ISIS Turns Saudis Against the Kingdom, and Families Against Their Own
Adopting elements of a Sunni creed known as Wahhabism, the Islamic State has recruited Saudis to kill their own relatives and to bomb mosques.

Car Bomb Kills 4 Turkish Police Officers in Diyarbakir
Twenty people were wounded in the latest violence to hit the biggest city in the largely Kurdish region of southeastern Turkey.

Brussels Attacks Renew Criticism of Security at Europe’s Airports
A police union leader and officers working at Brussels Airport expressed concern about lax security and baggage handlers with criminal records.

Zaha Hadid, Groundbreaking Architect, Dies at 65
Ms. Hadid, the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize, was renowned for her theoretical work that left a mark on skylines around the world.

Imre Kertesz, Nobel Laureate Who Survived Holocaust, Dies at 86
What set the Hungarian writer apart from others was his insistence on describing Auschwitz and Buchenwald without outrage, especially in his definitive work, “Fateless.”

Sinosphere: Q. and A.: Hyeonseo Lee on North Korean Defectors in China
Ms. Lee, who hid in China for a decade after defecting from North Korea, discusses her experiences and China’s relationship with North Korea.

South Korean Court Upholds Ban on Prostitution
Three of the Constitutional Court’s nine justices fiercely criticized what they called a government crackdown on women driven to the sex trade.

Jacob Zuma Violated Constitution, South African Court Rules
The Constitutional Court said the president flouted laws by refusing to pay back part of millions of dollars in public funds used for private home improvements.