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A handout photo taken and released by the Australian Prime Minister's Office on December 15, 2025 shows Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (2nd left) walking with police officers after laying flowers at the Bondi Pavillion at Bondi Beach, the scene of a shooting where 15 people were killed. — Australian Prime Minister's Office handout/AFP pic

Australian police await Bondi suspect’s recovery before court, state recalls parliament for stricter gun laws

Relatives of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed during a shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday, react next to his coffin during his funeral at Chabad of Bondi. Bondi, NSW. December 17, 2025. — Reuters pic

Bondi beach shooting: What we know about the victims at Sydney Jewish event

Israeli-US physician and businesswoman Miriam Adelson (R) listens to US President Donald Trump as he speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House yesterday. — AFP

Trump expands US travel ban to nearly 40 nations, adds Syria and Palestinian passport holders

CCTV footage shows a man believed to be the suspect. — Picture via X

Brown University shooting: FBI combs campus as hunt for gunman enters fourth day

Dashcam footage showed retired mechanic Boris Gurman, 69, knocking the elder attacker to the ground as he tries to rip away his long-barrelled gun. — Picture via X

Dashcam reveals retired mechanic, wife tried to disarm Bondi Beach shooters before deaths

US President Donald Trump has previously described Wiles, the first female White House chief of staff, as the “ice maiden” and credited her for her role in driving forward his second presidency behind the scenes. — Reuters pic

Trump stands by chief of staff Susie Wiles after her ‘alcoholic’s personality’ remark in Vanity Fair interview

US Coast Guard Acting Vice Commandant Vice Admiral Thomas Allan Jr arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 16, 2025, for a closed-door meeting with lawmakers amid questions over US strikes on suspected drug boats off Venezuela. — AFP pic

Trump announces naval blockade of sanctioned oil vessels to and from Venezuela

Mourners gather at a synagogue for the funeral of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a victim in the Bondi Beach mass shooting, in Bondi, Sydney, Australia, today. — AFP pic

First funerals held for Bondi Beach attack victims as Australia grapples with antisemitic violence

This photo taken on December 9, 2025, shows People’s Party candidates speaking with residents during their campaign ahead of Myanmar’s general election in Nawnghkio, northern Shan State. Election billboards gleam in the town, but many homes remain damaged from past conflict. — AFP pic

Nawnghkio elections highlight civilian life under shadow of Myanmar civil war

Belongings collected at the scene of the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney on December 15, 2025. — AFP pic

A timeline of lives lost and courage shown in the Bondi Beach mass shooting

This handout photo taken and released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP) on December 13, 2025 shows a damaged bridge after Thai military strikes in Pursat province, amid clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border. — AFP pic

Thailand says Cambodia must declare ceasefire first as border fighting drags on

A general view shows the closed Poipet International border checkpoint between Cambodia and Thailand in Poipet, Banteay Meanchey province on December 12, 2025, amid clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border. — AFP pic

Clashes displace 500,000 as Thailand plans repatriation of citizens stranded at Cambodia border

Bookshelves and documents that fell during an earthquake are seen at Kyodo News' Hakodate bureau in Hakodate, Hokkaido December 8, 2025 in this photo taken by Kyodo. — Kyodo pic via Reuters

Japan lifts rare megaquake warning a week after 7.5 tremor

This screen grab made from UGC handout video footage courtesy of Timothy Brant-Coles shows two gunmen dressed in black firing multiple shots on a bridge at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. The father and son behind one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings spent nearly the entire month of November in the Philippines, Manila’s immigration department confirmed on December 16, with the father entering the country as an ‘Indian national’. — Timothy Brant-Coles/UGC handout/AFP pic

Bondi Beach shooting suspects spent November in Philippines, father entered as ‘Indian national’, immigration says

France’s first lady Brigitte Macron apologised yesterday for using a slur against activists that sparked a feminist backlash, trying to quell an incident that generated a social media trend against her. — Eliot Blondet/Pool/AFP pic

French first lady apologises after activist slur fuels social media backlash

A JetBlue Airlines plane flies over the Queens borough of New York City November 5, 2025. — Reuters pic

‘They don’t have their transponder turned on’: JetBlue pilot says flight nearly collided US military plane off Venezuela