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Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on houses, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, on Saturday.
WORLD
Jan 5, 2025
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza Strip as new ceasefire talks begin
A renewed push is underway to reach a ceasefire and return Israeli hostages before Donald Trump returns to the U.S. Presidency.
Smoke rises from an Israeli strike inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 3, 2025
Israeli emigration more than doubles in 2024 amid raging war
Some 82,700 Israelis left in 2024 compared with an average 36,900 for the years 2018 through 2022, Israel's statistics bureau says.
Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to members of the press 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, of Nov. 5.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 2, 2025
Israel's ex-defense chief Gallant says he’s leaving parliament
His replacement would be more likely to support the ruling coalition, which has struggled at times to muster the votes it needs in parliament.
Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces keep watch during a security operation in Jenin in the Israel-occupied West Bank on Dec. 16.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 2, 2025
Anticipating Trump, Palestinian Authority eager to crush militants
Analysts say that the PA is trying to prove it can control the violence and demonstrate that it could bring stability to Gaza once the war is over.
Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 4.
WORLD
Dec 31, 2024
As Gaza suffers, experts call on hunger monitor to redefine famine
Many food-security experts, aid workers and doctors say famine took hold in Gaza many months ago.
A drone view shows smoke above Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, as seen from near Kibbutz Nir Am in southern Israel on Dec. 12.
WORLD
Dec 30, 2024
Israeli forces order evacuation of northern Gaza town, residents say
Palestinian and United Nations officials say no place is safe in Gaza and that evacuations worsen the humanitarian conditions of the population.
Smoke rises after Israeli strikes near Sanaa airport, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 27, 2024
Israel hits Houthis in Yemen in response to slow escalation
Among targets hit Thursday included military infrastructure at the Sanaa International Airport and in the Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power stations.
The silhouettes of a military vehicle and a soldier are seen near the Gaza border on Dec. 16.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2024
Hamas and Israel blame each other for Gaza cease-fire delay
Hamas said Israel laid down further conditions, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the group of going back on understandings already reached.
Children walk past shelters at a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in the Nahr al-Bared area of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 9.
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Dec 25, 2024
Will stability rise from the Middle East rubble?
If done well, focusing on ending ongoing conflicts and building a basis for stability and security will reestablish a foundation for peacemaking.
Palestinians gather at a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 4.
WORLD
Dec 25, 2024
Looting cripples Gaza food supply despite Israeli pledge to tackle gangs
Israel has failed to crack down on armed gangs attacking food convoys in Gaza, despite a pledge to do so in mid-October to help ward off famine in the Palestinian enclave, according to three U.N. and U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The commitment, made behind closed doors, seemed like a breakthrough...
Smoke rises following an Israeli strike near the Indonesian Hospital that ran out of fuel and electricity, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 12, 2023.
WORLD
Dec 25, 2024
Israeli army forces patients out of north Gaza hospital, medics say
Israel says its operation around the three northern Gaza communities surrounding the hospital is targeting Hamas militants.
A Wizzair Airbus A320-200 plane lands in Riga International Airport, Latvia, in 2019.
WORLD
Dec 24, 2024
European airline pilots and crews voice concerns about Middle East routes
The safety debate about flying over the Middle East is playing out in Europe largely because pilots there are protected by unions, unlike other parts of the world.
Israeli emergency responders inspect a crater at the site where a projectile fired from Yemen landed, in Tel Aviv early on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 23, 2024
Netanyahu vows to act with 'force' and 'determination' against Yemen's Houthis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to retaliate against Yemen's Houthi rebels after they fired a missile at Tel Aviv.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony for military combat officers at an army base near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, on Oct. 31.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 23, 2024
Israel's Netanyahu eyes Iran after triumphs over Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had a succession of monumental wins that include the top leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah being eliminated.
Mourners pray during the funeral for Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Sunday.
WORLD
Dec 23, 2024
Order to evacuate Gaza hospital 'next to impossible' to obey: medics
The hospital is one of the few still partially functioning in the northern edge of Gaza, an area under intense Israeli military pressure for nearly three months.
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.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami reviews military equipment during an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, on Oct. 17, 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 18, 2024
Iran's Revolutionary Guards extend control of oil exports, sources say
All aspects of the oil business have come under the growing influence of the Guards.
Israeli military vehicles ride through Syria close to the cease-fire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, as seen from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 16, 2024
Israel plans to double its population on the occupied Golan Heights
Israel captured most of the strategic plateau from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War, annexing it in 1981.
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.
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan, South Korea and China vow to strengthen trade ties amid looming U.S. tariffs
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (left), South Korean Trade Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (center) and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao during a trilateral meeting in Seoul on Sunday
The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
On defense, Japan may avoid Trump's worst impulses — for now
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth chat after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
No longer a 'bridesmaid': Yuki Tsunoda prepares for the Red Bull pressure cooker
All eyes will be on Yuki Tsunoda as he makes his Red Bull debut at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend.
Tokyo tech failures lean into misfortune, mistakes and missteps
Tsuyoshi Domoto in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 28. As an entrepreneur, Domoto experienced plenty of setbacks but maintains a positive attitude and continues to pursue his dreams.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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