Portal:Current events/September 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine, Gaza genocide
    • The International Association of Genocide Scholars, an international non-partisan research organization on genocide and crimes against humanity, declares that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. (IAGS) (BBC News) (Reuters)
• At least four South Sudanese soldiers and ten militia members are killed in clashes near Nasir, Upper Nile, an area where earlier violence led to the detention of First Vice President Riek Machar. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Economy of New Zealand
  • New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon announces that holders of investor residence visas may buy or build a single home valued above NZ$5 million (US$3.55 million), following changes to the visa rules previously preventing such investments. (Reuters)
• Economy of South Korea
  • The South Korean trade ministry reports that semiconductor exports reached a record ₩21 trillion (US$15 billion) in August, up nearly one-third from last year, contributing to total monthly exports of ₩81 trillion ($58.4 billion). (AFP via Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Afghanistan earthquake
  • The toll from yesterday's earthquake in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, increases to at least 1,100 people killed and 3,500 others injured. (BNO News) (Reuters)
• An EastIndo passenger MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 helicopter goes missing with eight people on board in the Tanah Bumbu Regency, Indonesia. (ASN)
• Five people are killed when a Gilgit-Baltistan government helicopter crashes in Thor Valley, Chilas, Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. (Dawn)

International relations

• Australia–Nauru relations
  • Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will pay Nauru to accept foreign-born criminals who are expelled from Australia following the signing of a memorandum by Nauruan president David Adeang. (AP)
• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • The South Korean defense ministry announces that it has suspended the "Voice of Freedom" military radio broadcast to North Korea for the first time in 15 years as part of measures to reduce tensions between the two countries. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• August 2025 Indonesian protests
  • The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence reports that 20 people are missing across Bandung and Depok, West Java, and the Jakarta metropolitan area, Indonesia, following the protests. (AFP via France 24)
  • Police storm into the campuses of Universitas Pasundan and Universitas Islam Bandung in West Java, firing tear gas at protesters. (IDN Times)
• Indonesia–Peru relations
  • An Indonesian diplomat attached to the embassy in Lima, Peru, is shot dead by an unknown assailant. The Peruvian foreign ministry opens an investigation into the shooting as the country sees a rise in extortion and homicide. (AP)
• LGBTQ rights in Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Faso passes a law criminalizing homosexuality, providing sentences of between two and five years in prison as well as fines. (France 24)
• An Argentine federal judge bars media outlets from publishing audio recordings made inside the presidential palace, which reportedly include conversations involving President Javier Milei's sister and chief of staff, Karina Milei, amid ongoing corruption allegations against the government. (Reuters)
• A Finnish court sentences Biafran activist Simon Ekpa to six years in prison for incitement, tax fraud, and terrorism, among other charges. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Beninese presidential election
  • Benin's ruling coalition, composed of the Progressive Union Renewal and the Republican Bloc, nominates finance minister Romuald Wadagni as their presidential candidate in the upcoming election. (Reuters)
• 2025 Guyanese general election
  • Guyana votes to elect a new National Assembly and president, with polls favouring a second term for incumbent Irfaan Ali of the PPP/C. (The Guardian)
• Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
  • The Philippine Senate Blue Ribbon Committee orders the arrest of two contractors who failed to attend hearings on alleged corruption in flood control projects, as part of its probe into incomplete or substandard works awarded under President Bongbong Marcos's infrastructure program. (Gulf News)
• Ghanaian president John Mahama removes Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo from office following a committee report recommending her dismissal for misconduct, which Torkornoo denies. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War on drugs, United States–Venezuela relations
  • 2025 United States war on cartels
    • 2025 United States strike on a Southern Caribbean boat
      • The United States military conducts a precision strike and sinks a Venezuelan boat reportedly used by Tren de Aragua for smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing 11 people. The Trump administration reports it currently has no plans of attacking the Venezuelan government. (CBS News) (USA Today)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 105 Palestinians are killed during Israeli airstrikes and shootings across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • At least 14 people are killed and dozens of others are injured, including seven critically, in a suicide bombing at a political rally in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Digital Journal)
  • An attack near the Iran–Pakistan border in Balochistan, Pakistan, kills five people. (AFP via France 24)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Six soldiers and six militants are killed in a suicide attack on a paramilitary base in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (The Hindu)

