Health and environment

The World Food Programme says that millions are facing a food crisis in countries of southern Africa. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/millions-southern-africa-facing-worst-food-crisis-decades-warns-wfp-2024-10-15/

International relations

Philippine president Bongbong Marcos confirms that 143 Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates have been pardoned by the Emirati government, after a phone call with Emirati president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed. (Philippine News Agency)

• https://beta.pna.gov.ph/articles/1235541

International relations

North Korea announces that they have destroyed portions of unused road that linked it with South Korea. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-roads-destroys-drones-south-0672f5baf033cf0c4ecb2f1e1b958a41