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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) is pictured during his meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 17, 2025
Israel and U.S. vow to counter Iran's nuclear ambitions in Jerusalem talks
Speaking after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Rubio in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Netanyahu said they discussed a number of issues, "none more important than Iran."
Israeli soldiers stand on top of a tank at the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD
Feb 13, 2025
Israel calls up reservists as fears over Gaza ceasefire breaking grow
Hamas had agreed to free three more hostages on Saturday but said this week that it was suspending the handover over what it said were Israeli violations of the terms.
An Israeli tank on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2025
Netanyahu says Israel will end Gaza ceasefire if hostages not returned on Saturday
Following Netanyahu's ultimatum, Hamas issued a statement renewing its commitment to the ceasefire and accusing Israel of jeopardizing the truce.
Palestinians leave their homes for safety during a raid by the Israeli army in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
WORLD
Feb 11, 2025
In West Bank, Israeli army operation batters war-depleted economy
Economic contraction is estimated to have more than doubled the short-term poverty rate from 12% in 2023 to 28% by mid-2024.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while signing a variety of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday. Trump said on Monday that he could cut aid to Jordan and Egypt if they refused his demand to permanently take in most Palestinians from Gaza, substantially increasing the pressure on key allies in the region to back his audacious proposal to relocate the entire population of the territory in order to redevelop it.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2025
Trump says Hamas should free all hostages by Saturday or 'let hell break out'
Trump cautioned that Israel might want to override him on the issue and said he might speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Palestinians, who were displaced to the south at Israel's order during the war, make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza on Jan. 27.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2025
Trump says Palestinians would not have a right to return to Gaza
U.S. president's statement on Fox News contradicts his own officials who had suggested Gazans would only be relocated temporarily while the strip is redeveloped.
People block the Ayalon highway during a protest in support of the hostages kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, in Tel Aviv on Monday.
WORLD
Feb 11, 2025
Ceasefire in doubt after Hamas says it will stop releasing Israeli hostages
U.S. President Donald Trump said that if all the hostages are not returned by noon Saturday, he would propose canceling the ceasefire, letting "all hell break loose."
Israeli military vehicles drive past destruction in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel on Jan. 26.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2025
Investors return to new-look Middle East, but Trump causes some concern
President Donald Trump's proposal that the U.S. take over Gaza may have thrown a curveball into the mix, but recent events in the Middle East have fed hopes of a reset.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump, at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka in 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2025
Trump's plan for U.S. to own Gaza provokes rebuke from Middle East
Trump's idea to take over and redevelop Gaza faces mounting opposition, with Jordan's King Abdullah calling it a dangerous plan that could destabilize the region.
Tomoko Akane, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in Tokyo in June 2024.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2025
ICC president condemns U.S. order enabling sanctions on staff
The order allows the U.S. government to impose sanctions such as an asset freeze and a travel ban on ICC staff and their families.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shows a gift from U.S. President Donald Trump, as they hold a joint news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2025
Foreign leaders embrace the art of flattery in wooing Trump
Ishiba became the latest figure to offer ample compliments to a president known for his transactional approach to foreign policy.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive to hold a news conference at the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 5, 2025
Trump's Gaza stunner builds on his expansionist aims
Since Trump's return to the White House a little more than two weeks ago, his "America First" approach seems to have morphed into "America More."
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2025
Trump says U.S. should control Gaza, sparking rebukes and ridicule
The proposal, at odds with Mideast reality and America’s fraught history in the region, quickly drew sharp opposition from Saudi Arabia.
Palestinians who were emprisoned by Israel are welcomed by family and friends upon their arrival in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
WORLD
Feb 2, 2025
Netanyahu to begin talks on second phase of Gaza truce
A date for formal talks involving mediators and delegations from Hamas and Israel has not been set, with the 42-day first phase due to end next month.
Palestinians collect food aid packages from a UNRWA warehouse in Deir Al-balah, Gaza, on Jan. 23.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2025
Israel defies U.N. and vows to cut ties with UNRWA, with U.S.' blessing
UNRWA's offices and staff in Israel play a major role in the provision of health care and education to Palestinians, including those living in Gaza.
Displaced Gazans walk toward Gaza City on Saturday after crossing the Netzarim corridor from the southern Gaza Strip.
WORLD
Jan 28, 2025
Gaza residents stream home to the north after hostage breakthrough
Gaza's Hamas authorities said Monday that more than 300,000 people had crossed into Gaza City and the north edge of the enclave.
Demonstrators raise placards bearing the names of hostages held captive in Gaza since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Palestinian militants, during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure their release, in front of the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2025
Israel’s ceasefire deals face test with Gaza refugee impasse
Israel’s agreements in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip came under strain from deadly violence and a dispute with Hamas over the fate of an Israeli hostage.
An Israeli military vehicle uses a laser, on the day of an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jan 22, 2025
Israel launches 'significant' military operation in West Bank
The move into Jenin, where the Israeli army has carried out multiple raids and large-scale incursions in recent years, comes two days after the start of a ceasefire in Gaza.
Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Majed Al-Ansari, looks at a paper as he speaks after Qatar helped mediate a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, in Doha on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2025
Mediators on standby for obstacles as Gaza ceasefire starts
"These kinds of deals are never easy to maintain," said a spokesperson for Qatar's foreign ministry, which helped broker the ceasefire.
Former Israeli hostage Romi Gonen with her mother Merav at an undisclosed location in Israel on Sunday after a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange deal in the war between Israel and Hamas was implemented.
WORLD
Jan 20, 2025
Israel and Hamas swap hostages and prisoners as ceasefire starts
The six-week truce aims for the gradual release of 33 of the almost 100 Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, and of around 1,000 Palestinians in prison in Israel.
Japan and U.S. both claim win in surprise 11th-hour tariff deal
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan chief tariff negotiator, in Tokyo
Disappointing start to Nagoya tournament turns into fascinating final stretch
Ichiyamamoto (left) defeats Gonoyama to secure a winning record at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, at IG Arena on Monday.
Ignore the election hype, foreign residents are here to stay
Sohei Kamiya, founder of the Sanseito, which campaigned on a “Japanese first” message and tough immigration rhetoric, speaks at a rally in Gunma Prefecture on July 6.
Big unanswered questions follow Japan's big, beautiful deal with the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday in Washington, the day after he agreed to an 11th-hour trade deal with Japan.
Ishiba denies reports he will resign next month, leaving his fate unclear
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba looks on after meeting with the Liberal Democratic Party executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
Induction of Ichiro has Cooperstown fretfully preparing
Ichiro Suzuki will soon become the first Japanese player to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.

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