Portal:Current events/2025 October 13

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Gaza peace plan
    • Hamas hands over the 20 remaining living Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, and Israel releases over 1,900 Palestinian detainees, including 250 people serving life sentences for convictions in attacks on Israelis, as part of the ceasefire agreement. (AP)
    • Under the terms of the ceasefire agreement, local authorities shut down aid distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which were the locations of shootings by the Israeli military that killed over 2,600 people seeking food aid. (AP)
    • Hamas returns the bodies of four of the 28 deceased Israeli hostages, partially violating a provision of the ceasefire agreement for all hostages to be returned in one day, though the agreement acknowledged the possible inability of Hamas to be able to locate all the bodies in the specified timeframe. (BBC) (Haaretz)
  • Hamas publicly executes eight men in Gaza City accused of being criminals and Israeli collaborators. (Reuters) (BBC)
• Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes
  • 2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict
    • Nineteen security forces are killed in two Pakistani airstrikes in Spin Boldak and Bahramcha, Afghanistan. A local high-ranking commander is among the fatalities. (Kabul Now)
• 2025 Malagasy protests
  • 2025 Malagasy coup d'état
    • Malagasy president Andry Rajoelina flees the country after losing the support of the armed forces following weeks of Gen Z-led protests against him. Rajoelina says he has not resigned and confirms a coup d'état is underway. (AP) (Global Nation)

Business and economy

• 2025 Nobel Prizes
  • Joel Mokyr is awarded half of this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for "having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress", with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt sharing the other half for "the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction". (CNN) (Nobel Prize)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 66 people are injured, including around 16 seriously, when two trains collide outside Jablonov nad Turňou, Slovakia. (Reuters)
• Two people are killed and one is injured when a SOCATA TBM-700 aircraft crashes in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States. (AP News)
• At least fourteen people are killed when a gold mine collapses in El Callao, Bolívar, Venezuela. The military sets up a command post to recover the bodies. (AP) (El País in Spanish)

Health and environment

• Tipping points in the climate system, Environmental issues with coral reefs
  • Scientists at the University of Exeter in England report large-scale die-off of coral reefs, the first major tipping point in large changes in the climate system. (The Guardian) (Nature)

International relations

• 2025 Gaza peace summit
  • Heads of government of 30 countries and leaders of several major international organisations gather in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt to discuss the next steps in the implementation of the Gaza peace plan. It is expected that the focus will be on the future governance of the Gaza Strip, security, and humanitarian assistance. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian) (BBC News)
• China–Netherlands relations
  • The Dutch government invokes the Goods Availability Act to seize control of the Chinese-owned semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia, which is headquartered in Nijmegen, Gelderland, amid concerns that the company's governance "could pose a risk to Dutch and European economic security". (AP) (Financial Times)
• Pakistan–United States relations
  • Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif nominates United States president Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for a second time, citing his mediation of the Gaza peace plan. Sharif had previously nominated Trump in June for his role in mediating a ceasefire to the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict. (The Hill)

Law and crime

• Three faculty members are wounded in a stabbing attack at a private high school for neurodivergent children in Torrance, California, United States. The suspected assailant, an ex-student, is arrested, and the two bombs he left nearby are found to be inactive. (MSN News) (Los Angeles Times)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Nauruan parliamentary election
  • Results from Saturday's election in Nauru show that incumbent president David Adeang has been re-elected to his seat, though the parliament must decide whether Adeang will continue to serve as president. (RNZ)

Sports

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
    • Cape Verde qualifies for the FIFA World Cup for first time in its history after defeating Eswatini 3–0 during CAF World Cup qualifiers. (RFI)