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Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a detained Filipino journalist, gestures as she arrives at Tacloban Regional Trial Court in Leyte island on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 22, 2026
Philippines convicts journalist on terror charge called ‘absurd’
Community journalist and radio broadcaster Frenchie Cumpio, 26, is the first Filipina journalist to be prosecuted under the terror financing laws.
A Hanukkah menorah is projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on Dec. 15. Australians will light candles and fall silent on Thursday on a national day of mourning for the 15 people killed.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 22, 2026
Australia holds day of mourning for Bondi Beach shooting victims
Survivors, families and emergency responders will join political and community leaders in an evening of mourning at Sydney Opera House.
A visitor places a pebble at a memorial site in remembrance to the lives lost during the Bondi Beach mass shooting on Dec. 14, in Sydney, Australia, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 20, 2026
Australia set to pass tougher laws on guns and hate crimes after Bondi shooting
Two bills passed on Tuesday by the House ​of Representatives in a special parliament session will now go to the upper house Senate for debate.
Riot police stand by at Bondi Beach as people hold a vigil for the victims and survivors of a deadly mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 14.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 18, 2026
Australian government says firearms hit a record high in 2025
There were a record ‍4,113,735 guns ⁠in Australia last year, with 1,158,654 of ‍those in the most populous state of New South Wales where the Bondi attack took place.
People from Pakistan and Afghanistan’s border-region tribal areas wave white flags and chant slogans during a rally to protest against the militant violence and killings of their elders and political figures, in Karachi on July 13.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2025
Pakistan has deadliest year in decade as Taliban ties worsen
The number of deaths from insurgent attacks climbed to 3,967 nationwide, the highest since 2015.
People stand near flowers laid as a tribute at Bondi Beach to honor the victims of a mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Dec. 14, in Sydney on Dec. 16.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2025
Police say Bondi Beach mass shooting suspects ‘acted alone’
Sajid Akram and his son Naveed allegedly killed 15 people in an Islamic State group-inspired attack targeting a Jewish festival on Dec. 14.
Mourners attend a memorial for victims of the shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on Dec. 21.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 29, 2025
Bondi shooting families want probe into ‘rise of antisemitism’ in Australia
Seventeen families of victims of the shooting have issued a letter calling on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to convene a royal commission for the purpose.
Islamic State graffiti in a house in the battle-torn city of Marawi, Philippines, in April 2018
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2025
Islamic state isn’t back in Asia, but its ideas still endure
The question is not whether Islamic State is “back” in Asia. It isn’t, but its ideology remains, as the tragedy in Bondi shows.
Residents inspect the damage after U.S. forces had launched a strike against Islamic State group militants in Nigeria on Friday.
WORLD
Dec 27, 2025
Nigeria averts unilateral U.S. action by cooperating on airstrike
Security experts say it is unclear whether such strikes can do much to hinder Islamist militants who have long menaced communities in the area.
A surveillance image showing Walid Saadaoui (left) and Amar Hussein near Dover, England, dated May 8
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 24, 2025
Two men guilty of plot to kill hundreds of Jews in England as IS fears grow
Their convictions come after 15 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which the Islamic State group called a “source of pride.”
Mourners attend a memorial on Sunday held for victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney a week earlier.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 22, 2025
Australian state pushes tough gun laws and ‘terror symbols’ ban after shooting
New South Wales — where the Bondi Beach shooting took place — recalled its parliament to introduce what it called the “toughest firearm reforms in the country.”
People observe a moment of silence on Sunday in Sydney during a vigil for victims and survivors of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach on Dec. 14.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 21, 2025
Australia falls silent and lights candles for Bondi Beach shooting victims
A father and son are accused of targeting the beachside Hanukkah celebration, killing 15 people including children and Holocaust survivors.
A U.S. airman prepares an A-10 Thunderbolt II for flight from a base at an undisclosed location in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike, on Friday.
WORLD
Dec 20, 2025
U.S. hits Islamic State targets in Syria with large retaliatory strikes
U.S. Central Command ​said the strikes ‌hit more than 70 targets across central Syria, adding that ‌Jordanian fighter jets supported the operation.
Australia's flag flies at half-mast at the Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Club in Sydney to honor victims of the mass shooting that took place near there on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2025
Kneejerk responses won’t stop the next Bondi attack
Preventing another tragedy like Bondi will involve improving the painstaking work of anti-extremism and counterterrorism.
People arrive for the funeral of 10-year-old Matilda on Thursday in Sydney. Matilda was killed in the Bondi Beach mass shooting on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2025
Australia promises crackdown on hate as youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is remembered
Fifteen were killed in the Hanukkah attack inspired by the Islamic State group that shocked the nation.
People place floral tributes outside the Bondi Pavilion in Sydney on Tuesday in honor of the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2025
Bondi and Australia get swept into a violent world
Bondi has been a center of Jewish life in Australia for more than a century.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a news conference in Sydney on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2025
‘Islamic State ideology’ drove Bondi Beach gunmen, Australian PM says
A father and son opened fire on Jewish crowds on Sunday evening, killing 15 people and wounding dozens more.
Mourners gather around floral tributes at Bondi Pavilion to honor the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting, in Sydney on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 16, 2025
‘It was dead people everywhere’: Eyewitnesses recount Bondi Beach attack
More than a dozen people were killed and at least 40 wounded, some critically, as two gunmen opened fire on attendees at a Hanukkah event.
A mourner lays flowers on Monday in Sydney, near the scene of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach the day before.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2025
Australia eyes tougher gun laws after Hanukkah attack in Sydney
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the need for stronger gun ownership laws would be on the agenda for a Cabinet meeting.
Mourners pay tribute to the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach, at the Bondi Pavilion in Sydney on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2025
Australia plans tougher gun laws after father and son kill 15 at Bondi Beach
The shooting at a Hanukkah event has raised questions about whether the country’s gun laws, already among the toughest in the world, remain fit for purpose.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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