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June 3, 2024

Armed man fatally shot by New Hampshire police outside home improvement store

An armed man was was fatally shot by police officers on Sunday outside a Lowe's store in New Hampshire. The incident is under investigation, authorities say.

June 3, 2024

Actor Michael Douglas visits Israel in solidarity, meets president

Actor Michael Douglas visited an Israeli kibbutz that was hit hard in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that sparked the current Israel-Hamas war, and met with Israeli president Isaac Herzog.

June 3, 2024

Police hunt for suspects after war shrine is defaced with graffiti in Tokyo

In Tokyo, Japan, police are searching for suspects who spray-painted the word "toilet" on a stone pillar at Yasukuni Shrine, a site honoring Japan's war dead.

June 3, 2024

Communities abroad commemorate Tiananmen Square victims after Hong Kong crackdown quashes ceremonies

Hong Kong's decades-old annual vigil to commemorate those who died in the 1989 the Tiananmen Square crackdown has vanished after enactment of a China-imposed security law.

June 3, 2024

Syrian national arrested after allegedly attacking Romania's Israeli embassy with Molotov cocktail

A foreign citizen was arrested in Romania’s capital after allegedly attacking the entrance of the Israeli Embassy with a Molotov cocktail, authorities say.

June 3, 2024

German police officer who was stabbed by Afghan immigrant has died

A 29-year-old German police officer has died after being stabbed multiple times in the head and neck by a 25-year-old immigrant from Afghanistan in Mannheim.

June 3, 2024

Body found near Greek beach with 22-pound barbell attached to leg, coast guard says

The coast guard says the body of an unidentified man has been recovered off a beach northeast of the Greek capital with a 22-pound barbell attached to his leg with a rope.

June 3, 2024

Police officer protecting polio workers fatally shot in Pakistan's northwest

Pakistani police say gunmen opened fire on polio workers in the country's northwest, killing a police officer assigned to protect them. One of the attackers died.

June 3, 2024

American WWII veterans travel to France to be honored for 80th anniversary of D-Day

A group of 60 World War II veterans is leaving Atlanta on a chartered flight to France to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings with parades, school visits and ceremonies.

June 3, 2024

Georgia signs controversial 'foreign influence' bill into law

The speaker of Georgia's parliament signed the controversial "foreign agents" bill into law after the legislature dismissed the veto of President Salome Zourabichvili.