Landslides in Guatemala killed about 50 people and destroyed several dozen homes, President Alejandro Giammattei said Thursday. In Honduras, response teams rescued about 500 people from their rooftops on Thursday and authorities reported at least 13 deaths. At least two people died in Nicaragua, while Costa Rica and Panama experienced flooding and landslides. Officials expect the toll to rise as they access more areas. The slow-moving Eta made landfall on Tuesday in Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane before weakening to a tropical depression.

President Hashim Thaçi on Thursday confirmed he was stepping down to protect the integrity of the executive office. Thaçi served as a senior leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) guerrilla group during the battle for independence from Serbia in the 1990s. He appointed Kosovo’s parliamentary leader, Vjosa Osmani, to serve as interim president until a new election takes place.

The storm continued to move across northeastern Nicaragua on Wednesday after descending on the country's Caribbean coast as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 mph the day before. Eta weakened by Tuesday evening, but its slow movement brought heavy rainfall to Central America. Local media reported a mudslide killed two miners.

Students and teachers fled Kabul University as gunmen opened fire and threw hand grenades during a book fair on Monday. The attack in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least 22 people, mostly students, and injured at least 22 others. Afghan special forces killed the three assailants after an hourslong gun battle, Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said.

The super typhoon hit the eastern Catanduanes island province early on Sunday, triggering heavy rainfall and sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. The Office of Civil Defense reported at least 16 people died in Catanduanes and nearby Albay province, where three other people are missing. The storm weakened as it blew across the capital city of Manila before heading into the South China Sea. Goni is one of the strongest storms to hit the country after Typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 6,300 people in 2013.

Troops with the elite U.S. SEAL Team Six and other members of a joint special operations unit on Saturday rescued 27-year-old Philip Walton from his captors in northern Nigeria. Armed kidnappers riding motorcycles had abducted Walton from his farm across the border in southern Niger on Tuesday. U.S. officials confirmed he has reunited with his family.

The Rev. Polycarp Zongo with the Church of Christ in Nations was traveling for a church conference in northeastern Nigeria on Oct. 19 when he went missing. On Wednesday, he appeared in a video and said insurgents with the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) abducted him. The Nigerian news site MK-Reporters said his captors released him on Friday.