President Trump delivers Memorial Day address aboard USS Wasp in Japan

The president addressed hundreds of U.S. sailors and Marines after holding talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; John Roberts reports from Tokyo.

British teenagers sent to East Africa to avoid rising UK knife crime: reports

Hundreds of British teenagers are being shipped by their parents to parts of East Africa to avoid the rising knife crime in the United Kingdom that has claimed more than 100 lives this year alone.

Austrian populist leader derided as ‘Trump in slim-fit suit’ remains defiant after parliament ousts him from power

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, once hailed for making populism mainstream, has been ousted by parliament in a no-confidence vote Monday, plunging the country into another election in September.

UK Labour expels ex-Blair spin doctor Alastair Campbell

One of the best-known figures in Britain’s Labour Party for the last 20 years, Alastair Campbell, says he has been expelled for backing another party in last week’s European Parliament election.

German government backtracks on Jewish skullcap warning, urges everyone to wear it ahead of anti-Israel protest

The German government urged people to war the Jewish kippa in the wake of an upcoming anti-Israel protest, backtracking on the warning that Jewish people should conceal their religious identity and avoid wearing the religious skullcap.

Italy elects its first transgender mayor

Their general allegiances may lie with Matteo Salvini’s right-wing League party, but voters in a small town south of Milan have voted against the right-wing League candidate to elect Italy’s first transgender mayor.

City rents lodgings for parents of Poland’s first sextuplets

The city of Krakow has rented a two-bedroom apartment for the parents of Poland’s first sextuplets, to help them stay close to the hospitalized babies.

Taliban attacks kill 23 members of Afghan security forces

Afghan officials say two Taliban attacks targeted Afghan security checkpoints in the country’s west and east, killing at least 23 members of the security forces.

UK equalities body probes Labour Party over anti-Semitism

Britain’s human rights watchdog says it is investigating whether the country’s main opposition Labour Party is guilty of illegal anti-Semitism.

Climate activists on trial for taking down Macron portraits

Across France, activists have been taking down official portraits of President Emmanuel Macron to protest what they consider his “inaction” against climate change.