According to the Foreign Ministry, some 1,000 Japanese citizens are still in Israel and about 220 are in Iran.

Despite the harrowing journey, Homa was not yet home. After the border, her route would take her through Erzurum, Istanbul, Dubai, and finally back to Toronto. "I just want to get home," she sighed as ...

From the shattered boulevards of Tripoli to the bombed-out alleys of Aleppo, from Baghdad's sectarian heartlands to Gaza's crumbled skyline, a common image emerges - of nations torn apart, societies ...