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The site of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Thursday
WORLD
Dec 20, 2024
Israel keeps up Gaza bombardment as cease-fire talks intensify
Mediators are trying to forge a deal to pause the 14-month-old war in the Hamas-ruled enclave that would include a release of hostages seized from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
A fire burns inside a Palestinian house in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Dec 19, 2024
Gaza mediators intensify ceasefire efforts as Israeli strikes kill 20
A Palestinian official close to the negotiations said mediators had narrowed gaps on most of the agreement's clauses.
Palestinians inspect the damage at a tent camp sheltering displaced people, following an Israeli strike in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD
Dec 16, 2024
Israeli forces carry out air and ground attacks in Gaza; dozens dead
Israel's air and land offensive that has killed almost 45,000 people, mostly civilians, according to authorities in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
Palestinians gather to buy bread from a bakery in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday.
WORLD
Nov 23, 2024
Little hope in Gaza that arrest warrants will cool Israeli onslaught
Medics in Gaza said at least 24 people were killed in fresh Israeli military strikes.
A Palestinian man points at a damaged building in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2024
Israeli strikes kill 48 people in Gaza as hospital in north makes distress call
Operations have focused for weeks on the northern edge of Gaza, where Israel has laid siege to three major towns and ordered residents to flee.
People carry a casualty near a fire at the site of an Israeli strike on a tent housing displaced people, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2024
Qatar stalls its Gaza ceasefire mediation
The Gulf country has been working alongside the U.S. and Egypt for months on fruitless talks between the warring sides in Gaza.
Displaced Palestinians make their way to safety after fleeing the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 8, 2024
More families stream out of northern Gaza, as tanks push deeper
The Israeli military is a month into a new push on northern Gaza, forcing Palestinians to flee with whatever they could bring.
Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a press conference shortly after he was sacked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who cited a lack of trust, at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2024
Netanyahu fires defense minister, jolting Israeli politics
After Yoav Gallant was fired, protesters in Israel blocked highways and lit bonfires on roads.
A damaged sign at the headquarters of UNRWA following an Israeli raid in Gaza City on July 12
WORLD
Oct 29, 2024
Israel bans U.N. aid agency as its tanks trap 100,000 civilians in north Gaza
The law banning the U.N. relief agency UNRWA from operating inside Israel alarms some Western allies who fear it will worsen the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine (center) on Aug. 1. Widely touted as potentially the group's next leader, Safieddine was killed in an Israeli attack.
WORLD
Oct 23, 2024
Israel confirms death of heir apparent to slain Hezbollah leader
The Israeli military said Hashem Safieddine was killed in a strike three weeks ago in Beirut's southern suburbs, following earlier reports of his probable death.
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after Israeli strikes, as seen from Deir Qoubel, Lebanon, on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 21, 2024
Lebanese flee as Israel warns of strikes on Hezbollah finance arm
Israel has intensified its military campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon days after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar raised hopes of a cease-fire.
Palestinians transport their belongings as they flee areas north of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 14, 2024
Israeli tanks deepen their push into the northern Gaza Strip
An Israeli air strike has killed three people and wounded 40 others when it hi the tents of displaced Palestinians sheltering in a hospital in the city of Deir Al-Balah.
A Palestinian man rests with his son under the rubble of their destroyed house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 26.
WORLD
Oct 7, 2024
After a year of war, Gazans wonder how to deal with tons of rubble
The U.N. estimates there are over 42 million metric tons of debris, including shattered edifices and flattened buildings.
Palestinians inspect the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2024
Gaza and a cease-fire slip out of focus as Lebanon conflict rages
With attention swinging to Lebanon, the war in Gaza risks being prolonged.
A displaced women stands in front of her tent, which was damaged by an Israeli strike, in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 10, 2024
Dozens killed and wounded as Israeli conducts strike on Gaza tent camp
At least 65 people had been killed or wounded, the enclave's civil emergency service said, as Israel's military said it had targeted a Hamas command center.
A Palestinian student walks between piles of rubble after attending a class in a tent in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sept. 4.
WORLD / Society
Sep 10, 2024
Fear of 'lost generation' as Gaza school year begins with classes shut
The Palestinian Education Ministry said all Gaza schools were shut, and 90% of them had been destroyed or damaged in Israel's assault on the territory.
A Palestinian girl is vaccinated against polio in Khan Younis on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 8, 2024
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 61 in 48 hours as U.N. pursues vaccinations
Airstrikes on two former schools that were housing displaced people, one in Gaza City and one in Jabalia, killed at least 12 people, Palestinian medics said.
Israelis demand hostages be released and protest against the government during a demonstration in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2024
Protests grip Israel after six hostages are killed in Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces growing calls to end nearly 11 months of war with a deal for a cease-fire and the release of the remaining hostages.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to members of the press at David Kempinski Hotel in Tel Aviv on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 20, 2024
Blinken says Israel accepts Gaza proposal and urges Hamas to do the same
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier said this latest push for a cease-fire was probably the best and possibly last opportunity for a deal.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center right) arrives in Tel Aviv on Sunday — his ninth trip to the Middle East since the Gaza war began when Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2024
Blinken to push for Gaza cease-fire while Israel launches more strikes
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is making his ninth trip to the region since the war began. 
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
A year after going private, structural reforms bearing fruit for Toshiba
Toshiba's Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Koji Ikeya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019

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