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Patricia Zengerle
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the kick-off celebration for the "Great American State Fair" on the National Mall in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2026
Trump asks U.S. Congress for more funds to fight Iran, defying rebuke on war powers
The supplemental funding request ​includes $67.15 billion for the military, in addition to some $1 trillion appropriated last year and the $1.5 trillion Trump wants for next ‌year.
U.S. President Donald Trump (left), U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (second from left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (third from left) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2026
Can Trump pull the U.S. out of NATO?
The U.S. president has been harshly critical of the 77-year-old trans-Atlantic alliance for years.
The U.S. Capitol during a rainstorm in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Mar 5, 2026
U.S. Senate backs Trump on Iran strikes and blocks bid to limit war powers
The Senate voted 53 to 47 not to advance the resolution, largely along party lines.
U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a resolution that would have barred U.S. President Donald Trump from further military action in Venezuela without congressional authorization.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2026
U.S. Senate narrowly blocks effort to rein in Trump’s Venezuela war powers
The Republican president put pressure on party members who had supported it, causing two senators to change course, dooming the resolution.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2026
U.S. Senate advances measure curbing Trump’s Venezuela war powers
The resolution must also pass the Republican-led House of Representatives and garner two-thirds majorities in both the House and Senate to survive an expected Trump veto.
The Russian flag over the Embassy of Russia in Washington. Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's tight grip over the Republican Party, foreign policy disagreements between the administration and lawmakers appear to be widening.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 12, 2025
Contrasting views of Russia show deepening U.S. Republican foreign policy split
Despite the U.S. president’s tight grip over the Republican Party, foreign policy disagreements between the administration and lawmakers seem to be widening.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington on Oct. 17. Some Republicans are criticizing the White House's proposed Ukraine peace plan, saying it favors Russia.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2025
Trump’s Ukraine plan triggers outrage from Republican lawmakers
The attacks from members of the president’s own party, along with recent political headwinds, could signal a bigger problem for the administration.
It was reported on Saturday that the U.S. is poised to launch a new phase of Venezuela-related operations in the coming days.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2025
U.S. labels another Venezuelan group as terrorist, ramping up pressure
The U.S. on Monday formally designated Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization, layering additional terrorism-related sanctions.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, during the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2025
Behind Trump defense of Saudi crown prince, a deeper U.S. shift on human rights
Trump’s remarks threw into stark relief just how far his administration has shifted away from the traditional U.S. support for human rights globally.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walks beside U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson ahead of a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2025
Saudi crown prince hosted at friendlier U.S. Congress
The second day meeting aimed to tout stronger-than-ever economic and security ties while brushing off scrutiny of the prince’s human rights record.
The Pentagon in Washington
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2025
Resolution that would have kept Trump from striking Venezuela blocked
The Senate voted 51 to 49, largely along party lines, against a measure that would have brought the war powers resolution up for a vote.
"This is not how the system is supposed to work," Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia said after Democrats were excluded from a briefing.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 31, 2025
Democrats excluded from briefing on U.S. military strikes off South America: senator
Members of Congress, especially Democrats, have been demanding more information about the deadly strikes on boats off the South American coast, which have killed nearly 60 people.
The seaport of Buenaventura in Colombia on June 28. Shipments to the U.S. account for 35% of Colombia's exports, according to the Colombian-American Chamber of Commerce, while 70% of imports from the U.S. are items not produced in the country.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025
Trump’s Colombia tariffs would flip U.S. policy on drugs and trade
Trump’s tariff threat was a rejection of an idea about countering the narcotics business that free trade can make legitimate exports more appealing than drug trafficking.
U.S. President Donald Trump, in front of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at the White House in Washington on Monday. The Trump administration intends to shift $1.8 billion in foreign aid funding toward "America First" initiatives, a document shows.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2025
Trump plans ‘America First’ foreign aid funding shift, document shows
The $1.8 billion in funding could be used for initiatives such as pursuing investments in Greenland and countering “Marxist, anti-American regimes” in Latin America.
The Senate approved U.S. President Donald Trump's 48 nominees for diplomatic, military and other administration positions on Thursday after Republicans changed the rules.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2025
As U.S. Senate goes ‘nuclear,’ dozens of Trump nominees are confirmed
A Senate rules change means the majority can move large groups of nominees in one package for votes on confirmation, instead of voting on them one at a time.
A damaged building, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders, in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 11, 2025
Israel vows to kill Hamas leaders next time if they survived Qatar attack
Israel’s widely condemned Doha operation was especially sensitive as Qatar has been hosting and mediating in negotiations aimed at securing a ceasefire in the Gaza war.
A Nigerian health official administers an mpox vaccination at Federal Medical Center in Abuja, Nigeria, on Nov. 18.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 24, 2025
800,000 U.S. taxpayer-funded vaccine doses may expire, lawmakers say
A letter said 220,000 doses could be viable if the State Department begins shipping them immediately.
The $9 billion cut to foreign aid and public media the U.S. House of Representatives passed amounts to roughly one-tenth of 1% of the $6.8 trillion federal budget.
WORLD
Jul 18, 2025
U.S. House Republicans pass Trump plan to cut foreign aid and public broadcasting
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 216 to 213 in favor of the funding cut package, with only two Republicans voting against it.
The U.S. and Chinese flags are seen on the day of a bilateral meeting between the U.S. and China in Geneva on May 11.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 15, 2025
China steps in as U.S. pulls back from diplomacy, report says
The Democrats’ 91-page report listed ways, from broadcasting to health programs and development efforts, that committee researchers said China is expanding its influence.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, speak during a news conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Thursday.
WORLD
Jun 27, 2025
No known intel that Iran moved uranium, says U.S. defense chief in fiery presser
Experts have cautioned that Iran likely moved its stockpile of near weapons-grade highly enriched nuclear material before the strikes, and could be hiding it.
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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