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Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles at Azadi Square in Tehran on Aug. 2
WORLD
Nov 11, 2026
Iran producing 50 missiles per month despite crippled industry
The U.S. has said since the early days of the war that Tehran’s arsenal, and its ability to reconstitute it, had been thoroughly degraded.
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Oct. 19.
WORLD
Nov 11, 2026
Tankers continue to burn in the Middle East despite hopes for de-escalation
There is little sign of attacks abating in November, after 37 ships were attacked in October, the highest monthly total since the start of the war.
Gadi Eisenkot speaks to the media during a party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
Eisenkot quickly targets Netanyahu’s legacy in new Israeli parliament
Though questions still linger over who can form a government, Gadi Eisenkot’s broad left-to-right bloc wasted no time in setting the agenda.
Syrian refugee workers lay an irrigation pipe at a pistachio plantation in Karkamis, Turkey.
WORLD
Nov 9, 2026
War drove refugees into Turkey. Climate change is making it harder to leave.
What’s happening in Turkey is an emblem of how, even when war ends, global warming can make displacement and destitution all but intractable for many.
Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot speaks after receiving a mandate to form a government from Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the president's residence in Jerusalem, Israel, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
Eisenkot gets chance to form Israeli government after vote
The ex-general has up to six weeks to try to form a coalition, failing which the task likely reverts to caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Smoke rises from the stern of a St. Kitts-flagged cargo vessel following what U.S. Central Command says was a strike on Saturday to disable the vessel, which was trying to break the U.S. blockade of Iran, at a location given as the Gulf of Oman, in this still image taken from video released Nov. 7.
WORLD
Nov 9, 2026
Iran suggests blasts are not U.S. attacks as both sides report ships hit
Iran’s state television said officials had not confirmed any missile strikes on Iranian territory following blasts heard in several areas.
Trucks wait to cross into Iran at the border post in Taftan, Pakistan, in February 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Expanding on naval blockade, U.S. military looks to restrict Iranian land commerce
Task Force Iron Gate will be based in Tampa, Florida, and will coordinate with other U.S. government agencies.
Displaced Palestinians attempt to clear water from outside their flooded tents amid heavy rainfall in Gaza City's Al-Remal neighborhood on Friday.
WORLD
Nov 8, 2026
Heavy rain leaves tens of thousands without shelter in Gaza: local authorities
Hundreds of displaced Palestinian families have been seen fleeing camps after they flooded.
Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, waves an Israeli flag following the exit polls at his party headquarters, on the evening of Israel's national election, in Tel Aviv, Israel Oct. 28.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Israeli president picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu rival, to try to form government
Israel’s president on Saturday chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strongest rival, to try to form a new government.
Women gather next to an anti-U.S. mural, showing the Statue of Liberty with a severed arm, during the 47th anniversary of the U.S. expulsion from Iran on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2026
U.S. and Iran edge closer to deal with nuclear issue back in play
Tehran is showing a willingness to discuss issues related to its nuclear program that were previously off the table, according to a diplomat.
Excess natural gas is burned off at a power plant in Odessa, Texas, on Oct. 15.
COMMENTARY
Nov 4, 2026
America is making a ‘freaking fortune’ in an energy crisis
U.S. and Canadian natural gas consumers are not facing the economic fallout of the Iran conflict due to the shale revolution and geography.
Employees empty perishable goods from freezers at a supermarket in Sjoebo, Sweden, on Monday after a hacker attack on refrigeration systems that affected several countries in Europe.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2026
Uncool! Hacking refrigerators is a hint of threats to come
Fiddled freezers are not a national security threat. But think of refrigerators as the tip of the iceberg.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on Sept. 29, 2025. U.S. public support for Israel has fallen since its harsh response in the Gaza Strip to a deadly Hamas-led cross-border attack in October 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2026
As Americans vote, Trump says U.S. will stop $4 billion in aid to Israel
Israel’s future leadership is uncertain after an Oct. 27 election in which Benjamin Netanyahu lost his governing majority.
An Iranian woman holds Iran's national flag on a street in Tehran on Nov. 1.
WORLD
Nov 3, 2026
Khamenei empowers talks as Trump says Iran deal could happen
Iran’s president didn’t clarify the extent of the authority bestowed by Khamenei or if it signals a broader shift in the Islamic Republic’s red lines.
Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief and incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main challenger, during a campaign event in Haifa, Israel, on Sept. 23
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2026
Israel opposition meets to back Eisenkot, but Netanyahu says voters chose him
Eisenkot’s bloc won 48 seats while Netanyahu’s camp secured 53, of which 27 are from his Likud party.
A building that was damaged by an Iranian drone attack, after Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Juffair, Manama, Bahrain, on March 1.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2026
Trump’s Iran threat renews Gulf fears of a war it didn’t choose
Iranian missiles striking U.S. military bases and Gulf energy facilities exposed a vulnerability at the heart of security in the Middle East.
A woman walks past a mural bearing the Iranian national flag in Tehran on Oct. 26.
WORLD
Nov 2, 2026
Gulf states fear fiercer Iran retaliation if U.S. strikes again
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the U.S. and Israel would “finish the job” in Iran.
A China Southern Airlines plane lands at Beijing Capital International in Beijing on March 13, 2020. The airline returned to the black in 2025 for the first time since 2019 but is also set to slip back into the red, estimates showed.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2026
China’s top three airlines head for full-year losses as fuel costs weigh
The price of jet fuel has more than doubled since the U.S. and Israel launched a military campaign against Iran in late February.
A special show is held Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in the city of Giza, near Cairo, which was built with Japanese support.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 2, 2026
Japan-supported Grand Egyptian Museum marks first year of operations
The museum has attracted over 5 million visitors despite the deteriorating situation in the Middle East.
A woman walks past a mural bearing the Iranian national flag in Tehran on Oct. 26.
WORLD
Nov 1, 2026
Iran warns U.S. and Israel against new attacks after Trump and Netanyahu threats
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he could launch fresh military action after the United States holds its midterm elections.
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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