NEW YORK -- A gunman opened fire at a bar in the southern U.S. city of Austin early Sunday, killing two people and wounding 14 others, with the shooter killed by police, multiple U.S. media outlets reported.
The shooting occurred at a popular beer garden and nightlife destination in the Sixth Street entertainment district of Austin. Officials said the shooting occurred shortly before 2 a.m. local time (0800 GMT). The suspect was shot and killed by police officers, The New York Times reported. (US-Austin-Shooting)
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KAMPALA -- Six people were killed and seven others critically injured early Sunday in a head-on collision in Kyankwanzi District, central Uganda, police said.
The crash occurred around 4:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT) in Kyakabuga Village along the Kiboga-Hoima highway, when a passenger bus traveling from Kampala to Hoima collided with a Fuso truck coming from the opposite direction. The truck was carrying charcoal, according to Lameck Kigozi, Wamala regional police spokesperson. (Uganda-Road Crash)
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ABU DHABI -- At least three people were killed and 58 others injured in the United Arab Emirates during Iranian airstrikes, the UAE Ministry of Defense said on Sunday.
The three fatalities were Pakistani, Nepali, and Bangladeshi nationals, and the 58 injured included both Emiratis and foreign residents, the ministry said. (UAE-Iran-Attack)
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ISLAMABAD -- At least nine people were killed and more than 20 others injured on Sunday as protesters clashed with law enforcement personnel outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, officials said.
The clashes erupted when demonstrators tried to enter the consulate premises on Mai Kolachi Road in Karachi, prompting security forces to respond, according to Rescue 1122 Sindh. (Pakistan-Karachi-Clash)
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TEHRAN -- Iran's Expediency Discernment Council has selected Alireza Arafi as a member of the country's interim leadership council, the official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.
The move complies with Article 111 of Iran's constitution, which requires a jurist from the Constitutional Council to serve on the interim leadership body, IRNA quoted Expediency Council spokesman Seyed Mohsen Dehnavi as saying. (Iran-Appointment) Enditem
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