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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Dec. 5, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 13, 2026
Putin’s ‘hidden hand’ guides Iran’s strikes in widening war
Moscow is currently providing Tehran with various forms of intelligence in an effort to help Iran hit back at U.S. forces in the region.
The aftermath of an Israeli military strike on Tehran's Evin Prison is seen here on June 29, nearly a week after the hostilities ceased.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2026
Japan should urge Iran to release people in detention
A Japanese government spokesperson has confirmed that Iranian authorities detained a Japanese national on Jan. 20 and Tokyo has been urging Tehran to release them.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te (third from left) holds a news conference on a special defense budget in Taipei on Feb. 11.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 13, 2026
Taiwan parties agree government can sign stalled agreements on U.S. arms deals
Officials had warned that Taipei would lose its place in the production and delivery queue if it missed the deadline.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz listens to Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia as he addresses the United Nations Security Council during a meeting on a sanctions resolution regarding the situation in Iran and the Middle East at U.N. headquarters in New York on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 13, 2026
U.S. and allies clash with Russia and China over Iran nuclear program
At a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Russia and China moved unsuccessfully to block a discussion about a committee on U.N. sanctions on Iran.
A schoolgirl holds up a poster of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during an anti-U.S. and Israel demonstration in Baghdad on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2026
Both sides trade strikes and threats as the Iran war approaches the two-week mark
U.S. President Donald Trump derided Iran's leaders as “deranged scumbags” and said it was his great honor to kill them as the war in the Middle East approached the two-week mark on Friday with heavy exchanges of drone and missile strikes across the region.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks as service members stand behind him during his visit to the Royal Canadian Air Force 440 Transport Squadron, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 13, 2026
Canada to boost Arctic defenses, says it can no longer rely on others
Canada has traditionally relied on the U.S. help to monitor the Canadian Arctic — an area larger than India that is almost completely uninhabited.
The U.S., Japan and the EU are preparing to announce plans to lay the groundwork for a critical minerals trade deal that could include a price floor and tariffs to counter market distortions by China.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2026
U.S. critical minerals talks advance with EU and Japan on price floor
Global efforts to diversify critical minerals supply chains intensified after Beijing last year imposed sweeping export controls, including on rare earths.
A tanker passes through the Strait of Hormuz. U.K. officials stated Thursday that they believe Iran is laying mines in the Strait.
WORLD
Mar 13, 2026
Iran has likely begun laying mines in Strait of Hormuz, U.K. says
The narrowness of the Strait of Hormuz makes the danger of sea mines more acute, as ships have less room to maneuver and greater odds of striking one of the weapons.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance salutes as members of a U.S. Army team carry a flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Kentucky, during a dignified transfer solemn event at Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Delaware, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2026
Vance treads Iran tightrope with an eye on 2028
A former U.S. Marine, Vice President JD Vance has built a political brand as a noninterventionist who wanted to keep the United States out of anymore long, foreign wars.
The U.S. is investigating a total of 16 jurisdictions for unfair trade practices related to excess capacity.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 12, 2026
U.S. to investigate Japan and other countries for unfair trade practices
President Donald Trump could impose tariffs based on findings of Section 301 inquiries.
Tankers in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 12, 2026
Japan promises 80 million barrels of oil to support 400 million-barrel global intervention
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced the commitment hours before the IEA announced the unprecedented coordinated effort by 32 nations.
A passenger checks her flight status on an airport arrivals and departures board in Krakow, Poland, on March 5.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2026
‘Horrendously high’ fares and bomb fears upend spring travel
The widening war with Iran that’s roiled global travel is hitting Asia-Europe routes especially hard, leaving travelers facing record prices.
Fire and smoke rise in the Fujairah oil industry zone, caused by debris after a drone was intercepted by air defenses, according to the Fujairah media office, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on March 4.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2026
U.S. ignited Iran war but Gulf Arab states paying the price, Gulf sources say
Behind the scenes, resentment is mounting in Gulf Arab capitals at being drawn into a war they neither initiated nor endorsed but are now paying for economically and militarily.
Shop manager Davis Yarber opens up a survival shelter door at the Atlas Survival Shelters factory in Sulphur Springs, Texas, on March 7.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2026
With Middle East in flames, Texan bunker maker sees business boom
With the United States and Israel pounding Iran, and Tehran retaliating with strikes across the region, a bomb shelter company in Texas has seen demand soar for its bunkers.
U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran will likely reinforce Kim Jong Un’s belief that nuclear weapons guarantee regime survival.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 12, 2026
U.S. strikes on Iran will only harden North Korea’s nuclear resolve
Kim’s lesson from the Iran strikes will be simple: Autocrats without nuclear weapons are sitting ducks, while states who develop them them have protection.
Italy first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino hits a home run against Italy in the sixth inning at Daikin Park in Houston.
BASEBALL
Mar 12, 2026
Vinnie Pasquantino’s three homers make WBC history as Italy beats Mexico
Italy captured first place in Pool B while helping the United States advance.
A comparison with Japan in 1944 suggests Iran will resist fiercely and try to prolong the war to preserve its Islamic regime.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 12, 2026
Today’s Iran is like Japan in 1944
Iran, like Imperial Japan, is mounting what could be called fanatical and tenacious resistance against overwhelmingly powerful U.S. military attacks.
Shia Muslims holding portraits of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and of his son, new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, shout anti-U.S. and anti-Israel slogans during the Youm-e-Ali procession in Karachi on Wednesday, marking the anniversary of the death of Imam Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2026
U.S. intelligence indicates Iranian government is not at risk of collapse, sources say
With political pressure building over soaring oil costs, U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested he will end the biggest American military operation since 2003 “soon.”
Tankers sail in the Persian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday.
WORLD / EXPLAINER
Mar 12, 2026
Iranian sea mines: The West’s waterborne nightmare
Any Iranian mining of the vital Strait of Hormuz, as its forces did in the 1980s, would be a problem for Western demining teams.
Danny Wilson, brother of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, speaks outside Zorro Ranch, a property formerly owned by Jeffrey Epstein, on International Women’s Day near Stanley, New Mexico, on March 8. The legally mandated publication of U.S. Justice Department documents has exposed the dead financier's ties to prominent people in politics, finance, academia and business, triggering investigations in countries around the world.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2026
Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files FBI held, source and documents show
The source familiar with the breach said the intrusion was carried out by a foreign hacker who did not appear to realize they had penetrated a law enforcement server.
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.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Trump says ‘Japan’ instead of Iran at meeting in Ankara
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference during a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara on Wednesday.
Wakatakakage injury casts pall over July meet, but potential new stars loom
Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in August 2024.
Osaka trumps Tokyo as both ranked among world’s top 10 most livable cities
Osaka’s infrastructure earned higher marks than Tokyo’s in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Global Liveability Index.
‘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.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.

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