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Seven Turkish police wounded in clash with Islamic State militants

Smoke rises in the background as police block a road leading to a site where Turkish police launched an operation on a house believed to contain suspected Islamic State militants, and where, according to state media, seven officers were wounded in a clash, in Yalova province, Turkey, December 29, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Smoke rises in the background as police block a road leading to a site where Turkish police launched an operation on a house believed to contain suspected Islamic State militants, and where, according to state media, seven officers were wounded in a clash, in Yalova province, Turkey, December 29, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

US strikes targeted ISIS militants, Lakurawa jihadists, Nigeria says

Residents inspecting damaged structures after the US launched strikes targeting ISIS militants from the Sahel, in Offa, Nigeria, on Dec 26.
Residents inspecting damaged structures after the US launched strikes targeting ISIS militants from the Sahel, in Offa, Nigeria, on Dec 26.

US, Nigeria diverge in details over strikes on militants

Residents moving between buildings destroyed by debris from expended munitions in US strikes on militants linked to ISIS, in Offa, Nigeria, on Dec 27.
Residents moving between buildings destroyed by debris from expended munitions in US strikes on militants linked to ISIS, in Offa, Nigeria, on Dec 27.

Nigeria averts unilateral US action by cooperating on air strike

US President Donald Trump announced on that US forces had launched a strike against ISIS militants in north-west Nigeria at the request of Nigeria’s government.
US President Donald Trump announced on that US forces had launched a strike against ISIS militants in north-west Nigeria at the request of Nigeria’s government.

US launches strike against ISIS militants in north-west Nigeria

A video posted on X by the Pentagon showed at least one projectile launching from a warship.
A video posted on X by the Pentagon showed at least one projectile launching from a warship.

Timeline: How the Bondi Beach mass shooting unfolded

Flameless candles are lit for the victims of a mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, December 20, 2025. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Flameless candles are lit for the victims of a mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, December 20, 2025. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Philippine police tracking people who met Bondi gunmen in Davao

Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed, stayed at the nondescript GV Hotel in Davao city for about a month before they went on a killing spree in Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed, stayed at the nondescript GV Hotel in Davao city for about a month before they went on a killing spree in Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

Australia stops in minute’s silence for Bondi Beach shooting victims

A generation of Australians has grown up with the reassuring notion that mass shootings simply do not happen in the country.
A generation of Australians has grown up with the reassuring notion that mass shootings simply do not happen in the country.

Bondi shooting puts gunmen’s Philippines trip under scrutiny, but training claims remain unproven

The facade of GV hotel is seen in Davao City, in the Philippines' southern island of Mindanao, where father-and-son duo Sajid and Naveed Akram stayed during their visit in November, weeks before they allegedly killed 15 people on Bondi Beach in Australia. Australian police are investigating whether the pair met with Islamist extremists during a visit to the Philippines weeks before the shooting. (Photo by Ferdinandh CABRERA / AFP)
The facade of GV hotel is seen in Davao City, in the Philippines' southern island of Mindanao, where father-and-son duo Sajid and Naveed Akram stayed during their visit in November, weeks before they allegedly killed 15 people on Bondi Beach in Australia. Australian police are investigating whether the pair met with Islamist extremists during a visit to the Philippines weeks before the shooting. (Photo by Ferdinandh CABRERA / AFP)

Bondi Beach attack suspects kept to themselves during stay in the Philippines: Hotel employee

Vehicles pass next to the exterior of GV Hotel where the suspected gunmen from Sydney's Bondi Beach shooting attack at a Hanukkah event had allegedly stayed when they travelled to the Philippines last month, in Davao City, Philippines, December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Marconi B. Navales
Vehicles pass next to the exterior of GV Hotel where the suspected gunmen from Sydney's Bondi Beach shooting attack at a Hanukkah event had allegedly stayed when they travelled to the Philippines last month, in Davao City, Philippines, December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Marconi B. Navales

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.