SYDNEY -- Six people were killed in a knife attack at a shopping center in Australia's Sydney on Saturday and the attacker was shot dead by police, police said.

It has been confirmed the man fatally stabbed six people in the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center before he was shot, New South Wales (NSW) Police said in a media advisory. (Australia-Attack-Casualties)

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DAMASCUS -- A blast ripped through a vehicle in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, causing property damage, according to the Damascus Police Department.

The police said in a short statement that an explosive device tore up a car at Al-Huda Square in the Mezzeh area of Damascus, but caused no casualties. (Syria-Blast-Explosion)

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KABUL -- Four people were killed and seven others injured in a road accident in north Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Saturday, local media reported.

The incident took place when a vehicle veered off the road and turned turtle in Shahr-e-Buzarg district, killing four commuters, including two women and one child, on the spot and injuring seven others, including three women, state-run media Bakhtar News Agency said. (Afghanistan-Accident-Casualties)

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BEIRUT -- Israeli warplanes on Saturday morning carried out a series of airstrikes targeting Hezbollah military sites near the town of Jezzine in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.

The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that Israel fired eight air-to-surface missiles at four Hezbollah military sites situated in forested areas approximately 10 km from the border between Lebanon and Israel, and no casualties have been reported yet. (Israel-Lebanon-Ties) Enditem

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