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Trump says Iran in ‘big trouble,’ US will ‘get involved’ if regime kills protesters

US president says ‘that doesn’t mean boots on the ground’; Macron, Starmer and Merz issue joint statement condemning killing of demonstrators, urge...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

NYC Jews line up for Israeli bakery after employees’ charges of ‘genocide support’

Hundreds flock to Breads Bakery in show of support after some workers unionize, condemn chain for attending Jewish food festival

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Day after pro-Hamas protest, Mamdani says hate chants ‘have no place in our city’

Statement from mayor doesn’t mention terror group or antisemitism, though he tells reporter who asks him about ‘we support Hamas’ chant that he ‘...

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The Times of Israel

Luke Tress

Welcoming PM’s remarks, GOP senator calls for Israel aid money ‘to be recouped ASAP’

Lindsey Graham says he’ll present proposal ‘to dramatically expedite timetable’ for ending the billions in annual US military subsidies * State...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

How Oct. 7 changed the way Israel’s ‘somewhat observant’ practice Judaism

From tefillin pop-ups to Shabbat candle lightings, many Israelis — including pop stars and former hostages — have increasingly turned to religion...

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The Times of Israel

Deborah Danan

VOX POPULI: Revisiting the last Hinoe-Uma year of 1966 and the low birthrate

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

Iran state TV breaks silence on protests, claims ‘terrorist agents’ of US and Israel set fires

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they unfold. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks out against a pro-Hamas protest last...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Russia accused of Holocaust distortion over ‘Genocide of the Soviet People’ memorial day

Yad Vashem, Israel’s World Holocaust Remembrance Center, accused Russia of Holocaust distortion on Thursday, after Moscow established a new annual...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

NYPD keeps anti-Zionist protesters away from Queens synagogue

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they unfold. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks out against a pro-Hamas protest last...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Trump says only limit on his power is his ‘own morality’

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said in an interview published Thursday that his “own morality” was the only constraint on his power to...

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The Times of Israel

Parisa Hafezi

US Senate pushes back on Trump’s military threats against Venezuela with war powers vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit US President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against...

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The Times of Israel

Stephen Groves

Why People Obey Systems They Know Are Wrong

What exhaustion does to moral judgment.

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Psychology Today

Shermin Kruse J.d

Israel and Turkey are no longer feuding allies; they are strategic rivals

What began as a diplomatic rupture has hardened into a regional power contest with direct consequences for US strategy from Gaza to the Eastern...

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Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

'An Attack Can Happen Any Second': My Eyewitness Testimony of Rampant Settler Violence

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Haaretz

Sam Stein

Israelis pick ‘homecoming’ as Hebrew word of the year

Israelis chose the Hebrew word for “homecoming” as the word of the year, the Academy of the Hebrew Language announced Thursday. The Academy asked...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Hamas agency says 13 killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza after failed missile launch

The Hamas-run Gaza civil defense agency said Israeli attacks in the coastal enclave killed at least 13 people late Thursday, including five...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Nickolay Mladenov, US pick for Gaza board, has won Israelis’ and Palestinians’ trust

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Nickolay Mladenov, the man chosen to serve as director-general for US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Gaza, is a...

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The Times of Israel

Veselin Toshkov

Becoming Nobody

Exploring the Buddhist teaching of non-self in psychedelic therapy.

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Psychology Today

Michael Ryoshin Sapiro

5 Invitations for a Kinder Start to the New Year

Design your days with intention and choose a more supportive way forward.

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Psychology Today

Robyne Hanley-Dafoe Ed.d

Why “Confidence” Is the Wrong Goal

Many gay men misinterpret fear and self‑monitoring as low confidence.

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Psychology Today

Chris Tompkins

Emotional Granularity Is Not Just About Labels

Why relational safety, mindfulness, and culture matter more than labels.

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Psychology Today

Beatrice Ng-Kessler Msc

"Slop" Was the 2025 Word of the Year. What Comes Next?

AI slop contributes to a growing unease with the internet.

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Psychology Today

Susan A. Nolan

My Authenticity: Caring Is Not Always Sharing

Personal Perspective: I am naturally giving, but I do not enjoy sharing food.

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Psychology Today

Barbara A Jaffe Ed.d

VOX POPULI: Scamming the NHI system undermines its main purpose

A committee of the Imperial Diet’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan’s national legislature from 1890 to 1947, was in the final...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

The Latest Racist, Lethal Publicity Stunt by Israel's Far-right National Security Minister

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Haaretz

Ori Narov

It’s not the oil. It’s Florida

On Saturday, United States military forces carried out a dramatic strike in Venezuela that resulted in the capture and forcible removal of...

