An uneasy mix of conflict, spectacle and endurance defines the day’s developments. In the occupied West Bank, settler attacks on Palestinian villages, including arson at two mosques, followed a deadly clash near Nablus that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers, deepening fears of widening violence. In Eastern Europe, Romania shot down a third drone in as many days after another airspace incursion near the Black Sea, then summoned Russia’s ambassador as the war in Ukraine continues to spill beyond its borders. In Nigeria, gunmen abducted Kebbi State High Court judge Faruku Bunza from his home, underscoring the country’s persistent insecurity. Elsewhere, Seattle police are hunting two men who leapt by parachute from the Space Needle in a brazen stunt. And in a more reassuring sign of international cooperation, a U.S.-Russian crew returned safely to Kazakhstan after eight months aboard the International Space Station.