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Dana Khraiche
People attend the funeral procession of Pierre Moawad, an official of the Christian Lebanese Forces Party, and his wife Flavia, who were killed in an Israeli strike, in Yahchouch, Lebanon, on April 7.
WORLD
Jun 8, 2026
¡®What will happen to us?¡¯ southern Lebanese Christians ask
More than 400 Lebanese have been killed in Israeli strikes after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that began mid-April was largely ignored, lifting the death toll to at least 3,400.
Smoke billows from southern Lebanon, following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, on Sunday.
WORLD
Jun 1, 2026
U.S. and Iran trade drafts of deal as Israel expands Lebanon assault
Israel is not party to the talks between the U.S. and Iran and it¡¯s unclear whether it will agree to stop its side war in Lebanon if the war in Iran is resolved.
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter speaks to members of the media outside the U.S. State Department following working-level peace talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2026
Israel hails Lebanon talks despite slim odds of breakthrough
Tuesday¡¯s meeting between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the U.S. was both countries¡¯ first high-level talks in more than 30 years.
President Donald Trump speaks to attendees at a Women's History Month event in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2026
Trump rejects Iran deal on current terms as war continues
The current fighting has brought shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz to a near standstill and upended energy markets.
The aftermath of an overnight strike attributed to Israel is seen on the Barzeh scientific research center affiliated with the Syrian defense ministry in northern Damascus on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2024
Israel steps up airstrikes and sends troops deeper into Syria
The Israel Defense Forces said it struck most of the strategic weapons stockpiles in Syria to prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorists.
Rebel fighters hold weapons in front of the Hama governor's building after capturing the city during their advance across northern Syria on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 6, 2024
Syria rebels capture another key city in fresh blow to Assad
Hama lies about halfway between Aleppo, which opposition fighters captured in a shock attack on government-held territory last week, and Damascus.
Antony Blinken boards a plane at Joint Base Andrews on Mondat as he departs for the Middle East.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024
Blinken takes off in 11th attempt to reach a Middle East cease-fire
Blinken is pursuing a cease-fire in Gaza and, even more ambitiously, a ¡°day-after¡± plan for future governance of the strip.
People mourn at the site of the Nova music festival, the location of a deadly attack by Hamas on Oct. 7 of last year, near Kibbutz Reim, Israel, on Monday.
WORLD
Oct 8, 2024
Israel fights on multiple fronts one year after war with Hamas began
In addition to Gaza, Israel is waging a ground and air offensive across its northern border in Lebanon to combat Hezbollah.
A supporter holds a portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah during an event in a southern suburb of Beirut on Jan. 3.
WORLD
Sep 28, 2024
Hassan Nasrallah, Iran¡¯s man atop Hezbollah, dead at 64
Nasrallah was idolized by many for leading the armed resistance to Israel¡¯s 1982 invasion of southern Lebanon but later became a divisive figure in the Middle East.
A man reacts while holding a Hezbollah flag during the funeral of people killed after hundreds of paging devices exploded in a deadly wave across Lebanon the previous day, in Beirut on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 19, 2024
Israel cites ¡®new phase¡¯ in regional war after Lebanon blasts
More military resources will be deployed to the north of the country, where Israel has been exchanging rocket fire with Hezbollah militants for almost a year.
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.
Displaced Palestinians who fled Rafah ride atop a car in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2024
Saying cease-fire plan falls short, Israel continues attacks on Rafah
Israel¡¯s war Cabinet unanimously rejected the truce as ¡°far from Israel¡¯s necessary demands,¡± dashing hopes for an immediate pause in the fighting.
Israeli officials evacuate a person who was injured by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Safed, northern Israel, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Feb 15, 2024
Israel-Hezbollah tensions rise with strikes from Lebanon
The assault, presumed to be carried out by Hezbollah, prompted Israeli fighter jets to launch extensive strikes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 18, 2022
Deadly drone strikes on UAE raise Gulf tensions and roil oil market
One of the biggest attacks to date on UAE soil ignited a fire at Abu Dhabi¡¯s main international airport on Monday and set fuel tanker trucks ablaze in a nearby industrial area.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 20, 2020
Carlos Ghosn¡¯s exoneration hopes rest on Lebanese safety net
Moments before launching into his raucous news conference in Beirut earlier this month, Carlos Ghosn was enthusiastically greeted by a throng of local journalists who crowded around his lectern, taking turns to embrace the fallen automotive titan and snapping souvenir selfies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2020
Ghosn with the wind: Theories abound in ex-Nissan chief¡¯s escape debacle
How did Carlos Ghosn do it?
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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