Globe Trot: Kerry makes historic visit to Hiroshima

JAPAN: John Kerry became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit a memorial to victims of the U.S. atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima today. He called on the world to abandon nuclear weapons but stopped short of apologizing for the bombing, which helped bring an end to World War II.

Kerry and the other foreign ministers of the G7 nations are meeting this week in Hiroshima, the hometown of Japan’s foreign minister, where South China Sea disputes, North Korean belligerence, and the global refugee crisis top the agenda.

IRAQ: Kerry also made an unannounced visit to Baghdad late last week, meeting with his counterparts in the government there. According to sources, he did not raise the issue of genocide, less than three weeks after issuing a finding that ISIS is committing genocidal acts against Christians, Yazidis, and other minorities in the country.

NATO: Only five countries out of 28 in NATO spent the NATO-required 2 percent of GDP on defense last year. The five are the United States, Britain, Estonia, Greece, and Poland.

GREAT BRITAIN: British Prime Minister David Cameron published his income tax returns for the past seven years, but questions remain about whether he profited from other tax-avoidance vehicles overseas.

NIGERIA: Islamic militant group Boko Haram is turning captured women and girls into trained killers, forcing many Christians to become Muslims. One, a mother of five, is among 58,000 residents of the Minawao Refugee Camp. In this New York Times story she’s identified by name as a Christian, though Boko Haram is active in the camp, which had just 2,000 people living in it two years ago.