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Displaced Palestinians make their way to safety after fleeing the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 8, 2024
More families stream out of northern Gaza, as tanks push deeper
The Israeli military is a month into a new push on northern Gaza, forcing Palestinians to flee with whatever they could bring.
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, in July 2018.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2024
Zelenskyy and Putin vie for edge with Trump ahead of Ukraine pivot
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that a swift end to hostilities could force his country into a defeat.
A congratulatory billboard for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Jerusalem on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 8, 2024
Biden plans final Mideast peace push but will leaders ignore him?
Officials in the region will likely be reluctant to take big steps, preferring instead to wait for Trump's inauguration in January.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a news conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2024
South Korean president says 'not ruling out' direct weapons to Ukraine
South Korea has a long-standing policy of not providing weapons to countries in conflict.
U.S. President Joe Biden
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2024
Biden in Ukraine sprint as Trump victory throws U.S. support in question
The Biden administration is looking to push out the more than $9 billion of remaining funding appropriated by Congress.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, China's president, shake hands during a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 7, 2024
Xi is better prepared for Trump even as 60% tariffs risk chaos
Xi would much prefer to avoid a tariff battle that risks proving much more devastating than the first round.
A child looks out of a tent at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) school-turned-camp for internally displaced people in Deir el-Balah on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2024
U.N. to Israel: Replacing UNRWA relief agency would be your responsibility
The United Nations has repeatedly said there is no alternative to UNRWA.
Smoke and flames billow over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon on Thursday.
WORLD
Nov 7, 2024
Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 40 people around Baalbek, health ministry says
More than 3,000 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon over the last year, the vast majority in the past six weeks.
An exhibition of captured military hardware from NATO countries in Moscow in May. Whatever the results of the U.S. presidential election, the prospect of improved U.S.-Russia relations seems even more distant.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2024
Whether Trump or Harris, pessimism reigns in Russia over U.S. election winner
The sentiment is prevalent in a Russia that feels scorned and underestimated by Democrat administrations and betrayed by Trump.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 17.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2024
Clashes with North Korean troops create 'instability,' Zelenskyy says
More than 10,000 North Korean troops have arrived in Russia, South Korea's Defense Ministry said.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend a state reception in Pyongyang on June 19.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2024
Xi’s balancing act on Ukraine disrupted by Putin-Kim alliance
Beijing has portrayed itself as neutral regarding the war in Ukraine while looking to improve ties with the U.S. and its allies.
Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a press conference 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, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2024
Netanyahu fires defense minister, jolting Israeli politics
After Yoav Gallant was fired, protesters in Israel blocked highways and lit bonfires on roads.
While economic sanctions have not caused Russia’s economy to collapse as some had hoped, they have imposed significant costs on Vladimir Putin's government and his war aims.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2024
Punishing Putin is more important than ever
In reality, the-Russian-sanctions-aren’t-working-why-bother argument is straight out Putin’s propaganda playbook.
A Palestinian child sits on top of sacks of flour at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid distribution center in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2024
Israel ends cooperation deal with U.N. Palestinian relief agency
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has for years called for UNRWA to be dismantled, accusing it of anti-Israeli incitement.
A Palestinian woman carries her child near the ruins of a house destroyed in the Israeli military offensive in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2024
Israeli strikes kill at least 16 people in Gaza and keep up pressure on north
The U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said Israel was scaling back the number of aid trucks allowed into Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2024
Netanyahu’s office accused of leaks to foil Gaza cease-fire
Opposition leaders and liberal commentators say it’s the latest example of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's manipulation of the public discourse around the war.
While NATO membership is unlikely until the war concludes, some NATO members are open to allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia, though U.S. President Joe Biden remains hesitant.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 4, 2024
Biden has a crucial decision to make on Ukraine
Biden may not be the U.S. president to make the congratulatory call to Ukraine's leader when peace is declared, but he can help keep him in the fight until it happens.
The Indonesian Navy's KRI Karel Satsuitubun-356 frigate. Jakarta and Moscow have different maritime goals, with Indonesia facing threats of smuggling and piracy while Russia is looking for willing allies.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2024
Joint Russia sea drills signal start of Indonesian foreign policy shift
Indonesia has long maintained a neutral foreign policy and refuses to take sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict or U.S.-China rivalry
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, addresses Iranian students in Tehran on Saturday.
WORLD
Nov 3, 2024
Iran’s supreme leader threatens Israel with ‘crushing response’ to strikes
After years of avoiding direct military clashes, Iran and Israel have been locked in an escalating cycle of retaliation that has drawn in their allies and proxies.
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday.
WORLD
Nov 2, 2024
Cease-fire hopes fade as Israel bombards Gaza and Lebanon
Prospects of a truce between Israel and its foes Hamas and Hezbollah ran aground Friday as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 people in the Gaza Strip.
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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