Briefly

AUSTRALIA

Dozens wounded in rare mass shooting

A 60-year-old man was in custody in Australia on Monday after police said he shot up to 50 bullets into a busy Sydney street, wounding more than a dozen people. Police were called on Sunday evening to the city's Inner West suburb, where the alleged gunman was firing from his property at random at passing cars and police. A large contingent of police swarmed the area and locked down the street, before entering the property and arresting the man. They seized a rifle from the scene. Office worker Joe Azar said he was working across the road when he heard what he thought were fireworks or rocks being thrown at the windows.

NORWAY

Air traffic paused as drones sighted

Norway's Oslo Airport temporarily paused one or several landings early on Monday after a report of a drone sighting near the airport, its operator Avinor said. "One or more aircraft waited in the air until the situation was clarified. No aircraft departed for alternative airports," an Avinor spokesperson said. The Norwegian news agency cited police as saying they had received a report around midnight that a Norwegian Air pilot thought he saw three to five drones during an approach to the airport. Avinor said there had been no further disruptions to air traffic. NTB news agency reported, citing police, that the observation remained unverified. European aviation has been repeatedly thrown into chaos in recent weeks by drone sightings and air incursions.

UNITED STATES

Bid to send troops to Portland blocked

A federal judge in Oregon on Sunday temporarily blocked Donald Trump's administration from sending any National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, a setback for the president as he seeks to dispatch the military to cities over the objections of their Democratic leaders. The ruling by US District Judge Karin Immergut followed the administration's decision to call in troops from California and Texas just one day after she temporarily blocked Trump from deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops to Portland. Immergut, who was appointed by Trump during his first term, said there was no evidence that recent protests necessitated the presence of National Guard troops, no matter where they came from. There was no immediate comment from the White House or from the Pentagon on the judge's order.

Agencies Via Xinhua