News of the day from across the globe, June 25

Israel’s army says troops shot and killed a Palestinian woman after she purposely rammed her vehicle into an Israeli car, injuring two people in the West Bank.

German authorities say a masked man who was shot dead after taking hostages in movie theater was armed only with a harmless replica rifle, a pistol and dummy grenades.

Russian lawmakers adopted a set of measures Friday that proponents said were aimed at combatting terrorism but human rights activists condemned as an assault on freedoms of speech, privacy and conscience.

The measures, passed by the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, introduced a prison sentence of up to one year for failure to report a terrorist act or armed mutiny in the planning stages.

The lawmakers also forced cellular and Internet providers to store all communications data for six months and to help security services decipher all messaging applications.

The U.S. military launched its first air strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan since President Obama’s decision earlier this month to expand America’s involvement against the insurgents, U.S. officials said Friday.

U.S. officials made it clear when they announced the new authority to hit Taliban targets once again that they would only be used in selective operations that were deemed to have a strategic and important effect on the fight.

Terror trial: A Danish court has sentenced a 24-year-old pizzeria owner to seven years in jail after he was found guilty of joining Islamic State militants in Syria, where he claimed he worked as a cook.