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Family members of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed during a shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, react as they lean over his casket during a funeral at Chabad of Bondi, in Sydney December 17, 2025. — Reuters pic

Australia to tighten hate speech laws after Bondi Beach mass shooting

A screengrab from a video released by the Providence Police December 17, 2025, shows an individual they want to speak with who was in the proximity of the person of interest in connection with the shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. — Providence Police via Reuters

Brown University gunman ‘could be anywhere’ on fifth day of manhunt

Trump has previously said he would not seek a third term, despite months of teasing the idea. — Reuters pic

Lawyer tells Trump Constitution is unclear on third term, WSJ reports

Air Force Patriot missile systems are deployed at a local park during Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang military exercise in Taipei on July 11, 2025. — AFP pic

US starts Congress process for RM45.4b Taiwan weapons package

US President Donald Trump shows a signed executive order classifying fentanyl as ‘weapon of mass destruction’ during a Mexican Border Defence Medal presentation in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC December 15, 2025. — Reuters pic

Trump — a year of ruling by executive order

The BBC’s ‘Panorama’ programme, which examined the January 6 Capitol riot, is at the heart of the legal dispute. — Reuters pic

Explained: Can Trump really win US$10b from the BBC?

French security searches a man during an anti-drug operation in Les Rosiers residential complex in northern Marseille, December 16, 2025. — AFP pic

‘We need help’: French teens trapped in drug gangs through social media beg for rescue

Displaced Burundian nationals line up with their belongings as they remain stranded on the Congolese side following the closure of the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi at the Kavimvira border post on December 14, 2025. — AFP pic

‘Bombs were following us’: Congo refugees recount death and chaos as war reignites

An injured Cambodian soldier transferred from a frontline gets medical treatment upon his arrival at Ou Chrov referral hospital, amid clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along a disputed border area, in Ou Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, December 14, 2025. — Reuters pic

Cambodia accuses Thailand of using ‘toxic gas’ as soldiers report breathing problems

This file picture shows an aerial view of a China Coast Guard ship navigating near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, as a Philippine Coast Guard aircraft carrying journalists patrols the area in the South China Sea August 13, 2025. — Reuters pic

China says facts distorted over South China Sea clash, Philippines cites video evidence

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front row, right) and other cabinet members bow after the passage of the fiscal 2025 extra budget bill at the House of Representatives plenary session at the National Diet in Tokyo on December 11, 2025. — AFP pic

Despite tensions, PM Takaichi says Japan ‘always open’ to dialogue with China

The World Health Organization today opens a major conference on traditional medicine in New Delhi, arguing that technologies such as artificial intelligence can help scientifically validate centuries-old healing practices and better integrate them into modern healthcare systems. — Reuters file pic

Ancient cures and AI: WHO seeks evidence for traditional medicine at New Delhi summit

A former Harvard Medical School morgue manager, Cedric Lodge, 58, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing and selling donated human body parts for profit between 2018 and 2020. ― Reuters file pic

Former Harvard morgue manager jailed eight years for stealing and selling donated body parts

Police conducted a sweep outside the Chabad of Bondi Synagogue in Sydney today during the funeral of rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed in the December 14 Bondi Beach mass shooting.  — AFP pic

Philippines denies being terrorist training ground after Bondi Beach shooters’ visit

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

Australian police charge alleged Bondi killer with terrorism, 15 murder counts

Yodchanan Wongsawat, a prime ministerial candidate from Pheu Thai party, poses during an interview with Reuters, at the party headquarters in Bangkok December 16, 2025. — Reuters pic

With Thaksin jailed, Thailand’s Pheu Thai turns to nephew in poll fight back