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Al Jazeera

Esam Boraey

Powerful storm kills kitesurfer; plane reportedly hit by lightening, lands safely

A powerful storm with strong winds hit Israel on Friday, killing one person while causing injuries and property damage throughout the country. The...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Oceans soaked up record amount of heat in 2025, study shows

BREST, France — The world’s oceans absorbed a record amount of heat in 2025, an international team of scientists said Friday, further priming...

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The Times of Israel

Veselin Toshkov

As unrest in Iran spreads, leaders face legitimacy crisis with no easy way out

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) — With Iran’s anti-government unrest evolving rapidly and foreign pressure mounting, the clerical...

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The Times of Israel

Parisa Hafezi

Syria announces ceasefire after days of clashes with Kurdish fighters in Aleppo

ALEPPO, Syria  — Syria’s Defense Ministry announced a ceasefire on Friday after three days of clashes between government forces and Kurdish...

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The Times of Israel

Parisa Hafezi

The Greenland alarm is sounding — Europe needs to hear it

Denmark was worried about U.S. intentions toward Greenland even before Donald Trump sent his troops and bombers into Venezuela this month, but now...

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The Japan Times

Marc Champion

Smashing the Rule of Law – Western Hypocrisy on Full Display OVER Venezuela!

The U.S. military operation in Venezuela is depicted as the point of the final collapse of international law and a symptom of Washington’s...

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New Eastern Outlook

Seth Ferris

Adelaide Festival cancels Palestinian voice: Australia’s free speech test

In the fragile silence that followed the Bondi terror attack, Australia was reminded of how quickly fear can rearrange public life. Fifteen people...

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Middle East Monitor

Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Yemen on the Brink of New War: How the Saudi-UAE Coalition Split Threatens Regional Chaos

The latest flare-up in Yemen has exposed deep fissures within the Arab coalition, turning former allies into rivals for control over strategic...

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New Eastern Outlook

Viktor Mikhin

Takaichi-Meloni summit signals new era, stronger ties

In today’s turbulent world, two Group of Seven leaders are redefining security: Japan’s Sanae Takaichi and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni. From the end of...

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The Japan Times

Maria Mezzetti

Can Syria be unified?

In recent days, leaked recordings and documents have provided the rough outline of a conspiracy to launch an insurgency in the Alawite-dominated...

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Al Jazeera

Marwan Kabalan

The year of the right is looming in Latin America

Jose Antonio Kast wasted no time. Less than 36 hours after being elected Chile’s next president, the conservative leader boarded a plane, crossed...

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The Japan Times

Juan Pablo Spinetto

Editor's Choice: Trump's Venezuela assault upends global norms, splits Asia

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Nikkei Asian Review

Akito Tanaka

China's malign influence in Myanmar's sham elections

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Nikkei Asian Review

Benedict Rogers

Amid protests, Khamenei digs in, vows Iran won’t ‘back down’ to ‘vandals and saboteurs’

Iran’s supreme leader signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters after they screamed from windows and marched through the...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Germany calls on Israel to halt E1 West Bank settlement plan, warns of instability risk

Germany is calling on Israel to halt its controversial E1 settlement project, a foreign ministry spokesperson in Berlin said on Friday, warning...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

Police officers fatally shoot Arab Israeli man, say he posed threat to their lives

Police shot and killed an Arab Israeli man overnight Thursday in Ibtin, after he allegedly opened fire at a house in the northern Bedouin town. In...

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The Times of Israel

Charlie Summers

‘All are in the streets’: Iranians defiant as protests grow

Tear gas burning his eyes, his voice hoarse from shouting anti-government slogans as cars honked around him, Majid joined crowds of Iranians taking...

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The Times of Israel

Nicole Winfield

Israeli team pioneers bacteria ‘factories’ to produce medicine inside the body

Israeli researchers have developed an innovative method that enables medicine to be manufactured within the body itself. The pioneering approach,...

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The Times of Israel

Diana Bletter

Pope denounces ‘zeal for war,’ laments West Bank violence in foreign policy speech

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In his most substantial critique of US, Russian and other military incursions in sovereign countries, Pope Leo XIV on Friday...

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The Times of Israel

Nicole Winfield

Russia says it used new Oreshnik ballistic missile in major attack on Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said...

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The Times of Israel

Samya Kullab

Hundreds protest Israeli recognition of Somaliland in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Somalia’s capital to protest Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of...

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The Times of Israel

Omar Faruk

Japan Can No Longer Afford Strategic Confusion

TOKYO – It is not too dramatic to say that Japan has only 12 years left to secure its future. By 2038, Chinese President Xi Jinping will be 85...

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Project Syndicate

Taniguchi Tomohiko

What Now for the “Rules-Based Order”?

BOSTON – The Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro marks a watershed for international law and the global order. Of...

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Project Syndicate

Daron Acemoglu

Yankee Go Home, Again

MEXICO CITY – After months of threats and escalating violence over Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s alleged involvement in drug trafficking,...

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Project Syndicate

Jorge G. Castañeda