A knife-wielding man who killed six people in a Sydney shopping centre before being shot dead has been identified by Australian police.

Iran launched a swarm of explosive drones and fired missiles at Israel late in its first ever direct attack on Israeli territory.

Sydney police on Sunday ruled out terror or ideology as a motive after a man killed six people in a random stabbing attack on Saturday in one of the city’s busiest shopping centres.

One person was killed and 10 others injured in the southern Turkish province of Antalya when a cable car cabin collided with a broken pole, prompting a massive operation that rescued a further 174 passengers, Turkish officials said.

U.S. President Joe Biden will return to Washington to consult with his national security team a day after saying that he expects an Iranian attack against Israel “sooner, rather than later.”

Iran launched dozens of drones at Israel but they will take hours to reach their targets, Israel’s military said.

The brave mother who died after being stabbed in the Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre attack has been described as “a beautiful human” and the “world’s best mum”.

Crowds in Australia have fled a Sydney shopping mall near Bondi Beach and police have confirmed that at least five people have been killed.

Floods, droughts, an earthquake and freezing conditions in China caused direct economic losses of 23.76 billion yuan ($3.28 billion) in the first quarter, the government said.

A cooperation agreement by the Philippines, the United States and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region.

The chief executive of a U.S. biotechnology company that falsely promised investors it could produce a quick and accurate COVID-19 test was sentenced to seven years’ in jail on Friday, the Justice Department said.

Israel braced for an attack by Iran or its proxies as warnings grew of retaliation for the killing last week of a senior officer in Iran’s embassy in Damascus.