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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, last December.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2026
Trump’s Netanyahu problem is latest key hurdle to Iran deal
U.S. President Donald Trump is projecting confidence on making a deal with Iran. Israel’s own objectives underscore how tenuous control over the crisis really is.
U.S. Gen. Xavier Brunson, the top American military official in South Korea, greets a soldier during a U.S.-South Korea joint river-crossing exercise in Yeoncheon, South Korea, in March.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 3, 2026
North Korea slams U.S. remarks comparing South to ‘dagger’
U.S. Gen. Xavier Brunson made the comments in an interview as speculation builds that Washington may seek to expand the role of U.S. Forces Korea in countering China’s influence.
Critics argue the Trump administration is using foreign pollution as a justification to relax smog regulations, potentially worsening air quality and public health in U.S. cities.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2026
Blaming Asia and Mexico for U.S. pollution is absurd
President Donald Trump’s “Environmental Protection Agency,” a name growing more ironic by the day, is giving polluters some wiggle room.
The Iran war highlights how geopolitical instability can become politically useful, allowing leaders to consolidate support and exert pressure on rivals even as ordinary citizens pay the human and economic price.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2026
The politics of chaos in the Iran conflict
As long as chaos remains politically and economically rewarding, such conflicts will remain difficult to contain.
From left: FBI Director Kash Patel, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. James Adams, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, Acting National Security Agency Director Lt. Gen. William Hartman and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 18.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2026
Top U.S. spy agencies feud over turf and mission
The infighting between the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has flared for more than a year.
An activist speaks to Kenyan police officers while attempting to enter the Milimani Law Courts during a protest against a U.S.-built Ebola quarantine center planned to begin operations at Kenya's Laikipia Air Base, in Nairobi on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jun 3, 2026
Protests over U.S. Ebola site in Kenya kill two; court keeps suspension
The proposed 50-bed unit on an air force base for Americans exposed ​to the virus has angered many Kenyans.
President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, May 27.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2026
Trump administration drops $1.8 billion ‘weaponization’ fund after Republican backlash
The fund emerged after Trump’s unprecedented $10 billion lawsuit ​against the IRS over the alleged mishandling of his tax records.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on May 27. In a recent last-minute turnabout, Trump dropped the planned signing of a watered-down executive order on powerful AI models that called for voluntary industry controls on the technology.
WORLD
Jun 2, 2026
As Trump resists curbs on AI, MAGA grassroots shows growing momentum against it
Some of Trump’s most fervent supporters are skeptical of the new technology threatening to replace humans and upend society.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at an event in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025. The state of Florida in the U.S. alleges in its lawsuit that OpenAI has been "careless” in its introduction of its artificial intelligence chatbot to the public.
WORLD
Jun 2, 2026
Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over chatbot safety concerns
Florida’s sweeping lawsuit cites a range of alleged harms caused by ChatGPT while stating the chatbot is particularly addictive, impacting both younger people and adults.
Vietnamese President To Lam gives the keynote address during the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2026
Vietnam is Asia’s rising power to watch
According to the Lowy Institute’s 2025 Asia Power Index, Vietnam recorded the second-largest increase in overall influence in the region.
An attendee tries a robot eye-hand coordination tool at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, China, in April.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2026
China’s long march to technological supremacy
No wonder the World Intellectual Property Organization now ranks China among the world’s most innovative economies — especially in terms of knowledge and technology outputs.
A rare rebellion by Senate Republicans against U.S. President Donald Trump's nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who said they had been the subject of government abuse was ⁠an extraordinary act of defiance against Trump.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 2, 2026
Trump’s ‘weaponization’ fund put on hold after fierce opposition from Congress
The nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who said they had been the subject of government abuse has sparked uproar, including from Republican senators.
Smoke rises in Lebanon following an airstrike, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border on Monday.
WORLD
Jun 2, 2026
Lebanon announces partial ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, but attacks continue
Iran insists ‌on a halt to Israeli attacks in Lebanon as a condition of any deal to end the war, while the U.S. says the two conflicts are separate.
Most traders and analysts expect the Strait of Hormuz to reopen relatively soon because the economic consequences of a prolonged closure would be too severe.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2026
What if the Strait of Hormuz didn’t reopen?
History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. So what if something similar were to happen in the Strait of Hormuz? It’s a nightmare few contemplate.
Kuomintang leader Cheng Li-wun speaks during a news conference in Taipei on Monday, ahead of her visit to the U.S.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 1, 2026
Taiwan opposition leader would be ‘very willing’ to meet Trump on U.S. trip
Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun says she is willing to meet anyone who is “conducive to peace,” just as she ⁠had met Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The USS Thomas Hudner at sea on May 19. U.S. strikes on Iran's Gulf coast over the weekend were in response to "aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters," the U.S. Central Command ⁠said in a post on X.
WORLD
Jun 1, 2026
U.S. says it struck Iranian military sites as Tehran responds with air base attack
Air defenses in Kuwait, where a major U.S. base is located, were intercepting missile and drone attacks on Monday as ⁠sirens sounded across the country.
The factory of Nippon Dynawave Packaging, a subsidiary of Nippon Paper Industries, where a chemical tank exploded, in Longview, Washington, on May 26
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2026
Death toll from accident at Nippon Paper U.S. unit reaches 11
Eight other people suffered injuries in the accident, which occurred at the Longview-based Nippon Dynawave Packaging on Tuesday.
War crimes investigators Roksolana Makar and Oleksii Starynets, from the Ukrainian nonprofit Truth Hounds, interview a woman who says she was tortured and raped by occupying Russian forces in 2022, in Izium, Ukraine, on Jan. 29.
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 1, 2026
How Trump’s Ukraine aid cuts undermine justice for Russian war crimes
The aid cuts reflect a broader U.S. pullback from work on human rights violations.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2026
U.S. castigates Europe over defense spending as NATO reassures Asia
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised Asian partners and chastised European allies at the Shangri-La Dialogue.
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia Corp., speaks at a company event in Taipei on May 27. The company's Blackwell chips may have made their way to Chinese entities based outside the country despite U.S. efforts to starve China of semiconductors.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 1, 2026
U.S. takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China
Nvidia and AMD’s chips may have been making their ⁠way to Chinese entities despite U.S. efforts to starve China of the semiconductors needed to develop critical AI capabilities.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Reform panel calls for easing data center building standards
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized that the government will promote reforms of regulations and systems that fit the artificial intelligence era.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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