Japan has executed a man who murdered nine people in 2017, the first time since 2022 that the country has enacted capital punishment.
The serial killings by Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the “Twitter killer”, had shocked the country and triggered…
Category: 4. World
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Iran Update, June 26, 2025
Kelly Campa, Avery Borens, Ben Rezaei, Ria Reddy, Katherine Wells, and Annika Ganzeveld
Information Cutoff: 2:00PM ET
Click here to see ISW-CTP’s interactive map showing the total strikes in Iran since June 12, as well as an interactive…
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Iran’s defense minister thanks China for support on first foreign trip since Israel conflict
Iran’s defense minister has traveled to diplomatic and economic ally China on his first reported trip abroad since a 12-day clash with Israel that briefly dragged the US into a new regional conflict.
Aziz Nasirzadeh is one of nine defense…
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Rising school fees push Indian families to the brink
Nikita YadavBBC News, Delhi
Getty ImagesA representative image of students entering a classroom Parents in several Indian cities, including capital Delhi, are protesting against what they call “unsustainable” fee raises by private schools. These…
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Live Updates: Khamenei says Iran ‘victorious’ over Israel, US after war
Live Updates: Khamenei says Iran ‘victorious’ over Israel, US after war | The Jerusalem Post NGO petitions High Court to allow safe passage to Gaza hospital • Ireland to relocate Tehran embassy staff • IDF amps up strikes on Hezbollah in…
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 26, 2025
Olivia Gibson, Christina Harward, Daria Novikov, Grace Mappes, Jessica Sobieski,
and Frederick W. KaganJune 26, 2025, 5:30pm ET
Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily…
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The art of Trump’s ceasefire
The art of the deal, or of any successful negotiation, is that while no one gets everything they want, everyone gets something that is important to them. So it was with the ceasefire that ended the Iran-Israel war….
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