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PALESTINIANS

Palestinians transport their belongings as they flee areas north of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 14, 2024
Israeli tanks deepen their push into the northern Gaza Strip
An Israeli air strike has killed three people and wounded 40 others when it hi the tents of displaced Palestinians sheltering in a hospital in the city of Deir Al-Balah.
Israeli soldiers carry the body of a victim of the earlier Hamas attack at on a kibbutz in southern Israel, during clean-up operations on Oct. 10, 2023.
WORLD
Oct 13, 2024
Secret documents show Hamas tried to persuade Iran to join its Oct. 7 attack
Minutes of Hamas’ secret meetings obtained by The New York Times show Sinwar’s determination to persuade Hamas’ allies, Iran and Hezbollah, to join the assault.
An Israeli soldier stands next to the remains of an Iranian Emad ballistic missile at a military base in southern Israel on Monday, days after Iran launched a massive missile attack on the Jewish state.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2024
A dangerous dance for Israel and Iran
Israel and Iran are in a precarious position, with Israel coping with reduced inviolability after the Hamas attack and Iran trying to maintain its regional influence.
People gather at the site of the Nova music festival in southern Israel on Monday to commemorate the anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack in which some 1,200 people were killed and 250 others abducted.
EDITORIALS
Oct 11, 2024
The never-ending tragedy in the Middle East grinds on
The red lines — both real and imagined — that once separated foes have been erased as the combatants inflict new and increasingly painful wounds upon each other.
A destroyed part of a building stands at Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew from the hospital and the area around it in Gaza City in April.
WORLD
Oct 11, 2024
U.N. inquiry accuses Israel of crime of 'extermination' in Gaza
Israel has not cooperated with the inquiry, which it says has an anti-Israel bias.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, awards Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh (left), the commander of the Aerospace Force, with the Fath badge in Tehran on Sunday for the missile attack on Israel. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 10, 2024
Today's Tehran looks a lot like the Tokyo of the 1930s
Current tensions between Iran and Israel have parallels to historical events in 1930s Japan.
The Israeli success against Hezbollah and Hamas forces presents an opportunity for political change in the region, particularly if Israel can translate its military victories into diplomatic solutions. 
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2024
Capitalizing on the weakening of Hezbollah and Hamas
The significant setbacks for Hezbollah and Hamas — and the weakening of Iran’s so-called “axis of resistance” — needs to be seen in strategic terms.
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after a strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 9, 2024
Israel says it has killed Hezbollah leader's successors
Hezbollah is reeling after a spate of senior commanders have been killed in Israeli airstrikes.
Local activists and tech workers protest against Google and Amazon's Project Nimbus contract with the Israeli military and government, outside the Google Cloud Next Conference in San Francisco, California, on August 29, 2023.
WORLD
Oct 8, 2024
Decoding the role Big Tech plays in the war in Gaza
The Israel-Hamas war has spotlighted how artificial intelligence and machine learning can be used on the battlefield.
People mourn at the site of the Nova music festival, the location of a deadly attack by Hamas on Oct. 7 of last year, near Kibbutz Reim, Israel, on Monday.
WORLD
Oct 8, 2024
Israel fights on multiple fronts one year after war with Hamas began
In addition to Gaza, Israel is waging a ground and air offensive across its northern border in Lebanon to combat Hezbollah.
Former Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal speaks during an interview in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 8, 2024
Hamas will rise 'like a phoenix' from the ashes, leader-in-exile says
Khaled Meshaal, who was overall Hamas leader from 1996 to 2017, said the group is still recruiting fighters and continues to manufacture weapons.
A destroyed mosque in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City on Monday, the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 8, 2024
Nothing new on the Middle Eastern front
While Israel claims self-defense, this concept can be problematic when considering similar situations in other conflicts, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
An Israeli police officer inspects the remains of a projectile after a rocket was fired from Lebanon and landed in Haifa, Israel, on Monday.
WORLD
Oct 7, 2024
Hezbollah strikes Israel on Gaza anniversary as fears of wider war grow
Hezbollah rockets hit Israel's third-largest city of Haifa, while Israeli media reported 10 people were injured in the country's north.
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs late on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 7, 2024
Israel bombs Lebanon and Gaza ahead of marking one year since attacks
Israel's defense minister also declared all options were being looked at for retaliation against arch-enemy Iran.
WTI futures surged as much as 11% amid concern that Israel might strike oil facilities in retaliation for Iran’s missile attack.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 7, 2024
Oil bets are the most bullish in two years as Mideast tension flares
The escalation in the Middle East has changed everything, with most traders now looking to buy insurance against a surge in oil prices.
A Palestinian man rests with his son under the rubble of their destroyed house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 26.
WORLD
Oct 7, 2024
After a year of war, Gazans wonder how to deal with tons of rubble
The U.N. estimates there are over 42 million metric tons of debris, including shattered edifices and flattened buildings.
A man walks past memorial pictures of hostages, most of whom were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, in Tel Aviv on Sept. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2024
Two ceremonies show Israel's conflicting narratives over Oct. 7
The distinction in tone for the ceremonies is at the heart of a public discourse over how to remember the darkest day in Israel's 76-year history.
Debris covers part of Beirut's southern suburbs in the aftermath of Israeli strikes on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 6, 2024
Intense Israeli bombing rocks Beirut ahead of war anniversary
Israeli forces were on high alert ahead of Monday's anniversary of Hamas's October 7 attack, which sparked the war.
An Israeli aerial assault on Iran’s nuclear sites and other targets would be a very complex operation, involving dozens of F-15s, in-flight refueling and the targeting of numerous known and undisclosed facilities.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 6, 2024
An Israel-Iran war could turn into a deadly nightmare
Israel is fully justified in wanting to hit back at Iran. Yet hating your enemies too much can cloud your judgment.
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a news conference on Saturday in Paris.
WORLD
Oct 6, 2024
Macron calls for halting weapons to Israel for Gaza conflict
Macron announced that 88 Francophone countries voted unanimously to call for a cease-fire in Lebanon.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.

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