According to the Lithuanian military, 140 U.S. troops are based permanently in Lithuania, and other units frequently visit for military drills. Turkey’s state-run news agency says the gunman who carried out the attack on the Istanbul nightclub was wanted in his home country of Uzbekistan for membership in a “terror organization.” The agency based its report on unnamed security sources and added that Uzbek authorities were sharing information with Turkey on the suspect, identified as Abdulkadir Masharipov. Germany’s supreme court has rejected a lawmakers’ bid to outlaw a far-right party accused of promoting a racist and anti-Semitic agenda. Europe’s human rights court ruled on Tuesday that Russia must pay damages and legal costs to Americans who were barred from adopting Russian children. More than 200 U.S.