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An Israeli tank maneuvers in the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the Gaza border, on April 7.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 17, 2025
Israel will keep Gaza buffer zone, minister says, as truce bid stalls
Israeli forces have carved out a broad "security zone" extending deep into Gaza, squeezing Palestinians into smaller areas in the south and along the coastline.
A flag bearing a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah displayed on Feb. 28 in the southern Lebanese border town of Aitaroun.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2025
Disarming Lebanon's Hezbollah possible under U.S. pressure, analysts say
Hezbollah was left badly weakened by more than a year of hostilities with Israel, and Lebanon has since elected a president and formed a government.
The heavily damaged Al-Ahli hospital after an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Sunday. The Israeli military struck and destroyed part of the hospital on Sunday morning, shortly after telling patients and staff to evacuate the site.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2025
Child dies after Israel strike hits Gaza hospital, WHO says
The Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza is one of few functioning hospitals in the war-ravaged territory.
Palestinian girl Silla Abu Aqleen, who lost her right leg during the Israeli military offensive, holds her artificial limb during a physiotherapy session at the Gaza City municipality-run Artificial Limbs and Polio Center, in Gaza City on March 17.
WORLD / Society
Apr 14, 2025
Gaza's amputees face life in a war zone with little treatment and less hope
Israel suspended all humanitarian aid into Gaza after the collapse of a 2-month-old ceasefire last month, complicating efforts to obtain artificial limbs.
Palestinians wait to receive their portion of a hot meal at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday.
WORLD
Apr 13, 2025
Israel expands Gaza offensive and seizes key corridor
Officials said that the ongoing assault aims to pressure Hamas into freeing its remaining 58 hostages.
Demonstrators call for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip, outside the Israeli Defense Ministry headquarters in central Tel Aviv on April 5.
WORLD
Apr 11, 2025
Fighter pilots call on Israel to prioritize release of Gaza hostages
A letter said that the war against Hamas "mainly serves personal and political interests, rather than genuine security needs."
Displaced Palestinians flee the Shejaiya district, east of Gaza City, on April 3.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 11, 2025
Israel’s push into Gaza lays ground for full-scale occupation
The move would risk increasing the death toll in Gaza, siphoning more reserve soldiers away from an economy stifled by war and further isolating Israel.
A woman walks past campaign posters depicting Watson candidates Dr. Ziad Basyouny, an independent, and Tony Bourke, of Labor, in Lakemba, Australia, on March 12.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 8, 2025
Bringing the war home: Gaza threatens to reshape an Australian election
The ruling Labor party, which has a razor-thin majority, is vulnerable in several seats where pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel voters make up a large proportion of the electorate.
Palestinians mourn medics who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 31.
WORLD
Apr 7, 2025
Israeli military changes initial account of Gaza aid worker killings
Fifteen paramedics and emergency responders were shot dead on March 23 and buried in a shallow grave where their bodies were found a week later.
A screenshot taken from a video published by the Palestinian Red Crescent and obtained from cellphone of a dead paramedic shows the last moments during the incident in which aid workers were killed in Israeli fire, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, in the southern Gaza Strip on March 23.
WORLD
Apr 6, 2025
Video shows last minutes before Gaza aid workers' deaths, Red Crescent says
The aid worker was among 15 humanitarian personnel killed on March 23 in an attack by Israeli forces, according to the United Nations and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Israeli soldiers conduct operations in Gaza on Wednesday.
WORLD
Apr 3, 2025
Israel ‘carving’ new corridor in south Gaza, Netanyahu says
As mediators try to cobble together another ceasefire and hostage-release deal, Israel has been carrying out attacks with a new threat to seize land.
Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 9.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2025
Israel says there's plenty of food in Gaza — U.N. says that's ridiculous
No aid has been delivered to the Palestinian enclave since March 2.
People fleeing Rafah arrive in Khan Younis city following new Israeli evacuation orders, in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD
Apr 1, 2025
Israel tells Gazans to leave south before ‘intense fight’
The notification on Monday covered Rafah, a city near the border with Egypt, as well as surrounding areas.
Harvard University's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 6.
WORLD
Apr 1, 2025
Harvard at risk of losing $9 billion in federal funds amid U.S. review
The move is part of a crackdown on what the Trump administration says is antisemitism on college campuses.
Palestinians mourn medics, who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission, after their bodies were recovered, according to the Red Crescent, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD
Apr 1, 2025
Bodies of 15 rescue workers recovered from Gaza grave, U.N. officials say
U.N. aid chief Tom Fletcher said on X that the bodies were buried near "wrecked & well-marked vehicles."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a news conference in 2021.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 31, 2025
Netanyahu offers Hamas leaders Gaza exit but demands group disarm
Hamas has expressed a willingness to relinquish Gaza's administration, but has warned its weapons are a "red line."
Palestinians take part in an anti-Hamas protest calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. 
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2025
Israel must not ignore the anti-Hamas protests in Gaza
Though still relatively small in scale, the anti-Hamas demonstrations in Gaza clearly indicate a shift in opinion.
Palestinians protest against the Hamas militant group in northern Gaza on Wednesday.
WORLD
Mar 28, 2025
Militants warn against helping Israel with Gaza protests
Hundreds of Palestinians have rallied in recent days in north and central Gaza, some chanting "Hamas out," in a rare show of opposition to the group.
Demonstrators take part in a rally to support Rumeysa Ozturk — a Tufts doctoral student taken into custody by federal agents — in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 27, 2025
U.S. authorities detain Turkish doctoral student at Tufts, revoking F-1 visa
U.S. authorities have also targeted students at Columbia University, Cornell University, Georgetown University, Brown University and the University of Alabama.
Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip protest against Hamas and call for an end to the war with Israel on Wednesday.
WORLD
Mar 27, 2025
Hundreds stage Gaza protest against Hamas after conflict resumes
"It was a spontaneous rally against the war because people are tired and they have no place to go," said one witness.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Global matcha 'obsession' drinks Japan's tea farms dry
Matcha is added to beverages on offer at Kettl Tea in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles on May 20.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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