Business and economy

• Economy of Brazil
  • Brazil's Federal Senate approves a constitutional amendment that phases in court-ordered debt payments to fiscal target calculations beginning in 2027, initially counting 10% of the total and gradually reaching full inclusion over up to ten years. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 60 people are killed and dozens rescued after an overloaded boat carrying more than 100 passengers strikes a submerged tree stump and capsizes on the Niger River near Borgu, Niger State, Nigeria, with search operations continuing for missing persons. (Reuters)

International relations

• Belgium–Palestine relations, Belgium–Israel relations, International recognition of Palestine
  • Belgian foreign minister Maxime Prévot announces that Belgium will conditionally recognize a Palestinian state at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session upon the release of hostages and removal of Hamas, and impose sanctions on Israel, including bans on products from Israeli settlements and restrictions on certain public contracts. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Catholic Church sexual abuse cases
  • A Bolivian court sentences two Spanish Jesuit priests to a year in prison for failing to report child sexual abuse by a fellow priest, whose posthumous diary revealed he abused at least 85 minors between 1972 and 2000. (Reuters)
• Prosecution of Syrian civil war criminals
  • French judges issue arrest warrants for seven former senior Ba'athist Syrian officials, including former president Bashar al-Assad, on charges of complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity for a 2012 rocket attack on a media center in Homs that killed journalists Marie Colvin and Rémi Ochlik and injured others. (Reuters)
• Five people are injured, including one critically and two seriously, in a mass stabbing attack at a hotel and a nearby street in Marseille, France. The perpetrator, a 35-year-old Tunisian, is fatally shot by police. (Le Monde)
• An Argentine court places the daughter of Nazi adviser Friedrich Kadgien and her husband under house arrest and accuses them of stealing the painting Portrait of a Lady, which had been missing since 1945. (AP)

Politics and elections

• A Turkish court annuls the Istanbul provincial congress of the Republican People's Party over alleged procedural violations, dismissing local leaders including the Istanbul chair, and appoints an interim committee to oversee the branch. (AP) (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • More than 70 Palestinians are killed by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • The Houthis launch a ballistic missile at Israel, which is intercepted. (Reuters)
• War in the Sahel
  • Boko Haram insurgency
    • Nigeria's air force kills more than 15 Islamist fighters in an airstrike on hideouts in Borno's Sambisa forest, while troops separately kill 13 Boko Haram militants after repelling an ambush on a military convoy along the Gubio–Damasak road. (Reuters)
  • Mali War
    • Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin spokesman Abou Houfeiza al-Bambari announces a blockade on all fuel trucks that enter Mali. (TRAC Terrorism)
• Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
  • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
    • Puntland forces kill at least 15 ISIS fighters and capture key militant positions, including Ceelasha Burti-Cise and Af-ka Dharimood in the Baallade Valley, following a series of intense military operations in the broader Cal Miskaad Mountains of the Bari region, Puntland. (AllAfrica)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia fires more than 500 drones and two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight, targeting mostly western and central Ukraine and wounding at least five people, in response to the attacks, Poland scrambles its fighter jets and places ground-based air defenses and radar systems on maximum readiness. (Newsweek) (AP)

Arts and culture

• The Nazi-looted painting Portrait of a Lady by Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi is handed over to the Argentine justice system after being discovered on display in a private house in Mar del Plata, Argentina. (NOS)

