Today’s world headlines span accountability, security and public safety. In Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu has escalated a bitter dispute with The New York Times, threatening legal action over Nicholas Kristof’s column alleging widespread sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees, claims Israeli leaders denounce as defamatory lies. In Australia, Coles suffered a major blow after a federal court ruled it misled shoppers with fake discount pricing, a decision likely to sharpen scrutiny of supermarket promotions more broadly. In Britain, health officials are investigating a meningitis outbreak linked to a college student’s death in Reading, while close contacts are being offered antibiotics as a precaution. There is also fresh tension in the Gulf, where a vessel anchored off the UAE was reportedly seized and taken toward Iranian waters near the Strait of Hormuz. And UK authorities are again asking the public to help track a dozen most-wanted fugitives believed to be hiding in Spain.