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(Adnkronos) – Over 100 Israeli rioters participated in violent disturbances in the Palestinian village of Jalud, near Nablus, and three soldiers were slightly injured in the clashes. Spokespersons for the Israeli Defense Forces and the police reported this, adding that the rioters

(Adnkronos) – Doctors Without Borders is deeply alarmed by the increase in violence in Baidoa, in the southwestern State of Somalia, and its consequences on civilians and their access to healthcare. The medical organization stated in a press release that new fighting

(Adnkronos) – The Pentagon’s personnel database has been breached by unauthorized users, exposing sensitive information belonging to a huge portion of military personnel, including social security numbers and details about their roles. Abc News reports this, citing a US defense official, according

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s total population, including foreign residents, was 122,972,528 as of Oct. 1, 2025, shrinking by 3,173,571, or 2.5 pct, from five years before, census data released by the internal affairs ministry showed Tuesday. This was the third consecutive

Toyama, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Staff of the Toyama city government may have inflated the central Japan city’s population in the 2025 census, it was learned Tuesday. On the day, the internal affairs ministry submitted a criminal complaint against unidentified city staff to

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–October will see price changes in products and services that are part of people’s daily lives in Japan, including a tax cut on beer and levy hikes on quasi-beer and heat-not-burn tobacco products. Households will likely feel an

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Justice Ministry is set to launch a study group to discuss raising damages for online defamation and other measures to address the growing problem of infringements of personal rights on social media, Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita suggested

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–University of Tokyo professor Yuko Fujigaki, who has been elected the institution’s next president, on Tuesday expressed her commitment to lead the academic world both at home and abroad. “Leading academic research in Japan and the world is

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese volleyball player Rui Takahashi, who belongs to the Suntory Sunbirds Osaka team, came out as gay in a social media post on Tuesday. The 26-year-old noted that spending time with his younger brother, Japanese star Ran Takahashi,

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are expected to visit Iwate and Miyagi prefectures in late March to observe reconstruction efforts following the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Princess Aiko,