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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.
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.
Palestinians gather to celebrate the Islamic Hijri New Year at the Ibrahimi Mosque, known to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs, located inside the Israeli-controlled H2 sector of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, on June 16.
WORLD
Jun 29, 2026
Israelis and Palestinians deeply divided over sacred shrine in Hebron
The Cave of the Patriarchs is split into an area for Jews and one for Muslims, each with a separate entrance.
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.
A Palestinian man casts his ballot at a polling station during municipal elections in the Palestinian town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 27, 2026
Abbas loyalists win Palestinian municipal elections, including some seats in Gaza
Saturday¡¯s ballot marked the first elections of any ?kind in the Gaza ?Strip since 2006 and the first Palestinian polls since the Gaza war began more than ?two years.
Mahmoud Ghanem, 89, stands with his daughter Areej, 50, at the entrance to a shack near Tulkarm in the Israeli?occupied West Bank, on Feb. 16, 2026. Members of the Ghanem family were displaced last year from the Tulkarm refugee camp.
WORLD
Apr 2, 2026
Expelled from camp, Palestinian refugees now face Iranian rockets
Driven from their refugee camp home in the West Bank, Palestinian families now face a new threat: Iranian missiles intercepted overhead.
Mourners carry the bodies of three Palestinians killed in a reported attack by Israeli settlers in the town of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, during the funeral on Sunday.
WORLD
Mar 9, 2026
West Bank villages hit by deadly?settler raids as regional tensions grow
Residents in the West Bank say they feel trapped between regional conflict in the skies and armed settler groups on the ground ¡ª?and sometimes both in quick succession.
A Palestinian man stands next to an Israeli military armored vehicle during a raid in al-Yamun town west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2026
Israel accused of move expanding Jerusalem borders for first time since 1967
The move comes days after Israel¡¯s government approved a process to register land in the West Bank as ¡°state property,¡°?drawing widespread international condemnation.
A Palestinian woman ushers her children away from a group of Israeli soldiers during a weekly settlers¡¯ tour in Hebron, in the Israeli?occupied West Bank, Jan. 24.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
Arab states criticize Israel as it expands powers in occupied West Bank
They said the moves were meant to entrench Israeli settlement of the West Bank, displace Palestinians and impose unlawful Israeli sovereignty.
Palestinians assess a damaged site after Israeli settlers attacked their village of Deir Dibwan, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Dec. 15.
WORLD / Society
Dec 26, 2025
How Israel¡¯s hilltop settlers coordinate attacks to expel Palestinians
For decades, settlers have built outposts on West Bank land without official authorization that, in many cases, end up ?being accepted by Israel as formal settlements.
A man dressed as Santa Claus at the Nativity Square before midnight Mass at Bethlehem¡¯s Nativity Church, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Wednesday
WORLD
Dec 25, 2025
Bethlehem celebrates first festive Christmas since Gaza war
As a fragile truce holds in Gaza, the West Bank city¡¯s festivities were in full swing again, with hundreds of people taking part in a parade.
Israeli soldiers detain two Palestinians during an operation in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday.
WORLD
Nov 28, 2025
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank who appeared to be surrendering
The Jenin raid marks the latest assault in a months-long Israeli campaign across northern West Bank cities.
Israeli soldiers patrol the streets of Tubas in the occupied West Bank during a military operation on Wednesday.
WORLD
Nov 27, 2025
Israeli army launches new operation in West Bank
The military said the operation began with air strikes followed by ¡®searches¡¯ on the ground, during which suspects were questioned and funds were confiscated.
A Palestinian man uses a mobile phone to record a burning truck after an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Beit Lid, east of Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2025
Israeli police say settlers arrested after West Bank clashes
The military said it dispatched troops after ¡°masked Israeli civilians ... attacked Palestinians and set fire to property in the area.¡±
Security adviser Grant Bowden evacuates Reuters photographer Raneen Sawafta following an Israeli settlers attack, near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday.
WORLD
Nov 9, 2025
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, journalists in West Bank, witnesses say
The area has been a flash point for settler attacks, which increased across the West Bank after the war in Gaza began two years ago.
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.
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.
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.
Displaced Palestinians move southward along a road in the Nuseirat refugee camp area in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2025
Israel seeks permanent Gaza control and Jewish majority in West Bank: U.N. inquiry
Israel maintains that its war is not against the population of Gaza but against the Hamas militant group whose fighters led the attack on Israel that precipitated the war.
Israeli troops stand guard during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 1, 2025
Israel mulls West Bank annexation in response Palestine recognition moves
It is unclear where precisely any such measure would be applied and when.
¡®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.
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.
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.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
¡®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.
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.

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