Pope Leo XIV announced on Sunday that he would undergo surgery “in the coming days” for a lump on his lung. The Vatican said the pontiff’s recovery should take about one week.

Two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge set a race record Sunday in winning the Melbourne Marathon. And it could have been a few seconds faster.

New restrictions imposed by Israel on foreign pilots and cabin crew will impact at least 10 African countries, according to reports.

Malawi is once against facing a fuel shortage which is disrupting its daily life. For over a week, motorists across the country have been endlessly searching for fuel as uncertainty remains over potential improvements.

Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo says authorities will forcibly collect illegally held firearms after December when a police amnesty programme expires.

Finance officials from all over the world are meeting in Bangkok this week for the annual gatherings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The US-Iran war’s energy shock and artificial intelligence should be on the agenda.

Tens of thousands of people marched through Brussels on Sunday, 11 October, demanding stronger action on climate change ahead of next month’s COP31 summit in Antalya, Turkey.

Major airports in Saudi Arabia were hit by fresh attacks on Sunday, killing one person and injuring 11 others at King Khalid International Airport in the capital Riyadh.

Algerian authorities said on Sunday that they had arrested 61 Moroccan nationals earlier this month on suspicion of planning “acts of sabotage”. The General Directorate of National Security referred to “an international Moroccan criminal network” but did not provide details of the alleged plots.

Flights between Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and Mekelle, the capital of the northern Tigray region, resumed on Sunday after being suspended for more than two weeks.

Nepal’s authorities ordered residents along the Budhi Gandaki River to evacuate on Sunday, 11 October, after a sudden flash flood swept away homes and other buildings in the country’s mountainous north-central region.

Fifteen children are among the dead, with 82 people, all Ethiopians, having survived while another 84 people are still missing.

They put people buses to be taken to reception centres for processing before cleaning crews arrived on the beach.

The neighbours have accused each other of starting a war over Tigray, where Ethiopia says Eritrea is backing rebels.

Denmark’s Salling Group is trialling Hive Robots in stores to handle demanding restocking, freeing staff for customer service while robots work mainly at night.

Zaporizhzhia was hit by deadly Russian airstrikes on Saturday, 10 October, killing at least 17 people, including three children, Ukrainian officials said. Rescuers searched rubble for survivors as the city faced renewed strikes on residential areas.

The 11th edition of the festival took place over a week in the capital, Tunis, featuring artists from 15 countries.

Community project, Kijiji Solutions, has recycled about 200 kilograms of plastic to produce nearly 2,000 tournament quality sets.

Minors who reach Spain alone fall under its child-protection system, which entitles them to shelter, healthcare, and education.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was on a two-day state visit to Kuala Lumpur which also focused on bilateral ties.

A Kenyan clinical psychologist is urging policymakers to incorporate mental wellbeing into farmer support programmes.

This follows the death in Nairobi on Monday of a Kenyan man who had travelled home from DR Congo through Uganda.

Joseph Kabilla said the situation in the country has ‘steadily worsened’ and criticised the government’s failure to engage in initiatives to restore peace.

President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has tasked Mohamed Ould Cheikh with forming a new government.

Panama was hit by a powerful 7.7 earthquake, a 6.6 aftershock and many tremors, damaging buildings and prompting evacuations but no deaths reported.

The Cap-Haitien police department say they also found that the man did not have authorisation to run his orphanage in the port city.

His call comes months after youth-led protests highlighted frustrations and expectations around social and economic opportunities.

This follows two-days of violent anti-foreigner riots in the cities of Durban and Johannesburg, that come weeks before local government elections.

Clashes broke out between police and protesters in Brussels on Friday, 9 October, as thousands marched against the Belgian government’s planned spending cuts. Police estimated that 30,000 people took part in the demonstration, organised by trade unions amid growing opposition to austerity measures.

From defending Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found genocide in Gaza, South African-born jurist Navi Pillay has won the Nobel Peace Prize for championing international law.

A rare pair of waterspouts swept ashore in western Sicily on Friday, damaging homes, vehicles and a school. The two funnels formed off the coast near Marsala before moving inland towards Trapani, hitting the town of Petrosino along the way.

Jacob Zuma’s hospitalisation has raised questions about his participation in upcoming uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party campaign events ahead of South Africa’s local government elections.

They say Madhubalu, who lives in a Safari Park in Karachi, has improved somewhat but time will tell if all will be well.

In Zimbabwe, a discreet caravan at a Harare-area hospital is giving teenage girls private access to contraception, away from judgment and stigma. Experts say access is vital to preventing unintended pregnancies and reducing dangerous childbirth risks.

South African judge and human rights lawyer on called on people to stand together in the defence of the rule of law.

Ethiopia and Eritrea are trading accusations of aggression, as fighting in northern Ethiopia raises fears of a new regional war.

The carrier temporarily suspended its services to Mekelle on 23 September, citing the ‘current situation’ in the Tigray region.

A young orangutan has been rescued from wildfires in Borneo. Named Novita, the three- to four-year-old female was found clinging to a tree in Central Kalimantan on 26 September, with burns to her hands and feet after crossing the flames.

Guinea-Bissau’s December elections are now in doubt and Senegal is urging the country’s military rulers to lift restrictions on political and civil activities.

Australia’s scientists have trained seals and sea lions to take hearing tests at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, hoping to better understand how human-made noise affects marine mammals.