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Israeli F-16 fighter jets sit on a runway at an airbase in the country's south in March. The Israeli military said on Saturday it was carrying out "precise strikes" on military targets in Iran.
WORLD
Oct 26, 2024
Iran says two dead in Israeli strikes on military targets
The Middle East has been on edge in anticipation of Israeli retaliation for a ballistic-missile barrage carried out by Iran on Oct. 1.
A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of the destroyed Maghazi Camp Services Club building following an Israeli strike on the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 25, 2024
U.S. presses for Gaza truce as negotiators prepare to meet
The U.S. is exploring different options to restart stalled talks between the warring parties.
Smoke billows over the UNESCO-listed port city of Tyre after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 24, 2024
Israel and Hezbollah exchange heavy fire as Blinken pushes for peace
The intensifying exchanges come as Washington makes a final push for peace before the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election that could alter U.S. policy.
Yahya Sinwar gives a speech in Gaza City in April 2023. Israeli forces cornered and killed the leader of Hamas in a ruined house in Gaza on Oct. 16.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2024
The killing of Sinwar presents a tricky opportunity
It’s always a mistake to speak of "solutions” in the Middle East, but plausible grounds for optimism can do a lot to dissolve the allure of fanaticism.
Senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine (center) on Aug. 1. Widely touted as potentially the group's next leader, Safieddine was killed in an Israeli attack.
WORLD
Oct 23, 2024
Israel confirms death of heir apparent to slain Hezbollah leader
The Israeli military said Hashem Safieddine was killed in a strike three weeks ago in Beirut's southern suburbs, following earlier reports of his probable death.
Fu Cong, Permanent Representative of China to the U.N., looks on after U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood voted against members of the Security Council allowing Palestinian U.N. membership during a Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York on April 18.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2024
West blasts China on rights, China responds: What about Gaza?
Clashes over China's treatment of Uyghurs have become a common occurrence at both the United Nations in New York and the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Displaced Palestinians ordered by the Israeli military to evacuate their neighborhoods in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 22, 2024
War has knocked Gaza back to the 1950s, UNDP says
The war has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza's population in poverty, with health and education knocked back 70 years.
Antony Blinken boards a plane at Joint Base Andrews on Mondat as he departs for the Middle East.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024
Blinken takes off in 11th attempt to reach a Middle East cease-fire
Blinken is pursuing a cease-fire in Gaza and, even more ambitiously, a "day-after” plan for future governance of the strip.
Palestinians gather to receive aid, including food supplies provided by World Food Program (WFP), outside a United Nations distribution center in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 24.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024
Top U.N. officials call on Netanyahu to help ease civilian suffering
The amount of aid entering Gaza has plummeted to its lowest level all year, according to U.N. data.
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) in Guam in 2023. A team of U.S. military personnel has reached Israel to prepare an advanced THAAD air defense system that the Biden administration is sending to thwart more attacks by Iran and its allies.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2024
THAAD anti-missile system is 'in place' in Israel, U.S. says
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the system is ready to be put into operation "very quickly."
Israeli Home Front Command soldiers walk down a street in Caesarea, Israel, on Saturday following a drone attack from Lebanon.
WORLD
Oct 21, 2024
Israel hones plans to attack Iran after attempt on Netanyahu
While neither the prime minister nor his wife were home, his ministers and he said it was another reason retaliation against Iran is warranted.
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after Israeli strikes, as seen from Deir Qoubel, Lebanon, on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 21, 2024
Lebanese flee as Israel warns of strikes on Hezbollah finance arm
Israel has intensified its military campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon days after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar raised hopes of a cease-fire.
A billboard depicting Hamas' slain leader Yahya Sinwar during a rally in Yemen's Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2024
U.S. ‘fusion cells’ assist in Israel’s hunt for Hamas leaders
Officials have insisted that the U.S. aren't directly supporting Israel on the ground in Gaza, but the search for Hamas leaders was different.
Israeli security forces stand guard near the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Caesarea on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 20, 2024
Netanyahu says Iran-backed Hezbollah tried to kill him
Netanyahu's office said a drone was launched towards his residence but he and his wife were not home and there were no injuries.
A demonstrator holds a megaphone, as families and supporters of hostages kidnapped by Hamas protest against the government and demand their immediate release, in Tel Aviv on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 19, 2024
Sinwar's death clouds path to freeing Israeli hostages
Hamas now needs to appoint a replacement, and that person will play a key role in determining the fate of the Israelis kept hostage since its attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, stand near a screen displaying senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya during a rally to show support for Hezbollah and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2024
Hamas likely to pick leader close to Iran after Sinwar's death
Qatar-based Khalil al-Hayya is a protege of Ismail Haniyeh, Sinwar’s predecessor who was killed in Tehran in July.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on July 25.
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2024
With Sinwar dead, Israel aims to lock in strategic gains before U.S. election
Goals include reshaping the regional landscape in Israel's favor and shielding its borders from any future attacks, according to sources.
A Palestinian boy holds up a portrait of slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during a rally in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 19, 2024
Hamas mourns Sinwar, vowing no hostage release until war ends
The killing of Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the deadliest attack in Israeli history, had raised hopes of a turning point in the war.
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington on July 25.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 18, 2024
After Sinwar death, Biden faces big obstacles to Gaza peace
U.S. President Joe Biden's hope for a cease-fire in Gaza is far from certain as he faces a cascade of interlocking Middle East crises.
Yahya Sinwar in the southern Gaza Strip in February 2017.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2024
Israel kills Hamas leader Sinwar and vows to keep fighting
Israel's prime minister said they would not stop fighting until all of the hostages taken last year are freed.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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