Business and economy

• 2025 United States–India diplomatic and trade crisis, Tariffs in the second Trump administration
  • India approves cutting taxes on hundreds of consumer goods in response to new U.S. tariffs imposed on India last month. The overhaul cuts the consumption tax from a four-tier structure to a two-rate structure. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Punjab, India floods
  • At least 30 people are killed in flash floods caused by cloudbursts, landslides, and waterlogging across north India, including in Punjab, Odisha, and Jammu and Kashmir. Casualty numbers are expected to increase. (DW) (Reuters)
• Ascensor da Glória derailment
  • Sixteen people are killed and 22 others are injured when the Ascensor da Glória funicular crashes into a building in Lisbon, Portugal. The Portuguese government declares a day of mourning for the following day in remembrance of those deceased. (Reuters) (BBC News) (NPR)
• Seven migrants are found dead on beaches after several boats from Algeria sink off the coast of Andalusia, Spain, as authorities rescue 26 people from one vessel and 38 from another and continue searching for additional victims. (AFP via Dawn)
• One person is killed, another is injured, and five others are reported missing during an accident on a Hanwha Ocean floating production storage and offloading ship at a shipyard in South Korea. (Upstream)
• A rescue team locates the burnt remains of the EastIndo passenger MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 helicopter that went missing on Monday in Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo and recovers one body. (AP)

International relations

• 2025 China Victory Day Parade
  • China holds a military parade in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The event is attended by the leaders of about two dozen countries. (AP)
• Czech Republic–Germany relations
  • Czech defence minister Jana Černochová announces that the Czech government signed a deal to pay Kč34 billion (US$1.6 billion) for 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks from Germany as part of its efforts to modernize the Armed Forces. (AP)

Law and crime

• Odebrecht case
  • A Peruvian court sentences former president Alejandro Toledo to 13 years and four months in prison for laundering S/18 million (US$5.1 million) in bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht through offshore accounts to purchase and refinance properties in Lima, with the sentence to run concurrently with his earlier conviction for accepting S/124 million ($35 million) in kickbacks. (Reuters)
• Three people are killed and the perpetrator is injured in a mass stabbing in a pizza restaurant in Gwanak District, Seoul, South Korea. (The Japan Times)
• A Moroccan court sentences human rights activist Ibtissame Lachgar to 30 months in prison and a fine of DH50,000 (US$5,510) for blasphemy, with her lawyers stating they will appeal. (AFP via France 24)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Jamaican general election
  • Jamaicans vote to elect the 63 members of the Parliament using first-past-the-post voting. The two leading parties are the ruling Jamaica Labour Party and the opposition People's National Party. (Caribbean Life)
• 2025 Saint Helena general election
  • Residents of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory, vote for the twelve members of the Legislative Council using plurality block voting. (MercoPress)
• 2025 Thai political crisis, 2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis
  • The ruling Pheu Thai Party of the acting government of Thailand moves to dissolve the parliament, setting up for a new election, after Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was dismissed from office due to her phone call leak with Cambodia. (DW)

Science and technology

• Composition of Mars
  • Scientists report that Mars has a solid inner core of iron and nickel about 613 kilometers in radius, surrounded by a liquid outer core, based on seismic data from NASA's InSight lander. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, 2025 Gaza City offensive
    • At least 75 Palestinians are killed, including 44 who are killed in Gaza City, during Israel's military assault. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Afghanistan earthquake
  • Hundreds of deceased people are found under the rubble of collapsed houses after the August 31 earthquake in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, bringing the death toll to 2,205. (AP)
• Seventeen people are injured and 15 others are hospitalized when a double-decker bus crashes near Victoria station in London, England. (AP)

Health and environment

• Vaccination policy of the United States
  • Make America Healthy Again
    • The U.S. state of Florida announces it will formally eliminate all vaccination mandates, including school and childhood mandates for chickenpox, measles, and polio. (DW) (AP)
• The Democratic Republic of the Congo declares a new Ebola outbreak in Kasaï Province with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, confirmed as the Zaire strain. (Reuters)

