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US President Donald Trump speaks next to a sign with a logo for the G20 summit 2026, accompanied by US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C. September 5, 2025. — Reuters pic

Trump to host 2026 G20 summit at his ‘beautiful everything’ Miami golf resort — ethics questions resurface

A suspected ‘large shark’ mauled a man to death in waters off northern Sydney today, Australian police said, leading to a string of beach closures. — AFP pic

Suspected ‘large shark’ kills man off Sydney beach, first fatal attack since 2022

US President Donald Trump shows a signed executive order as the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on September 5, 2025. — AFP pic

Trump rebrands Pentagon as ‘Department of War’, calls it a ‘message of victory’

A F-35 jet lands on the runway of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercises about 100 miles south of Oahu, Hawaii July 19, 2024. — Reuters pic

Trump downplays possible regime change in Venezuela as US deploys stealth fighter jets

A police guard of honour salutes as the coffin of police officer Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart leaves the Victoria Police Academy chapel following a funeral service, in Melbourne on September 5, 2025. Around a thousand people have gathered for a funeral of de Waart-Hottart, one of two Victoria Police officers killed in a shooting at Porepunkah in Victoria's north-east last week. Suspected gunman Dezi Freeman fled into dense bushland on foot, sparking an enormous manhunt involving hundreds of police officers that is now in its 12th day. — AFP pic

Manhunt intensifies as Australia offers record RM2.7m reward for gunman in police officer killings

Elite US Navy SEALs launched an audacious operation in 2019 to plant a listening device in North Korea to spy on the country’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Un, the New York Times reported yesterday, but the mission quickly unravelled and culminated in the deaths of multiple civilians. — AFP pic

NYT: Botched 2019 Navy SEAL mission to spy on N. Korea’s Kim Jong Un left civilians dead and sparked classified reviews

This photograph taken on July 29, 2025 shows a female health worker (right) teaching mothers how to prepare nutritious meals for their children during a Unicef nutrition programme at Fateh Muhammad Soomro village in the Sujawal district of Sindh province. — AFP  pic

Cooking classes with cheap recipes help Pakistani mothers fight child malnutrition

Jihadist violence in the Sahel region — AFP pic

Jihadist strikes on Mali’s mines leave Chinese firms paying the price

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin speak during a meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin September 1, 2025. — Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool pic via Reuters

Trump reacts to Modi, Putin, Xi meeting: ‘We’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China’

Myanmar protesters at a rally to mark the second anniversary of Myanmar's 2021 military coup, outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Tokyo February 1, 2023. — Reuters pic

‘No way of verifying if she’s even alive’: Myanmar’s Suu Kyi suffers heart problems in military custody, son appeals for release

Flowers are placed on a barricade as a police officer stands guard during a protest against the heavy-handed security response by the Indonesian security forces and to demand the release of detained demonstrators, following recent violent protests against lawmakers’ perks and police brutality, near the National Monument (Monas) complex in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 4, 2025. — Reuters pic

Poetry, books and protest: Indonesians hold picnic demo outside parliament on national holiday

A US unmanned Reaper drone taxies on the runway of the Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico September 4, 2025. — Reuters pic

Trump to reinterpret 1987 missile treaty to expand global attack drone sales, unlock US$142b Saudi deal

A UK judge jailed a vascular surgeon Thursday after he admitted making fraudulent insurance claims that involved having his legs amputated following self-inflicted injuries made ‘in part for sexual gratification’. — Reuters pic

British vascular surgeon gets prison term over fraudulent claims, sexual fetish amputations

Anutin Charnvirakul is Thailand’s next prime minister. — Reuters pic

Anutin Charnvirakul, architect of Thailand’s cannabis legalisation, elected prime minister

Louise, a playful black panther, sparked panic after being spotted on nearby rooftops. — AFP/Sapeurs-pompiers du Nord handout

Le chat noir? Panther kept as ‘baby’ lands French couple in court

Crowds, led by students, workers and rights groups, took to the streets of Jakarta last week to protest against MPs’ housing allowances. — Reuters pic

Jakarta streets fall quiet on Prophet Muhammad’s birthday after week of fiery protests over MPs’ perks and deadly clashes