President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed ahead with his sweeping overhaul of the senior government ranks as the head of Ukraine’s governing party released a slate of nine candidates for top cabinet positions. nyti.ms/3yXDIts

Twenty-one migrants were missing at sea on Wednesday, according to survivors rescued from a sinking boat about 10 miles from the Italian island of Lampedusa, Italy’s Coast Guard said. nyti.ms/3TgdNE2

The Maori of New Zealand named a new monarch on Thursday, selecting a 27-year-old queen in a symbolic but weighty role as some of the Indigenous group’s hard-fought rights have been rolled back. nyti.ms/4eaoiAV

Linda Sun, a former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, used her growing influence to push the interests of the Chinese government, U.S. prosecutors say. nyti.ms/4gbSQUI

With a flurry of hacks and fake websites, Iran has intensified its efforts to discredit American democracy and possibly tip the race against former President Donald Trump. nyti.ms/4e66bg1

When two Russian ballistic missiles struck a military academy in Poltava, Ukraine, earlier this week, debris blocked corridors and exits. Cadets near a bomb shelter survived. Others did not. nyti.ms/47f0wBo

The United States announced a broad effort to push back on Russian influence campaigns in the 2024 election, as it tries to curb the Kremlin’s use of state-run media and fake news sites to sway American voters. nyti.ms/4cQYSqR

Venezuelan security forces and armed groups aligned with the government committed widespread violence against protesters and killed some of them after the country’s disputed presidential election, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. nyti.ms/3XhyT6j

Breaking News: President Emmanuel Macron of France appointed Michel Barnier, a veteran right-wing politician, as the new prime minister after a long impasse. nyti.ms/3ZbSM0Y

A 96-year-old Gambian woman, who has performed female genital cutting for generations, is now passing the torch. After becoming the first practitioner to be convicted, her case has sparked a backlash and a popular campaign to reinstate the practice. nyti.ms/4gcI1BE

"This is not the Pope but God himself visiting us." For many trans women living on the fringes of society in Indonesia, the Catholic Church is a haven, and Pope Francis, with his messages of tolerance toward the LGBTQ community, has become a personal hero. nyti.ms/4geOaxb

Repair technicians at the Paris Games fix everything from bent wheelchair frames to broken sunglasses. They rescue broken equipment at the last minute before a competition and help embody the spirit of disabled athletes. nyti.ms/4gfgM9S

China has pulled out all the stops for a gathering of leaders and top officials from 50 African nations this week in Beijing, a three-day forum meant to demonstrate Beijing’s global clout despite rising tensions with the West. nyti.ms/3ZbxK2w

Nicaragua's tightening grip under its authoritarian government has made religious leaders a big target, subjecting them to harassment, arrest, and forced exile. Evangelical Christians from the Mountain Gateway Church are involved in the crackdown. nyti.ms/3XvIXK1

Nicaragua released 135 political prisoners — including 13 people affiliated with an American evangelical church — on humanitarian grounds on Thursday in a deal brokered by the U.S. government, the White House announced. nyti.ms/3X6TOZG

A U.N. team has painstakingly exhumed mass graves to help recover the bodies of those killed by ISIS. The Iraqi government is ordering them to stop. In one of the most blatant cases of genocide — the murder of the Yazidi people might go unsolved. nyti.ms/4e9i984

Dismissing Ukraine’s recent invasion of Kursk, the Russian leader said Kyiv made a mistake in trying to force Moscow to divert its forces from the Donbas region. nyti.ms/3ThnvWI

Boko Harem fighters threatened a small village in northeastern Nigeria, so they fled. But after a local official informed them that it was safe to return, the subsequent attack by ISWAP, an Islamic extremist faction, killed at least 170 villagers. nyti.ms/4ggowIm

German police engaged in a shootout with an 18-year-old Austrian after the suspect drove up in a car, got out, and started shooting at patrolling officers near the Israeli consulate. The incident is being investigated as a possible terrorist attack. nyti.ms/3MAKZ5G

Swedish public health authorities recommended this week that children under the age of 2 should not use any digital media, as parents, pediatricians and governments struggle to respond to the challenges of today’s tech-soaked world. nyti.ms/3B4usEc