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Pope Leo XIV was deemed fit to leave Rome’s Agostino Gemelli University Hospital after the removal of a nodule from his right lung on 13 October. Blood tests and a chest X-ray confirmed this, according to doctors Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora, cited by the Holy See.
Source: Ugdiplomat
Donald Trump has signed an executive order lifting sweeping US sanctions and tariffs targeting Russian energy revenues. The decision comes as relations between Washington and Ukraine reach a new low, France 24 reports, citing its correspondent Gulliver Cragg.
Source: France 24
Iran denies encouraging attacks by Yemen’s Houthis against Saudi Arabia after an accusation by a Saudi official. Tehran says Yemeni forces are acting in their own interests, while Riyadh reports new interceptions of missiles and drones, Punch reports.
Source: Punch
Houthi strikes targeted the area around Aden airport in Yemen amid an escalation with Saudi Arabia. Iran rejects Riyadh’s accusations that it bears responsibility for the attacks, reports Le Monde.
Source: Le Monde
Donald Trump says Saudi Arabia’s accession to the Abraham Accords is once again conceivable, following Israel’s declared support for Riyadh against the Houthis in Yemen. The US president made the remarks to journalists on Friday, according to the Associated Press.
Source: Mediacongo
Donald Trump authorised transactions linked to Russian diesel until 7 April 2027 before restoring the Starshield military satellite system used by Ukraine. The sequence comes after the announcement of deliveries exceeding 300,000 tonnes and Ukrainian strikes on an oil terminal in Rostov-on-Don, according to Camer.
Source: Camer
The Ukrainian army says it recaptured 277 sq km in the Donbas during Operation Vivaldi and inflicted 8,000 casualties on Russian forces. The four-phase counter-offensive pushed back a Russian manoeuvre targeting the fortified belt’s cities, according to Ukrainian authorities and the Institute for the Study of War.
Source: MyJoyOnline
The UN Fourth Committee approved a draft resolution on contemporary forms of colonialism on 15 October 2026 by 85 votes to 49, with 23 abstentions. The text, which refers in particular to unilateral economic measures and interference, must still be submitted to the General Assembly, according to the United Nations statement.
Source: La Nouvelle Tribune
Archewell Productions, the production company founded by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, has reduced its workforce over the past 12 to 18 months, retaining only a handful of employees in Los Angeles. The cuts mainly affected teams working on specific projects, according to Page Six.
Source: Tuko
Yoshini Govender, a mother from Durban, has launched a campaign to keep attention on six South African pilgrims who went missing during the 26 August floods in Nepal, after search operations were halted. She says the families were not directly informed of the decision, while Nepalese authorities have reduced from 12 years to 45 days the legal period for declaring missing people dead, according to IOL.
Source: IOL
Indian and African experts examined obstacles to adopting agricultural innovations, including the cost of tools, access to water, infrastructure and markets. The webinar brought together the Policy Center for the New South and several African partners, according to Leseco.
Source: Leseco
Vladimir Putin placed the Russian assets of five Western industrial groups under temporary management, including France’s Tarkett, Belgium’s Ontex Ru and Germany’s Menshen. The decree entrusts their administration to Tsentr Kapital Management Company, a Moscow-based firm owned by Marat Mirkhaidarov, a former Russian regional official and fighter in Ukraine, according to RBC and media outlet Agentstvo.
Source: La Nouvelle Tribune
More than two billion people worldwide do not regularly have access to sufficient food, according to the United Nations’ 2026 report on food security and nutrition. Africa is particularly affected, with 20% of its population undernourished, while 266 million people face acute hunger, according to the World Food Programme and the Global Report on Food Crises.
Source: Dakaractu
Katie Zacharia, the White House spokesperson appointed by Donald Trump, admitted that she had failed the US bar exam, which is required to practise as a lawyer. She said she had taken the test without passing it, after questions about her professional qualifications, in interviews given on Thursday to Fox News and Real America’s Voice.
Source: Punch
The International Organization for Migration says millions of Ukrainians could flee their homes again this winter because of damaged housing, attacks on energy infrastructure and heating costs. Nearly 3.6 million people remain internally displaced, according to the IOM, cited by L’Essentiel.
Source: L’essentiel
Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have pleaded not guilty in New York to charges of conspiring to commit acts of torture. Both, held since their capture in January, contest the charges and invoke sovereign immunity, The Namibian reports.
Source: The Namibian
US President Donald Trump is facing strong criticism after sharing an AI-generated video in which he wrestles a tiger. The post came shortly after the tragic death of a young man at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, IOL reports.
Source: IOL
Ukraine struck a Rosneft refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region, causing a fire, according to the local governor. The attack came after Kyiv abandoned an energy truce announced by Donald Trump, while Russia continued strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure, Daily Maverick reports.
Source: Daily Maverick
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