• The U.S. Army, after more than a decade fighting Islamic insurgents, is scrambling to relearn Cold War-era skills to confront potential threats from Russia. [The New York Times]

• The governor of Minnesota condemned an attack on a mosque as a “terrible, dastardly, cowardly” act of terrorism. [The New York Times]

• The Australian Navy located the U.S. military aircraft, an MV-22 Osprey, that crashed off Queensland on Saturday, leaving three Marines presumed dead. [BBC]

• A North Korean, claiming he was “treated like dirt” in South Korea, is asking to be repatriated, only the second defector to make such an appeal. [The New York Times]

• On Manus Island, in Papua New Guinea, the body of a man said to have mental health issues was found near an Australian center for refugees awaiting resettlement. [The New York Times]

• Laos, once known as “the land of a million elephants,” appears to be selling some of the last of the animals to Chinese buyers for use in circuses, zoos and conservation parks. [Asia Times]