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A man looks at floral tributes left by mourners at the promenade of Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 17, 2025, in honour of victims of the shooting that took place there on December 14. — AFP pic

Australia to mark Bondi Beach victims with ‘day of reflection’

A Brown University student adjusts flowers at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a December 13 mass shooting at the Van Winkle Gates outside Brown’s college campus in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 15, 2025. — AFP pic

US police identify suspect in deadly Brown University campus shooting, reports say

A man reacts as he looks at the hearse after the funeral of Boris and Sofia Gurman, who were killed in the December 14 Bondi Beach shooting attack, at the Sydney Chevra Kadisha in Sydney on December 19, 2025. — AFP pic

Australia launches national firearm buyback after Bondi Beach attack

The bill, sponsored by right-wing firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene, was approved by 216 votes to 211 and now heads to the Senate, where its fate is less certain. — Pexels.com pic

US House passes bill to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors

A wolf is photographed in a forest near the Russian border, in Hukkajarvi, eastern Finland, on May 15, 2022. — AFP pic

From protected to targeted: Berlin backs law allowing regular wolf hunting

Smoke rises from the site of a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of al-Katrani on December 18, 2025. — AFP pic

Talks in Paris target Hezbollah disarmament with ceasefire under pressure

Pechier, who has denied wrongdoing, reportedly appeared unmoved by his sentence. — AFP pic

French court jails doctor for life for poisoning 30 patients, killing 12

The facade of GV hotel is seen in Davao City, Mindanao, where father-and-son duo Sajid and Naveed Akram stayed during their visit in November, weeks before they allegedly killed 15 people on Bondi Beach in Australia. — AFP pic

‘Where can we buy durian?’: Hotel staff recall alleged Bondi shooters’ quiet stay in Philippines

An inquiry found at least 10 errors during an Optus network upgrade that cut off Triple Zero emergency calls for nearly 14 hours. — Reuters pic

Australia inquiry finds multiple failures behind Optus emergency call outage that killed two

A man inspects a house damaged after Thai military strikes in Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province on December 16, 2025, amid clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border. — AFP pic

Cambodia says Thai military bombs Poipet casino hub on border

Passersby holding umbrellas walk under a strong sunlight at the Sensoji temple in Tokyo. About 450 plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit accusing the Japanese government of unconstitutional inaction on climate change. — Reuters pic

Hundreds in Japan sue government over climate inaction

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during an event marking the anniversary of the death of Liberator Simon Bolivar in Caracas December 17, 2025. Venezuela struck a defiant note, insisting that its crude oil exports were not impacted by US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a potentially crippling blockade. — AFP pic

Venezuela says ‘not intimidated’ by Trump oil blockade threat, claims exports unaffected

Authorities said the incident is unrelated to a separate shooting under investigation at Brown University. — Unsplash pic

Prominent MIT fusion scientist shot dead in Boston home, police investigate murder

Former US President Bill Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell and late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein pose in this handout image released from Epstein’s estate by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee in Washington December 12, 2025. — House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via Reuters

Epstein accomplice Ghislane Maxwell sues for prison release

The girl, Aria Thorpe, died on Monday as a result of a single stab wound, police said a post-mortem examination had found. — Reuters pic

UK police charge teenage boy with nine-year-old girl’s murder

US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the White House in Washington December 17, 2025. Trump said he had ‘inherited a mess’ even as he acknowledged prices remain high nearly a year into his term. — Reuters pic

In rare White House address, Trump touts progress, blames Biden as approval on economy remains low