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FBI said four people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot by a ‘far-left’ anti-government group to stage bomb attacks on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles. — Reuters pic

FBI disrupts alleged New Year’s Eve bomb plot by ‘far-left’ group in Los Angeles

The new head of Britain’s MI6, Blaise Metreweli makes her first public speech in London, on December 15, 2025. The new head of Britain’s MI6 foreign intelligence service used her maiden speech yesterday to warn that Russia is ‘exporting chaos’ in a ‘new age of uncertainty’. — AFP pic

UK spy chief: Russia driving world into new ‘age of uncertainty’ through cyberattacks, hybrid warfare

US President Donald Trump insisted yesterday that a deal to end the Ukraine war was closer than ever, after Washington said it offered Kyiv Nato-like security guarantees and voiced confidence Moscow would accept. — AFP pic

Trump says Ukraine peace deal closer as US offers ‘Nato-like’ security guarantees

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, D.C. December 15, 2025. — Reuters pic

Trump signs executive order designating fentanyl a ‘weapon of mass destruction’

US President Donald Trump yesterday filed a lawsuit seeking at least US$10 billion (RM40.9 billion) from the BBC over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech to supporters ahead of the US Capitol riot. — Reuters pic

Trump sues BBC for US$10b over alleged doctored Capitol riot speech

In this photo illustration, a phone shows U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social post on the death of actor and director Rob Reiner on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Brentwood home on December 14. — Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP

Trump condemned over ‘perverse’ remarks linking filmmaker Reiner’s criticism to his murder, critics say he has ‘lost it’

In this picture taken on June 16, 2020, media tycoon Jimmy Lai poses during an interview with AFP at the Next Digital offices in Hong Kong. US President Donald Trump said yesterday he wanted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to free Jimmy Lai as he voiced sadness over the Hong Kong media mogul’s conviction. — AFP pic

‘I feel so badly’: Trump says he asked Xi to release Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai

Australia痴 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during an official function to mark the start of Australia痴 social media reform at Kirrilbilli House in Sydney December 10, 2025. — AFP pic

Australia vows stricter gun laws as nation mourns Bondi Beach shooting victims

Flowers and an Australian flag are laid in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach outside the Bondi Pavilion in Sydney December 16, 2025. — AFP pic

Bondi Beach shooting victims include Slovak-Australian woman, two Hungarians

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

Father, son behind Bondi Beach mass shooting linked to Islamic State ideology, says Albanese

Undated photo from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate shows Donald Trump with a group of women; released by House Oversight Democrats on December 12, 2025. — Handout photo from House Oversight Democrats via AFP

Countdown begins for Trump and Co: Decades of Epstein sex-trafficking files set for release this Friday

Press cutouts hang on a wall as Lilli Malone, a student at Loyola University and editor in chief of The Loyola Phoenix newspaper, looks at a screen during the closing night at the university newsroom in downtown Chicago, Illinois November 11, 2025. — Reuters pic

‘Pins on a Map’: Chicago student journalists track ICE raids with data tools

People react in front of a flower tribute near Bondi Pavilion following a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney December 15, 2025. — Reuters pic

What we know about the shooting victims at Sydney’s Bondi Beach Jewish event

Under international law, sovereign assets cannot be confiscated, so the European Commission has put forward a plan to allow EU governments to use up to €165 billion (RM791 billion) — most of the €210 billion worth of Russian sovereign assets currently frozen in Europe — without confiscating them. —  Reuters pic

How does the EU want to use Russia’s frozen assets for Ukraine?

This picture taken on December 13, 2025 and released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 14, 2025 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecting the newly-completed Kusong City Hospital in Kusong. — AFP pic/KCNA via KNS

North Korea’s gadget elite: Kim Yo‑jong seen with foldable phone despite sanctions

People pause outside of the engineering and physics building at Brown University, the site of a mass shooting that left at least two people dead and nine others injured, on December 14, 2025 in Providence, Rhode Island. — Getty Images pic via AFP

Wrong guy: US police release ‘person of interest’ in Brown University shooting during exams; gunman still at large