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Displaced Palestinians arrive in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 5, 2024
Trump's Mideast envoy in push to reach Gaza ceasefire before inauguration
Steve Witkoff met the prime ministers of Israel and Qatar separately in late November.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Riyadh on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 4, 2024
France and Saudi Arabia planning a conference about Palestinian state
The French president said he would recognize a Palestinian state "at the right moment" and at a time "when it triggers reciprocal movements of recognition."
Members of the Amel Association, a Lebanese non-governmental organization, look out from their damaged branch at buildings destroyed or damaged in an Israeli strike, in Beirut's southern suburbs Hay el-Sellom neighborhood on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 3, 2024
Israel and Hezbollah exchange strikes as ceasefire violations mount
The exchanges of fire put a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the two in an increasingly fragile position less than a week after it took effect.
Iraqi military equipment is transported towards the border with Syria on Monday.
WORLD
Dec 3, 2024
Iraqi fighters head to Syria to battle rebels but Lebanon's Hezbollah stays out, sources say
Syria's civil war had been frozen since 2020, with Assad in control of most territory and all major cities.
The mother of Israeli hostage Edan Alexander (L) hugs an organizer at a pro-Israel rally in New York on Oct. 6.
WORLD
Dec 1, 2024
Hamas releases video of U.S.-Israeli hostage in Gaza
Around half of the 101 foreign and Israeli hostages still held incommunicado in Gaza are believed to be alive.
A man stands near a damaged house in Avivim, a community in northern Israel, on Wednesday, after a ceasefire was agreed to by Israel and Hezbollah.
WORLD
Nov 28, 2024
Northern Israel residents fume at ceasefire, still feel vulnerable to attack
Many residents of northern Israel fear Hezbollah may try to launch a ground assault, similar to the Hamas attack on Israel's south on Oct. 7, 2023.
Southern Lebanon near the country's border with Israel on Wednesday, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect
WORLD
Nov 28, 2024
Hezbollah faces long recovery, with thousands of fighters believed killed
One source said the Iran-backed group may have lost up to 4,000 people — well over 10 times the number killed in its monthlong 2006 war with Israel.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah at Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 27, 2024
Biden hopes to parlay Lebanon cease-fire into a broader regional peace
With a deal to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the U.S. leader turns his attention back to halting the war in Gaza before leaving office.
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2024
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
The cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah promises to end a devastating conflict that has claimed thousands of lives over the past year.
Smoke and flames rise after an Israeli strike in the Chiyah district of Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday.
WORLD
Nov 26, 2024
Israel and Hezbollah seen on the cusp of a deal as attacks continue
Israel’s security cabinet is expected to vote on an agreement on Tuesday, and passage is considered likely.
Boys approach a spot where a projectile fell in Petah Tikva, Israel, on Sunday.
WORLD
Nov 25, 2024
Hezbollah rockets land near Tel Aviv after Israeli strike on Beirut
Intensified bombardment over the last two weeks in Beirut's Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs has coincided with signs of progress in U.S.-led cease-fire talks.
Yisrael Medad, an activist and writer on Israel's political right, looks at a book in his home in the Israeli settlement Shilo, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Nov. 13.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2024
Israeli settlers set sights on Trump support for full control of West Bank
Settlers have celebrated Trump's nomination of a clutch of officials known for pro-Israel views.
A Palestinian man points at a damaged building in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2024
Israeli strikes kill 48 people in Gaza as hospital in north makes distress call
Operations have focused for weeks on the northern edge of Gaza, where Israel has laid siege to three major towns and ordered residents to flee.
U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein talks to reporters following a meeting in Beirut on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 21, 2024
U.S. envoy en route to Israel in bid toward ceasefire with Hezbollah
U.S. diplomatic efforts, led by envoy Amos Hochstein, are focused on brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah to prevent further regional destabilization.
A Palestinian man searches for clothes through the rubble of a house destroyed in the Israeli military offensive, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday.
WORLD
Nov 19, 2024
Gazans rebuild homes from rubble as winter looms
Many are scrambling to prepare shelters with limited resources, anticipating the cold winter nights in the besieged territory.
A firefighter works to extinguish a fire at the site of an Israeli strike on Beirut's Mar Elias street, Lebanon, on Sunday.
WORLD
Nov 18, 2024
Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah's media relations head
Israel has rarely hit senior Hezbollah personnel who do not have clear military roles.
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Nov. 13.
WORLD
Nov 17, 2024
Israel pummels south Beirut as Hezbollah targets Haifa area
Israel's military reported a "heavy rocket barrage" on Haifa and said a synagogue was hit, wounding two civilians.
A newly elected Donald Trump will encounter a changed Middle East where he will be forced to challenge Iran's influence and curb its nuclear ambitions — a path that is fraught with complications.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2024
Iran is much weaker than the last time it faced Trump
Today, Israel has crippled Hamas in Gaza, and in Lebanon, Hezbollah can still fire rockets, but Israel has decimated its leadership.
People scramble to receive sacks of flour at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid distribution center in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Nov. 3.
WORLD
Nov 13, 2024
'We will die from hunger': Gazans decry Israel's UNRWA ban
UNRWA employs 13,000 people in Gaza, running the enclave's schools, healthcare clinics and other social services, as well as distributing aid.
A damaged vehicle lies amid the debris in front of building damaged by overnight Israeli airstrikes in the southern Lebanese village of Ain Baal in the Tyre district on Sunday.
WORLD
Nov 11, 2024
Deadly strikes on Gaza and Lebanon as Israel faces aid deadline
Washington set a deadline of this coming week for Israel to get more aid in to Gaza or face possible cuts to military assistance.
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.
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.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
U.S. military apologizes over Okinawa sexual assault case
Col. Neil Owens (right), chief of staff for the 3rd Marine Division, bows in apology at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office in Naha on Thursday.
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.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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