At least 11 dead, dozens injured as quake rocks northern Haiti
An earthquake hit northern Haiti late on Saturday, killing at least 11 people and sparking an overnight scramble to help towns in the impoverished Caribbean country battered by the shockwave.
Prisoners riot at detention center in South Sudan
Prisoners at a detention center in South Sudan’s capital Juba staged a riot early on Sunday, seizing weapons from a storeroom and triggering a stand off with guards, a security source and residents in the area said.
Taliban kill at least 10 police in central Afghanistan, officials say
At least 10 policemen were killed in clashes with Taliban fighters in the central Afghan province of Wardak, officials said on Sunday, amid fighting to wrest control of arterial highways a day after Taliban fighters blew up bridges.
Indonesia’s fickle quake spares some, destroys others at epicenter
Just 500 meters from the epicenter of the earthquake that triggered a wave of destruction in Indonesia, a modest wooden home built on hollow concrete foundations in Lende Induk village stands completely and remarkably unscathed.
Palestinian shoots three Israelis in West Bank attack: Israeli media
A Palestinian shot and wounded three Israelis, two critically, in an attack on Sunday in an industrial park adjacent to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media reports said.
Three Israelis shot in West Bank attack: police
Three Israelis were shot, two of whom were critically wounded, in an attack in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, police said.
Christians give thanks, mourn amid debris of Indonesian quake
Dozens of Christians gathered outside ruined churches on the island of Sulawesi on Sunday for open-air services to give thanks for their survival and to mourn members of their congregation killed in a devastating earthquake.
At least 11 dead as quake topples homes in northern Haiti
An earthquake that struck off the northern coast of Haiti late on Saturday killed at least 11 people and injured more than a hundred when several buildings collapsed in the impoverished Caribbean country, officials said.
India’s Rohingya refugees struggle with hatred, fear as first group is expelled
Hours after Indian TV channels flashed that the country was deporting seven Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, Sahidullah said he received a call from his nephew: “Uncle, please get us out of here. They will send us back too.”
Australia launches inquiry into mental health’s impact on productivity
Australia has commissioned an inquiry into the impact mental illness has on economic productivity, the government said on Sunday.
