Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write his short story, "The Blue Fighter," which won the $10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing

Catholics across South America are praying for Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from lung cancer surgery as uncertainty grows over his planned visit next month

The Istanbul governor’s office has declared schools closed and placed some public sector workers on leave after heavy rainfalls caused flooding across the city

Mauritius imposed an overnight curfew in its capital and major towns after a police shooting fueled rare civil unrest on the Indian Ocean island

Colombia has opened an embassy in Jerusalem, marking a significant shift in its relations with Israel

Long lines have formed at gas stations across Indonesia’s resort island of Bali after fuel deliveries have been disrupted by a tanker delay, bad weather and strong demand for subsidized fuel

Hundreds of thousands of Irish teachers, doctors and civil servants have walked off the job

Irish writer Sally Rooney says her books can no longer be sold in the U.K. because of her support for Palestine Action, which the British government has banned as a terrorist organization

The United Nations peacekeeping chief says major questions remain about plans for southern Lebanon as the UNIFIL mandate nears its end

Kenya’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s second Ebola case

Riots have broken out during a student demonstration in Albania’s capital Tirana

The European Union’s criminal justice agency says five people have been arrested in Norway in connection with suspected fraud and bribery linked to NATO ship contracts

The building that houses London’s oldest restaurant has been donated to Europe’s biggest conservation charity

Supermarkets in France and the Netherlands are dealing with the aftermath of a cyberattack that disrupted refrigeration systems

Libya has executed at least 31 people since late August, marking the first known executions since 2010, according to Human Rights Watch

Lufthansa is buying a 44.9% stake in TAP Air Portugal in a deal valued at 1.3 billion dollars

A British prosecutor has accused Russell Brand of being a “ruthless” sexual predator who assaulted six women over the course of a decade

Indonesia’s top Muslim clerical body has opposed upcoming concerts by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli at Borobudur Temple and Jakarta

Bulgaria says Russia was likely behind drone attacks in the Black Sea that sank two ships in the Black Sea but there is no way of proving it

Taiwan planned to buy liquefied natural gas from a U.S. project after extraction and could invest up to $4.4 billion in it