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PALESTINIANS

A Palestinian man reacts next to the body of a man, who according to medics was killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2025
Israel strikes Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating U.S.-brokered ceasefire
The development is the latest test of the fragile deal brokered earlier this month.
Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 12. Potentially as many as 10,000 Palestinians are unaccounted for and presumed dead, but in the devastation left by two years of war, with entire districts bombed or bulldozed into rubble, no one knows for sure.
WORLD
Oct 28, 2025
For Gazans buried in rubble or unmarked graves, a last indignity
There are potentially as many as 10,000 Palestinians unaccounted for and presumed dead, though in the devastation left by two years of war, no one knows for sure.
Destroyed buildings and razed land in Gaza City on Oct. 19
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2025
Trump’s push for Gulf to pay for rebuilding Gaza faces hurdles
Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have specific reservations about providing financing for reconstruction.
A drone view shows tents used by displaced Palestinians amid destroyed buildings following the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from the area in Gaza City on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2025
Netanyahu says Israel decides which foreign troops will secure Gaza ceasefire
Last week Netanyahu hinted that he would be opposed to any role for Turkish security forces in Gaza.
A member of the Israeli force stands guard as the Israeli forces block Palestinians and foreign activists from accessing olive trees during the olive harvest, near Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 24, 2025
U.S. pressures Israel on West Bank as Rubio voices confidence in Gaza truce
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned before his arrival in Israel that the annexation moves were "threatening" to the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
Palestinians seek aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the central Gaza Strip in August. U.N. and aid groups have questioned the neutrality of the foundation.
WORLD
Oct 24, 2025
U.S. mulls Gaza aid plan that would replace controversial GHF aid operation
Washington is seeking to facilitate having more deliveries of assistance in the Palestinian enclave under a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
An unexploded missile fired by an Israeli aircraft lies among rubble in the northern Gaza Strip.
WORLD
Oct 24, 2025
Clearing Gaza's surface of bombs will take up to 30 years, aid group says
"If you're looking at a full clearance, it's never happening, it's subterranean. We will find it for generations to come," said Nick Orr of Humanity & Inclusion, however.
Hamas conducts a public hostage handover ceremony in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, in February.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2025
The Gaza peace plan will fail without American troops
Trump has been clear that he is not enthusiastic about overseas troop deployments in general — and the use of U.S. boots on the ground in Gaza may be a bridge too far.
An Israeli flag flutters near apartments in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank on Aug. 16, 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
Israel's parliament gives initial nod to occupied West Bank annexation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party did not support the bill put forth by lawmakers outside his ruling coalition.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House in Washington on Sept. 25.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025
Erdogan turns Trump's Gaza deal into a power play for Turkey
Initially resistant to Trump's ultimatum, Hamas leaders relented only when Turkey, a country they view as a political patron, urged them to agree to the plan.
A member of the civil defense walks next to a fire truck as the team searches for bodies trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a severe lack of equipment and capabilities needed to recover the victims, according to Palestinian Civil Defense, in Gaza City on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025
Trump threatens Hamas amid push toward next steps of Gaza truce
With the existing truce already shaky, the U.S. and mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey are trying to move toward the far more complicated second phase of talks.
Palestinians stand near a burning car reportedly set alight by Israeli settlers attempting to disrupt them harvesting olives near the occupied West Bank village of Turmos Ayya near Ramallah on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 22, 2025
Israeli settler violence skyrockets in West Bank amid olive harvest, U.N. says
While the nearby Gaza Strip has been engulfed by war over the last two years, the West Bank has seen a steady rise in violence.
A displaced Palestinian girl carries water containers in Gaza City on Monday. Israel and Hamas have both recommitted to a ceasefire plan since Sunday's flare-up in which a Palestinian attack that killed two soldiers prompted an Israeli bombardment killing at least 28 people in Gaza.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
U.S. steps up diplomacy after Gaza truce shaken
The weekend violence reflected the stumbling blocks to keeping the long-sought ceasefire from unraveling and securing a lasting peace in Gaza.
People take part in a demonstration at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday, calling for the release of all the bodies of hostages held in Gaza by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
WORLD
Oct 20, 2025
Relatives of Gaza hostages recount dire conditions in captivity
One former hostage's mother said her son had been flogged and beaten between April and July "with objects I won't even mention."
Smoke billows following an Israeli strike that targeted a building in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 20, 2025
Israel says halting Gaza strikes after accusing Hamas of violating truce
An Israeli security official also said the country was suspending the entry of aid into Gaza due to ceasefire violations.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid and fuel line up at the crossing into the Gaza Strip at the Rafah border on the Egypt side, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Rafah, Egypt, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2025
Border crossing to stay closed, Israel says, as U.S. alleges Hamas ceasefire violation
Its reopening will depend on Hamas handing over bodies of deceased hostages as the two sides continued to trade blame over ceasefire violations.
Crews use excavators to search for bodies in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025
U.N. aid chief foresees 'massive job' ahead on tour of ruined Gaza
The densely packed cities of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million Palestinians, have been reduced to ruins by two years of bombardment and intense fighting.
Hamas senior official Mohammed Nazzal speaks during an interview in Doha on Wednesday
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025
Hamas aims to keep grip on Gaza security and can't commit to disarm, senior official says
These views are not new, but the timing of Mohammed Nazzal's comments reflect the difficulties of finding a path to end the war in Gaza.
An excavator digs deep into the ground, reportedly searching for bodies in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025
Hamas gives Israel another hostage body and vows to return rest
The militant group said it was committed to returning all the dead captives still unaccounted for under Gaza's ruins after two years of war.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends the world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war and securing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Oct. 13.
EDITORIALS
Oct 17, 2025
Trump’s Middle East breakthrough may prove fragile
Hamas is unlikely to give up its weapons. Its existence is predicated on armed resistance to the Jewish state and disarmed it will be prey to its enemies among the Palestinians.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
At first summit with Trump, Takaichi pledges 'new golden age' for alliance
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi raises her fist as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in front of U.S. Navy personnel on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the American naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
Abe shooting suspect Yamagami pleads guilty to murder
Members of the media gather outside the Nara District Court in the city of Nara on Tuesday hours before the start of the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022.
Takaichi buys time and builds trust with ‘near-perfect’ Trump summit
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during a visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JPYC, world’s first yen stablecoin, is issued
Noritaka Okabe, head of Japanese startup JPYC, at a news conference for the first yen stablecoin in Tokyo on Monday
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18
Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."
Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan
"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.
Japan’s youth are apathetic toward the climate crisis. Could anime change that?
“Future Kid Takara,” a series of anime shorts to be aired on NHK Educational TV in November, attempts to educate children about climate change.

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