Military exercises may resume on Korean Peninsula — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis opened the door on Tuesday to restarting large-scale military exercises on the Korean Peninsula, appearing to contradict President Donald Trump, who had labeled the war games costly and “provocative” two months ago in trying to lower tensions with North Korea. Mattis insisted the step did not signal that the era of détente between the Trump administration and Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, was over. But the Pentagon chief’s comments came amid souring relations: Last week, the United States canceled a trip by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Pyongyang.

German protesters use Nazi salute — Protesters flashing Nazi salutes and shouting “Foreigners out” clashed Monday night with counterdemonstrators chanting “Refugees welcome,” in a second night of violence in the east German city of Chemnitz that left several people injured and a country dismayed over images of rioting. The police in Saxony said Tuesday that several people had been treated for injuries suffered in the clashes Monday night. Ten people are being investigated for giving the Hitler salute, they said. The violence first broke out Sunday, after nationalists and far-right soccer fans called on supporters to take to the streets.

Hurricane’s death toll in Puerto Rico raised — Puerto Rico’s governor raised the U.S. territory’s official death toll from Hurricane Maria from 64 to 2,975 on Tuesday after an independent study found that the number of people who succumbed in the desperate, sweltering aftermath had been severely undercounted. The new estimate of nearly 3,000 dead in the six months after Maria devastated the island in September 2017 and knocked out the entire electrical grid was made by researchers with the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. Gov. Ricardo Rossello said the government has improved its communication systems and established a network to distribute food and medicine, but he noted that there are still 60,000 homes without a proper roof and that the power grid is still unstable.

Australia sends migrants to detention — For the first time in nearly four years, a group of migrants was caught illegally entering the Australian mainland by sea this week, after surviving a shipwreck and several days in crocodile-infested waters, authorities said. By Tuesday, all 17 migrants believed to be aboard the boat were found in the area near the mangrove swamps of Far North Queensland. Once the migrants were all accounted for, the government said on Tuesday that the group would be deported to Christmas Island, an Australian territory nearly 1,000 miles from continental Australia, where they would be detained and their immigration statuses determined.

Activist to mail printable gun plans — The day after he was blocked by a federal judge from posting free blueprints for 3D printed guns online, a man who describes himself as a crypto-anarchist said he would instead send the plans to buyers for whatever they’re willing to pay. The seller, Cody Wilson, has fought for years to offer his downloadable blueprints. But on Tuesday he said he had begun selling the plans on his website, offering to mail buyers flash drives loaded with the files. “Everyone is going to continue to get these files,” Wilson told reporters Tuesday.

Catholic board seeks investigation — A committee created by the Catholic Church specifically to prevent sexual misconduct by clergy on Tuesday issued a damning assessment of the failings to stem the abuse, calling it an “evil” caused by “a loss of moral leadership.” The National Review Board called for an investigation led by parishioners, saying a new wave of abuse scandals point to a “systematic problem” and that the bishops themselves can’t be trusted to lead an investigation. Some survivors of clergy sex abuse said the call was a disingenuous attempt by the church to get around a true independent investigation. The committee said it was compelled to seek a lay-led investigation after recent revelations from a grand jury investigation into six Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania and allegations that led to the resignation last month of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, D.C. The grand jury report accused senior church officials, including McCarrick, of systematically covering up complaints.

Ex-cop guilty of teen’s murder — A white ex-police officer was convicted of murder Tuesday for fatally shooting a black, unarmed 15-year-old boy while firing into a car packed with teenagers in suburban Dallas, marking a rare guilty verdict in a police shooting case. Dallas County jurors were not swayed by Roy Oliver’s claim that he feared for his partner’s life when he fired into the vehicle as it drove away from a large house party in Balch Springs in April 2017. The gunfire killed Jordan Edwards, who was sitting in the front passenger seat.

Iran’s president rebuked — Iran’s Parliament summoned President Hassan Rouhani to answer questions Tuesday about the country’s economic crisis and then voted to reject his explanation in a remarkable rebuke of a sitting leader. Rouhani blamed U.S. sanctions, not government management, for his country’s troubles. But after he answered five questions about economic challenges like high unemployment and the collapsing value of the national currency, the rial, a majority of lawmakers voted that they were “not convinced” by four of his answers. It was not clear what impact the rebuke of Rouhani would have.

Russia holds biggest military drills since Cold War — Russia is mobilizing for its biggest military exercise since the height of the Cold War, the Kremlin says, citing a tense international climate that is “frequently aggressive and unfriendly towards us.” The exercises, which are set to involve nearly 300,000 Russian troops, 1,000 aircraft and 900 tanks, will also include units from China for the first time. They will start on Sept. 11. In a separate display of military power, Russia was reported on Tuesday to have assembled a large flotilla of warships off the coast of Syria.

Fans mourn Aretha Franklin — The regal presence Aretha Franklin exuded in life was captured at her viewing on Tuesday, with the late Queen of Soul in a gold-plated casket dressed completely in red, including high-heeled pumps, proving, as one person put it, that she was a “diva to the end.” As Franklin’s powerful vocals from classic gospel performances were piped through the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer looked as if she was preparing for one more performance. Her dress was reminiscent of an outfit she would wear onstage and “something she would have selected for herself,” her niece, Sabrina Owens, said. Mourners poured into the museum to pay their final respects to Franklin, who died Aug. 16 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. The two-day viewing was part of a week of commemorations for the legend, who will be laid to rest on Friday.