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Australia

Israeli president’s visit to Australia met with protests

While Isaac Herzog comforts a community reeling from the Bondi massacre, his arrival has sparked protests and a massive security operation.

The Philippines

Her husband was linked to Philippine flood scandal. Now she returns to limelight

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Hong Kong property

Hong Kong property back as a top choice for foreign investors, study says

New South Wales

Video | Snake-panic thwarted at Australian railway station

One passenger courageously threw the snake off the platform.

CCTV footage shows passengers escaping in fright as a snake slithered up a ramp towards the railway platform in Sydney on February 1, 2026.
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Australia

Australian shark attack victim, 12, dies in hospital

Nico Antic was pulled from the water by friends and taken to hospital with severe injuries to both legs.

Australia

Australia deports Malaysian man caught with child sexual abuse material

The 26-year-old was among 17 travellers intercepted by border officials in various parts of Australia earlier this month.

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Australia

Australia approves gun buy-back, hate crime reforms after Bondi attack

New legislation limits firearm access, sets up a gun buy-back programme, and tackles hate speech.

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People add to a floral tribute at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 18, 2025. Photo: AP
Australia

Boy, 12, ‘fighting for life’ after Sydney Harbour shark attack

‘It was a horrendous scene … We believe it was something like a bull shark that attacked’ the boy, said a New South Wales police spokesman.

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Australia

Australia faces record guns as Bondi massacre prompts reform

There were more than 4 million guns in Australia in 2025, more than at the time of a 1996 shooting that killed 35 and prompted a gun buy-back scheme.

Australia

Letters | Bondi response must go beyond policing and towards rebuilding unity

Readers discuss social cohesion in Australia, a commission into the Bondi shooting, and US interventions.

Mourners gather at Bondi Pavillion for a tribute to the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 15. Photo: AFP
United States

World welcomes 2026 with fireworks, lightshows and hopes for peace

From Paris to Dubai to Sydney, crowds ring in the new year with exuberant celebrations.

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Revelers at Times Square in New York for the annual ball drop. Photo: AP
Australia

‘Not cowed’: Australia sees defiant start to 2026 after mass shooting

Many police officers openly carried rapid-fire rifles, a first for the popular annual fireworks display over Sydney’s Harbour Bridge.

Australia

Increased police presence in Sydney for New Year’s Eve following Bondi attack

New South Wales’ premier Chris Minns urged people to ‘show defiance to these evil terrorists’ by celebrating the event at Sydney Harbour.

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Australia

Bondi Beach attack hero wanted to protect ‘innocent people’

Recovering from gunshot wounds, Syrian Ahmed al Ahmed says he ‘saved lots’ but mourns the 15 victims of the tragedy.

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Ahmed al-Ahmed, 43, is seen tackling one of the Bondi gunmen in this screengrab from a social media video. Photo: X
Chinese overseas

Being Chinese | In both China and the West, the art of parenting involves letting go

Grandpa, very much in the traditional mould, believed in toughening children up for the world. Mum, raising her only child, was not impressed.

A child rides a bicycle towards the Hong Kong skyline in 2011. Photo: AFP
Anthony Albanese

Video | Albanese booed at Bondi attack memorial

Australia marked a day of reflection to honour the 15 people killed in the Bondi Beach attack.

Australia

Australian PM Albanese booed as Bondi Beach attack victims honoured

Tens of thousands attended Sunday’s memorial. The Sydney event was heavily guarded by police, including snipers on rooftops and police boats.

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Israel

Jews worldwide urged to ‘come home’ to Israel after Bondi massacre

Gideon Saar says ‘Jews are being hunted across the world’ following the December 14 Isis-inspired shooting at a Hanukkah event in Australia.

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A person with Israel’s flag and other people attend a ceremony to mark the National Day of Reflection for victims and survivors, at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday. Photo: AP
The Philippines

Bondi shooter visited Philippine gun shop before attack: police

Police retrace Sydney shooters’ steps in Davao City as CCTV shows Sajid Akram at a gun shop, but officials deny ample time for extremist training.

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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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Business of climate change

Video | Australian start-up aims to turn algae into green fuel

Algenie says its helical photobioreactor could offer a cost-effective, scalable solution for the algae biotech industry, allowing algae to be grown at industrial scale.

Algenie says its helical photobioreactor could offer a cost-effective, scalable solution for the algae biotech industry, allowing algae to be grown at industrial scale.
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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.

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People visit a floral tribute outside the Bondi Pavilion on Friday following Sunday’s shooting. Photo: AP
Australia

Editorial | 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.

US-China relations

Opinion | Mark 2025. It’s the year China became a peer power to America

China not only forced a trade war backdown, it displayed its hi-tech military might from the waters off Australia to the skies near Japan.

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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.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) meets Ahmed al Ahmed at a hospital in Sydney on Tuesday. Photo: Australian Prime Minister Office/AP
Crime

Video | 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.

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Australia

Video | 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.

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.

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