On the evening of 17 March 2026, Israel announced it had killed Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), in an air…
Pete Reynolds
United S President Donald Trump says the US has begun “major combat operations” in Iran after Israel also said it had launched missile attacks…
Last year, the Trump administration said the pretence of striking Iran was its nuclear programme. After Israel attacked Iran in June in what became…
On 21 October, Japan achieved a historic milestone as Sanae Takaichi, President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was elected as the 104th Prime…
Warring states have long applied military pressure to force a better deal in negotiations. The government of Israel, led by Benjamin Netanyahu,…
In Japanese summer, the cicadas scream in the sweltering air, their voices tangled with the memories of August 1945. In that same heat, Hiroshima and…
I came back to Tokyo late last year after having served in Baghdad as Japan's ambassador to Iraq. It was a great relief to return home after several…
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The Middle East under fire
