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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (right) shakes hands with Lebanon's army chief, Joseph Aoun, after he is elected as the country's president at the parliament building in Beirut, in January last year.
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2026
Lebanon’s internal splits over talks with Israel trip up Saudi mediation efforts
Lebanese leaders remain at odds over the negotiation format and ultimate goal.
Auto rickshaw drivers, along with members of the Awami Rickshaw Union, protest rising fuel prices in Lahore, Pakistan, on April 7 amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2026
Get ready for another summer of rage in Asia
Young workers are especially vulnerable. Even before the war, the World Bank had warned of mounting unemployment among the region’s youth.
A farmer operates a combine during the start of the wheat harvesting campaign in a field near the town of Starobilsk in the Luhansk Region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, last year.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2026
Ukraine in diplomatic tussle with Israel over grain Kyiv says ‘stolen’ by Russia
Ukraine summoned Israel’s ambassador over what Kyiv described as Israeli inaction in allowing shipments of grain to enter the country from Russian-occupied Ukraine.
Rabih Khreiss sits with his sister Rajaa Khreiss at their shelter in a makeshift encampment, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Beirut, on Monday.
WORLD
Apr 28, 2026
As war nears two months, displaced Lebanese family sinks into despair
A father’s quick thinking got the family out of harm’s way. But he didn’t expect to be hanging on by a thread in a makeshift camp for nearly two months.
People wait to fetch drinking water at a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on April 10
WORLD
Apr 28, 2026
Israel using water access as ‘weapon’ in Gaza, report says
Doctors Without Borders has warned that Israeli authorities are systematically depriving people in Gaza of water.
Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s alignment with U.S. President Donald Trump, political polarization, rising antisemitism and the partisan shift in U.S.-Israel relations have left American Jews increasingly vulnerable and exposed to backlash.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2026
Netanyahu’s Trump alignment leaves American Jewish community at risk
Political polarization, the collapse of institutional gatekeepers and social media’s amplification of fringe voices were always going to put pressure on American Jews.
Yair Lapid (right) and Naftali Bennett during a weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sept. 18, 2022.The new party they formed, called "BeYachad" meaning "together" in Hebrew, has not released a formal policy platform.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 28, 2026
Netanyahu’s rivals are joining forces. Would they shift Israel’s security policy?
The new party from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top rivals — right-leaning Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid — is called “BeYachad,” or “together” in Hebrew.
A Palestinian man casts his ballot at a polling station during municipal elections in the Palestinian town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 27, 2026
Abbas loyalists win Palestinian municipal elections, including some seats in Gaza
Saturday’s ballot marked the first elections of any ‌kind in the Gaza ‌Strip since 2006 and the first Palestinian polls since the Gaza war began more than ​two years.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid gesture as they announce their political union ahead of this year's general election, in Herzliya, Israel, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 27, 2026
Netanyahu’s biggest rivals join forces for Israel’s next election
Polls since Hamas’ 2023 ⁠attack on southern Israel have predicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lose the next election, due by the end of ​October.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, after appearing at a crypto-industry conference, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 26, 2026
U.S.-Iran peace talks stall as conflict approaches two-month mark
U.S. President Donald Trump canceled a planned trip by his top envoys and the Islamic Republic said it won’t negotiate so long as it’s being threatened.
A screen tracks the traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, in the control room of Hapag-Lloyd, a shipping giant in Hamburg, Germany, on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Apr 26, 2026
Trump’s Hormuz blockade has deepened a historic shipping crisis
Crude output from the Persian Gulf nations is already 57% below where it was before the war, according to Goldman Sachs analysts.
A Palestinian woman registers before casting her ballot at a polling station in the village of Beit Furik, southeast of the Israel-occupied West Bank city of Nablus, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2026
Palestinian local elections give some Gazans first chance to vote in years
The West Bank-based Palestinian Authority hopes the symbolic inclusion of the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah will reinforce its claim to ​authority over the territory.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, last October.
WORLD
Apr 25, 2026
Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO, other steps over Iran rift
The message also proposes reviewing the U.S. position on Britain’s claim to the Falkland Islands, an American official said.
The Epaminondas ship is seen during seizure by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Strait of Hormuz in this image released Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2026
Iranian foreign minister arrives in Pakistan; Trump expects offer satisfying U.S. demands
The U.S. president said that Iran plans to make an offer aimed at satisfying U.S. demands, but added that he did not yet know what the offer entailed.
Escalating violations of international law by major powers, especially under U.S. President Donald Trump with his conflicts and actions in Iran and Venezuela, expose the fragility of the rules-based order but also create an opportunity for reform.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2026
Trump has made the case for international law
The task now is to re-imagine an international legal regime that works more reliably for more people, without exception for the powerful.
Relatives of a Hezbollah fighter mourn during his funeral ceremony amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in southern Lebanon, on Thursday.
WORLD
Apr 24, 2026
Lebanon-Israel ceasefire extended by three weeks after Oval Office meeting
The ceasefire, reached after talks between Lebanon and Israel’s ambassadors in Washington last week, was set to expire on Sunday.
People walk past buildings destroyed during Israeli strikes in Tyre, Lebanon, on April 10.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2026
Israel’s Lebanon buffer zone is a fallacy and no path to peace
Rather than taking more land where opponents will always exist, the wiser strategy is to pursue a political settlement.
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares called on Tuesday for a discussion on suspending a pact governing the EU's ties with Israel, which came into force in 2000.
WORLD
Apr 22, 2026
EU divided on suspension of Israel pact as Spain pushes for action
A number of ministers called for suspending the pact with Israel over concerns about settlements in ‌the West Bank, ‌the humanitarian situation in Gaza and a new death penalty law.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun delivers a televised address to the Lebanese people from the Baabda Presidential Palace, east of Beirut, on April 17.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 21, 2026
Lebanese president says Israel talks could ‘save’ country as Hezbollah dissents
Israeli attacks killed more than 2,300 people in Lebanon and displaced more than 1 million, according to Lebanese authorities.
A pile of small crucifixes on the day of the Christian Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City on April 10. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that an Israeli soldier's desecration of a crucifix went against Jewish values of tolerance and that he would be punished.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 21, 2026
Israeli soldier’s desecration of crucifix in south Lebanon draws condemnation
A photo posted by Younis Tirawi, a Palestinian reporter, shows an Israeli soldier taking the blunt side of an axe to a fallen sculpture of Jesus on the ​cross.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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