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U.S. Airdrop Aided Militants, Turkish President Says

By CEYLAN YEGINSU

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Islamic State had seized some weapons and supplies intended for Kurdish fighters in the Syrian town of Kobani.

Jean-Claude Juncker, the incoming president of the European Commission, in a speech before the European Parliament on Wednesday.

New Commissioners Approved for E.U.’s Executive Branch

By JAMES KANTER

The vote by lawmakers ended months of sometimes acrimonious debate over the administrative direction of the 28-nation bloc.

British Police Arrest Woman Suspected of Planning Terrorism

By ALAN COWELL

The nature of the accusations was not specified, but the operation was the latest raid meant to thwart attacks in Britain or restrain young people drawn to the Islamic State.

Thierry Desmarest and Patrick Pouyanné to Lead Oil Giant Total After Chief’s Death

By DAVID JOLLY and STANLEY REED

The company is splitting its chief executive and chairman jobs, bringing back a former chief, with a plan for Mr. Pouyanné to lead it into 2016.

Christophe de Margerie, Swashbuckling Chief of Total Oil, Is Dead at 63 NYT Now

Denis Mukwege, Congolese Gynecologist, Is Awarded Sakharov Prize

By ALAN COWELL and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

The European Parliament awarded the doctor its highest human rights accolade for a campaign to end the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.

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Are You Catholic and Divorced? Share Your Experience

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

New York Times journalists covering religion would like to hear from Catholics who have been divorced, and, in particular, from those who have remarried.

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Maps of the Crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

A Malaysia Airlines flight with nearly 300 people aboard crashed in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border on July 17.

Clockwise from top left: Shazana Salleh, Martine de Schutter, Willem Witteveen, Cameron Dalziel, Tessa van der Sande, Andrei Anghel, Joep Lange and Jacqueline van Tongeren.

Victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

Among the 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were a renowned AIDS researcher, a Dutch senator and an Australian novelist.

A 100-Year Legacy of World War I

World War I demolished empires and destroyed kings, kaisers and sultans. It introduced chemical weapons and aerial bombing. It brought women into the work force and hastened their legal right to vote.

A bride, 14, and her groom, 13, celebrated among their Gypsy community, which settled in Chudovo after the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

Between Big Cities, a Road Passes the Russia Left Behind

By ELLEN BARRY

Along the highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg — a 12-hour trip by car — one sees great neglected stretches of land that seem drawn backward in time.

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Party Under Paris, But Don’t Tell

In the catacombs under Paris, art and adventure mix in an exclusive world of creativity and freedom hidden from the world above.

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Russia and Ukraine Gas Agreement

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said that he and President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine had agreed on the terms of natural gas supplies “at least for the winter period.”

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State Department on Turkish Airstrikes

Jen Psaki, a State Department spokeswoman, emphasized the importance of a clear distinction between Turkey’s military engagement with the P.K.K. and its role in the fight against ISIS.