Australia budget to dole out energy bill relief as general election looms

Tokyo, 23 March, /AJMEDIA/ Australia’s government said on Sunday that a federal budget this week would include an A$1.8 billion extension to a scheme to reduce energy bills, ahead of… Read more

Israel fires on Lebanon after rocket attack in the heaviest exchange since truce with Hezbollah

Tokyo, 23 March, /AJMEDIA/ Israel struck Lebanon on Saturday in retaliation for rockets targeting Israel, killing six people including a child, in the heaviest exchange of fire since its ceasefire… Read more

Hamas studies U.S. ‘bridge’ proposal for truce as Israel escalates return to war

Tokyo, 22 March, /AJMEDIA/ Hamas said on Friday it was reviewing a U.S. proposal to restore the Gaza ceasefire as Israel intensified a military onslaught to press the Palestinian militant… Read more

Trump says Boeing won next-generation F-47 fighter jet contract

Tokyo, 22 March, /AJMEDIA/ Donald Trump announced Friday that Boeing has been awarded the contract for the Air Force’s next-generation stealth fighter plane, which the 47th U.S. president said would… Read more

Trump demands courts stop blocking his agenda

Tokyo, 21 March, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Donald Trump demanded Thursday that courts stop blocking his agenda, edging closer to a constitutional showdown after a judge suggested the administration ignored an… Read more

Finland again ranked happiest country in world; U.S. falls to its lowest-ever position

Tokyo, 20 March, /AJMEDIA/ Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday. Other… Read more

Trump, Zelenskyy pledge in phone call to work for end to war in Ukraine

Tokyo, 20 March, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed on Wednesday to work together to end Russia’s war with Ukraine, in what the White House… Read more

Israel warns more to come as airstrikes kill over 400 in Gaza after two months of truce

Tokyo, 19 March, /AJMEDIA/ Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people on Tuesday, Palestinian health authorities said, shattering nearly two months of relative calm since a ceasefire… Read more

Trump and Putin agree to immediate ceasefire in strikes against energy and infrastructure in Ukraine war

Tokyo, 19 March, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure in the… Read more

Trump and Putin to discuss power plants, land in talks to end Ukraine war

Tokyo, 18 March, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about ending the Ukraine war, with territorial concessions by Kyiv and control… Read more