International relations

• Algeria–Mali relations
  • The Malian transitional government files a lawsuit against Algeria at the International Court of Justice and accuses Algeria of destroying a Malian military drone near Tinzaouaten, Kidal region, to allegedly hinder Mali's campaign against armed rebels in the Mali War. (AP)
• Belarus–Poland relations
  • Belarus detains a Polish national and a Belarusian citizen on charges of espionage after authorities allege they possessed documents on Zapad 2025. (Reuters)
• Ecuador–United States relations, War on drugs
  • The United States designates Ecuadorian drug cartels Los Choneros and Los Lobos as terrorist organizations. U.S. secretary of state Marco Rubio also says that the U.S. will support the Ecuadorian Navy by providing $6 million in drones and $13 million for general security in the fight against these gangs. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Chromebook procurement scandal
  • Former Indonesian education minister and Gojek co-founder Nadiem Makarim is detained after prosecutors name him as a suspect in a corruption case over the alleged unauthorized procurement of Chromebook laptops that resulted in state losses estimated at Rp 1.98 trillion (US$121.85 million). (Reuters)
• Robodebt scheme
  • Australia agrees to pay an additional A$475 million (US$309M) in compensation to victims of the unlawful "Robodebt" welfare debt recovery scheme, bringing total repayments and compensation to A$2.4 billion (US$1.6 bn) in what would be the country's largest class action settlement if approved by the courts. (Reuters)
• 2025 Hollow Water First Nation stabbings
  • Two people are killed, including the suspect, and eight others are injured in a stabbing spree in Hollow Water First Nation, Manitoba, Canada. (CBC)
• A Hong Kong jury convicts three people and acquits five others over 2020 bomb plots targeting hospitals and trains during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding them guilty of conspiracy to cause explosions but not of terrorism charges under the UN anti-terrorism law. (Reuters)
• Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra leaves Thailand after a court ruling that placed him at risk for arrest. Police indicate that he was allowed to leave the country as there is no active warrant for his arrest. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Jamaican general election
  • Jamaica's Labour Party wins the general election with 34 seats in the House of Representatives against 29 for the People's National Party, securing a third term for Prime Minister Andrew Holness amid a voter turnout of 39.5%. (Reuters)
• Censorship in Nepal
  • Nepal orders its telecommunications authority to block access to unregistered social media platforms after companies failed to meet government requirements to register locally and designate compliance representatives. (Reuters)
• Argentina's Congress overturns President Javier Milei's veto of a bill expanding spending and protections for people with disabilities, marking the first such reversal of his presidency. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Hamas releases a video showing a speech by two Israeli hostages in Gaza kidnapped during the Nova music festival massacre in 2023. (Reuters) (The Jerusalem Post)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • The United Nations Human Rights Office reports that M23 rebels, the Congolese armed forces, and other groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have committed serious abuses, including killings, torture, sexual violence, and child recruitment, some of which may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. (Reuters)
• War on drugs, United States–Venezuela relations
  • The Trump administration deploys ten F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico to take part in military action against drug cartels in Venezuela and Latin America. (The Guardian)
  • Venezuelan Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over the USS Jason Dunham in international waters for a second time in 24 hours as tensions mount between the United States and Venezuela. (CBS News)
  • Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro accuses the U.S. of seeking a regime change in Venezuela under the guise of combating cartels. (Reuters)
  • Caribbean Airlines halts all flights between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela for the entire month of September due to the military situation in the region. (Guyana Times)
• Anglophone Crisis
  • A roadside bomb kills seven Cameroonian soldiers in the Southwest Region. An English-speaking separatist group claims responsibility for the bombing. (ABC News)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • At least 63 people are killed, including seven soldiers, and others are reported missing in attacks by Boko Haram jihadists in Darul Jamal, Borno State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• Kidnapping in Nigeria
  • Eight security officials are killed, four others are seriously injured, and five Chinese workers are kidnapped, with four rescued afterwards, in an attack on a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps convoy in Edo State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• Terrorism in India
  • Lashkar-e-Jihadi warns police that multiple terrorist attacks involving 34 explosive-laden vehicles and 14 terrorists are being planned for the Ganesh Chaturthi finale on Saturday in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, causing security to be tightened. (The Times of India)

