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UKRAINE

U.S. Marines at Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture demonstrate the Typhon ground-launched missile system in September. Capable of launching land-based Tomahawks, it has already been deployed in global exercises, proving that the technical challenges often cited as an excuse to withhold Tomahawks from Ukraine are unfounded.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2025
Sanctions or Tomahawks? Only credible threats will convince Putin.
A lack of resolve and realism in the West has encouraged Putin to believe he need only wait until Ukraine’s backers fail it and he’ll be able to achieve his maximalist goals.
A man walks past a gas station of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft, which is the major stakeholder in Serbian oil company NIS, in Belgrade, Serbia, on Oct. 8.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2025
U.S. may hit Russia with more sanctions but wants Europe to increase pressure
While it's unclear whether Washington will act on these moves, it shows a toolkit within the administration to up the ante
Leaders from EU countries at a European Council meeting in Brussels on Thursday
WORLD
Oct 24, 2025
EU leaders defer decision on Russian assets as Belgium balks
Ukraine’s European allies increasingly see using frozen Russian central bank assets as the only viable way to keep financing Kyiv in its fight against Moscow’s full-scale invasion.
An oil refinery in Russia. Oil prices jumped around 5% to a two-week high after the U.S. imposed sanctions on major Russian suppliers Rosneft and Lukoil.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2025
Oil surges 5% after U.S. sanctions Russian firms Rosneft and Lukoil
The U.S. said it was prepared to take further action as it called on Moscow to agree immediately to a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Despite enduring nearly four years of war, the Ukrainian people continue to live their lives with resilience, showing strength, endurance and the ability to maintain humanity in the face of ongoing hardship.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2025
In Ukraine, we’re learning to live with the war within
We live with the symptoms of collective post-traumatic stress: a nation holding its breath, waking from nightmares.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and others attend a conference on land-mine clearance in Ukraine, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2025
Tokyo hosts international conference on Ukraine land mines
The Japanese government emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation with other countries experienced in land-mine clearance.
A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a military exercise in the Arkhangelsk region, Russia, in this still image released Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. sanctions Russian oil companies as Moscow holds nuclear drills
The new sanctions were unveiled one day after plans for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin fell apart.
The Olympia delle Tofane track, which will host the women alpine skiing competition during the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, in Cortina, Italy, on Jan. 24
OLYMPICS
Oct 22, 2025
Russians and Belarusians not allowed to ski as neutrals at Winter Games
Russian and Belarusian skiers will also be unable to compete in next year's Paralympics.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025
Trump says he doesn't want 'wasted' meeting with Putin
Trump's reversal Tuesday came just days after he announced that he would meet Putin in the Hungarian capital within two weeks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
Zelenskyy paints Trump meeting as a success, contrasting with earlier reports
The Ukrainian leader touted progress on acquiring new Patriot air defense systems from the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2025
Trump urged Zelenskyy to make concessions to Russia in tense meeting
Trump also mused about giving security guarantees to both Kyiv and Moscow, comments that the Ukrainian delegation found confusing, sources said.
An aerial view shows the oil tanker named Boracay (also called Pushpa), a vessel being investigated by French authorities and suspected of belonging to the so-called "shadow fleet" involved in the Russian oil trade, off the coast of Saint-Nazaire, France, on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2025
EU seeks maritime declaration to inspect Russia's 'shadow fleet'
Beefing up inspection rights is the latest EU proposal aimed at curbing Russian oil and gas revenue being used by Moscow to finance its war in Ukraine.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, British Secretary of State for Defense John Healey and Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal meet in Brussels on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025
What could a Ukraine peace deal look like?
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest soon to discuss a way to end the war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia Today editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan attend an event at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025
Putin's Budapest visit makes awkward spectacle for EU and NATO
The planned meeting is a symbolic blow to the EU and NATO, as they have sought to isolate the Russian leader as a war criminal.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press after disembarking from Air Force One upon arrival at Palm Beach International Airport on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2025
Trump tells Russia and Ukraine to stop the war ‘at the battle line’
The U.S. leader urged both sides to "make a deal," and refused to give Ukraine the long-range missiles it wanted.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte gives a statement during a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO's headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2025
NATO and EU scramble to boost drone defenses to counter Russia
High-profile incidents in Poland and Estonia have set off a flurry of activity from European officials to plug gaps in the continent's defenses.
Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone strike on the outskirts of Odessa, Ukraine, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2025
Ukraine raises alarm over foreign components in Russian drones
Kyiv estimates that more than 500 drones and missiles launched by Russia in one of its major barrages on Oct. 5 contained more than 100,000 foreign components.
European allies are nearing an agreement to provide loans that would help the Ukraine purchase weapons, including from the U.S.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2025
U.K. and Canada to join EU plan to tap Russian assets for Ukraine
U.K. sanctions have frozen more than £25 billion of Russian assets, according to the latest Foreign Office data from March, while the EU holds around €200 billion.
Russian service members at a training ground in Russia last week
WORLD
Oct 15, 2025
Russia paves way for 2 million reservists to fight in Ukraine
Revising the mobilization law would give Moscow greater flexibility to ramp up the size of its military force in Ukraine.
Iceland defender Victor Palsson (left) falls over France forward Jean-Philippe Mateta during a 2026 World Cup qualifying round match in Reykjavik on Monday.
SOCCER
Oct 14, 2025
France faces crunch match against Ukraine after 2-2 draw with Iceland
France remains top of Group D with 10 points from four games, three ahead of Ukraine, which beat Azerbaijan 2-1 on Monday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Ashfall warning in Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Suspect on run after woman stabbed by stranger in Tokyo’s Akasaka area
Tokyo Metropolitan Police examine the building where a woman was stabbed, in the capital's Minato Ward on Sunday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
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