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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in Saint Petersburg on Friday
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2024
Russia sharing nuclear secrets with Iran fuels U.S.-U.K. worries
The nuclear information and technology may be in exchange for Tehran providing Moscow with ballistic missiles for its war in Ukraine.
Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state, during a news conference in London on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024
Russia received missiles from Iran, U.S. says as it piles on sanctions
Russian defense ministry representatives are believed to have signed a contract in December with Iranian officials for ballistic missile systems.
The Knesset, Israel's parliament, on a day of demonstrations and a parliament vote on a contested bill that limits Supreme Court powers to void some government decisions, in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023
WORLD / Politics
Sep 10, 2024
Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties help approve more funding for war
The vote to add 3.4 billion shekels ($906 million) to the 2024 budget passed by a 58-52 margin, according to the Finance Ministry.
A law enforcement officer stands guard in front of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv on May 15.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 10, 2024
Ukraine summons Iranian diplomat as Tehran denies missile transfer to Russia
CNN and the Wall Street Journal reported last week, citing unidentified sources, that Iran had transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia.
People take part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2024
Gaza war in its 12th month with truce hopes slim
According to the United Nations human rights office, most of the dead are women and children.
Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns arrives to testify before a closed Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed budget request for the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 12.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2024
U.S. and U.K. spy chiefs warn of deepening Iran-Russia military links
Iran has sent ballistic missiles to Russia, defying months of warnings by U.S. and European officials.
The agreement follows more than six months of talks between Baghdad and Washington, initiated by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (center) in January amid attacks by Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups on U.S. forces stationed at Iraqi bases.
WORLD
Sep 7, 2024
U.S.-Iraq deal would see hundreds of troops withdraw in first year
The plan has been broadly agreed but requires a final go-ahead from both capitals and an announcement date.
Yahya Sinwar, head of the political wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, speaks during a meeting in Gaza City on April 30, 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2024
U.S. unseals 'terrorism' charges against Hamas leaders
Six leaders of Hamas are accused of "conspiracy to provide material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death" along with six other counts.
The Panama-flagged oil tanker Blue Lagoon I transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul on June 14.
WORLD
Sep 3, 2024
U.S. military says Houthis attacked two crude oil tankers in Red Sea
The Houthis first launched aerial drone and missile strikes on the waterway in November, in solidarity with Palestinians under assault in Israel's war on Gaza.
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Zibqin, in southern Lebanon, on Sunday. AFP-JIJI
EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2024
The Middle East remains on a precipice
Israel's retaliations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran have not led to a wider conflict. But neither Iran nor its proxies seem eager to expand the fighting either.
People sunbathe on a rock in Beirut's Ain al-Mreisseh seaside promenade on Aug. 2.
WORLD
Aug 30, 2024
The threat of war with Israel redefines ‘normal’ life in Beirut
Israel and Hezbollah have been trading fire along the border, exchanges that could spiral into a bigger, broader conflict involving global and regional powers.
A Palestinian woman reacts as she walks along a street damaged during a raid in the Nur Shams camp near the city of Tulkarem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
WORLD
Aug 29, 2024
Israeli conducts deadly raids in West Bank as Gaza war rages
Israel launched coordinated raids across four northern West Bank cities where the military has focused much of its recent operations.
A U.S. cybersecurity firm has reported that a hacking group in Iran operated fake HR companies to target individuals in the Middle East who were willing to sell secrets to Israel and other Western governments.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 29, 2024
Iran used fake HR firms to root out unfriendly spies, researchers say
Hackers lured security officials across Iran, Syria and Lebanon who were willing to sell state secrets to Israel and the West into a cyber espionage trap.
A poll shows that many Israelis support expanding the war to confront Hezbollah in Lebanon, though this poses risks of involving Iran and other international actors.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2024
Should Israel want a bigger conflict with Iran now?
A poll shows that many Israelis support expanding the war to confront Hezbollah, though this poses risks of involving Iran and other international actors.
Freed Israeli hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi talks on the phone after arriving for a checkup at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva. The Israeli military said its forces rescued Alkadi on Tuesday after a "complex operation."
WORLD
Aug 28, 2024
Israel rescues hostage taken on Oct. 7 from a Gaza tunnel
A 52-year-old Bedouin Arab Israeli from the town of Rahat was found by special forces in a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip.
An official property surveyor assesses the damage to a residential building following a direct-hit from a projectile, in northern Israel on Monday. Hezbollah on Sunday launched hundreds of rockets and drones toward Israel in what the Iranian-backed movement said was a response to the assassination of a senior commander in Beirut last month.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2024
Israel says situation on Lebanon border 'not sustainable'
Preemptive Israeli strikes may have thwarted Hezbollah attack, but a longer-lasting solution is still needed, government spokesperson David Mencer says.
U.S. Air Force General C.Q. Brown (left), the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is greeted upon arrival in Cairo on Sunday. Brown made a three-day trip to the Middle East last weekend that saw him fly into Israel just hours after Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel, and Israel's military struck Lebanon to thwart a larger attack.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2024
Risk of broader war eased 'somewhat' after Israel-Hezbollah exchange
Gen. C.Q. Brown, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, cautions that Iran's militant allies in other locations continue to pose a risk.
A child eats as Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD
Aug 27, 2024
U.N. humanitarian work in Gaza impacted by evacuation order
The United Nations on Monday said humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip has taken a serious blow after Israel ordered a new evacuation.
Smoke billows from an area targeted by an Israeli airstrike between the southern Lebanese border villages of Zibqin and Yater on Sunday.
WORLD
Aug 26, 2024
Middle East on edge after Israel bombs Lebanon in preemptive strike
Israeli officials said they had precise intelligence Hezbollah was about to fire missiles at northern Israel and aim drones at a key intelligence center.
Lufthansa Group decided to resume overflying Afghan airspace from early July, as airlines became concerned about the airspace in the Middle East.
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2024
Airlines fly over Afghanistan as Middle East becomes the greater risk
Carriers mostly stopped transiting Afghanistan, which lies on major routes between Asia and Europe, when the Taliban took over and air traffic control services stopped.
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
For Uniqlo’s founder, conquering America is personal
A Uniqlo store in New York. In recent years, Uniqlo’s affordable, well-made basic clothes have struck a chord, especially with younger American shoppers, fueling a rapid business expansion.
Japan's fractured politics could ensnarl Takaichi's economic plans
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party, attends a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Oct. 4.
Sho-time as dazzling Ohtani powers Dodgers into World Series with historic performance
Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on Friday.
LDP and Nippon Ishin no Kai to form coalition government, report says
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai have agreed to form a coalition, paving the way for the country's first female prime minister, Kyodo reports.
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
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New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball
Masanori Murakami became the first MLB player from Japan when he made his debut with the Giants on Sept 1, 1964.
As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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