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Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani chairs a preparatory meeting in Doha on Sunday ahead of an Arab Islamic summit.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2025
Qatar's PM urges world to reject 'double standards' and punish Israel
Silence is encouraging Israel to continue, Qatari Premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani warns.
Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings southwards as smoke billows from Israeli strikes in Gaza City on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2025
Israel intensifies Gaza City bombing as Rubio arrives
Aid agencies say an Israeli takeover of Gaza City would be catastrophic for a population already facing widespread malnutrition.
Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attends a funeral Thursday in Doha for Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike on Hamas members in the city days earlier.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2025
Israel’s Doha strike has destroyed American credibility
After decades of enjoying impunity for its violations of international law and norms, Israel no longer even hesitates to do whatever it wants.
Palestinians transport their belongings as they evacuate Gaza City toward southern areas of the Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 12, 2025
Palestinians displaced in Gaza return to a city under Israeli assault
Many are arriving to find no space for shelter, even in an area designated by Israel as a humanitarian zone.
A soldier on a tank waves an Israeli flag amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas near the Israel-Gaza border in January 2024. 
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2025
War responsibility across borders and generations
The Asia-Pacific War is often remembered for the culpability of leaders, but this overlooks the multitudes who filled the ranks below.
Omar Abu Kuwaik, a 6-year-old Gazan child who lost an arm, gestures as six Gazan families with wounded children arrive at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport for medical treatment in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 2
WORLD
Sep 11, 2025
Missing limbs and loved ones, Gazan children begin treatment abroad
At least 45,000 children have been wounded in Gaza, many of them suffering life-changing injuries, according to UNICEF.
Supporters of Global Sumud Flotilla gather to show support in Sidi Bou Said port, Tunisia, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 10, 2025
Flotilla headed to Gaza reports second drone attack at Tunisian port
Following the strike, hundreds gathered near the port waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans against Israel and the United States.
Pro-Palestinian protesters wave flags and shout as the Vuelta a Espana peloton rides by in Poio, Spain, on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Sep 10, 2025
Vuelta a Espana director vows to finish race despite pro-Palestinian protests
Stage 16 ended 8 kilometers before the finish after a large protest blocked the road 3 km from the scheduled stage end.
Smoke billows after explosions in Doha on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 10, 2025
Israel attacks Hamas in Qatar, drawing rare rebuke from U.S.
The rare public criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump underscored the risk that the war in Gaza could get worse before it gets better.
A vessel, part of the the Global Sumud Flotilla, arrives in Sidi Bou Said, near Tunis, on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 9, 2025
Flotilla for Gaza says boat struck by drone in Tunisian waters
The boat sustained fire damage, the flotilla group said, but Tunisia’s National Guard spokesman said reports of a drone attack "have no basis in truth."
People watch as leaflets dropped by the Israeli military, urging evacuation south to Al-Mawasi, land in Gaza City on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 9, 2025
Israeli military evacuation order triggers panic in Gaza City
Residents of the city, home to a million Palestinians before the war, have been expecting an onslaught for weeks.
A plane is reflected in the facade of the Ramon International Airport after an inauguration ceremony for the new airport, just outside the southern Red Sea resort city of Eilat, Israel, in 2019.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2025
Israel's Ramon Airport near Eilat reopens after being hit by drone from Yemen
Takeoffs and landings at the airport were halted for around two hours as the Israeli military investigated the crash of a drone, which injured two people.
Smoke and flames rise as an Israeli airstrike hits a house in Gaza City on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 8, 2025
U.N. says time is short to stop famine spreading as Israel bombards Gaza City
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are said to be already experiencing or at risk of famine in areas including Gaza City, where Israel launched a new offensive against Hamas.
Palestinians react after an explosion from an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2025
Israel warns recognizing Palestinian state could trigger 'unilateral' action
Several countries, including France and Britain, have pledged to recognize a Palestinian state during the U.N. General Assembly later this month.
Protesters sit down with their placards in support of Palestine Action at a "Lift The Ban" demonstration in support of the proscribed group Palestine Action, calling for the recently imposed ban to be lifted, in Parliament Square, central London, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2025
Almost 900 people arrested at London Palestine Action protest, police say
Defense minister John Healey said the firm action was needed to counter accusations by rightwing critics of "a two-tier policing and justice system."
Mourners pray during the funeral of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire on Friday, in Gaza City on Saturday.
WORLD
Sep 6, 2025
Israeli military urges Gaza City residents to leave, then bombs high-rise tower
The assault threatens to displace hundreds of thousands of Palestinians sheltering there from nearly two years of fighting.
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive shelter in a UNRWA school, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 19.
WORLD
Sep 5, 2025
Coffee and cash: How Hamas pays its civil servants in secret
The Hamas-run government in Gaza is still paying some salaries to employees, at least in part and with delays.
Smoke billows from a makeshift displacement camp at the Yarmuk Sports Stadium during Israeli strikes on Gaza City on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 5, 2025
Israeli military says it controls 40% of Gaza City, with plans to expand operation
Gaza health authorities said Israeli fire across the enclave had killed at least 53 people, mostly in Gaza City, where Israeli forces are now a few kilometers from the city center.
Israeli tanks are positioned on the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2025
Israel says expecting 1 million Gazans to flee new offensive
In Jerusalem, hundreds of Israeli protestors took to the streets to call for a truce and hostage release deal after nearly two years of war.
An Israeli Apache helicopter flies over Gaza on Tuesday. Israeli Army Radio said 40,000 reservists would report for duty.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2025
Thousands of Israeli reservists report for duty as military chief clashes with ministers
Israel's armed forces chief Eyal Zamir said a military thrust into Gaza City would endanger hostages and further strain the already overstretched army.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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