Israel pauses for Memorial Day, a public day for mourning in the shadow of war

Israeli military sentences 2 soldiers to 30 days in jail for the destruction of a statue of Jesus in Lebanon

Pope denounces the “colonization” of Africa’s minerals as he arrives in Equatorial Guinea

Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy

The head of Myanmar’s army-backed government proposes new peace talks with armed resistance groups

US forces board an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia, Defense Department says