The World Health Organization declared an outbreak of plague in Madagascar on Oct. 1. As of Nov. 1, at least 124 people had died and more than 1,200 people had contracted the disease since the first case was reported in late August. 

One person was diagnosed with plague in Seychelles after traveling to Madagascar. In response, Seychelles restricted travel to and from Madagascar, as have the East African nations of Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion (France...

In western Pakistan, two bombs exploded on the Jaffer Express train as it traveled between the cities of Quetta and Rawalpindi, a suburb of the capital, Islamabad, on Oct. 7. Four people were killed and 17, injured. After an explosion occurred in one car, the train stopped to let people off, at which point the second explosion occurred.  

On Oct. 27, six people on a passenger train traveling from Quetta to Lahore were injured when a bomb was detonated on the tracks. 

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A Saudi-led air strike targeted a hotel and market in Sa’dah, in northern Yemen, on Nov. 1, killing at least 26 people. Sa’dah is controlled by the Houthi, a minority ethnic group that has been involved in a civil war in Yemen since March 2015. Saudi Arabia, along with a coalition of other Arabian Peninsula countries, has targeted Houthi sites in support of the internationally recognized Yemeni government.

The UN estimates that more than 20 million people are in need of...