• The Kenyan government moved to criminalize a political opposition group as supporters of the opposition leader Raila Odinga rallied in Nairobi, the capital. [The New York Times]

• Saudi Arabia’s government said that it had collected more than $100 billion from prominent citizens detained in what it called a crackdown on corruption. [The New York Times]

• Pope Francis sent the Vatican’s leading sex-crimes investigator to Chile. [The New York Times]

• On our news podcast, our Kabul correspondent discusses the connection between the recent wave of violence there and the U.S. government’s cutoff of security aid to Pakistan. [The New York Times]

• There’s a controversy in Norway over its Alpine ski team uniforms. Team sweaters bear a rune that neo-Nazis have tried to co-opt. [The New York Times]

• A trailer for the new movie “Beirut,” starring Jon Hamm, has been the subject of scathing criticism. Detractors say it stereotypes Arabs. [The New York Times]

• A Hawaii state employee who sent a false missile alert that set off panic thought the threat was real, officials said, and has been fired. [The New York Times]

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