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Khalil Ashawi
People walk past the rubble of collapsed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in Beirut on Wednesday.
WORLD
Mar 19, 2026
Israel steps up Beirut strikes and hits bridges in south Lebanon
Lebanese authorities say at least 10 were killed in the airstrikes.
Military members gather near Raqqa prison, where the Syrian army is besieging Syrian Democratic Forces members after the army took control of Raqqa, Syria, on Monday
WORLD
Jan 20, 2026
Syria tightens grip after Kurdish pullback and says IS prisoners escaped
The Syrian army said “a number of” Islamic State group militants had escaped a prison that had been under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
A woman holds a sign in Arabic that reads "our martyrs are not numbers," during a news conference in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 28.
WORLD
Dec 9, 2025
A year after Assad’s fall, families of missing detainees languish without answers
As Syria marks a year since Bashar Assad’s downfall, many people remain exhausted by the same burden that plagued them under his rule: the lack of closure.
A Bedouin man who left Sweida governorate as part of an agreement between the Syrian government and Druze militants sleeps in a school that is used as a shelter on July 22.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2025
In Syria’s south, Bedouins uprooted by sectarian clashes see little hope of return
Fear, hostility and grievances on both sides leave little hope of displaced Bedouins returning soon to Sweida, a Druze-majority province.
A drone view of the mass grave site in the desert near the eastern Syrian town of Dhumair on Feb. 27
WORLD
Oct 15, 2025
Assad government secretly moved bodies from mass grave to cover up killings
The bodies were moved to cover up the Assad government’s crimes and help restore its image, witnesses with direct knowledge of the two-year effort said.
Syrian police members attend their graduation ceremony at the Police Academy under the Syrian Salvation Government in Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 14.
WORLD
Jan 24, 2025
Syria’s new leaders turn to Islamic law in effort to rebuild Assad’s police
Syria’s new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 16, 2023
Three women and two children pulled from rubble in Turkey as aid reaches Syria
The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria has climbed to more than 41,000, and millions are in need of humanitarian aid.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 12, 2018
As Idlib offensive looms, thousands of Syrians flee to border villages
Syrians escaping violence in Idlib have arrived in villages near the Turkish border in droves, the U.N. humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said Monday, fearing Damascus will launch a full-blown assault on the rebel stronghold.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 27, 2018
As some White Helmets escaped Syria, most were left behind
Fearing for his life, Daman Ayed registered to be evacuated from Syria along with hundreds of other members of the White Helmets rescue service, hoping for a new life in Canada.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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