Settlers set fire to an agricultural tractor and a vehicle during their attack on Ramin village, east of Tulkarem. They also stormed the village of Susiya in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, and set fire to vast swathes of Palestinian agricultural land.

Hong Kong's Secretary for Security, Chris Tang, said Thursday that booksellers are responsible for ensuring the titles they sell don't "endanger national security" — a day after five people linked to two independent bookstores were arrested.

Police raided Have A Nice Stay, a shop founded by former journalists, and the longstanding Greenfield Book Store, alleging the content stirred up hatred against the government, judiciary, and law enforcement. It's the third such crackdown on independent bookstores in four months. Tang declined to publish a list of banned books, saying it wouldn't help enforcement.

Have A Nice Stay had already announced it will close by Aug. 30, citing financial strain and an "elusive red line." Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te weighed in, saying "every independent bookstore is vital in guarding free thought."

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DUBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Iran has asked Yemen’s Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the United States strikes Iranian power infrastructure, three sources told Reuters on Thursday, posing a potent new threat ​to global energy supplies.

The idea has been discussed within the Islamic Republic's leadership, and the message has been conveyed to Iran's Houthi allies, two senior Iranian ‌sources and a regional source familiar with the matter said, speaking on condition of anonymity.