• Somalia is grappling with the security lapses that contributed to an attack some call the country’s 9/11. [The New York Times]

• Julian Assange lashed out at Hillary Clinton after she called the WikiLeaks founder “a tool of Russian intelligence” on Australian television. [The Age]

• Jakarta’s new governor was sworn in under pressure to prove that he can be as effective as his predecessor, the jailed politician known as Ahok. [The New York Times]



• Madrid issued a new deadline of Thursday for Catalonia to clarify whether it had declared independence after its leader declined to meet its Monday deadline. [The New York Times]

• Ahmad Khan Rahimi, a loner from New Jersey, was sentenced to life in prison for two-day bombing campaign in and around New York City last year. [The New York Times]

• A U.S. soldier, Bowe Bergdahl, pleaded guilty to desertion and to endangering the troops sent to search for him after he walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009. [The New York Times]

• The suona, a traditional Chinese wind instrument like an oboe, was banned in 2016, as part of a crackdown on lavish ceremonies, and may be fading away forever. [Sixth Tone]