Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues have joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy. People lined up well before the start of Friday's service at the church in Stonecrest to file past the open casket to say their goodbyes to Fortson. He was shot May 3 by a deputy responding to a possible domestic violence situation at Fortson’s apartment complex. During the service,

Israeli troops have recovered the bodies of three hostages in the Gaza Strip. The military said Friday the three were killed at a music festival during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, and their bodies were taken into Gaza. Among those found were German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of the 22-year-old's twisted body in the back of a pickup truck became emblematic of the attack. The military did not say where the bodies were found in Gaza. Israeli forces are currently invading the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying it’s the last stronghold of Hamas and hostages are being held there.

The number of violent incidents reported in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has fallen slightly after France imposed a state of emergency. An extra 1,000 officers have been deployed to boost the power of the security forces to quell unrest in the archipelago whose Indigenous population has long sought independence. A curfew is now in effect across the territory from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. and will remain in force until the state of emergency is lifted. Clashes erupted Monday following protests over voting reforms that passed in the National Assembly in Paris. While the Indigenous Kanaks seek independence, the descendants of colonists want New Caledonia to remain part of France.

The U.S. Ambassador to Japan has stressed the importance of increased deterrence and his country’s commitment to the alliance with its key ally as he visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of Tokyo's tension with Beijing. Japan has been making a southwest shift of its defense posture, and is further accelerating its military buildup under the 2022 security strategy. The top government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi welcomed the visit as “meaningful” for the ambassador's better understanding of Japan's defense strategy which focuses on counter-strike capability with long-range cruise missiles.