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RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER Sergei Lavrov and Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani shake hands during a meeting of a BRICS group of foreign ministers, in Russia, last week. The threats to Israel from Iran and Hezbollah are also threats to the US, says the writer.

Russia-Iran ties in spotlight as Russian PM visits Iran

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, earlier this year.

A 'Beijing-Washington' hotline is crucial for preventing tensions among the superpowers

By JESSE WEINBERG , OFIR DAYAN

Prof. Eduard Yakubov, President of Holon Institute of Technology, at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York,

Tolerance: The Key of Understanding and Global Peace

By Eduard Yakubov

Gold Climbs to $2,530 Asian Demand Surges

Gold Climbs to $2,530 as Fed Rate Cut Speculation Grows, Asian Demand Surges

The view of Omishima Island from Dayan Michelle Sobel’s home.

Dayan Michelle Sobel: A Jewish girl's move to Japan in her 60s

By LINDA GRADSTEIN

CHINESE AND Taiwanese flags are seen through broken glass. The writer examines why the notion of Palestine qualifies for a statehood, whereas the concept of Taiwan as a nation does not.

Why should Palestine be recognized but not Taiwan?

By Risto Huvila

Kyoto

Azia 19: A restaurant bringing Jerusalem to Japan

By LIAM FORBERG

Iranians chant during an anti-Israel rally in Tehran, Iran, April 19, 2024.

Iran's capacity to move oil reliant on Malaysian providers, US official says

By REUTERS

The cargo ship Mehmet Bey waits to pass through the Bosphorus Strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2022

Navigating China's trade corridors and Israel's strategic choices

By CATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM , Stepan Stepanenko

A building, which, according to the Hualien government, is unoccupied after it was previously damaged in an earlier quake on April 3, is seen following a series of earthquakes, in Hualien, Taiwan April 23, 2024 in this still image obtained from social media video.

Taiwan rattled by 6.1 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage

By REUTERS

Map of Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia human trafficking now a global crisis, Interpol says

By REUTERS

The creator of the "Dragon Ball" franchise

'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68

By REUTERS

A missile is launched during the annual military drill, dubbed “Zolphaghar 99”, in the Gulf of Oman with the participation of Navy, Air and Ground forces, Iran on September 9, 2020

Red Sea ballistic missile attacks trigger Asian interest in defenses

By REUTERS

Seoul Twin Eye visualization

Higher than Azrieli: Looking at the next world's largest ferris wheel

By MAARIV ONLINE

Then-Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu speaks during a forum in Taipei, Taiwan, April 30, 2019.

Taiwan elects parliament speaker ruling party views as pro-China

By REUTERS

Soldiers holding their weapons stand on attention during the 121st anniversary celebration of the Philippine Army at Taguig city, Metro Manila, Philippines March 20, 2018

Philippine troops kill nine Islamist militants, including two linked to Catholic Mass bombing

By REUTERS

A PAKISTAN ARMY vehicle carrying the long-range surface-to-surface Ghauri missile passes a portrait of the nation’s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in 1999.

Islamabad says it has evidence linking Indian agents to killings of Pakistanis

By REUTERS

Printed balloons with Chinese flag are placed on a U.S. flag in this illustration taken February 5, 2023

Taiwan says it spots six more Chinese balloons, one crossed island

By REUTERS