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ISLAMIC STATE

COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2016
IS becoming more dangerous as it weakens
As it loses strength and territory in Syria and Iraq, IS will lash out with more attacks around the world.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2016
Pentagon: Tests confirm no mustard agent in Iraq attack
The Pentagon says that an Islamic State rocket that hit a military base used by hundreds of U.S. troops in northern Iraq did not contain any sulfur chemical agent, as initially feared.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2016
Syria's civil war and the bias in Western media
Is there one standard of morality for our friends and another for those we choose to demonize?
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 27, 2016
Islamic State bent on using chemical arms when Mosul invasion comes: Pentagon
Islamic State militants are "dead set" on using chemical arms and are likely to try them again as Iraqi forces advance on Mosul, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday, a week after a rocket with a possible chemical agent landed near U.S. troops.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2016
The world and the Mideast: time for a new emphasis?
Outside intervention in the Middle East should focus on sowing the seeds of economic prosperity rather than military intervention.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 24, 2016
All-out effort to crush moderate Syria rebels may leave Obama successor with 'problem from hell'
The United States was relegated to the sidelines of the Syrian war on Friday as an all-out assault by Syrian and Russian forces on opposition-held Aleppo threatened to unleash a new wave of refugees and drive U.S.-backed rebels into the ranks of al-Qaida's Syrian branch, U.S. officials and experts said....
WORLD / Society
Sep 20, 2016
Yazidi ex-captive of Islamic State pleads at U.N. for refugee help
A young Yazidi woman held captive and raped by Islamic State militants appealed to world leaders at the United Nations on Monday to end war and improve the lives of millions of refugees as they agreed a voluntary framework to respond to the global crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2016
U.N. inquiry blames Syrian military for chlorine bomb attacks, diplomat says
An international inquiry has identified two Syrian Air Force helicopter squadrons and two other military units as responsible for chlorine gas attacks on civilians, a Western diplomat told Reuters.
WORLD
Sep 17, 2016
Syria airstrike killed Islamic State propaganda chief, U.S. military says
The Pentagon said Friday that a U.S.-led coalition airstrike on Sept. 7 killed an Islamic State leader who oversaw the militant group's propaganda.
WORLD
Sep 16, 2016
Pakistan arrests four Islamic State plotters after saying it had thwarted the group
Pakistani authorities on Friday said they had arrested four Islamic State militants plotting attacks in the city of Lahore, just weeks after the military declared it had halted the Middle East-based movement's expansion into the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 15, 2016
Kerry, Lavrov look to extend Syria truce by 48 hours before waging joint strikes against terror targets
The United States and Russia agreed that the Syrian cessation of hostilities that began on Monday had largely held and should be extended for another 48 hours despite sporadic violence, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2016
The Islamic State's problem with women
While its craven massacre of women helped put Islamic State on the map, its gradual downfall is coming partly at the hands of Kurdish women fighting against it on the front lines.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 13, 2016
U.S. courts have charged 110 since 2013 over Islamic State-linked crimes
U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Carlin said on Monday that more than 110 people have been publicly charged in federal court since late 2013 on counts related to the Islamic State militant group that has overrun much of Syria and Iraq.
WORLD
Sep 12, 2016
Bangladesh cafe attack suspect killed himself as police closed in on flat
A suspected militant believed by Bangladesh police to have been among the planners of a July cafe attack that killed 22 people killed himself during a police raid on a hideout in the capital, police said Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 12, 2016
France arrests 15-year-old boy for planning 'imminent' Paris attack
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Paris suspected of preparing imminent "violent action," two judicial sources said, the second alleged plot with links to the Islamic State group discovered in France over the last week.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2016
Double dealings and carnage in Balochistan
The recent Quetta bombing underscores the failure that is Pakistan's anti-terror policy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 5, 2016
Assad's allies reinstate siege around rebel-held parts of Aleppo
Syrian government forces and their allies again laid siege to rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Sunday, while Turkish-backed fighters drove Islamic State from all the areas along its border, in two significant but separate developments in the multisided conflict.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 4, 2016
Turkish tanks roll into Syria, opening new line of attack
Turkey and its rebel allies opened a new line of attack in northern Syria on Saturday as Turkish tanks rolled across the border and Syrian fighters swept in from the west to take villages held by Islamic State.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2016
Report: White nationalists use Twitter with impunity, dwarf Islamic State's use; Trump camp no comment
White nationalists and self-identified Nazi sympathizers located mostly in the United States use Twitter with "relative impunity" and often have far more followers than militant Islamists, a study being released on Thursday found.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2016
U.N. defends aid work in Syria after accusations of being too close to Assad government
The United Nations defended its aid funding in Syria on Tuesday after an investigation revealed lucrative contracts were awarded to people close to the nation's President Bashar Assad.
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.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
Trump unveils 10% global tariff, with Japan levy set at 24%
Trump tosses a MAGA hat to the crowd during an event in which he unveiled new tariffs in the White House on Wednesday.
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 promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
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.

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