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Obama Seeks to Push Myanmar Back on the Path Toward Democracy

By MARK LANDLER and THOMAS FULLER

President Obama warned the leaders that they need to improve the political system and stop systematic persecution of the Muslim minority.

U.S.-India Agreement Clears Way for Global Trade Deal

By NEHA THIRANI BAGRI

Talks on the trade deal reached an impasse in July when India said it would veto it unless a dispute over its food security program was resolved.

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Africa

Car Bombs Explode Near Egyptian and U.A.E. Embassies in Libya

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

The blasts were said to be a backlash against the two countries for their role in a regional proxy war, and officials said no one was injured.

Air Force personnel working last month to set up a 25-bed hospital near Monrovia, Liberia.

Health Officials Reassess Strategy to Combat Ebola in Liberia

By HELENE COOPER and SABRINA TAVERNISE

As the rate of new infections has slowed, American and Liberian officials are debating whether to shift money that was planned for the centers into other programs to combat future outbreaks.

Middle East

Top U.S. General Says He’s Open to Using Ground Troops to Take Mosul

By HELENE COOPER

President Obama’s top military adviser said he would consider deploying a limited number of American forces to fight alongside Iraqi troops moving to retake areas held by militants.

Men who said they were hired by the Islamic State to monitor the quality of goods in markets disposed of confiscated products in central Raqqa last week.

Airstrikes Blunt ISIS in Raqqa, but Many Syrians There Aren’t Grateful

By KAREEM FAHIM

Residents are angry at the Americans because food and fuel prices have soared, power blackouts have prevailed, and order is now threatened by a power vacuum.

Europe

Russia to Curtail Nuclear Security Efforts With U.S., Officials Say

By MICHAEL R. GORDON

The move could seriously undermine more than two decades of cooperation aimed at ensuring that nuclear bomb components on Russian soil do not fall into the hands of terrorists or a rogue state.

Nationalist Youths Attack U.S. Sailors in Turkey

By CEYLAN YEGINSU

The United States Embassy called the attack “appalling,” and the Turkish authorities arrested 12 people, saying such behavior was “in no way tolerable.”

Americas

The Upshot

A mass in July in El Pedregal, a small town along the Guatemala-Mexico border. A survey found that 69 percent of Latin American adults said they were Catholic, down from an estimated 90 percent for much of the 20th century.

Latin America Is Losing Its Catholic Identity

By MICHAEL PAULSON

The Roman Catholic Church’s claim on the region is lessening as a younger generation turns to Protestantism, a Pew study found.

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Fishermen in Brazil Save a River Goliath, and Their Livelihoods

By SIMON ROMERO

Efforts to save the pirarucu, one of the world’s largest freshwater fish, have been a success while offering a strategy for fending off a broader freshwater extinction crisis.

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Afghanistan Militants Attack Coalition Convoy

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN

The convoy belonging to the American-led coalition forces was attacked twice by suicide bombers, officials said, but suffered no casualties.

Takehiko Nakao was elected president of the Asian Development Bank in 2013.

Fostering Growth With Greater Economic Cooperation

By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP

Takehiko Nakao, president of the Asian Development Bank, explains how the Group of 20, which is meeting in Australia this weekend, can bolster economies and fight corruption.

President Vladimir V. Putin, left, with other world leaders at the Group of 20 summit meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, last year.

Hopes Are Low for G-20 Summit in Brisbane

By JACK EWING

Leaders will gather in Australia this weekend, but their interactions are likely to be strained by events in Ukraine, territorial disputes in Asia and war in the Middle East.

Chinese tourists at Quanfu Island, part of the Paracel Islands claimed by China.

The Factory to the World Needs a Hand

By THOMAS FULLER

For more than a decade, China and its neighbors have seemingly lived by a tacit agreement: Trade more, play down disputes and enjoy the rising wealth. But wariness and fragility are setting in.

ISIS Chief Is Said to Emerge, Urging ‘Volcanoes of Jihad’

By RICK GLADSTONE

An audiotape posted online said to contain the voice of the Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, appears to be the first indication that he was not killed in an airstrike last weekend.

Liberia President, Citing Ebola Gains, Ends State of Emergency

By CLAIR MacDOUGALL

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said she would not extend the state of emergency, which had angered critics.

Egypt Militants Kill Off-Duty Soldiers and Police Officers in Sinai

By KAREEM FAHIM and MERNA THOMAS

The attacks came despite a large-scale military campaign in the area to root out jihadist groups after the massacre of 31 soldiers last month.

Decree by Sisi Could Lead Egypt to Free Journalist

By KAREEM FAHIM

The decree enabling the president to deport non-Egyptians convicted of crimes could aid an imprisoned journalist, Peter Greste.

Web of Incentives in Fatal Indian Sterilizations

By ELLEN BARRY and SUHASINI RAJ

People who took part in a sterilization drive in the state of Chhattisgarh that led to 13 deaths described an assembly-line atmosphere with little regard for hygiene.

In China, Blunt Talk to Reporters on Access

By RAVI SOMAIYA

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, appeared to state as policy something long hinted: a link between unfavorable news coverage and denials of reporters’ visas.