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An Iranian woman holds a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei as Shia Muslim devotees take part in a mourning procession marking Arbaeen in Tehran on Aug. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2026
Iranian factions squabble over war aims as supreme leader maintains low profile
By Golnar Motevalli and Patrick Sykes
The absence from public life of Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has left a vacuum in which disputes between political factions have seeped into the open.
Residents carry buckets filled with water collected from a nearby filling station in the township of Olievenhoutbosch, north of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 7.
WORLD / Society
Aug 12, 2026
Johannesburg¡¯s water crisis angers voters while driving rich off-grid
By Tim Cocks
Wealthier inhabitants of the commercial capital are drilling boreholes to bypass the municipality, starving it of funds needed to fix the mess.
A soldier keeps watch as rescue efforts continue at the site of a damaged building following an earthquake, in Cali, Colombia, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Aug 12, 2026
¡®Waiting for any sign of life¡¯: Colombia reels after earthquake
By Matthew Bristow
Rescuers are scouring mountains of rubble in search of survivors following Monday¡¯s magnitude 7.4 quake.
A portrait of former Syrian President Bashar Assad is pictured with its frame broken, at a Political Security Branch facility on the outskirts of Hama following the capture of the area by anti-government forces on Dec. 7, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2026
Assad ruled Syria with iron fist before defeat in civil war
An international war crimes prosecutor accused the Assad-led state of having conducted organized killing ?comparable to Nazi Germany.
Air Force One parked on the tarmac prior to U.S. President Donald Trump's departure from Ankara Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2026
Trump¡¯s secret plane swap triggers questions and confusion
To evade an assassination threat, the U.S. president¡¯s security team smuggled him off Air Force One to a different aircraft on July 8 in Turkey.
A member of the former rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stands guard near an image of Syria's Bashar Assad at the fourth division headquarters in Damascus on Jan. 23, 2025.
WORLD
Aug 12, 2026
Syria sentences Bashar Assad to death in absentia over atrocities
The ruling is the first of its kind under Syria¡¯s transitional leaders, who ousted Assad in 2024, vowing to provide justice and accountability for crimes committed under his rule.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at a press conference during his visit to Belgrade, Serbia, on Aug. 8.
WORLD
Aug 12, 2026
Zelenskyy: Ukraine has given U.S. negotiators proposals for ending the war with Russia
The Ukrainian president also said there is evidence that Russia would exploit next month¡¯s elections to proclaim a new mobilization to boost the numbers of fighting personnel.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meets with Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in Tehran on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2026
Pakistan says deal is close even as Iran and U.S. harden stances
By Josh Wingrove and Patrick Sykes
While Tehran and Oman may be nearing an agreement, it remains unclear how that would affect the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Rescuers look for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building in Pereira, Colombia, following a massive earthquake in the area on Monday morning.
WORLD
Aug 11, 2026
Colombia quake death toll climbs as civilians aid in rescue
By Katherine Pennacchio
Colombia¡¯s new president faces his first major crisis after an earthquake killed 132, damaged over 5,000 homes and overwhelmed emergency crews.
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines, alongside U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) and Jayme Leagh Franklin (L), founder of The Conservateur, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 11, 2026
Trump cites unproven autism risk in attack on childhood vaccines
The proposed changes would mean parents would have to make more trips to the doctor to get the same protection against diseases for their young children.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will be fighting for his parliamentary seat on Thursday against parody candidate Count Binface.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2026
Farage vs. Count Binface: What to know about U.K. snap poll
Set in motion by Farage amid a probe into his finances, the election may backfire as all of the major political parties denounced it as a stunt.
Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi addresses a press conference at the Embassy of Afghanistan in New Delhi on Oct. 12, 2025. Taliban authorities have been busy with a foreign policy drive throughout their five years in power, steadily building international ties from Afghanistan despite multiple constraints.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2026
Five years after return, Afghan Taliban government builds diplomacy
By Rosie SCAMMELL
Only Russia officially recognizes the Taliban government, with many Western countries demanding domestic reforms on human rights before considering doing the same.
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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