Some State Department officials have proposed closing the embassy in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, as a precaution after recent gains by Al Shabab militants.

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The teenager faces terrorism charges in an arson attack on an IKEA store in Lithuania. Investigators say it was part of a Russian sabotage campaign.

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The strike on a home left other bodies buried under the rubble, according to the Gazan authorities. The Israeli military said it had been targeting a Hamas operative.

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Israel’s ‘Gazafication’ of the West Bank displaces 40,000 residents of refugee camps.

Protests against Hamas are encouraging, but prolonged and unnecessary killing still seems likely.

Protests in Gaza against Hamas are the first necessary steps on the road to real peace.