Winter grips Japan as Takaichi pushes for an avalanche of votes
Voters across Japan pushed through deep winter snow on Sunday to cast ballots in an election expected to hand Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a sweeping...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in Washington, ahead of Netanyahu’s scheduled dinner with President Donald Trump.
According to a statement from the Israeli Government Press Office, the meeting took place at Blair House, the official guest residence across from The White House.
The talks began with delegations from both sides and later continued as a one-on-one discussion between Rubio and Netanyahu.
Netanyahu also met separately with Trump’s Special Representative for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.
Storm Leonardo hit Spain and Portugal on Tuesday, forcing more than 11,000 people from their homes, as a man in Portugal died after his car was swept away by floodwaters and a second body was found in Malaga.
Winter weather has brought air travel in the German capital to a complete halt, stranding thousands of passengers as severe icing conditions make runways and aircraft unsafe for operation and force authorities to shut down one of Europe’s key transport hubs.
An attacker opened fire at the gates of a Shiite Muslim mosque in Islamabad on Friday before detonating a suicide bomb that killed at least 31 people in the deadliest assault of its kind in the capital in more than a decade.
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“Having a good security relationship with the United States is of utmost importance for the Japanese as a whole,” said Professor Seijiro Takeshita of the University of Shizuoka, highlighting the strategic stakes ahead of Japan’s national election.
Voters across Japan pushed through deep winter snow on Sunday to cast ballots in an election expected to hand Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a sweeping victory.
Several avalanches struck northern Italy on Saturday, killing at least three people, as rescue officials warned the death toll could rise with unstable conditions persisting across the Alps.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner visited the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea on Saturday after completing a round of talks with Iran.
Russian forces attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight on Saturday, marking the second such strike in less than a week, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen and Norway’s Anna Odine Stroem claimed gold medals on Saturday, marking standout performances on the first full day of competition at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
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