war

WCNSF: Gaza's devastating new acronym for wounded children with no surviving family. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Imagine

Imagine you can kill, choke, starve and dehumanise a people, and still you will not be charged with genocide. And yet at the very onset of another war on the Russia-Ukraine border - the president...

File Photo: The Japan Times
Asia

US wants Japanese shipyards to help keep warships ready to fight in Asia

This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
South Asia

Iran wants 'immediate explanation' from Pakistan over attacks

Iran has fired missiles at targets in Syria, Iran and Pakistan this week. Photo: Iranian Army/WANA via Reuters
South Asia

Pakistan's army strikes back at Iran as both sides urge calm

Genocide in Gaza. Photo: UNB
Panorama

When recognising genocide becomes a matter of political convenience

With the U.S Capitol in the background, demonstrators rally during the March on Washington for Gaza at Freedom Plaza in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Hamas-Israel war

A global day of protests draws thousands in Washington and other cities in pro-Palestinian marches

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Is everything fair in love and war? Revisiting the Geneva Conventions and Israel’s military campaign in Gaza

Smoke rises above Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Analysis

Wails of a war weary world

Containers are seen on the Maersk's Triple-E giant container ship Majestic Maersk, one of the world's largest container ships, as it sails in the Strait of Gibraltar towards the port of Algeciras, Spain January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo
Bloomberg Special

How geopolitics might crash a 2024 economic soft landing

People look for water during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Africa

WHO sounds warning on Sudan health crisis

The French president and the Israeli prime minister. Photo: Collected.
World+Biz

Macron calls for 'lasting ceasefire' in Gaza

Russia's President Vladimir Putin listens to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu during a meeting after a flag-raising ceremony for the Admiral Golovko frigate joining the Russian Navy Fleet at a shipyard in Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 25, 2023. Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Russia says controls Maryinka in east Ukraine, Kyiv denies the claim

A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber fires missiles during the Aviadarts competition, as part of the International Army Games 2021, at the Dubrovichi range outside Ryazan, Russia August 27, 2021. REUTERS
World+Biz

Russia, Ukraine exchange claims over downed military aircraft