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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in London on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2024
As U.S. election looms, Biden aides struggle with Middle East wars
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was dispatched to the region to find a way toward stability, but there was no sign of progress.
Israeli F-16 fighter jets sit on a runway at an airbase in the country's south in March. The Israeli military said on Saturday it was carrying out "precise strikes" on military targets in Iran.
WORLD
Oct 26, 2024
Iran says two dead in Israeli strikes on military targets
The Middle East has been on edge in anticipation of Israeli retaliation for a ballistic-missile barrage carried out by Iran on Oct. 1.
A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of the destroyed Maghazi Camp Services Club building following an Israeli strike on the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 25, 2024
U.S. presses for Gaza truce as negotiators prepare to meet
The U.S. is exploring different options to restart stalled talks between the warring parties.
Smoke billows over the UNESCO-listed port city of Tyre after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 24, 2024
Israel and Hezbollah exchange heavy fire as Blinken pushes for peace
The intensifying exchanges come as Washington makes a final push for peace before the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election that could alter U.S. policy.
Yahya Sinwar gives a speech in Gaza City in April 2023. Israeli forces cornered and killed the leader of Hamas in a ruined house in Gaza on Oct. 16.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2024
The killing of Sinwar presents a tricky opportunity
It’s always a mistake to speak of "solutions” in the Middle East, but plausible grounds for optimism can do a lot to dissolve the allure of fanaticism.
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.
Fu Cong, Permanent Representative of China to the U.N., looks on after U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood voted against members of the Security Council allowing Palestinian U.N. membership during a Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York on April 18.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2024
West blasts China on rights, China responds: What about Gaza?
Clashes over China's treatment of Uyghurs have become a common occurrence at both the United Nations in New York and the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Displaced Palestinians ordered by the Israeli military to evacuate their neighborhoods in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 22, 2024
War has knocked Gaza back to the 1950s, UNDP says
The war has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza's population in poverty, with health and education knocked back 70 years.
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.
Palestinians gather to receive aid, including food supplies provided by World Food Program (WFP), outside a United Nations distribution center in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 24.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024
Top U.N. officials call on Netanyahu to help ease civilian suffering
The amount of aid entering Gaza has plummeted to its lowest level all year, according to U.N. data.
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) in Guam in 2023. A team of U.S. military personnel has reached Israel to prepare an advanced THAAD air defense system that the Biden administration is sending to thwart more attacks by Iran and its allies.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2024
THAAD anti-missile system is 'in place' in Israel, U.S. says
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the system is ready to be put into operation "very quickly."
Israeli Home Front Command soldiers walk down a street in Caesarea, Israel, on Saturday following a drone attack from Lebanon.
WORLD
Oct 21, 2024
Israel hones plans to attack Iran after attempt on Netanyahu
While neither the prime minister nor his wife were home, his ministers and he said it was another reason retaliation against Iran is warranted.
Gantry cranes at the Yantian International Container Terminals in Shenzhen, China, on April 15
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 21, 2024
World economy fault lines shift from prices to politics and debt
The U.S. presidential election, soaring government debt and the escalating conflict in the Middle East all hang over the global economic outlook.
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.
Group of Seven defense chiefs attend the grouping's first-ever defense ministers' meeting in Naples, Italy, on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 20, 2024
G7 defense chiefs voice concern over Chinese military drills around Taiwan
The defense chiefs singled out China over a number of concerns, though their decision to emphasize Taiwan, in particular, is unlikely to go over well in Beijing.
A billboard depicting Hamas' slain leader Yahya Sinwar during a rally in Yemen's Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2024
U.S. ‘fusion cells’ assist in Israel’s hunt for Hamas leaders
Officials have insisted that the U.S. aren't directly supporting Israel on the ground in Gaza, but the search for Hamas leaders was different.
Israeli security forces stand guard near the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Caesarea on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 20, 2024
Netanyahu says Iran-backed Hezbollah tried to kill him
Netanyahu's office said a drone was launched towards his residence but he and his wife were not home and there were no injuries.
A demonstrator holds a megaphone, as families and supporters of hostages kidnapped by Hamas protest against the government and demand their immediate release, in Tel Aviv on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 19, 2024
Sinwar's death clouds path to freeing Israeli hostages
Hamas now needs to appoint a replacement, and that person will play a key role in determining the fate of the Israelis kept hostage since its attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, stand near a screen displaying senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya during a rally to show support for Hezbollah and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2024
Hamas likely to pick leader close to Iran after Sinwar's death
Qatar-based Khalil al-Hayya is a protege of Ismail Haniyeh, Sinwar’s predecessor who was killed in Tehran in July.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on July 25.
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2024
With Sinwar dead, Israel aims to lock in strategic gains before U.S. election
Goals include reshaping the regional landscape in Israel's favor and shielding its borders from any future attacks, according to sources.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
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For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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