World News at a Glance

10 Killed in Gaza as Palestinian Protesters Face Off With Israeli Soldiers

With tear gas and burning tires fouling the air and gunfire periodically ringing out from one direction, Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soldiers faced off along the fence hemming in the Gaza Strip for a second week on Friday. Ten Palestinians were killed, including two teenagers, and 1,000 were wounded, Palestinian officials said. The demonstrations were smaller than those last week, when 21 people were killed. But the death toll was significant, despite a pledge by Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza, that the protest would be peaceful, and by Israel that it had learned from last week and would use live fire judiciously.

Defying Deadline, Brazil’s Ex-Leader Dares Police to Come Get Him

Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil defied a Friday deadline to report to prison to begin serving a 12-year corruption sentence, daring authorities to haul him away from a union headquarters thronged by his supporters. As the 5 p.m. deadline neared, da Silva’s supporters counted down the last five seconds. Then they began chanting: “There is no surrender!” da Silva’s decision set the stage for a heated confrontation between the most loyal defenders of a polarizing, yet enormously popular politician, and law enforcement officials who regard his imprisonment as a defining moment in their yearslong effort to stamp out corruption in Brazil.

South Korea’s Ousted President Gets 24 Years in Prison

Park Geun-hye, South Korea’s impeached and ousted president, was sentenced Friday to 24 years in prison on bribery and other charges in a case that exposed the entrenched, collusive ties between the government and huge conglomerates like Samsung. The conviction and sentencing represented a climactic moment in an influence-peddling scandal that drew hundreds of thousands of South Koreans into the streets demanding Park’s resignation and shook the country’s political and business worlds. Park — the conservative daughter of a past dictator — is the country’s first former leader to be convicted of crimes since two former military-backed presidents were found guilty of sedition and corruption in the 1990s.

Skripal Cousin Says She Doesn’t Trust Britain on Chemical Attack

A 45-year-old Russian accountant and relative of the two Russians poisoned in a nerve agent attack in Britain last month said in an interview late Thursday that she was “scared” for them, calling British authorities untrustworthy and casting doubt on their version of events. In the interview in Yaroslavl, Russia, where she lives with her husband and two children, the accountant, Viktoria Skripal, who has been thrust into an escalating confrontation between Russia and the West, also said that she doubted that Britain would grant her a visa that would allow her to see her relatives.

Trump Administration Imposes New Sanctions on Putin Cronies

The Trump administration imposed new sanctions on seven of Russia’s richest men and 17 top government officials Friday in the latest effort to punish President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle for interference in the 2016 election and other Russian aggressions. The sanctions are designed to penalize some of Russia’s richest industrialists, who are seen in the West as enriching themselves from Putin’s increasingly authoritarian administration. The action freezes the oligarchs’ assets and prevents any U.S. entities or individuals from doing business with them or their business operations. It also restricts foreign individuals from facilitating transactions on their behalf.

Lower-Caste Fury Shakes India, and Hints at Fiery Election Ahead

Hundreds of thousands of India’s Dalits — once known as Untouchables — poured into the streets this week, waving the dark blue flags of Dalit resistance. The protesters were fired up about a recent court ruling many Dalits felt eroded some of their hard-fought gains. Young men barricaded railroad tracks, burned buses and hurled bricks at police. Indian authorities sent club-wielding officers into the crowds. By the time the Dalit mutiny had been quelled, at least 11 people were dead and hundreds were arrested. The demonstrations showed the Dalits will be a potent force in next year’s national elections.

Hanged After a Trial He Couldn’t Understand, and Pardoned 136 Years Later

When Maolra Seoighe entered a Dublin courtroom to be tried for murder, his name was recorded as Myles Joyce. The change was a translation from his native Irish, or Gaelic, into English — a language he did not speak. So he couldn’t understand the defense lawyer, the judge or the jury members who decided he was guilty in November 1882, and he was hanged the next month. But evidence soon emerged that Joyce was innocent, just as he had been saying in Irish all along. Now, 136 years after his death, he has been officially pardoned. Ireland’s president, Michael D. Higgins, called the trial a “miscarriage of justice.”