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ISLAMIC

Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 7, 2014
Street fighting rages in key Kurdish town on Syria-Turkey border as Islamic State moves in
Street fighting raged between Kurdish defenders and Islamic State militants who advanced into Kobani on Monday after subjecting the Syrian border town to an assault lasting almost three weeks, a monitoring group said.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2014
Lebanon as a Mideast model for moderation
The Islamic State recently could not find a single Lebanese to volunteer to be an emir. Lebanon must be able to continue inspiring its regional neighbors, and to provide a template for effective pluralism in the Middle East.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2014
Crime and gangs: the path to battle for Australia's Islamist radicals
The children of refugees who fled Lebanon's civil war for peaceful Australia in the 1970s form a majority of Australian militants fighting in the Middle East, according to about a dozen counterterrorism officials, security experts and Muslim community members.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 6, 2014
Turkish hospital gives glimpse of horrors of Islamic State's advance
Within minutes of the young woman being carried into the Turkish hospital just over the border from Syria, it became clear that her shattered skull, concealed by bloodied bandages, was too serious for the small state facility to treat.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2014
After ransom is paid, British hostage held in Libya freed by militants
A British man who had been held hostage by militants in Libya has been released, the Foreign Office in London said Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2014
The 'evil' in Iraq and Syria
Questioning the use of force by the U.S. and its allies in response to the crisis in Iraq and Syria does not mean we should sit idly by as innocents continue to be killed and abused.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 5, 2014
Islamic State group continues to pound key Syrian border town
Islamic State forces shelled the Syrian border town of Kobani on Saturday and its Kurdish defenders said they were expecting a new assault to try to capture it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 4, 2014
Islamic State beheads second British hostage, issues video
Islamic State militants beheaded British aid worker Alan Henning in a video posted on Friday, triggering swift condemnation by the British and U.S. governments.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2014
The reluctant warriors against Islamic State
The British appeared so hesitant in joining the fight against Islamic State because of, among other things, the widespread public feeling that Britain should never again become involved in a Mideast war involving differences between Muslim sects.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 30, 2014
Islamic State overruns Iraq army to seize two towns
Islamic State fighters seized two towns in western Iraq, after besieging hundreds of soldiers, according to a regional official.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2014
Obama says U.S. underestimated Islamic State gains in Syria
President Barack Obama said U.S. intelligence officials failed to appreciate the gains made by Islamic State extremists in Syria during the last few years of that country's civil war.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2014
Iran has its dissenters on intervention in Iraq
Iran — already struggling to manage a decrepit economy and tricky nuclear negotiations with the international community — now worries about getting in over its head by intervening in Iraq.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 27, 2014
More European nations embrace U.S.-led airstrikes on Islamic State
Fighters from the Islamic State group tightened their siege of a town on Syria's border with Turkey on Friday despite U.S.-led airstrikes aimed at defeating the militants in both Syria and Iraq, in a coalition that has now drawn widespread European support.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2014
Which way is the enemy?
As the West seems to be picking fights with several enemies simultaneously, there is the risk of the war on terror mutating into a self-perpetuating permanent war against a continually expanding list of enemies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 25, 2014
Kurdish forces push back Islamic State in northern Syria
Kurdish forces in northern Syria pushed back an advance by Islamic State fighters toward a strategic town on the Turkish border Thursday and appealed for U.S.-led airstrikes to target the insurgents' tanks and heavy armaments.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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