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This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian State Emergency Service on September 7, 2025, shows a fire at the Ukrainian government building in Kyiv, following an overnight attack, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early on September 7, setting the seat of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv ablaze. — AFP pic

Trump warns Russia of new sanctions after record aerial assault on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after stepping off Air Force One on September 7, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump traveled to New York to attend the US Open men’s singles final. — AFP pic

Hamas says ready for Gaza talks after Trump issues ‘last warning’ over hostage deal

Members of the Committee of Solidarity with Palestine sail a boat during an action in support of ‘The Global Sumud Flotilla’ delegations from 39 countries heading to Gaza in an attempt to break Israel’s illegal siege- at the pier of Laguna de Chapala, in Chapala, Jalisco state, Mexico on September 7, 2025. — AFP pic

Over 1,000 welcome Gaza-bound flotilla in Tunisia as boats carrying Greta Thunberg dock

Convicted killer Erin Patterson (L) leaves the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne on September 8, 2025. — AFP pic

Australia’s ‘Mushroom murderer’ jailed for life over fatal lunch that shocked the world

A person holds up an artwork on the day Pope Leo XIV leads a Holy Mass for the canonisation of Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who will become the first millennial to be made a Catholic saint, and Pier Giorgio Frassati, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 7, 2025. — Reuters pic

Pope declares ‘God’s influencer’ first millennial saint

This picture taken on August 14, 2025 shows women posing for pictures with the Presidential Palace at Kusuma Bangsa Park in Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN). — AFP pic

Nusantara stalls in the jungle as Prabowo cools on Jokowi’s dream — Indonesia’s futuristic capital stands half-built and half-empty

Palestinians check the rubble after an Israeli strike levelled the al-Tawheed Wal Sunna mosque in the Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City on September 7, 2025. — AFP pic

Israel warns recognising Palestinian state could trigger ‘unilateral’ action

Since coming to power less than a year ago, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has overseen his ruling coalition lose its majorities in elections for both houses of parliament amid voter anger over rising living costs. — Kyodo via Reuters pic

Japan PM Ishiba resigns after series of bruising election losses

This handout photo released by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on September 5, 2025 allegedly shows a Homeland Security Investigations police officer during a federal search warrant at a company in Ellabell, Georgia September 4, 2025. — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement handout/AFP pic

South Korea concludes talks with US to release detained Korean workers after Hyundai plant raid

Broadcasters of the US Open have been instructed not to air negative crowd reactions to President Donald Trump during today’s men’s final. — Reuters pic

US Open asks broadcasters to avoid airing negative reactions to Trump’s appearance

Smoke rises over the city after a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv September 7, 2025. — Reuters pic

Russia hits seat of Ukraine government in war’s biggest air attack, killing mother and baby

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to step down, local media reported today, as members of his ruling party seek to hold a new leadership race following disastrous upper house elections. — AFP pic

Reports: Japan PM Ishiba to quit after election losses amid LDP revolt

A newsstand in Manhattan advertises the latest Powerball Jackpot, now reaching US$1.8 billion, on September 5, 2025, in New York City. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP

Two Powerball players share US$1.8b jackpot, second-largest in US history

German police said two people were seriously injured when the roof of a supermarket partially collapsed in south-western Germany yesterday. — DPA/AFP pic

German police: Roof collapse at supermarket injures four, two seriously

A gang of masked attackers armed with machetes stabbed and killed two boys aged 12 and 15 in an attack in the Australian city of Melbourne, police said today. — Reuters pic

Masked gang kills two boys in Melbourne machete attack, police say

Thailand's new prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul greets media representatives as he arrives to deliver remarks after the royal endorsement ceremony, at the Bhumjaithai Party's headquarters in Bangkok September 7, 2025. Thai tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul took office as prime minister today, after an endorsement from the king started the conservative's tenure as the nation's new leader. — AFP pic

Thai cannabis-championing tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul takes office as prime minister