Two bombs attached to a military transport bus exploded in Damascus, Syria, on Oct. 20, killing 14 people. It was the deadliest attack in the city since 2017. No group claimed responsibility for the bomb, but Daesh (ISIL) is suspected.

Despite Syrian forces being in control of much of the country, Syria is still engaged in a civil war that began in 2011. After the bombing, the Syrian military began an artillery barrage of the town of Ariha, in northwestern Idlib province, one of the...

Sudan’s military dissolved the country’s civilian government in a coup and arrested multiple elected leaders on Oct. 25 after months of infighting and protests.

Pro-government protests were ongoing at press time, with protesters barricading streets and demanding that the civilian government be restored. There were reports that troops fired on groups of protesters, with at least 10 people killed and at least 80 injured.

Sudan’s longtime ruler, Omar al-Bashir,...

Flooding across northern China’s Shanxi Province in early October forced more than 1.7 million people to evacuate their homes. The floods swept away houses and caused landslides across the region.

In one incident, a bus carrying 51 people fell into a swollen river, killing three people, with 11 passengers still missing at press time.