The general election held on February 8 concluded with a landslide victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), securing over a two-thirds majority. The main opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, which was hastily formed on 15 January 2026 by the agreements between leaders of Constitutional Democratic Party (Rikken-minshutō, CDP) and Komeito, suffered a catastrophic defeat. Although this historic outcome was enough shocking, a more significant change for us was the defeat and (…)

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Deux témoignages directs — l'un provenant d'une ville non nommée et l'autre de Chiraz — décrivent des nuits de coups de feu et de drones, l'encerclement des rues et des arrestations, une coupure quasi totale des communications, ainsi qu'une dégradation accélérée de la situation économique. Ce témoignage est parvenu à Radio Zamaneh depuis une ville d'Iran. Afin de protéger l'auteur, nous ne publions ni son véritable nom ni le nom de la ville. (Récits recueillis par Radio Zamaneh , publiés (…)

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Lancet Global Health research suggests more than 75,000 killed in period, 25,000 more than announced at the time The research also found that the reporting by Gaza's health ministry on the demographics of those killed was accurate. Photograph: Jehad Alshrafi/AP More than 75,000 people were killed in the first 16 months of the two-year war in Gaza, at least 25,000 more than the death toll announced by local authorities at the time, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Lancet (…)

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