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MIDDLE EAST

Smoke rises from the site of explosive detonations in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 1, 2024
Hezbollah willing to bend but not break for a truce
With much of its senior leadership killed and its strongholds pulverized, Hezbollah could use the recovery time that a truce would offer.
Israel's U.N. ambassador Danny Danon attends a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 31, 2024
Israel denounces U.N. expert who accused it of 'genocide'
Francesca Albanase has long faced harsh criticism and allegations of antisemitism over her longstanding accusations of genocide.
A child holds on to their belongings while crossing from Lebanon into Syria at the Masnaa border crossing, Lebanon, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 31, 2024
Lebanon and Israel could agree to cease-fire within days: Lebanese PM
The statement comes as Israel's public broadcaster published what it said was a draft agreement providing for an initial 60-day truce.
A Palestinian girl looks through the rubble of a building after an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 30, 2024
Deadly Israeli strike in Gaza comes amid anger over U.N. agency ban
Israel's military has been conducting a sweeping air and ground assault in northern Gaza since Oct. 6.
Israeli soldiers outside the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in central Gaza (UNRWA) on Feb. 8
WORLD
Oct 29, 2024
UNRWA's role as a lifeline for Palestinians through decades of conflict
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees was banned from operating in Israel by the Israeli parliament on Monday.
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.
A general view of Tehran after several explosions were heard on Saturday
WORLD
Oct 29, 2024
Satellite images show Israel hit Iran missile fuel-mixing facilities
The Israeli strikes may have "significantly hampered Iran's ability to mass produce missiles," one American researcher said.
A Palestinian boy sits on rubble following an Israeli strike on the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2024
Who will govern Gaza after the war?
Palestinians insist Gaza's future should be theirs to decide, rejecting any foreign intervention.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival to participate in the BRICS summit, at Kazan Airport, Russia, on Oct. 22. Sisi has proposed a truce in the Gaza Strip aimed at securing a complete cease-fire in the territory.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2024
Egypt proposes two-day Gaza truce in hope of full cease-fire
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi did not say whether the plan involving a limited hostage exchange had been formally presented to either Israel or Hamas.
Lebanese soldiers inspect a damaged vehicle marked as 'Press' at the site of an Israeli strike that killed a few journalists and wounded several others as they slept in guesthouses used by media, Lebanon's health ministry and local media reported, in Hasbaya in southern Lebanon, on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 28, 2024
Deadly Israeli strike on journalists in Lebanon prompts global outcry
The strike hit a collection of guesthouses housing only reporters in the southern Lebanese town of Hasbaya, killing two journalists.
Iranians walk next to an anti-U.S. and Israeli billboard with pictures on the left of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, and on the right, U.S. President Joe Biden and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a street in Tehran on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 28, 2024
Israel boasts strategic gains from attack on Iran, but quietly
Israel's mission may have set the stage for another attack, possibly after the U.S. election, which could be aimed at Iran’s nuclear program or its oil infrastructure.
This screen grab released on Oct. 26 by the Israeli military shows one of its air force planes departing to carry out strikes on Iran.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2024
Israel’s strike on Iran was smart. Now take the win.
Both Iran and Israel need to reconsider their aggressive postures to prevent a devastating regional conflict.
A billboard in Tehran depicts missiles over Tel Aviv on Saturday, after Israel targeted multiple Iranian military facilities with airstrikes overnight.
WORLD
Oct 27, 2024
Israel’s limited attack on Iran may help spur regional deal
The restraint on Saturday allows Iran to dismiss it as ineffective, possibly setting the stage for a limited response or no response at all.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
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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