• Morocco has arrested thousands of sub-Saharan migrants, in a crackdown rights groups say was coordinated with Spain and the E.U. to stem the tide of migrants to the Continent. The government says it is fighting human trafficking. [The New York Times]

• Australia officially apologized for failing to protect children from sexual abuse, a moment of reckoning almost a year after a government inquiry uncovered a decades-long epidemic. [The New York Times]

• In Afghanistan, an Afghan commando shot and killed a NATO soldier, days after an infiltrator killed a top Afghan commander and wounded an American general. [The New York Times]

• An explosive device was found north of New York near the home of George Soros, the Hungarian-born billionaire philanthropist who is a favorite target of right-wing groups. [The New York Times]

• The world’s longest sea bridge opens today, as part of a larger effort to connect Hong Kong with the Chinese mainland. [The New York Times]

• A French priest committed suicide in a church after being accused of, though not charged with, sexually assaulting a minor. [BBC]

• In memoriam: Gilberto Benetton, one of four founding siblings of the Italian fashion brand Benetton. He was 77. [The Associated Press]