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Australia
Australia’s Albanese faces battle over gun laws after Bondi Beach shooting
The prime minister’s call for tighter gun controls is meeting resistance from right-wing populists and mainstream conservatives.
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Gun violence in the US
How right-wing misinformation hurt the Brown University shooting investigation
20 Dec 2025 - 3:18AM
Obituaries
In memoriam: 29 beloved celebrities we lost in 2025
20 Dec 2025 - 2:00AM
Taiwan
3 killed in Taiwan knife and smoke grenade attack
The suspected stabber was also declared dead after jumping from the sixth floor of a department store building.
20 Dec 2025 - 5:05AM
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United States
Trump Justice Department releases partial set of Epstein files for now
US official says more of the long-awaited documents will follow in coming months, citing legal limits to protect victims and investigations.
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Crime in Hong Kong
Robbery suspect flees Hong Kong hospital barefoot but is caught after taxi rides
Suspect escapes police custody at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Jordan but is caught hours later in Mong Kok.
19 Dec 2025 - 11:24PM
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Malaysia
‘Was he the Hulk?’: Malaysian officer goes viral after ripping off car door
The officer became an unlikely internet sensation when a dashcam video showed him ripping apart a suspect’s car door ‘like a banana leaf’.
19 Dec 2025 - 5:24PM
The Philippines
Is Philippines being unfairly named in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting?
Australian police are looking into a trip the two suspects made to Davao City, but Philippine officials say it is not connected to the shooting.
19 Dec 2025 - 5:24PM
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United States
Trump suspends US green card lottery after Brown, MIT shootings
Trump administration targets diversity visa programme after deadly shootings were carried out by a Portuguese national.
19 Dec 2025 - 2:46PM
Australia
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Restoring safety and unity key for Australia in Bondi shooting aftermath
Pledges to toughen laws against hate speech and on gun ownership are welcome as Australia reels from the horrifying violence.
19 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM
Gun violence in the US
Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing found dead
Portuguese national suspect took his own life as investigators reveal a years-old academic connection to a slain MIT scientist.
19 Dec 2025 - 3:59PM
Americas and the Caribbean
Brazil’s Lula vows to veto bill slashing Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison term
The proposed law could see the ex-president spend just over two years behind bars for an attempted coup.
19 Dec 2025 - 2:09AM
United States
US man who googled how to dispose of body gets life sentence for wife’s murder
Ana Walshe – a mother of three – disappeared nearly three years ago, and her body has never been found.
19 Dec 2025 - 1:30AM
China trade
China jails antimony smugglers in tough stance on critical minerals
Dozens convicted of illegally shipping 166 tonnes of the strategic material, marking a major enforcement of Beijing’s export controls.
18 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
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France
‘Used medicine to kill’: French doctor jailed for life for poisoning patients
Prosecutors allege Frederic Pechier tampered with IV bags to discredit colleagues, resulting in 12 deaths, including a four-year-old.
18 Dec 2025 - 6:51PM
Singapore
Singapore fines man US$9,300 over vaping videos in deepening crackdown
Krish Khalifa became the first person to be prosecuted in the city state for posting clips of himself vaping on social media.
18 Dec 2025 - 12:53PM
Australia
‘I am angry’: hate spreaders in Australia to lose visas after Bondi shooting
Prime Minister Albanese vowed to fight the ‘evil scourge’ of division and outlined measures to punish preachers stoking violence.
18 Dec 2025 - 11:21AM
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The Philippines
Philippines rejects ‘outdated’ violent extremism label linked to Bondi attack
National Security Adviser Ano denied the alleged gunmen who killed 15 people in Sydney received military training in Davao.
18 Dec 2025 - 9:15AM
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Gun violence in the US
Brown University shooting: police seek witness who came close to gunman
The hunt has stretched into its fifth day, after a man with a rifle burst into a campus building and killed two students.
18 Dec 2025 - 7:05AM
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Hollywood
Son of filmmaker Rob Reiner in court on charges of murdering parents
Nick Reiner, 32, faces two counts of first-degree murder as the DA weighs whether to seek the death penalty.
18 Dec 2025 - 1:41PM
France
Louvre crisis: why jewel heist, staff unrest push museum to breaking point
A US$102 million jewel heist exposed the Louvre’s security flaws, but strikes and decaying infrastructure threaten the world’s most visited museum.
18 Dec 2025 - 12:00AM
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Australia
Millions raised for ‘hero of Australia’ who stopped gunman at Bondi Beach
Over 40,000 people have donated about US$1.5 million to Ahmed al Ahmed, the Syrian-Australian Muslim hero who saved Jewish lives.
17 Dec 2025 - 8:38PM
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Sydney mourns Bondi victims, as shooter emerges from coma
The suspected Bondi shooters allegedly travelled to the southern Philippines, a region long plagued by Islamist militancy, days before the attack.
17 Dec 2025 - 5:07PM
South Korea
South Korean court rules Yoon’s ‘self-coup’ illegal as walls close in
Judges are fast-tracking verdicts to beat statutory time limits, dashing the ex-president’s faint hopes of walking free early next year.
17 Dec 2025 - 3:02PM
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Gun violence in the US
Homicide investigation launched after MIT professor fatally shot at home
Police are seeking a suspect who murdered Nuno Loureiro, the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Centre.
17 Dec 2025 - 2:41PM
India
Indian police reveal Bondi Beach shooting suspect’s background
Police said the Indian family of Sajid Akram, who got a degree in commerce in Hyderabad, was unaware of his ‘radical mindset’.
17 Dec 2025 - 12:08PM
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Australia
Alleged Bondi shooter Naveed Akram charged with terrorism, murder
Akram, who regained consciousness after being in a coma, also faces multiple charges related to other offences.
17 Dec 2025 - 4:00PM
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Hollywood
Rob Reiner’s son Nick charged with murdering his parents
The film director and his wife were found dead from apparent stab wounds in their Los Angeles home on Sunday.
17 Dec 2025 - 1:53PM
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