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A tax office burned during protests is seen during a tour for international news media in Tehran on Wednesday.
WORLD / Society
'Too dangerous to go to hospital,' says eyewitness to Iran's protest crackdown
In Istanbul, a 45-year-old engineer recounts watching angry demonstrations over economic hardship explode into Tehran's biggest anti-government protests since 1979.
WORLD / Society
Unable to access clinical care, Ghana's mentally ill turn to faith healing
Depression and anxiety have surged in the wake of COVID-19 in Ghana, and authorities say just over 80 psychiatrists serve a population exceeding 35 million people.
WORLD / Society
Switzerland is asking itself: Is 10 million people too many?
Behind a movement to cap the country's population are fears over immigration eroding Swiss culture and putting a strain on things such as housing and health care.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft with parachutes deployed before splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Wednesday
WORLD / Society
Jan 15, 2026
ISS astronauts splash down on Earth after first-ever medical evacuation
The crew, including Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, landed off the coast of San Diego. NASA stressed that the return was not an emergency situation.
Jade, 16, holds a picture showing her father, Jose Urquia, in her home in El Rosario, El Salvador, on Dec. 3.
WORLD / Society
Jan 15, 2026
¡®Silent crisis¡¯: The generation of Salvadorans deprived of a father
Around 91,000 people, mostly young men, have been thrown into prison since 2022 on suspicions that they are gang members, some simply because they had tattoos.
The national flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran outside the Iranian Embassy in London on Monday
WORLD / Society
Jan 15, 2026
Iran closes airspace to most flights as U.S. withdraws some personnel from bases
By David Shepardson
U.S. President ?Donald Trump has been weighing intervention in Iran as it cracks down on its biggest anti-government protests in years, while Tehran has said it would retaliate.
Palestinians assess a damaged site after Israeli settlers attacked their village of Deir Dibwan, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Dec. 15.
WORLD / Society
Dec 26, 2025
How Israel¡¯s hilltop settlers coordinate attacks to expel Palestinians
By Pesha Magid
For decades, settlers have built outposts on West Bank land without official authorization that, in many cases, end up ?being accepted by Israel as formal settlements.
Omatule Ameh, 39, from Nigeria, is an overnight support worker for children with learning disabilities in rural southeast England.
WORLD / Society
Dec 24, 2025
¡®We are ghosts¡¯: Britain¡¯s migrant night workers
By Akshata Kapoor
In the last decade, Britain¡¯s nighttime workforce has become increasingly reliant on migrants as the number of U.K.-born workers doing night work shrinks.
A family poses for a picture next to a carousel during a Christmas fair in Kyiv on Sunday.
WORLD / Society
Dec 24, 2025
Kyiv¡¯s wartime Christmas showcases city¡¯s split reality
By Barbara WOJAZER
Celebrations have nevertheless taken over the city despite the constant threat of Russian missiles and drones.
Six-year-old Andy hugs his uncle Osvaldo before he leaves Miami International Airport on Dec. 4 to Guatemala to reunite with his recently deported father.
WORLD / Society
Dec 17, 2025
Children of U.S. deportees make lonely journeys to unfamiliar homes
Escorted to Guatemala by a nonprofit, one group of children face new lives in mostly impoverished rural areas where some will be unable to continue their education.

Thai woman arrested in Japan for smuggling 'zombie cigarettes'
Seized cartridges containing etomidate are shown at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Tuesday.
Kabuki actor Nakamura Tsurumatsu arrested for alleged damage at Tokyo restaurant
Kabuki actor Nakamura Tsurumatsu, whose real name is Daiki Shimizu, has been arrested on suspicion of breaking a Tokyo restaurant's door by kicking it on Sunday, sources said.
Growing number of anime studios setting up bases outside Tokyo to secure talent
Mappa¡¯s employees work at the anime studio¡¯s office in the city of Osaka in September. Some parts of the image are blurred for privacy reasons.
Heavy snow hits wide areas of Japan as extreme cold front hits
Central Sapporo on Wednesday morning. Around 50 centimeters of snowfall is expected in Hokkaido in the 24 hours between Wednesday and Thursday morning.
Osaka says 'I'm a little strange' after Melbourne fashion statement
Naomi Osaka arrives for her first round match against Croatia's Antonia Ruzic on Tuesday at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
At peace with baseball and refusing to be benched by surgeries, Warren Cromartie mulls legacy
Former Giants star Warren Cromartie worked with Kazuma Okamoto during his stint as a guest hitting instructor for Yomiuri.
In calling a snap election this soon, Takaichi is making it personal
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announces her will to dissolve the Lower House in Tokyo on Monday.
U.S. and Japan turn to drones to help offset China¡¯s military advantages
Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command operating area in November.
Snap election in February presents wintry challenges in Hokkaido
Workers in Sapporo's Odori Park prepare for the annual Snow Festival, which will take place during next month's Lower House campaign and Feb. 8 election.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

After a busy couple of weeks on the public lecture circuit, German-born physicist Albert Einstein took a few days of relaxation on Hiroshima Prefecture¡¯s Miyajima island.
When Einstein came to Hiroshima
By Patrick Parr

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