Disasters and accidents

• A bus carrying tourists plunges down a hill in Uva Province, Sri Lanka, killing at least 15 people and injuring 15 others. (Indian Express)
• Eleven people are reported missing, including children and an infant, and three others are rescued when a hippopotamus capsizes a boat on the Sassandra River near Buyo in Ivory Coast. (CBS News)
• A man is killed in a shark attack off Long Reef beach in New South Wales, Australia. The species of shark is currently unknown but it is believed to be a large shark due to the injuries recorded. (The Guardian)

Health and environment

• 2023–2025 mpox epidemic
  • World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declares that mpox is no longer a public health emergency of international concern, citing a consistent decline in cases in Africa. (Reuters)
• Portugal records its hottest and driest summer since measurements began in 1931, with an average maximum temperature of 30.78 °C (87.40 °F) and only 24% of normal rainfall, conditions that contributed to recent wildfires. (AFP via NDTV)

International relations

• China–Pakistan relations, China–Pakistan Economic Corridor
  • During a state visit to Beijing, Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif announces new US$8.5 billion investment agreements with China, including $7 billion in a memorandum of understanding and $1.5 billion in joint ventures between the two countries. (AP)
• Finland–Latvia relations, Belarus–European Union border crisis
  • Finland accepts Latvia's request to deploy border guards at the Belarus–Latvia border to help manage increased migration from Belarus, with Estonia and Lithuania also providing support. (Reuters)
• Finland–Palestine relations, Diplomatic impact of the Gaza war
  • Finland joins the New York Declaration calling for the end of the Gaza war and advancing a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• The European Commission fines Google €2.95 billion (US$3.47 billion) for allegedly abusing its position as the leading search engine to commit anti-trust violations in the advertising technology space. (DW)
• A Swedish district court acquits former national security adviser Henrik Landerholm of severe negligence after he left classified documents in an unlocked hotel safe, ruling that his actions did not meet the threshold required for conviction. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2025 British cabinet reshuffle
  • Angela Rayner resigns as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leaves her other government posts amid a scandal over a tax underpayment on a property she owns in Hove, East Sussex. (Sky News)
  • Prime Minister Keir Starmer conducts a cabinet reshuffle and appoints foreign secretary David Lammy as the new deputy PM and Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood as the new home secretary. (BBC News)
• 2025 Georgian local elections
  • Georgian president Mikheil Kavelashvili pardons opposition politicians Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, allowing them to run in the upcoming elections after serving prison sentences for refusing to testify before parliament. (Reuters)
• 2025 Samoan general election
  • Official results show that the FAST party led by Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt wins the election by a landslide, securing 30 out of the 50 Legislative Assembly seats. (Al Jazeera) (The New Zealand Herald)
• 2025 Thai political crisis
  • The House of Representatives of Thailand elects Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the conservative opposition Bhumjaithai Party, as the country's prime minister, replacing Paetongtarn Shinawatra. (Al Jazeera)
• Executive orders in the second Trump presidency
  • U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order unofficially renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• AI boom
  • European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
    • The Jupiter supercomputer, capable of at least one quintillion calculations per second with 24,000 Nvidia chips, is inaugurated in Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, marking Europe's first system considered internationally competitive in training artificial intelligence models. On a partial system test, Jupiter has achieved a preliminary 793.4 Petaflop/s, placing it 4th in the Top 500 behind El Capitan, Frontier, and Aurora at the US Department of Energy. (AFP via France 24) (Top 500)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • At least one person is killed and two others are injured in an improvised explosive device bombing during a cricket match in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Dawn)

Arts and culture

• 82nd Venice International Film Festival
  • The 2025 Venice Film Festival closes with Jim Jarmusch's Father Mother Sister Brother winning the Golden Lion. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pakistan floods
  • Five people are killed when a rescue boat capsizes in the Chenab River while evacuating people from flooding in the Jalalpur Pirwala area of Multan District, Punjab, Pakistan, with search operations still ongoing. (Dawn)
• Six people are killed after a cable wire of a ropeway meant for material transport at the Kalika Mata Temple snaps, causing the cable car to crash to the ground in Pavagadh, India. (The Indian Express)
• At least three people are killed, nine are injured, including six seriously, and others are reported missing when an under-construction bridge collapses in Karbala Governorate, Iraq. (Al Arabiya) (Shafaq News)

