The devastating earthquake that hit Turkey on February 6 killed at least 45,000 people, rendered millions homeless across almost a dozen cities and caused immediate damage estimated at $34 billion -- or roughly 4% of the country's annual economic output, according to the World Bank.

At least nine police officers were killed and 11 others injured in a suspected suicide blast in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Monday, authorities said, the latest in a string of recent attacks against security personnel in the South Asian nation.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from this week's BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, the tournament announced on Sunday, suggesting that his visa application to enter the United States had been unsuccessful.