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October 4, 2025 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - 2025 Gaza City offensive
    - At least 70 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip and in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
  - Puntland Security Forces kill over ten Islamic State militants and capture another in a major operation targeting wells used by ISIS as bases to carry out attacks in the Cal Miskaad Mountains in Bari region of Puntland. Three soldiers are killed and six others are injured in the operation. (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Civil War
- 2025 Mogadishu prison attack
  - At least seven people are killed and injured and several prisoners escape in an attack on a National Intelligence and Security Agency prison by militant group Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Somali government reports that no civilian or security officers were killed, and that all seven attackers were killed. (AP) (Hiiraan Online)
Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2025 Sumy offensive
  - One person is killed and at least 30 people are injured in Russian drone strikes on two passenger trains at a rail station in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (The Independent)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - A Russian Buyan-class corvette is allegedly attacked near Lake Onega, in Karelia, Russia. The ship sustains damage to the right side of its power plant compartment. (The Kyiv Independent)

Arts and culture

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities formally opens the tomb of Amenhotep III in the Valley of the Kings to the public after 20 years of renovations following its excavation in 1989. (DW) (ANewZ)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States, installs Reverend Yehiel Curry as its presiding bishop, making him the first Black bishop to lead the denomination. Curry succeeds Reverend Elizabeth Eaton, the first woman to lead the organization. (AP) (CBS News)
Pope Leo XIV attends the oath-taking ceremony for the new batch of Pontifical Swiss Guards, becoming the first pope to do so since 1968. (The Catholic Herald)

Disasters and accidents

2025–26 European windstorm season
- At least two people are killed and another is severely injured in northern France as Storm Amy makes landfall. (France 24)
- A man is killed in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland, and hundreds of thousands are without power as Storm Amy brings high winds to the United Kingdom and Ireland. (Sky News)
2025 India–Pakistan floods
- At least ten people are killed and two others are reported missing when heavy rainfall triggered multiple landslides in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. (India TV)

Law and crime

Politics and elections

2024–2025 Georgian protests
- 2025 Georgian uprising attempt
  - Protestors attempt to storm the Orbeliani Palace and clash with police in Tbilisi, Georgia, during the local elections. (Al Jazeera)
2025 Azad Kashmir protests
- Violent protests that killed at least ten people in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, end as a peace agreement is reached with a civil rights alliance. (MSN)
2025 Czech parliamentary election
- The second and final day of the election to elect the members of the Czech Chamber of Deputies takes place. (TVN24)
- Former prime minister Andrej Babiš's populist ANO party wins the election with about 35% of the vote but falls short of a majority, prompting him to begin coalition talks with smaller right-wing parties. (BBC News)
2025 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election
- Sanae Takaichi defeats Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff election to become the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and prime minister-designate. She is the first female leader of the LDP and, should she be confirmed by the Diet, the first female prime minister of Japan. (Kyodo News)
2025 Malawian general election
- Peter Mutharika is sworn in for his second non-consecutive term as President of Malawi following his victory in last month's national election. (Reuters)

Sports