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New Zealand kicks off 2026 with fireworks, global celebrations subdued

The five-minute show featured 3,500 fireworks from various floors of the 240-meter Sky Tower

A CCTV footage shows Naveed Akram and his father, Sajid Akram, both suspects in the shooting attack during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, carrying items wrapped in blankets, while exiting 103 Brighton Avenue, Campsie, New South Wales, Australia, in this still image taken from a court document released on December 22, 2025. NSW Police/Handout via REUTERS

Homemade bombs thrown before Bondi mass shooting, but failed to detonate, police tell court

Influencer Zachery Dereniowski gives a check of 2,533,585 dollars to Ahmed al Ahmed, the bystander who is hailed as the "Bondi hero" after he charged at one of the gunmen and seized his rifle during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia in this screengrab taken from social media video released 19 December, 2025

Australia's 'Bondi Hero' handed $1.65 mln collected from fundraising

Mourners carry the casket of 10-year-old Matilda, the youngest victim of a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach targeting an event for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Sunday, at Chevra Kadisha Memorial Hall, in Sydney, Australia, on 18 December 2025. Photo: Hollie Adams/Reuters

Australia promises new hate laws as youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is laid to rest

Two people embrace as police officers stand guard outside Bondi Pavilion following the attack on a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Flavio Brancaleone

Australia's gun laws riddled with loopholes and workarounds: Experts

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How Australia's tightening laws compare globally

Footage shows a man falling to the road after attempting to disarm one of the gunman of the deadly shooting incident at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. JENNY/via REUTERS

Man and couple who died trying to stop Bondi Beach attackers praised for heroic efforts

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits Ahmed al Ahmed, the bystander who charged at one of the gunmen and seized his rifle during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach, at St George Hospital in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025. Photo: Prime Minister's Office/Handout via Reuters

Australian PM visits Bondi Beach hero in hospital

People embrace as they visit a makeshift memorial following the attack on a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Australia plans tougher gun laws after police say father and son killed 15 at Bondi Beach

Ahmed managed to wrestle the gun from the attacker in the struggle. Screengrab: Collected

'Hero' who disarmed Bondi gunman recovers in hospital as donations pour in

People embrace as they visit a makeshift memorial following the attack on a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Flavio Brancaleone

Father and son behind Bondi Hanukkah festival shooting that killed 15: Australian police

Footage circulating on social media shows a man in a car park wearing a white shirt running up to a man in a dark shirt who is holding a rifle. He then tackles the armed man from behind, wrenching the rifle from him with his hands before pointing the gun back at the man. Photo: Screengrab

Bystander who tackled armed man at Bondi Beach shooting hailed as hero

Emergency services operate at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, 14 December 2025. Photo: Reuters

12 killed in shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach Jewish holiday event