DAMASCUS -- Explosions were heard in the Sayyidah Zaynab area on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, Syrian state television reported.

Sayyidah Zaynab, located just south of the Syrian capital, is home to a prominent Shiite shrine and has been the target of Israeli attacks in the past. (Syria-Explosions)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least eight people were killed and over 20 others injured in two separate road accidents in Pakistan, police said on Sunday.

Six people were killed and 12 others suffered injuries in a collision involving six cars on the National Highway due to heavy fog and smog in Thatta district of the southern Sindh province, police in the area told Xinhua. (Pakistan-Road Accidents)

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HOUSTON -- At least one person was killed and several others injured early Sunday morning in a shooting on the campus of Tuskegee University in the southern U.S. state of Alabama, the university said in a news release.

The killed was not a student at the university, the news release said. (U.S.-Shooting)

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TOKYO -- One crewman is missing and another has been injured after a fire broke out on a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) minesweeper vessel off the coast of the southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka on Sunday, local media reported.

The MSDF's minesweeper Ukushima, carrying a crew of about 40, reported that the blaze broke out in the engine room at around 9:50 a.m. local time, when it was sailing some 2.5 kilometers off Oshima island in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyodo News reported, citing the local coast guard and fire department. (Japan-Minesweeper Fire) Enditem

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