Decades of violence have left over a hundred thousand missing in Colombia. The country has made it its mission to find them.

Islam, a coalition of Syrian rebel groups, is standing trial in France. The case is one of many in Europe as Syrians have sought justice for war crimes committed in Syria.

New England Minutemen, some dressed for war in their finest clothes and at least one fellow wearing his wedding suit, fought the Revolutionary War’s first battles against British soldiers at ...