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People fill their containers with water at the Nuseirat camp for displaced Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip on December 4, 2025. — AFP pic

Mediators Egypt, Qatar, others 'concerned' about Israel opening one-way Gaza exit

Several lower courts have blocked as unconstitutional Trump’s attempt to put restrictions on the law that states that anyone born on US soil is automatically an American citizen. — Reuters pic

US Supreme Court to weigh Trump bid to end birthright citizenship

US President Donald Trump puts on a medal as he receives the FIFA Peace Prize from FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the draw for the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup taking place in the US, Canada and Mexico, at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC, on December 5. — AFP pool pic

Peace medal and YMCA: Trump steals the show at World Cup draw

US health authorities previously recommended all babies, not just those born to mothers believed to have hepatitis B, receive the first of three vaccine doses just after birth. — Pexels pic

US vaccine panel upends hepatitis B advice in latest Trump-era shift

The new National Security Strategy does not name specific movements or political parties, but clearly demonstrates the Trump administration’s desire to see its policies implemented in Europe, especially when it comes to immigration. — AFP pic

Trump takes aim at Europe in new security strategy

This handout photo release by New Zealand Police on December 5, 2025 shows an officer displaying a recovered diamond-encrusted green Faberge egg in Auckland after keeping a six-day watch over the thief accused of swallowing it. — New Zealand Police handout pic via AFP

Case cracked: Faberge egg retrieved after thief swallows it

Villagers carrying food supplies walk through debris on a flooded road while being assisted by rescuers at Garoga village in South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, on December 5, 2025, after the area was hit by flash floods. — AFP pic

‘Where can we go?’: Survivors pick up pieces in flood-hit Indonesia as more rain predicted

Taiwan reservists participate in a small unit combat training session at Loung Te Industrial Parks Service Center in Yilan, Taiwan December 2, 2025. — Reuters pic

China deploys over 100 vessels in East Asia in largest maritime show of force, Taiwan and Japan sound alarm

US President Donald Trump waves to the crowd during the National Christmas Tree Lighting at the Ellipse in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2025. — AFP pic

Trump scraps global dominance in new security strategy, warns of Europe’s ‘civilizational erasure’

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi after their joint press statements at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on December 5, 2025. — AFP pic

Putin offers India ‘uninterrupted’ oil in summit talks with Modi

People pray with flowers during a vigil held outside the Wang Fuk Court apartment blocks in the aftermath of the deadly November 26 fire in Hong Kong's Tai Po district on December 2. — AFP pic

Hong Kong student union suspended after note demanding justice for fire victims

Putin said he had shared with Modi “a great deal of details about the events taking place in Ukraine” and the efforts Moscow is taking “together with some partners, including the United States, on a possible peaceful settlement”, according to an official translator.— AFP pic

Modi, Putin discuss defence, energy, Ukraine and trade during New Delhi summit

The word Secretary is misspelled on the nameplate of U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a Cabinet Meeting hosted by President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 2, 2025. — AFP pic

Did the US military break the Law of War? Video reveals fatal second strike on shipwrecked boat crew

A girl poses while opening the TikTok app on her phone in Sydney, Australia, on November 22, 2025. — Reuters pic

TikTok to Australian under-16s: See you in a few years, please bring ID

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's President Vladimir Putin sit in a car as they depart Palam Air Force Base after the latter arrived in New Delhi. — AFP pic

Modi hosts Putin in New Delhi summit as India balances US pressure and Russian ties

Commuters pass through a road along a landslide-affected area in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah in Gampola town, in Kandy district . — AFP pic

Clean-up hampered in Sri Lanka after floods and landslides leave nearly 500 dead