Hong Kong court ruling on Jimmy Lai

HONGKONG, China, Dec. 15 Kyodo - Security officers stand on guard in front of the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building in Hong Kong on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of the ruling in the national security collusion trial of Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily. (Kyodo)

New Year's Day in Tokyo

New Year's Day in Tokyo

Police officers stand guard around Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Jan. 1, 2026.

Christmas in Bethlehem

Christmas in Bethlehem

Police officers stand guard around a Christmas Tree at the square of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the West Bank, on Dec. 24, 2025.

Israeli Forces Engage In Nablus - Palestine

Israeli Forces Engage In Nablus - Palestine

Members of Israeli forces stand guard as an Israeli bulldozer demolishes a house in the town of Bizzariya, northwest of Nablus in the West Bank, on Dec. 24, 2025. Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Forces Engage In Nablus - Palestine

Israeli Forces Engage In Nablus - Palestine

Members of Israeli forces stand guard as an Israeli bulldozer demolishes a house in the town of Bizzariya, northwest of Nablus in the West Bank, on Dec. 24, 2025. Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Forces Engage In Nablus - Palestine

Israeli Forces Engage In Nablus - Palestine

Members of Israeli forces stand guard as an Israeli bulldozer demolishes a house in the town of Bizzariya, northwest of Nablus in the West Bank, on Dec. 24, 2025. Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Forces Engage In Nablus - Palestine

Israeli Forces Engage In Nablus - Palestine

Members of Israeli forces stand guard as an Israeli bulldozer demolishes a house in the town of Bizzariya, northwest of Nablus in the West Bank, on Dec. 24, 2025. Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

UNIFIL Demining Operation - Lebanon

UNIFIL Demining Operation - Lebanon

Soldiers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stand guard near a minefield in Blida, a border town in southern Lebanon, on December 19, 2025. UNIFIL on Friday handed over a cleared minefield to the Lebanese army near the Blue Line in southeastern Lebanon. This marks the first such transfer "since last year's hostilities," UNIFIL said in a statement. Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua /ABACAPRESS.COM

Man attacks bystanders in Taipei

Man attacks bystanders in Taipei

Police officers stand guard in Taipei's Zhongshan district on Dec. 19, 2025, after a man released smoke bombs and attacked bystanders earlier in the day, leaving one man dead and eight others injured.

Hong Kong court ruling on Jimmy Lai

Hong Kong court ruling on Jimmy Lai

Security officers stand on guard in front of the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building in Hong Kong on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of the ruling in the national security collusion trial of Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.

Hong Kong court ruling on Jimmy Lai

Hong Kong court ruling on Jimmy Lai

Security officers stand on guard in front of the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building in Hong Kong on Dec. 15, 2025, ahead of the ruling in the national security collusion trial of Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.

War Scars Linger In Uvira - Congo

War Scars Linger In Uvira - Congo

In eastern DR Congo's Uvira, war scars linger as calm cautiously returns. Members of the March 23 Movement (M23) stand guard in Uvira city, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on December 12, 2025. Photo by Str /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Minister of The Interior Nunez Visits BRI and GIGN - Versailles

Minister of The Interior Nunez Visits BRI and GIGN - Versailles

French gendarmes stand guard during France's Interior Minister's visit to Groupement blind? de gendarmerie mobile (Armored Mobile Gendarmerie Group) following a ceremony to install Colonel Benoit Villeminoz as new commander of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) in Versailles, west of Paris on December 12, 2025. Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/POOL/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli forces stand guard as Israeli settlers stand near the entrance of the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on December 6, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli forces stand guard as Israeli flags are seen on the metal fence installed on top of the roof of the Valero House in the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on December 6, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli forces stand guard as Israeli settlers stand near the entrance of the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on December 6, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli forces stand guard as Israeli settlers stand near the entrance of the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on December 6, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

An armed Israeli soldier reaches for the hand of a child as other soldiers stand guard in the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on December 6, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

An armed Israeli soldier speaks with a child as other soldiers stand guard in the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on December 6, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Forces Detain Qalqilya Palestinian - Palestine

Israeli Forces Detain Qalqilya Palestinian - Palestine

An ambulance drives through a street as Israeli soldiers stand guard in Qalqilyah, occupied West Bank on December 4, 2025. Israeli soldiers detained a Palestinian man during a military operation in the town. Photo by Mohammad Nazzal/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Aftermath of Hong Kong fire

Police officers (front) stand guard as people pray near a high-rise residential complex in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong on Dec. 2, 2025, following a deadly fire in late November.

Football: AFC Champions League Elite

SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 27 Kyodo - Security officers stand guard in front of Shanghai Stadium in the Chinese coastal city, ahead of an AFC Champions League Elite first-round match between Shanghai Shenhua and Japan's Vissel Kobe on Nov. 26, 2025, amid a worsening diplomatic row between the two countries. (Kyodo)

Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Security officers stand guard in front of Shanghai Stadium in the Chinese coastal city, ahead of an AFC Champions League Elite first-round match between Shanghai Shenhua and Japan's Vissel Kobe on Nov. 26, 2025, amid a worsening diplomatic row between the two countries.

Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Police officers stand guard in front of Shanghai Stadium in the Chinese coastal city, ahead of an AFC Champions League Elite first round match between Shanghai Shenhua and Japan's Vissel Kobe on Nov. 26, 2025, amid a worsening diplomatic row between the two countries.

Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Security officers stand guard in front of Shanghai Stadium in the Chinese coastal city, ahead of an AFC Champions League Elite first-round match between Shanghai Shenhua and Japan's Vissel Kobe on Nov. 26, 2025, amid a worsening diplomatic row between the two countries.

Football: AFC Champions League Elite match

Football: AFC Champions League Elite match

Police officers stand guard near the stadium hosting an AFC Champions League Elite group stage football match between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Chengdu Rongcheng in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, on Nov. 25, 2025.

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli forces stand guard as Israeli settlers walk through the streets of the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on November 22, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

An Israeli soldier stands guard as children stand beside him on a street in the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on November 22, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

An Israeli soldier stands guard as children stand beside him on a street in the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on November 22, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

An Israeli soldier stands guard as children stand beside him on a street in the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on November 22, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli forces stand guard as Israeli settlers walk through the streets of the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on November 22, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli forces stand guard as Israeli settlers walk through the streets of the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on November 22, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli forces stand guard as Israeli settlers walk through the streets of the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on November 22, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

An elderly person approaches Israeli forces as they stand guard on a street in the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on November 22, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli Security Operation - Hebron

Israeli forces stand guard as Israeli settlers walk through the streets of the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on November 22, 2025. The area is routinely secured by troops to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

Syrian security forces stand guard outside the Aleppo Courthouse during the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence of March, which caused hundreds of deaths, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

Syrian security forces stand guard outside the Aleppo Courthouse during the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence of March, which caused hundreds of deaths, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

Syrian security forces stand guard outside the Aleppo Courthouse during the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence of March, which caused hundreds of deaths, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

Syrian security forces stand guard outside the Aleppo Courthouse during the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence of March, which caused hundreds of deaths, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

Syrian security forces stand guard outside the Aleppo Courthouse during the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence of March, which caused hundreds of deaths, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

Syrian security forces stand guard outside the Aleppo Courthouse during the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence of March, which caused hundreds of deaths, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

Syrian security forces stand guard outside the Aleppo Courthouse during the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence of March, which caused hundreds of deaths, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

Syrian security forces stand guard outside the Aleppo Courthouse during the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence of March, which caused hundreds of deaths, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Bangladesh security personnel stand guard in front of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), in the high court area in Dhaka, Banladesh, 17 November 2025. The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver the verdict in the case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her top aides. Sheikh Hasina faces charges of crimes against humanity, including murder, related to the July 2024 uprising. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Bangladesh security personnel stand guard in front of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), in the high court area in Dhaka, Banladesh, 17 November 2025. The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver the verdict in the case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her top aides. Sheikh Hasina faces charges of crimes against humanity, including murder, related to the July 2024 uprising. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Bangladesh security personnel stand guard in front of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), in the high court area in Dhaka, Banladesh, 17 November 2025. The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver the verdict in the case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her top aides. Sheikh Hasina faces charges of crimes against humanity, including murder, related to the July 2024 uprising. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Bangladesh security personnel stand guard in front of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), in the high court area in Dhaka, Banladesh, 17 November 2025. The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver the verdict in the case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her top aides. Sheikh Hasina faces charges of crimes against humanity, including murder, related to the July 2024 uprising. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Clashes Outside the International Criminal Court - Dhaka

Bangladesh security personnel stand guard in front of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), in the high court area in Dhaka, Banladesh, 17 November 2025. The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver the verdict in the case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two of her top aides. Sheikh Hasina faces charges of crimes against humanity, including murder, related to the July 2024 uprising. Photo by Habibur Rahman/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nine Person Killed in Explosion Inside Nowgam Police Station - Srinagar

Nine Person Killed in Explosion Inside Nowgam Police Station - Srinagar

Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard near the site of an explosion inside Nowgam police station in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, on November 15, 2025. At least nine people were killed and 32 others injured after a pile of recovered explosives exploded at a police station in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Saturday. Photo by Javed Dar /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nine Person Killed in Explosion Inside Nowgam Police Station - Srinagar

Nine Person Killed in Explosion Inside Nowgam Police Station - Srinagar

Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard near the site of an explosion inside Nowgam police station in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, on November 15, 2025. At least nine people were killed and 32 others injured after a pile of recovered explosives exploded at a police station in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Saturday. Photo by Javed Dar /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM