Portal:Current events/2025 September 11
September 11, 2025 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli attacks on Yemen, Red Sea crisis
- September 2025 Israeli attacks in Yemen
- The casualty toll from yesterday's Israeli airstrikes in Sanaa and Al Jawf Governorate, Yemen, increases to 46 people killed and 165 others injured. (Reuters)
- September 2025 Israeli attacks in Yemen
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Punjab, Pakistan floods
- At least 107 people are killed and 146 remain missing after a whaleboat catches fire on the Congo River near Lukolela, Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with over 200 survivors rescued. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2025 Kasaï Province Ebola outbreak
- An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo doubles in cases as the virus spreads to more districts in Kasai province. (AP)
- Renewable energy in Brazil
- Clean energy think tank Ember reports that wind and solar power generated over one-third of Brazil's electricity for the first time in August. (AP)
International relations
- Belarus–United States relations
- Belarus releases 52 political prisoners, including 14 foreign nationals, following negotiations with the United States. (AP)
- Following the release of political prisoners, the U.S. lifts its sanctions on Belarusian flag carrier Belavia. (BelTA)
- Belarus–Poland relations
- Poland indefinitely closes its border with Belarus and deploys 40,000 troops to it, citing security concerns over Russian–Belarusian military exercises near the region, the first ones since 2022. (Mezha) (Reuters)
- Foreign relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Foreign relations of Slovenia
- Slovenia bars Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik from entering the country after he refuses to acknowledge his removal as the president of Republika Srpska by the Bosnian court and electoral authority. (AP)
- Saudi Arabia–Syria relations
- Saudi Arabia announces it will supply Syria with 1.65 million barrels of crude oil to support the country's rebuilding efforts following the regime change. (AP)
- September 2025 Russian drone incursion into Poland, Poland–Russia relations
- PANSA imposes a three-month flight ban over the eastern Polish airspace following the incursion. (Newsweek)
- United Kingdom–United States relations
- The United Kingdom dismisses its ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson after newly released emails reveal a closer relationship with American child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than previously acknowledged. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- 2022 Brazilian coup plot
- AP 2668
- The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court convicts former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup in 2022 after he lost the election to Lula and imposes a 27-year prison sentence. (The New York Times) (NPR) (Agência Brasil)
- AP 2668
- 2025 Nasir clashes
- A court in South Sudan charges Vice President Riek Machar with murder, treason, and crimes against humanity in an alleged link to a Nuer White Army attack in March. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Georgian local elections
- The Georgian State Security Service arrests MP Levan Khabeishvili, a leader of the opposition United National Movement, days after he called for a "peaceful revolution" ahead of upcoming elections. (Reuters)
- Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
- Philippine president Bongbong Marcos creates an independent commission with broad investigative powers to examine alleged corruption in flood control and other infrastructure projects. (Reuters)
- Politics of Albania, Corruption in Albania, Cyberocracy
- Albania appoints an AI bot named "Diella" as Minister of Public Procurement, in an effort to increase transparency and reduce corruption in state contracts. This marks the first time a ministerial role has been given to an AI system. (Tribune)