--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Per Liljas ## Per Liljas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close ## Per Liljas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Dec 1, 2016 ### [Indonesia: Fewer Forest Fires in 2016, but No Real Progress](https://time.com/4562009/indonesia-haze-forest-fires-palm-oil-deforestation/) Choking haze caused by Indonesia's annual slash-and-burn forest fires affects millions of people. We... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 14, 2016 ### [ISIS Is Making Inroads in the Southern Philippines](https://time.com/4293395/isis-zamboanga-mindanao-moro-islamist-terrorist-asia-philippines-abu-sayyaf/) Islamist extremism is growing in Mindanao, with serious security implications for the region and bey... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 25, 2015 ### [How the Ancient Practice of Harvesting Edible Bird's Nests Is Facing Some Very Modern Challenges](https://time.com/4160913/china-edible-birds-nests-malaysia-indonesia-asia/) As Chinese New Year approaches, demand for the delicacy is expected to soar [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 10, 2015 ### [The Paris Climate Deal May Be Too Little, Too Late for the Islanders of Kiribati](https://time.com/4143972/kiribati-climate-change-refugees-paris-sea-levels/) Rising sea levels are already beginning to submerge this island nation of 105,000 [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 6, 2015 ### [Japan's PM to Express Remorse for Nation's Role in WWII](https://time.com/3655187/japan-shinzo-abe-world-war-2/) The 60-year-old vowed to emphasize Japan's efforts toward future world peace [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 29, 2014 ### [Japan Orders Chicken Cull](https://time.com/3648260/japan-bird-flu-h5-chickens/) It's the second time in two weeks [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 29, 2014 ### [Greek Parliament Readies for Crucial Vote](https://time.com/3648185/greece-vote-bailout-syriza/) Antiausterity left-wing party rides high in polls [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 26, 2014 ### [Iraqi Police: Coalition Airstrikes Kill ISIS Governor of Mosul](https://time.com/3647361/iraq-isis-governor-mosul/) Hassan Saeed Al-Jabouri is the second ISIS-appointed governor to be killed in the extremist strongho... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 26, 2014 ### [Jenna Coleman Stays for One More Season of _Doctor Who_](https://time.com/3647321/jenna-coleman-stays-for-one-more-season-of-doctor-who/) Actress puts fans at ease as she announces she'll stick around as Clara Oswald for season 9 [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Dec 25, 2014 ### [Sierra Leone Declares 5-Day Lockdown in Ebola-Hit North](https://time.com/3647049/christmas-aside-sierra-leone-declares-five-day-lockdown-in-ebola-hit-north/) Christmas celebrations are excepted [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Dec 25, 2014 ### [Smartphone Use Makes Your Brain More Sensitive to Touch](https://time.com/3647036/smartphone-brain-sensitive/) New study finds that brain activity is enhanced the more we thumb our devices [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Dec 25, 2014 ### [What the Waves Did to Aceh](https://time.com/3641485/what-the-waves-did-to-aceh/) The 2004 Asian tsunami destroyed much of the Indonesian province of Aceh. But it also paved the way ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 24, 2014 ### [Dozens Killed in Attack in India's Assam State](https://time.com/3646560/india-assam-state-bodo-52-killed/) Police blame the deaths, including women and children, on separatist rebels [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 24, 2014 ### [Expert: Ebola Outbreak Will Probably Last All of Next Year](https://time.com/3646542/peter-piot-london-school-of-hygiene-ebola-2015/) Professor Peter Piot still says he is encouraged by the progress made in Sierra Leone [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Dec 24, 2014 ### [Qatar 2022: Soccer's Deadly World Cup](https://time.com/3646505/world-cup-qatar-nepalese-worker-dying-soccer-football/) The appalling toll comes despite Qatari claims of reform [SPORTS](/section/sports/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/per-liljas/","name":"Per Liljas"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/per-liljas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/per-liljas/"},"name":"Per Liljas","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/per-liljas/","sameAs":["https://x.com/perliljas"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```