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Four Injured in Sydney Stabbing Attack

25 August 2024, Australia, Sydney: Scenes after a two-vehicle crash in Engadine. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP/dpa
25 August 2024, Australia, Sydney: Scenes after a two-vehicle crash in Engadine. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP/dpa
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Four Injured in Sydney Stabbing Attack

25 August 2024, Australia, Sydney: Scenes after a two-vehicle crash in Engadine. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP/dpa
25 August 2024, Australia, Sydney: Scenes after a two-vehicle crash in Engadine. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP/dpa

Four people including a police officer were injured in a stabbing attack in Sydney early on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of knife assaults in Australia's biggest city this year.
A man who ran from the scene has been taken into custody, police said in a statement. There is no ongoing threat to people in Sydney, said New South Wales state Police Minister Yasmin Catley.
According to Reuters, police said they did not believe anyone was killed in the attack, which followed a crash in the southern suburb of Engadine.
Aerial footage of the scene by the Australian Broadcasting Corp showed two crashed cars cordoned off with police tape.
Sydney, a city of 5 million, has experienced a spate of knife attacks this year, prompting the New South Wales government to toughen its knife laws. The state parliament passed laws in June giving police electronic metal-detecting scanners to check people without a warrant at shopping centers, sporting venues and public transport stations.

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Paris Calls on Tehran to Release Hostages Immediately

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. (AP)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. (AP)
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Paris Calls on Tehran to Release Hostages Immediately

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. (AP)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. (AP)

Paris has demanded that the new Iranian government release the French hostages “immediately” and urged Tehran to pressure its allies to de-escalate tensions in the region.
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné held a phone call on Friday with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi. According to a press statement, Séjourné emphasized France’s top priority, which is the immediate release of the French citizens who are held hostage in Iran.
The French foreign minister also expressed concern over the mounting tensions in the region and called on Araghchi to “make every effort to prevent further escalation in the area.”
Séjourné also stated that he “requested Iran to urge all destabilizing actors it supports in the region to exercise the highest level of restraint.”
Araghchi had begun his tenure at the Iranian Foreign Ministry with a series of phone calls to his counterparts in the region and Europe, advocating for “dialogue and correction of erroneous policies against Iran,” as reported by the Tasnim News Agency, which is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard.
In a late statement on Thursday, the Iranian minister said that his country “welcomes the development of relations with the European Union in an environment based on mutual respect.”
Relations between the EU and Iran have deteriorated in recent years. The European bloc accuses Tehran of not curbing its nuclear activities, supporting the Palestinian group Hamas, backing Russia’s war in Ukraine, and committing human rights violations.
For his part, EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said on X that he discussed with his Iranian counterpart the prospects of renewing communication on all issues of mutual interest.
He explained that the talks covered the necessity of de-escalation and restraint, as well as stopping military cooperation with Russia against Ukraine and preventing nuclear proliferation.
Borrell stated that such “constructive dialogue... is essential to defuse regional tensions.”
Tasnim News reported that German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock congratulated Araghchi in a phone call on his appointment as Iran’s Foreign Minister.
The agency added that Baerbock expressed her hope that the new Iranian government works to expand bilateral relations by resolving outstanding problems and removing obstacles.