Haiti earthquake kills 11, injures 135

Port-Au-Prince: Emergency teams worked to provide relief in Haiti on Sunday after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake killed 11 people and left 135 injured. The country’s civil protection agency said that at least seven people died in the coastal city of Port-de-Paix and three people died in the nearby community of Gros-Morne in the province of Artibonite.

Israel PM to meet with Putin

Jerusalem: Israel’s Prime Minister said he will meet Russia’s president for the first time since the downing of a Russian warplane by Syrian forces reacting to an Israeli air raid last month.

Iran counter-terror finance bill passed

Tehran: Iran’s Parliament on Sunday approved a bill to counter terrorist financing that was strongly opposed by conservatives but seen as vital to salvaging the nuclear deal with European and Asian partners.

Prez polls: Cameroon votes as conflict rages

Yaound: Cameroonians are voting in crunch presidential polls on Sunday, with octogenarian leader Paul Biya seeking a seventh term against a backdrop of unprecedented violence in the country’s English-speaking regions.

3 dead, 15 hurt after China knife attack

Beijing: Three are dead in China after a man fleeing the scene of a stabbing drove into a crowd and attacked onlookers, police said on Sunday.

Journalist brutally murdered in Bulgaria

Sofia: A television journalist has been brutally murdered in Bulgaria’s northern town of Ruse, prosecutors said, in a case that has sparked international condemnation.

Leave within 60 days: Pak to 18 global NGOs

Islamabad: Pakistan has ordered as many as 18 international non-governmental organisations to cease their operations and leave the country within two months, a media report said on Sunday.