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Climate activists chant slogans during a demonstration organized by Climate Action Network Europe at the U.N. climate change conference (COP31) in Antalya, on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2026
Japan, eight others get fossil award over leaders skipping climate talks
From the Group of Seven countries, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is the only leader expected to attend the summit.
President of COP31 Murat Kurum of Turkey delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Turkey, on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 10, 2026
Japan to use COP31 to showcase environmental technologies
A key goal of the conference is to increase the world’s electrification to 35% by 2035.
Trucks transporting coal from the coal mine near Milas, Turkey, on Oct. 29
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 10, 2026
‘Pit of hell’: Turkish mother and daughter lead fight against coal mine
For nearly a decade, Isik and her daughter have thrown themselves into protesting against mining projects slowly ravaging Mugla province in Turkey.
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Nov. 3. The strait's closure played a role in driving emissions down.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 10, 2026
Fossil fuel emissions fall due to Iran war and renewables, research shows
The expected annual drop would be the first since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzed the global economy, trade and transport.
People walk past a #COP31 sign near the entrance to the Antalya Expo Center on Sunday ahead of the opening of the U.N. climate conference.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 9, 2026
COP31 to open in Turkey, with climate goals under pressure from war and AI
A United Nations Environment Program report said the world is already set to overshoot 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above preindustrial times.
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.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks at the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Belem, Brazil, on Nov. 19 last year. Lula will also attend COP31, which will take place from Nov. 9 to 20 in Antalya, Turkey.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 4, 2026
Ahead of COP31, Brazil offers a global fossil fuel exit plan
The Brazilian roadmap calls for countries to shift away from oil, gas and coal on a voluntary basis.
Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan agree on the establishment of the Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University during a meeting in October 2013.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2026
Turkish-Japanese science university opens in Ankara
At Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University, about 100 Turkish students will study artificial intelligence, earthquakes and other fields.
A woman walks near an anti-U.S. mural in Tehran on Sept. 9. The on?again?off?again ceasefire shows how coercive militarism has failed to produce the results the Trump administration wanted. ?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2026
Might makes right will end Pax Americana
Far from bolstering U.S. dominance, Donald Trump’s embrace of coercive militarism has eroded it.
Turkish Environment Minister Murat Kurum, who is COP31 president, is calling for a refocus on the “greatest threat” that is “at our doorstep, which is climate change.”
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2026
Turkey’s environment minister lays out agenda for COP31 summit
Amid artificial intelligence and war concerns, the head of 2026’s U.N. climate summit appealed to global business leaders to keep emissions in focus.
LGBTQ activists march in a Pride parade despite a ban by local authorities in Ankara on June 20.
WORLD
Sep 13, 2026
Turkey cracks down on LGBTQ+ groups, blocks online accounts
Turkey launched an operation targeting LGBTQ+ associations, businesses and individuals over allegations including prostitution and obscene content.
Smoke rises following a strike during fighting between Houthis and Saudi-backed forces at a location given as Al Jawf, Yemen, in this image released on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 12, 2026
Pakistan faces pressure to pick a side as Saudi tensions with Houthis escalate
Fighting between Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement and Saudi forces is increasingly testing how long Pakistan can hold both positions at once.
A member of Syrian government forces stands guard the Abu Duhur military air base area in Idlib province in 2018. Syria's foreign ministry condemned what it said was an unjustified Israeli attack on an air base in the country's northwest on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 20, 2026
Israel warns Turkey against ‘dangerous adventures’; Syria says no Turkish buildup planned
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was “dragging Turkey into dangerous adventures in Syria,” Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday, following an attack on a Syrian ?airbase earlier this week. Israel struck the Abu al-Duhur airbase in Syria on Tuesday, warning that Syria was ?on...
Abu al-Duhur base in Syria following strikes on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2026
Israeli airstrikes hit Syrian airbase, drawing Turkish condemnation
Tom Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria and Iraq, called the strikes an “unnecessary escalation.”
A catering truck is parked on the other side of Air Force One, before U.S. President Donald Trump's departure from Ankara en route to Washington after his participation in the NATO leaders' summit, at Ankara Esenboga Airport in Ankara on July 8.
WORLD
Aug 13, 2026
Credible missile threat led to secret aircraft switch for Trump, source says
The threat emerged on the final day ?of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ?visit to Ankara for the NATO summit amid heightened tensions with Iran, a source has said.
Air Force One parked on the tarmac prior to U.S. President Donald Trump's departure from Ankara Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2026
Trump’s secret plane swap triggers questions and confusion
To evade an assassination threat, the U.S. president’s security team smuggled him off Air Force One to a different aircraft on July 8 in Turkey.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 10, 2026
Turkey says Mecca defense pact could be widened to include Egypt
Several countries are interested in joining the trilateral security agreement that was signed in Mecca on Friday, Turkey’s foreign minister said.
A satellite image shows smoke rising from an oil facility in Jazan province, Saudi Arabia, on July 26. On Sunday Iran-aligned Houthis claimed to have attacked Saudi Aramco's Jazan refinery, two days after the kingdom signed a defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
WORLD
Aug 10, 2026
Yemen’s Houthis attack Saudi refinery after kingdom signs defense pact
The alliance with Sunni Muslim U.S. allies, Turkey and Pakistan, stipulates that an attack against one would ?be regarded as an attack on all.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left), Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (center) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chat after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 9, 2026
What to expect from the new Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan deal
The alliance binds three Sunni powers — all allies of the United States — with a NATO-style clause that considers any attack on one country as an attack on all.
A Bulgarian military police car is parked at an access point to a farmland area where a drone that entered Bulgaria exploded, near the Kardam border-crossing between Bulgaria and Romania, on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 9, 2026
Ukraine denies targeting Bulgaria as drone explodes near pipeline
Drone-related incidents have become increasingly frequent across eastern European countries that are NATO members and supporters of Ukraine.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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