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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 19.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2026
Pleasing no one: Netanyahu puts election first with Gaza decision
Israel will be voting for the first time since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, the deadliest ever against the country.
Catholic nuns and Christian worshippers attend mass at the Latin Monastery in the Palestinian Christian town of Taybeh, northeast of the city of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in June.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2026
Exodus: West Bank hardships drive out Palestinian Christians
Since the Gaza war began, attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank have become an almost daily occurrence.
Japan's famous Fuji Rock festival this year included flag-waving for regimes whose actions contradict the ideals of peaceful assembly and human rights that reflect unexamined political sympathies that risk legitimizing oppressive regimes.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2026
Flag-waving at Fuji Rock: Conviction or fashion?
Music has long served as an expression of a fundamental human freedom ¡ª the right to speak, to challenge authority and to be heard without fear of the state.
Palestinians attend the funeral of 112 members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia clan, who were killed in an Israeli strike in 2023 and whose remains were only recently recovered from beneath the rubble, according to Gaza's Civil Defense, in Gaza City, the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2026
Gazans bury nearly an entire clan found in rubble in mass funeral for 112
According to Palestinian authorities, 308 members of the extended Al-Hassayna family were killed on November 22, 2023 when Israeli airstrikes brought down a cluster of buildings.
The International Criminal Court in the Hague in September 2025. The U.S. backed the ICC when it pursued Vladimir Putin but denounced the court as politically motivated when it issued warrants for Israeli leaders.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2026
America is betting against international law
Great powers cannot rely on legal immunity forever, as international accountability mechanisms increasingly constrain even the most influential states.
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday
WORLD
Jul 31, 2026
Trump says peace plan will lead to Hamas disarmament, but Israel support uncertain
A Hamas official and a diplomat close to the Cairo talks said the progress would be tested by Israel¡¯s response and whether this allowed a broad accord to be reached.
People wait for former hostage Alon Ohel to return home after leaving the hospital in Lavon, Israel, on Oct. 24, 2025.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 29, 2026
The key issues that will shape Israel¡¯s elections
Voters in Israel will weigh in on issues ranging from conscription to the 2023 Hamas attack when they head to the polls on Oct. 27.
A fresh grocery vendor at the Machane Yehuda market in Jerusalem in January 2025. Since the Hamas attacks in October 2023, Israel has been in a state of near constant war ¡ª in Gaza, in Lebanon and most recently against Iran.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 28, 2026
Ongoing conflict starves Israeli manufacturers of foreign equipment technicians
Makers are increasingly stuck with imported machinery that has stopped functioning or can¡¯t be installed, without the foreign skilled staff needed to assist.
Saba Rabah, the top-ranked student in the science stream of the Palestinian national high school exams, celebrates with family at the Al Maghazi camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD / Society
Jul 27, 2026
Gaza teen triumphs in school despite war, loss and displacement
Saba Rabah, 18, emerged as the top-ranked student in the science stream of the Palestinian national high school exams.
A Palestinian boy sits near a damaged mosque, which Palestinians say was damaged by Israeli settlers, in Qusra near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday.
WORLD
Jul 26, 2026
Israeli settlers set fire to West Bank mosques after deadly clash
The Israeli military said troops sent to Qusra, which sits near several large Israeli settlements, had found graffiti and signs of arson and ?were searching for suspects.
A displaced Palestinian woman washes clothes on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City on July 14.
WORLD / Society
Jul 22, 2026
In Gaza, a mother¡¯s hunt for water lays bare a worsening health crisis
Gaza is facing an unprecedented collapse of its water and sanitation systems, warn aid agencies, U.N. officials and Palestinian ?health authorities.
Andy Burnham gestures after being confirmed as the Labour Party's new leader and the country's next prime minister, during a meeting in central London on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 19, 2026
Burnham likely to steer steady ship on U.K. foreign policy
One difference could be a tougher line on Israel.
A Palestinian trainer shows his purebred Arabian horse during a beauty contest at the Rawabi Palestine Arabians show, in Rawabi in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on June 27.
WORLD / Society
Jul 16, 2026
¡®In our blood¡¯: Palestinians keep horse culture alive against all odds
Despite living in densely populated areas, Palestinian breeders continue to raise horses in remarkably urban settings.
Gadi Eisenkot speaks during an election event in Kfar Sava, Israel, on July 8.
WORLD
Jul 16, 2026
Former general who lost son in Gaza war emerges as Netanyahu¡¯s main rival
Stocky and somber, untested in domestic politics and a stranger to foreign-policy circles, Gadi Eisenkot is a stark contrast to the articulate and telegenic Benjamin Netanyahu.
Palestinians amidst the rubble of ruined buildings in the Jabalia camp near Gaza City, northern Gaza, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2026
Hamas dissolves Gaza government, but Israel dismisses move as ¡®stunt¡¯
The ?area remains in ?ruins more than 2? years after the latest Gaza conflict was triggered by Hamas¡¯ Oct. 7, ?2023, raids on Israel.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (center, back) looks on as Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter (left), State Department Chief of Staff Daniel Holler (center) and Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh sign a framework agreement at the U.S. Department of State in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2026
Israel-Lebanon deal may entrench stalemate rather than end war, analysts say
The security deal between Israel and Lebanon includes something few see as workable: Hezbollah¡¯s disarmament, which no Lebanese government has the power to enforce.
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Wishah, killed in an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on June 21.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2026
When killing the messenger becomes a strategy of war
Record journalist deaths in Gaza raise urgent questions about war, accountability and the targeting of reporters.
Children sit together near destroyed and heavily-damaged buildings at the Nuseirat camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Friday.
WORLD
Jun 23, 2026
Israel targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, U.N. inquiry reports
The U.N. commission said that Palestinian children were deliberately killed during the war, including after a ceasefire came into effect in October 2025.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference, following a U.S.-Iran deal, in Jerusalem on Monday.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2026
Netanyahu, Israel¡¯s arch-survivor, set to face voter fury over Iran deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed he intends to ?stand ?in an election that must be held by October, but polls put his right-wing coalition on course to lose.
Children stand near a damaged car, which Palestinians say was burned by Israeli settlers, in Halhul near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on May 20.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2026
U.N. warns Israeli settlers could join blacklist for violations against children
A United Nations report says it has verified the killing of 2,668 Palestinian children in Gaza and 57 in the West Bank in 2025.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
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.
¡®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.
¡®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.
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.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

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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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