International relations

• Immigration policy of the second Trump administration
  • Deportation in the second Trump administration
    • South Sudan repatriates a Mexican national who had been deported from the United States, after receiving assurances from Mexico that he would not face torture or unfair prosecution. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Gaza war protests in the United Kingdom
  • Around 890 people are arrested at a demonstration against the ban on the group Palestine Action in London, England. (BBC News)
• A Chilean court releases American pilot influencer Ethan Guo from detention in Antarctica after landing a plane without authorization, while ordering him to pay US$30,000 in penalties and leave the country under a three-year entry ban. (AP)

Sports

• 2025 Formula One World Championship
  • 2025 Italian Grand Prix
    • In auto racing, Red Bull's Max Verstappen secures pole position for the Italian Grand Prix at the Monza Circuit with a lap of 1:18.792, setting the fastest Formula One lap in history, surpassing Lewis Hamilton's record of 1:18.887 at the same circuit in 2020. (The Guardian)
• 2025 US Open
  • In wheelchair tennis, Tokito Oda defeats Gustavo Fernández in the men's singles final to complete the career Golden Slam in the event. (IOC)
  • In tennis, Aryna Sabalenka defeats Amanda Anisimova 6–3, 7–6^(7–3) in the women's singles final to win her second consecutive US Open title. (USA Today)
  • Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos defeat Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury 3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 7–5 in the men's doubles final to win the US Open, becoming the first pair to win the French Open and the US Open in the same season since 2009. (US Open)
  • Erin Routliffe and Gabriela Dabrowski defeat Taylor Townsend and Kateřina Siniaková 6–4, 6–4 in the women's doubles final to win their second US Open title together. (WTA)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • The al-Ruya Tower high-rise apartment building is hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Palestine. (Al Jazeera)
      • At least 65 people are killed and several others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on a school, refugee tents, and houses in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • Two people are injured, flights are halted and the airspace is closed after multiple Houthi-launched drone attacks, including some intercepted and at least one on the passenger hall of Ramon Airport near Eilat in Southern District, Israel. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kyiv strikes
    • At least four people are killed, including an infant, and eleven others are injured in drone and missile attacks on Pecherskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Darnytskyi districts in Kyiv, Ukraine. Among the buildings hit is the main government building. (BBC News) (AP)
• Colombian conflict
  • Forty-five Colombian soldiers are kidnapped by a mob in Cauca Department, Colombia, while conducting anti-drug cartel operations. The military says the soldiers are being held hostage by local villagers who are demanding the return of a killed insurgent's body which was transferred to a morgue in Popayán in return for their release. (AP)

Arts and culture

• Saints canonized by Pope Leo XIV
  • Pope Leo XIV canonizes English-Italian teenager Carlo Acutis in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, making Acutis the first millennial saint. (Reuters)
  • The pope also canonizes Pier Giorgio Frassati, an Italian member of the Lay Dominicans and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul who was known for his dedication to social justice. (Vatican News)

Disasters and accidents

• Five people are killed, one person is seriously injured, and another is reported missing when a migrant boat collides with a Turkish Coast Guard vessel off the coast of Badavut, Ayvalık, Balıkesir Province, Turkey. (MSN)
• At least four people are killed and 84 others are injured when a building hosting a religious gathering collapses in Bogor Regency, West Java, Java, Indonesia. (South China Morning Post)
• Around 80 people are injured, including up to 20 seriously, in a mass crash at the RiderMan bicycle race in Bad Dürrheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (MSN)

