• Officials in Myanmar have accused Muslim Rohingya militants of killing 28 Hindu villagers whose bodies they claim to have discovered in a mass grave. [BBC]

• Australia’s postal survey on same-sex marriage has prompted an outbreak of homophobic violence and vandalism. [The Brisbane Times]

• Sydney Airport is hoping to resume normal operation while the authorities investigate an air-traffic control outage that disrupted hundreds of flights at the start of school holidays. [Sydney Morning Herald]

• Puerto Rico suffered widespread devastation from Hurricane Maria; U.S. officials are working to get food and water to isolated communities cut off after the storm. [The New York Times]

• Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former New York congressman, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for exchanging lewd texts with a 15-year-old girl. [The New York Times]

• The latest Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is on the brink of failure, but its architects are making last-ditch efforts to keep it afloat. [The New York Times]

• Singapore’s civil defense and environmental agencies are trying to pin down the cause of a widely reported “strong burning smell.” [Channel NewsAsia]