Tag - gaza

 
Menu
Search
 
October 09, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

GAZA

A Palestinian walks amid rubble as he inspects the damage following an Israeli operation in Gaza City on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025
U.S. and Israel upgrade presence at Gaza talks after Hamas hands over hostage swap list
Hamas had earlier handed over its lists of hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be freed in a swap.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (center) attends a press conference arranged by the Global Movement to Gaza Sweden in connection with the arrival of the released Swedish participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 8, 2025
Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention after Gaza flotilla arrest
Thunberg was detained along with 478 people in the flotilla and expelled from Israel on Monday.
A woman sits at a camp for people displaced by war in northern Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 8, 2025
Hamas says it wants ‘fair hostage exchange’ in Egypt talks
The Palestinian militant group’s negotiating team in Egypt will aim to "eliminate all obstacles” to a settlement, a spokesperson said.
A woman places a candle as people grieve at the site of the Nova festival where partygoers were killed and kidnapped, in Reim, southern Israel, on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas from Gaza.
WORLD / Society
Oct 7, 2025
Israel marks Oct. 7 anniversary as talks in Egypt aim to end Gaza war
Hamas' attack killed 1,219 people, according to Israeli figures. Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed at least 67,160 people, according to data the U.N. considers credible.
Palestinian mother Iman Abdel Halim Abu Mutlaq holds her newborn twins Uday and Hamza Abu Odah inside the maternity ward at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 2, 2023.
WORLD
Oct 7, 2025
The Gaza twins whose whole lives have been war
The lives of the children have been defined and encompassed by Israel's military offensive, launched in response to the deadly attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
A plume of smoke rises in the background as Palestinians return from a food distribution point run by the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation group, near the Netsarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2025
Gaza talks turn to key sticking points between Israel and Hamas
Israel and Hamas both endorse the overall principles behind Trump's plan, under which fighting would cease, hostages would go free and aid would pour into Gaza.
People attend a commemorative event organized by the Israeli community to honor the lives lost in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, at the Hebraica Club in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 6, 2025
Hamas calls for swift hostage-prisoner swap as Trump urges quick talks
The push follows Hamas' positive response to Trump's roadmap for an end to the fighting and the release of captives in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
A Palestinian boy returns from a food distribution point run by the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation group in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2025
Hamas keen to reach deal and begin prisoner exchange 'immediately'
Israeli and Hamas negotiators are set to iron out details during talks in Egypt in a bid to end nearly two years of war in Gaza.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march past the Colosseum as they take part in a protest in support of the Palestinian people and against Israel's interception of the Global Sumud flotilla, in Rome on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2025
Hundreds of thousands turn out at pro-Palestinian marches in Europe
The police in Rome said some 250,000 turned out for a fourth day of protests, after Israel intercepted the 45-strong flotilla seeking to reach Gaza in recent days.
An Israeli Army soldier mans a mounted machine gun in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, in this picture taken during a media tour organized by the Israeli Army on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 5, 2025
Dozens killed in Gaza despite Trump's call for Israel to halt bombing
Israel said it had targeted a Hamas militant who had posed a threat to its troops in the area, and that reports of casualties were under review.
Hamas said on Friday that it had agreed to release all of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in response to the peace proposal introduced by President Donald Trump earlier this week.
WORLD
Oct 4, 2025
Hamas agrees to release Israeli hostages but sets conditions
The statement was a positive step that still raised questions about whether the promise would be sufficient to end the conflict.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok in May 2024.
SOCCER
Oct 3, 2025
Gianni Infantino says FIFA must promote peace amid calls to ban Israel
Infantino "stressed the importance of promoting peace and unity, particularly in the context of the ongoing situation in Gaza."
A woman collects flour from the ground as Palestinians receive aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the central Gaza Strip in August.
WORLD
Oct 3, 2025
Aid after Gaza: What is the future of the humanitarian system?
"What's happening in Gaza sets an incredibly dangerous precedent for humanitarian crises globally," said Save the Children's global policy lead.
A protester holds a placard that reads "Free the Sumud Flotilla" during a protest to condemn Israel's interception of the vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, at the Place de la Republique in Paris, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 3, 2025
Israel intercepts last Gaza flotilla boat and begins deportations
The Global Sumud Flotilla, the organizer of the voyage to bring aid to the Gaza Strip, said that more than 450 volunteers had been detained.
A group of ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza are shown moored at the small island of Koufonisi, south of the island of Crete, on Sept. 26
WORLD / Society
Oct 2, 2025
Israeli military intercepts several Gaza-bound aid boats in international waters
The Global Sumud Flotilla, transporting medicine and food to Gaza, consists of more than 40 civilian boats with about 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists.
Destruction in Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, on Monday. Israel has been seeking to destroy Hamas for almost two years, devastating Gaza in the process.
WORLD
Oct 2, 2025
Hamas pressed by Arab and Muslim states to accept Trump’s Gaza plan
The leaders apparently see Israel’s campaign in Gaza and the assertion of military hegemony over the Middle East as a threat to their own national security.
Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair in London on Sept. 3, 2024. Blair's reputation is forever sullied by his decision to back former U.S. President George W. Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2025
Tony Blair's return to Middle East diplomacy reopens old wounds and new doubts
His decision to back former U.S. President George W. Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq forever sullied his reputation.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on Monday, the same day the White House released a 20-point plan designed to end the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2025
With all-or-nothing Gaza plan, Trump turns tables for Israel
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Hamas would "pay in hell" if it did not accept the 20-point plan within days.
Thousands of demonstrators attend a rally in New York calling for an end to Israel’s war in Gaza, Aug. 17.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2025
Americans' support for Israel dramatically declines, Times/Siena poll finds
Slightly more voters sided with Palestinians over Israelis for the first time since the New York Times began asking voters about their sympathies in 1998.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at a joint news conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 30, 2025
Trump’s pro-Israel Gaza plan seen as unlikely to win over Hamas
The key question of the proposal is whether the leaders of Hamas feel sufficiently defeated and pressured to finally accept an offer they have long rejected.
How China waged an infowar against U.S. interests in the Philippines
Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU) Chairman Raul Lambino shakes hands with guests during a ceremony for the Award for Promoting Philippines-China Understanding at The Manila Hotel in Manila in June.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
Typhoon Halong to cause windstorms, heavy rain and high waves on the Izu islands
Typhoon Halong is moving north near the Izu Islands, with strong winds, high waves and heavy rain expected as it passes early on Thursday, prompting warnings from the weather agency.
Takaichi's leadership lineup favors Aso and his allies while shutting out rivals
The LDP's newly-appointed election chief Keiji Furuya (far left), general affairs council chair Haruko Arimura (second from left), vice president Taro Aso (center left), president Sanae Takaichi (center right), secretary-general Shunichi Suzuki (second from right) and policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Qilin cybercrime gang claims hack on Japan's Asahi
The Asahi Group headquarters complex in Tokyo
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is drowning in Japanese 'AI slop'
OpenAI has rolled out a social app powered by Sora 2, its artificial intelligence video generator, which was quickly flooded with videos featuring iconic Japanese intellectual property.
Trump has his eyes on the prize — but a Nobel win looks unlikely
A protester holds a sign with an image depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the words "Nobel" written on it, as supporters and family members of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, demonstrate to demand the immediate end of the war and the release of all hostages, outside the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 2.
‘Takaichi trade’ stalls as political reality calls for wait-and-see approach
Tokyo stocks staged a powerful rally on Monday. On Tuesday, they rallied again, then retreated.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.

Podcast

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

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Maruhachi never sleeps in quest for better futons
Maruhachi never sleeps in quest for better futons

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER