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Israeli settlers swim in the Ein Samiyah spring near the village of Kafr Malik, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on July 15. The spring, which feeds the pumping station, is the main or backup water source for some 110,000 people, according to the Palestinian company that manages it — making it one of the most vital in the West Bank, where water is in chronic short supply.
WORLD
Jul 21, 2025
'No life without water': settler attacks threaten West Bank communities
Israeli settlers have been accused in several recent incidents of damaging, diverting or seizing control of vital Palestinian water sources.
An internal security forces member stands watch at a checkpoint in the village of al-Mazra'a on Sunday, after days of violence in Syria's Sweida province sparked by clashes between Bedouin fighters and Druze factions.
WORLD
Jul 21, 2025
Calm reported in Syria's Sweida, as Damascus says truce holding
With hundreds reported killed, the bloodshed is a major test for interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa.
Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, on Sunday.
WORLD
Jul 20, 2025
Israel issues new evacuation orders in central Gaza as hunger worsens
Much of Gaza has been reduced to a wasteland during more than 21 months of war and there are fears of accelerating starvation.
A woman caresses a child's head as Palestinians wait at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday.
WORLD
Jul 20, 2025
Gaza civil defense says Israeli fire kills 39 near two aid centers
Deaths of people waiting for handouts in huge crowds near food points in Gaza have become a regular occurrence, with the territory's authorities frequently blaming Israeli fire.
Tribal and bedouin fighters cross Walga town as they mobilize amid clashes with Druze gunmen, near the predominantly Druze city of Sweida in southern Syria on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2025
Syria believed it had green light from U.S. and Israel to deploy troops to Sweida
Israel carried out strikes on Syrian troops and on Damascus on Wednesday in an escalation that took the Islamist-led leadership by surprise.
Tribal and bedouin fighters cross al-Mazraa village in Syria's Sweida governorate as they mobilize amid clashes with Druze gunmen on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 19, 2025
U.S. announces Syria-Israel truce as new clashes rock Druze heartland
At least 638 people have died since Sunday in violence between the Druze and Bedouins, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Members of Syrian security forces stand on a road as vehicles transporting other Syrian security forces make their way out of the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jul 18, 2025
U.S. does not support Israel's Syria strikes as al-Sharaa vows to protect Druze
Israel launched airstrikes in Damascus on Wednesday, saying it aimed to protect Syrian Druze, a part of a minority that also has followers in Lebanon and Israel.
A man carries a person into Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jul 17, 2025
Aid point crush in Gaza Strip kills 20 people
For the first time, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, backed by the United States and Israel, acknowledged deaths at one of its distribution sites.
Members of the Syrian security forces assess the destruction inside the heavily damaged Syrian army and Defense Ministry headquarters complex in Damascus, following Israeli strikes Wednesday.
WORLD
Jul 16, 2025
Syria's interim leader vows to protect Druze rights as ceasefire holds
In a statement after powerful Israeli air strikes on Damascus, al-Sharaa addressed Druze citizens saying "we reject any attempt to drag you into hands of an external party."
Palestinian children stand in line for food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jul 16, 2025
One in 10 children in its clinics are malnourished, U.N. Palestinian refugee agency says
More than 5,800 children have been diagnosed with malnutrition in Gaza, including more than 1,000 children with severe, acute malnutrition.
Members of Syria's security forces drive through the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jul 16, 2025
Israel carries out several airstrikes in Syria and Lebanon
Israel’s government said it was acting in defense of the Druze community, a minority group the Jewish state has pledged to protect.
Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen in Gaza on Monday
WORLD
Jul 15, 2025
Amid heated debate, no real plan for Israel's 'humanitarian city' in Gaza
Planning was in a very initial phase only, one source said, and the goal was to help Palestinians who do not want to live under Hamas rule.
Smoke billows following Israeli strikes in the distance as members of Syria's security forces man rocket launchers in an area between Mazraa and Walga near the predominantly Druze city of Suwayda on Monday.
WORLD
Jul 15, 2025
Israel strikes Syria after clashes involving Druze minority
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz described the strikes as a "clear warning” to the Syrian regime that Israel would not allow the Druze to be harmed.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on April 7. Trump’s unexpected strike on Iran shows how Israel’s influence overcame his reluctance for foreign wars.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2025
Trump’s Iran attack shows what it takes to win his military support
How did Israel convince Trump? Put simply, why did Trump, unlike previous presidents who considered it but held back, launch a direct strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities?
U.S. soldiers man a checkpoint on a road outside Tikrit, Iraq, in November 2003. Airstrikes alone won’t truly eliminate Iran’s nuclear program — only a costly ground invasion like the one that took down Saddam Hussein could do that.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2025
What will it take to end Iran's nuke program? An army.
Trump’s claim that the U.S. “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program was widely disputed, with current estimates saying it was severely damaged and set back by 12 to 24 months.
A woman sitting amid debris looks on as Palestinians inspect destroyed tents at a makeshift displacement camp following a reported incursion a day earlier by Israeli tanks in the area in Khan Younis in the northern Gaza strip on Friday.
WORLD
Jul 14, 2025
Israeli plan to move Gazans into closed zone triggers backlash
The plan envisions building from scratch a closed zone in southern Gaza during a potential 60-day ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas, currently under negotiation in Qatar.
A Palestinian boy looks at the site of an Israeli strike that killed children who had gathered to collect water from a distribution point, according to medics, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD
Jul 14, 2025
Israel blames malfunction for missile killing Gaza children collecting water
The Israeli military said a malfunction had caused the missile to fall "dozens of meters from the target."
A Palestinian man and one of his sons mourn beside the body of his other son who was killed by Israeli fire while seeking aid near a distribution point in Rafah, according to medics, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
WORLD
Jul 13, 2025
Gaza truce talks faltering over withdrawal; 17 reported killed in latest shooting near aid
The latest mass shooting around a U.S.-backed aid distribution system has resulted in 800 people killed in six weeks, according to the U.N.
A woman looks on as Palestinians inspect destroyed tents at a makeshift displacement camp following a reported incursion a day earlier by Israeli tanks in the area in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday.
WORLD
Jul 12, 2025
U.N. says hundreds killed in recent weeks while seeking aid in Gaza
The violence came as negotiators from Israel and Hamas were locked in indirect talks in Qatar to try to agree on a temporary ceasefire.
Wounded Palestinians lie on beds at Al Shifa Hospital, which Gaza's health ministry says is at risk of shutting down due to the Israeli blockade of fuel, in Gaza City on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jul 11, 2025
Gaza doctors cram babies into incubators as fuel shortage threatens hospitals
Medics in the Gaza Strip say the dwindling fuel supplies threaten to plunge them into darkness and paralyze hospitals and clinics there.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.

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