Voters fill in their ballots in the upper house election at a polling station Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption toggle caption Eugene Hoshiko/AP TOKYO — Japanese were voting Sunday for seats in the smaller of Japan’s two parliamentary houses in a key election with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his … Read more
I have a big Palestinian family. I grew up in a household full of children: We are eight brothers and sisters. As my older siblings started getting married and having children, our family grew even bigger. Every weekend, our family home would fill up with children’s laughter. I used to wait impatiently for Thursday to … Read more
M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022. Moses Sawasawa/AP hide caption toggle caption Moses Sawasawa/AP DAKAR, Senegal — Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels on Saturday signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end decades-long fighting in eastern Congo that commits them to a … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine – Nadiya escaped the rapists and killers only because her father hid her in a haystack amidst the shooting, shouting and bloodshed that took place 82 years ago. “He covered me with hay and told me not to get out no matter what,” the 94-year-old woman told Al Jazeera – and asked to withhold … Read more
No country can come close to the amount of money Americans spend at the box office… until China came along. The U.S. and Chinese film industries have a long history, with shifting power dynamics. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Right now, the U.S. and China might not have the best geopolitical relationship, but when it comes to … Read more
Pam Bondi says the proposed change will give her discretion over who can own firearms, in a move opposed by gun control groups. Washington, DC – United States Attorney General Pam Bondi has begun a process to make it easier for individuals with criminal convictions to own guns. The move on Friday comes amid a wider … Read more
Executive director of the NGO Cristosal, Noah Bullock (C) speaks next to director of research Rene Valiente (L), Abraham Abrego (2nd R), director of the strategic litigation and Guatemalan lawyer Rafael Cruz (R) during a press conference in Guatemala City on July 17, 2025. JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP hide caption toggle caption JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP PANAMA CITY, Panama … Read more
US president threatens to sue US newspaper for publishing details of lurid letter he allegedly wrote to deceased sex offender in 2003. United States President Donald Trump has asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to request a court release grand jury testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein case, as uproar over the controversy widens. The case of … Read more
Palestinian Christians wait to pray at the midnight Christmas Eve Mass out side the Deir Al Latin Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, 2021. Adel Hana/AP hide caption toggle caption Adel Hana/AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on … Read more
At least 50 people have been killed and many injured in a huge fire at a hypermarket in Kut city in eastern Iraq, the INA state news agency has reported, quoting the province’s governor. Videos on social media showed flames engulfing a five-storey building in Kut overnight, where firefighters were trying to contain the fire. … Read more