Law and crime

• Leongatha mushroom murders
  • Erin Patterson is sentenced to life in prison plus an extra 25 years without parole for 33 years for the 2023 poisoning of four relatives with Beef Wellingtons laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms, killing three and injuring the other in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Buenos Aires provincial elections
  • The La Libertad Avanza party of President Javier Milei suffers heavy losses in local elections in Argentina's most populous province. (DW)
• Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his intention to resign from office after his party lost seats in the House of Councillors election in July. (Reuters)
• Guyanese president Irfaan Ali is sworn in for a second term in office after winning last week's election. (AP)
• Romania's coalition government survives four no-confidence votes, enabling it to advance tax increases and spending cuts aimed at reducing the European Union's highest budget deficit and securing recovery funds, despite threats of public sector strikes. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• September 2025 lunar eclipse
  • A total lunar eclipse, visible in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica, occurs. (EclipseWise) (BBC News)
• Microsoft Azure services are disrupted by cuts to undersea cables in the Red Sea while internet access is also disrupted in parts of Asia and the Middle East. (BBC News) (ABC News)

Sports

• 2025 US Open
  • In tennis, Carlos Alcaraz defeats defending champion and his rival Jannik Sinner in the men's singles final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, to win his second US Open title and sixth major title overall. (BBC Sport)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Israeli–Palestinian conflict
    • Gaza war
      • 2025 Gaza City offensive
        • Four Israeli soldiers are killed by Hamas on the outskirts of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel)
    • Palestinian political violence
      • 2025 Ramot Junction shooting
        • Six people are killed and seven others are wounded in a mass shooting targeting Israelis by Palestinian assailants in Jerusalem. The two perpetrators are killed following a shootout with a soldier and a civilian. (BBC News) (CNN)
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • Five people are killed and five others injured during at least eight Israeli airstrikes between Beqaa Valley and Hermel, in Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
• War in the Sahel
  • Mali war
    • Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) imposes a nationwide blockade on fuel and other goods imported from neighboring countries while besieging Malian government-held cities and towns. An unknown number of fuel trucks from Senegal and the Ivory Coast violating JNIM's blockade have been attacked and burned by militants. (AP)
    • The Malian army conducts airstrikes in the Kayes Region against JNIM, reporting operations in Diema and Nioro du Sahel that included freeing hostages. (Reuters)
• Kivu conflict
  • Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
    • According to a local leader, 102 people are killed when Allied Democratic Forces rebels attack a funeral in Ntoyo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Anadolu Agency) (Euronews)
• 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests
  • Police open fire on protesters demonstrating against a government ban on social media in Kathmandu, Nepal, killing at least 19 people and wounding over a hundred more. A curfew is declared around all government buildings, including the Rastrapati Bhawan and Federal Parliament. (CBC News) (BBC News) (Sky News)
  • Ramesh Lekhak resigns as Minister of Home Affairs in response to the police killings of protesters. (Firstpost)
  • Nepal's Ministry of Information and Communications lifts its ban on major social media platforms following the protests. (AFP via France 24)

Business and economy

• Succession of Rupert Murdoch
  • The children of News Corp founder and former chairperson Rupert Murdoch reach a settlement over the corporation's control, transferring all shares held by the original family trust to a new entity which gives Lachlan sole voting control, while Prudence, Elisabeth, and James exit with a reported US$3.3 billion settlement. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Atlacomulco bus crash
  • A train collides with a double-decker bus at a level crossing in Atlacomulco, Mexico, killing at least ten people and injuring 41 others. (Yahoo! News Canada)

International relations

• Israel–Spain relations
  • Spain announces an indefinite ban on ships transporting fuel and planes carrying weaponry to Israel from all of its ports and airspace in response to the Gaza genocide. (Politico)
  • Spain recalls its ambassador to Israel after the Israeli government accused Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez of being "antisemitic" and barred two Spanish officials from entering Israel, with Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares calling it "slanderous accusations" against the country. (Barron's)
• Belarus–Czech Republic relations
  • The Czech Republic expels a Belarusian diplomat accused of espionage after cooperating with Romanian and Hungarian intelligence services to dismantle a Belarusian spy network in Europe. (Reuters)
• 2025 Georgia Hyundai plant immigration raid
  • The South Korean foreign ministry charters a plane to repatriate more than 300 South Koreans who were detained during an ICE raid at a Hyundai plant in Ellabell, Georgia, United States, last Thursday. (NPR)

