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  Gun Used By United Healthcare Assassin May Have Been Rare WWII Spy Weapon: Report

  The gun used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson may have been a modern version of a rare World War II-era spy weapon, investigators revealed.

• University of Oklahoma Returns 130-Year-Old Impressionist Painting Stolen by the Nazis

  An impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro in 1886 will be transferred to its rightful owner after the UNiversity of Oklahoma settled its long-standing dispute over its ownership. The painting was looted by the Nazis during World War II.

• Outburst of compassion in Europe puts lid on far right -for now

  European far right parties have called refugees streaming into the region "terrorists", a "ticking time bomb", a Muslim "invasion" that will bankrupt nations and undermine the continent's Christian roots.

• War stops 13 million going to school in Middle East, North Africa: U.N.

  Conflicts across the Middle East and North Africa are preventing more than 13 million children from attending school, leaving their hopes and futures shattered, the United Nations Children's Fund said in a report issued on Thursday.

• Ghosts of WW2 haunt East Asia as Abe readies anniversary statement

  Seventy years after Japan's defeat in World War Two, the conflict's legacy haunts East Asia and reconciliation remains elusive.

• Abe's cabinet approves Japan security bills; voters wary, confused

  Japan's cabinet approved on Thursday bills to implement a drastic shift in security policy allowing the military to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, although the public is divided and wary over the changes.

• Japan ruling bloc signs off on security legislation, public split

  Japanese ruling party officials signed off on Monday on bills to implement a drastic change in security policy that would expand the role of the nation's military in the U.S.-Japan alliance and allow it to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two.

• Russia stages WW2 victory parade, draws rebuke from Ukraine

  Thousands of troops marched across Moscow's Red Square on Saturday and tanks rumbled through streets to mark the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, an event boycotted by Western leaders over Russia's role in the Ukraine crisis.

• South Korea brands Japan bid for heritage status for industrial sites 'historic distortion'

  South Korea on Thursday condemned as "historic distortion" an effort by Japan to register 19th century industrial facilities as U.N. World Heritage sites, urging full disclosure of Japan's use of Korean forced labor.

• PM Abe's party eyes revision of Japan pacifist constitution by late 2018

  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party wants to revise Japan's constitution by late 2018 to remove constraints on his defense strategy, a key party lawmaker said, an ambitious target since the charter has not been changed since Americans drafted it after World War Two.

• Korean wartime sex slave calls on Japan PM to apologize on U.S. trip

  An 88-year-old South Korean woman forced to become a sex slave in Japanese military brothels during World War Two on Friday called on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize and restore her "honor" when he visits Washington next week.

• Japanese PM Abe makes ritual offering at Yasukuni shrine, irks neighbors

  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering on Tuesday to a Tokyo shrine for war dead, irking Asian neighbors just before he hopes to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a leaders' summit in Jakarta.

• With eye on Japan, China plans big military parades under Xi: sources

  Chinese troops are rehearsing for a major parade in September where the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is expected to unveil new homegrown weapons in the first of a series of public displays of military might planned during President Xi Jinping's tenure, sources said.

• Mussolini's air raid bunker to open to the public

  Benito Mussolini's personal air raid shelter is opening to the public, 74 years after Italy's former fascist dictator started building a network of fortified underground rooms to protect himself and his family from wartime bombing.

• Japan sees growing chance of Abe holding talks with China's Xi

  Expectations are growing in Japan that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for an ice-breaking chat next month, while an aide signaled Abe may postpone visits to a shrine for war dead that have infuriated Beijing in the past.