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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese lays flowers at Bondi Pavillion, the site of a December 14, 2025 shooting that killed 16 people in what authorities called an antisemitic terrorist attack. — Handout photo from the Australian Prime Minister’s Office via AFP

‘Licences should not be in perpetuity’: Australian PM Albanese pledges even tougher gun laws after Bondi Beach massacre

The mother and relatives of Special Forces volunteer Mustakim Majehma, who died in Cambodia–Thailand border clashes, carry his portrait during a military ceremony at Narathiwat airport, Thailand, on December 14, 2025. — AFP pic

Thailand cuts fuel flow via Laos over fears of diversion to Cambodian troops; Asean foreign ministers’ meet pushed to Dec 22

Aerial view of protesters in Sao Paulo carrying a banner of former president Jair Bolsonaro behind bars, opposing a bill to reduce his sentence and a constitutional amendment affecting indigenous rights, December 14, 2025.

In Brazil’s Copacabana and Paulista Avenue, thousands march opposing amnesty for ex-president Bolsonaro

Police lead former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai away from his home after his arrest under the national security law in 2020; Lai was found guilty on December 15, 2025, of collusion and sedition. — AFP pic

Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai found guilty under Hong Kong security law, faces possible life sentence

Security volunteer Narongchai Putthet checks on a neighbour’s cows as he remains in the evacuation zone to protect villagers’ homes and livestock during the conflict in the Thai province of Buriram, 10km from the border with Cambodia on December 13, 2025. — AFP pic

‘We do it with a volunteer’s heart’: Thai farmers turn frontline amid deadly border clashes with Cambodia

People hold placards during a Hanukkah menorah lighting in Berlin, Germany on December 14, 2025, in solidarity with Australians after the Bondi Beach shooting. — AFP pic

Fruit seller disarms Bondi Beach gunman, now hospitalised with gunshot wounds as world hail him as ‘hero’

An Australian flag flies at half-mast at Bondi Beach following a shooting that left 16 people dead on December 15, 2025. — AFP pic

Albanese orders Australian flags at half-mast after Bondi Beach massacre

Personal belongings lie at the scene of a deadly shooting during a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on December 15, 2025. — AFP pic

Bondi shooting leaves 16 dead as Australian police identify father-and-son gunmen in alleged antisemitic attack

Six-year-old US citizen Andy looks on as he is escorted, along with six other children, at Miami International Airport before flying to Guatemala, where they will reunite with their recently deported parents, in Miami, Florida. — AFP pic

Too young to choose: Migrant children caught in US’s deportation drive

Belarusian 2022 Nobel Peace laureate Ales Bialiatski speaks to journalists at the US embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, after his release on December 13, 2025, alongside 121 other political prisoners. — AFP pic

Teachers, dissidents, and a Nobel laureate: The 123 prisoners freed in Belarus-US sanctions deal

People cross a street next to police vehicles after the shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic

Bondi Beach massacre draws international outrage, leaders vow to fight antisemitism

Police walk on a street after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney earlier today. — AFP pic

Police find improvised explosive device in car linked to Bondi beach shooter

This screen grab of UGC video taken on December 14, 2025 and received courtesy of Mike Ortiz shows beach-goers fleeing Bondi Beach after gunmen opened fire. — AFP pic

Israel says Sydney Bondi shooting was antisemitic attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah

Health workers move a woman on a stretcher to an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — AFP pic

Bloodshed at Bondi: 11 killed as gunfire tears through Sydney beach

A Buddhist monk leads a procession as soldiers carry the flag draped coffins of four Thai servicemen killed in border clashes with Cambodia. — Reuters pic

Thailand locks down border districts as fierce clashes with Cambodia escalate

A screengrab from a video on X that reportedly shows two men firing shots.

Two in custody as police respond to reports of gunfire at Sydney’s Bondi Beach