• Orland Shooter Omar Mateen Altered Looks, Researched Anti-Psychotic Drugs before Attack

  On the morning before the massacre at Orlando's Pulse gay nightclub, shooter Omar Mateen drastically altered his appearance, shaving his head and face, and seemed agitated and surly, said an acquaintance who saw him that day.

  

• North Korea's Kim Jong Un Says Missile Launch Shows Ability to Attack U.S. in Pacific

  North Korea leader Kim Jong Un said after supervising the test launch of an intermediate-range missile that the country now has the capability to attack U.S. interests in the Pacific, official media reported on Thursday.

  

• Two California Men Found Guilty of Plotting to Join Islamic State Terrorist Group

  Two men from Anaheim, California, were found guilty on Tuesday of conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State militants, one of them going so far as to attempt to travel to the Middle East to join the extremist group, federal prosecutors said.

  

• Pope Francis to visit Armenia after Irking Turkey With 'Genocide' Label

  Pope Francis visits Armenia this weekend and will try to avoid reigniting a diplomatic dispute with Turkey after his branding of the 1915 mass killings of Armenians as a genocide infuriated Ankara last year.

  

• Senate Likely to Pass FBI Spying Bill after Orlando Shooting

  The U.S. Senate on Wednesday is likely to pass a Republican-backed proposal to expand the Federal Bureau of Investigation's secretive surveillance powers after the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub last week.