Andrew Jeong

• Asia

Mitsuko Tottori, 59, said safety would be her priority. She praised the flight crew that evacuated a planeload of people during a fiery accident this month.

• National

The three officers, who were acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis in Tacoma, Wash., will each get $500,000 as part of voluntary resignation agreements.

• World

Antipoverty group Oxfam said the world’s five richest people have almost doubled their wealth since 2019, while nearly 5 billion people have become poorer.

• Israel-Gaza War

The Iran-backed Houthi militants said U.S.- and U.K.-led strikes in Yemen will “not go unpunished,” as Israel begins its defense at the International Court of Justice.

• National

Connor Fitzgerald Bowman is suspected of poisoning his wife with a lethal amount of colchicine, a drug used to treat gout, according to Minnesota authorities.

• Politics

Knavs lived in Slovenia before moving to the United States, where she became a citizen in 2018. Melania Trump announced the death on social media.

• National Security

Gen. Eric. M. Smith had been juggling two jobs, often working 5:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., before his cardiac arrest. The double duty was due to a hold on military promotions.

• Transportation

The Federal Aviation Administration has called for an inspection of 171 aircraft after part of a Boeing 737-9 Max’s wall blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight.

• Middle East

About 90 people were killed in Wednesday’s explosions at an event honoring a senior figure in Iran’s armed forces. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attacks.