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U.S. President Donald Trump said a group of Democratic lawmakers who called on troops to disobey his orders should be put on trial — and even suggested they should face the death penalty.
WORLD / Politics
Trump calls for sedition trial after Democrats urged troops to disobey orders
His suggestion that the lawmakers be put to death drew even more attention to a video telling the intelligence community and military members to disobey unlawful orders.
WORLD / Politics
Trump’s break with Marjorie Taylor Greene jolts MAGA heartland
The dispute with one of his most fervent supporters has fueled concerns that Trump’s MAGA base could fracture ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
WORLD / Politics
Trump use of troops in Washington likely illegal, judge says
A federal judge’s ruling on Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington is the latest setback to the president’s military mobilizations in Democrat-led cities.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, during the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2025
Behind Trump defense of Saudi crown prince, a deeper U.S. shift on human rights
By Matt Spetalnick, Patricia Zengerle and Simon Lewis
Trump's remarks threw into stark relief just how far his administration has shifted away from the traditional U.S. support for human rights globally.
Annie Farmer, victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, speaks from the podium during a candlelight vigil to honor survivors of his crimes in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2025
Trump signs Epstein files bill after fight that split Republicans
By Hadriana Lowenkron
Trump approved a measure he had spent months trying to block in a fight that inflamed tensions in his own party and threatened to undermine his agenda.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walks beside U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson ahead of a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2025
Saudi crown prince hosted at friendlier U.S. Congress
By Patricia Zengerle and Simon Lewis
The second day meeting aimed to tout stronger-than-ever economic and security ties while brushing off scrutiny of the prince's human rights record.
Survivors Lisa Phillips, Jess Michaels, and Annie Farmer react as Sky Roberts, brother of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's late victim Virginia Giuffre, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2025
Trump's White House tried to slow-walk a vote on the Epstein files. It failed.
By Nandita Bose
Contrary to President Donald Trump's stance in public, the White House was quietly lobbying senators to delay a vote on releasing the files.
People stand outside the Russian consulate in Gdansk, Poland, which is being closed by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2025
Poland to close Russian consulate, deploy soldiers after railway sabotage
By Marek Strzelecki and Barbara Erling
Poland says two Ukrainians collaborating with Moscow perpetrated the weekend blast on a train line that connects Warsaw to the Ukrainian border.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2025
Ukraine would be forced to give up land under U.S. peace plan
By Anastasiia Malenko and Tom Balmforth
The plan would be a major setback for Kyiv as it faces further Russian territorial gains and an internal corruption scandal.
Gen. Randy George, chief of staff of the U.S. Army, speaks during a ceremony honoring prisoners of war, at the Pentagon in Washington, on Sept. 19.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 19, 2025
Top U.S. army officials in Ukraine in attempt to revive peace talks, Politico reports
The two officials make a rare, unannounced visit to Kyiv by the Trump administration.

Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Yen and Japanese bonds continue to retreat as verbal intervention lacking
The yen has deepened recent lows against the dollar as the 'sell Japan' trade gains steam ahead of big fiscal stimulus.
A dictionary revision illustrates how Japanese keeps on evolving
The reference text A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar recently underwent a revision for the first time in nearly four decades.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
By Kathryn Wortley

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