Bloomberg Israeli and Palestinian leaders blamed each other for the deaths of at least 16 Palestinians who were part of a mass protest along the Gaza border, with each side lobbing threats of escalating the violence. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel was “fully responsible” for killing his countrymen, and a video appearing to show an unarmed teenager being ...

Bloomberg A Russian citizen accused of hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox in 2012 appeared in a US courtroom and was ordered to undergo a medical evaluation after being extradited from the Czech Republic in a move that may increase diplomatic tensions between Washington and Moscow. Yevgeniy Nikulin, 30, who’s repeatedly denied the hacking allegations, “has a number of medical issues and ...

Bloomberg Sierra Leone holds a presidential run-off vote for the right to rule the West African nation that’s facing the challenge of reviving an economy battered by the Ebola outbreak and a drop in commodity prices. Former military head of state Julius Maada Bio of the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party led Samura Kamara of the ruling All People’s ...