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Varda Ben Baruch, grandmother of hostage Edan Alexander, points at the portrait of her grandson at Kibbutz Nir Oz, in southern Israel on April 20.
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2025
Hamas says it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander
Israeli officials said that their offensive will continue until the remaining 59 hostages are freed and Gaza is demilitarized.
Palestinians queue for a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD
May 9, 2025
U.S. says solution for Gaza aid is 'steps away' as aid groups raise alarm
Anticipation has built up about a new aid plan for Gaza, laid waste by 19 months of an Israeli military campaign against Hamas.
The Peace Statue at the Peace Park in the city of Nagasaki
JAPAN
May 9, 2025
Nagasaki to invite envoys from Russia, Belarus and Israel to peace ceremony
The city had not invited the top Russian and Belarusian envoys since 2022, while the Israeli ambassador was not invited last year.
An Israeli military vehicle patrols on the Israeli side of the Gaza border on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2025
U.S. and Israel discuss possible U.S.-led administration for Gaza, sources say
There would be no fixed timeline for how long such a U.S.-led administration would last, which would depend on the situation on the ground.
Resident Fahed Abu Haidar speaks to Mwaffaq Abu Shash, a Druze cleric, following deadly clashes between Sunni fighters against armed Druze residents in Jaramana, Syria, on Monday.
WORLD
May 7, 2025
Druze near Damascus resist demand to turn in arms as tensions boil
Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting a demand by the Islamist-led government to hand in their light weapons, saying authorities have yet to address fears of new attacks by Sunni Muslim militants after days of sectarian violence.
Smoke billows up at Sanaa Airport in Yemen after Israeli military warplanes struck the Houthi rebel-held capital on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2025
U.S. and Yemen's Houthis agree to ceasefire
The deal comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States would end attacks against the Houthis after the rebels agreed to stop harassing ships.
Israeli soldiers work on a mobile cannon at a position near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2025
Hamas says Gaza truce talks pointless as Israel wages 'hunger war'
The comments from a senior Hamas official followed Israel's approval of a military plan involving the "conquest" of Gaza, where nearly all 2.3 million people have been displaced.
Israeli tanks are positioned near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel on April 23.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2025
Israel may seize all of Gaza in expanded operation, officials say
The newly approved offensive would move the territory's civilian population southward and keep humanitarian aid from falling into Hamas' hands.
Pope Francis waves to the crowd from his popemobile as he arrives at the Manger Square before presiding over an open-air mass on May 25, 2014 outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank Biblical town of Bethlehem.
WORLD / Society
May 6, 2025
Francis' popemobile converted into clinic for Gazan children
The iconic open-sided vehicle will head to the Gaza Strip if and when Israel opens a humanitarian corridor.
Members of Israeli security services inspect a crater near a road outside Israel's Ben Gurion airport after a missile launched from Yemen struck the area on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2025
Israel launches strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah Port after Houthi attack
The airstrikes came a day after the Iran-aligned militants fired a missile that struck near Israel's main airport.
An Israeli soldier walks near tanks deployed at a position near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 5, 2025
Israel prepares to scale up pressure on Gaza ahead of Trump visit
The new ground operations will likely involve taking control of additional territory while stopping short of a full siege.
An Israeli police officer investigates a crater at the site of a missile attack, launched from Yemen, near Ben Gurion Airport, in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
WORLD
May 5, 2025
Israel vows response after Houthi missile evades air defense
"We will hit back sevenfold at anyone who hurts us,” Israel Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday after the attacks near the country's main airport.
Palestinians receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on April 29.
WORLD
May 5, 2025
Hamas executes looters in Gaza as food crisis worsens under Israeli blockade
Hamas officials have accused some of the looters of working in collaboration with Israel, which has sealed off aid from entering Gaza.
An Israeli police officer investigates a crater on Sunday at the site of a missile attack, launched from Yemen, near Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport.
WORLD
May 4, 2025
Israel fails to intercept Houthi missile and vows harsh response
Weeks of U.S. airstrikes against the Houthis, an Iran-backed militant group that holds areas in Yemen, have so far failed to halt the group’s attacks on Israel.
Israeli tanks operate in the Gaza Strip, by the Israel-Gaza border, on Saturday.
WORLD
May 4, 2025
Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for Gaza offensive
All aid deliveries to Gaza have been blocked since March 2, prompting warnings from U.N. agencies of impending humanitarian disaster.
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in which Trump announced nuclear talks with Iran, in Washington on April 7.
WORLD
May 3, 2025
How Trump blindsided Netanyahu with his Iran nuclear gamble
In just three weeks, the U.S. and Iran have held three rounds of talks aimed at preventing Tehran from building a nuclear weapon in return for sanctions relief.
People observe smoke from wildfires in Neve Ilan, Israel, on Wednesday.
WORLD
May 1, 2025
Israel's Netanyahu warns wildfires could reach Jerusalem
The wildfires have injured several people, and the military has deployed troops to help firefighters.
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
JAPAN / Society
May 1, 2025
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
The guesthouse said the purpose of the document was to ensure a safe stay for other guests and not due to discrimination.
Armed Druze men stand at a checkpoint in Jaramana, southeast of Damascus, Syria, on Friday.
WORLD
May 1, 2025
Israel strikes Syria, saying it hit group that attacked Druze
Since Assad was ousted in December, Israel has seized ground in the southwest and vowed to protect the Druze.
Palestinian girls look at the rubble after Israeli strikes in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD
Apr 29, 2025
Amnesty accuses Israel of 'live-streamed genocide' in Gaza
In its annual report, Amnesty charged that Israel had acted with "specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza, thus committing genocide."
Trump’s wake-up call for India’s foreign policy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 13. Trump’s coercive use of trade threats against India during the Pakistan military crisis has undermined trust in the U.S.-India partnership and exposed Washington as an unreliable security ally.
Toyota considers making tiny trucks for U.S. market as demand booms
Toyota executives say the automaker is listening to U.S. dealer requests for a truck smaller than the brand’s best-selling Tacoma midsize and Tundra full-size pickups.
Onosato’s march to yokozuna could usher in golden age for sumo
Onosato (left) battles Gonoyama on Day 6 of the Summer Basho. With Onosato on the cusp of promotion to yokozuna, there could soon be two titans at the top of the sport fighting for titles.
Shinjiro Koizumi takes farm ministry reins after predecessor's rice gaffe
Agriculture minister Taku Eto (left), who resigned on Wednesday, and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi
Railguns, missiles and lasers: Japan uses massive defense event to highlight shift
A mock-up of Japan's state-of-the-art railgun, which is currently undergoing testing, is displayed at the three-day DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.
Nippon Ishin grapples with poor governance ahead of Upper House election
Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday.
Beware of dubious websites offering cheap rice, consumer watchdog warns
Questionable websites appear to be taking advantage of consumers looking for cheaper rice online amid the high prices of the staple grain in the nation.
Onosato’s march to yokozuna could usher in golden age for sumo
Onosato (left) battles Gonoyama on Day 6 of the Summer Basho. With Onosato on the cusp of promotion to yokozuna, there could soon be two titans at the top of the sport fighting for titles.
A window into the mind of Esperantist and political activist Teru Hasegawa
Teru Hasegawa, Esperanto name Verda Majo, wrote leftist political essays during WWII.
Nissan’s troubles might go all the way back to Ghosn 
A lot at a Nissan plant in Mexico. The company may have overextended itself during the Ghosn era.

Podcast

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

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
By Alex K.T. Martin

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