Law and crime

• Immigration policy of the second Trump administration
  • Deportation in the second Trump administration
    • The United States Department of Homeland Security launches "Operation Midway Blitz", an Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown on undocumented immigrants in Illinois with serious criminal records, while state officials say they received no formal notice of the operation. (Reuters)
• E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations, Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump
  • The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejects President Donald Trump's bid on the grounds of presidential immunity to overturn the civil ruling of Carroll I (2019), upholding that Trump must pay $83,300,000 to sexual abuse victim E. Jean Carroll for defamation. (The New York Times) (Reuters)
  • The US House Oversight Committee releases a "birthday book" compiled for Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, which includes a note allegedly signed by President Donald Trump; the White House denies its authenticity. The book is part of a larger set of documents. (BBC)
• Frédéric Péchier case
  • French doctor Frédéric Péchier is tried for allegedly intentionally poisoning 30 people, including twelve fatally, at two clinics in Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. (BBC News)
• Phillips family disappearances
  • Tom Phillips, a man who kidnapped his three children during a dispute with their mother and brought them to a remote countryside in 2021, is fatally shot by a police officer after shooting and critically injuring another officer in the head following a robbery at an agricultural supplies store in Waikato, New Zealand. All the three children are rescued. (The New Zealand Herald)
• 2025 Balçova police station shooting
  • Two police officers are killed and three other people are injured in a mass shooting at a police station in İzmir, Turkey. The 16-year-old perpetrator is arrested. (WTOP)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Ivorian presidential election
  • Ivory Coast's Constitutional Council bars former president Laurent Gbagbo and former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam from running in the upcoming presidential election, while approving five candidacies including President Alassane Ouattara and Gbagbo's wife Simone. (Reuters)
• 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election
  • Norwegians vote to elect all 169 members of the Storting using party-list proportional representation in 19 multi-member constituencies. (Reuters)
  • The left-wing red–green coalition, led by the Labour Party, wins a majority with 87 seats, while the right-wing populist Progress Party becomes the second biggest party with 48 seats and the centre-right Conservative Party has its worst performance in 20 years, with 24 seats. (The Guardian)
• 2025 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election
  • The Norwegian Sámi people vote to elect all 39 members of the Sámi Parliament of Norway using party-list proportional representation in seven multi-member constituencies. (NRK)
• 2024–2025 French political crisis
  • The French Bayrou government collapses after losing a vote of confidence in the National Assembly by 364 votes to 194. (BBC News)
• The Philippine Senate elects Tito Sotto as Senate president, replacing Chiz Escudero after 15 senators voted for a leadership change that also realigned majority and minority blocs. (Bloomberg News) (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
• Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto reshuffles his cabinet, appointing four new ministers and one deputy minister and establishing a new department, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. The removal of finance minister Sri Mulyani causes a sharp drop in the country's main stock market index as well as the rupiah. (Tempo) (Reuters)
• Ugandan police detain the deputy spokesperson of the opposition party National Unity Platform (NUP) outside a court in Kampala where he was attending a bail hearing for party members held on charges the NUP describes as politically motivated. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • 2025 Gaza City offensive
      • The Israeli Defense Forces issues an evacuation order for the entirety of Gaza City amidst its renewed offensive. (CNN)
  • Israeli airstrike on Hamas leadership in Qatar
    • The Israeli Air Force carries out a series of airstrikes against the Hamas leadership's office in Doha, Qatar, during a meeting. Six people are killed; however, the entire leadership survived according to Palestinian and Hamas sources. A member of the Qatari security forces is among the fatalities. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News) (Al Arabiya)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • The Houthis launch a ballistic missile at Israel, which is intercepted. (The Times of Israel) (YNet)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • A Russian airstrike kills at least 24 people collecting their pensions in Yarova, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests
  • Nepalese prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigns in response to the protests amid a government collapse. (News24) (Reuters)
  • The Federal Parliament building is stormed and set on fire by protesters. (Al Jazeera)
  • Foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba and her husband, former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, are assaulted at their residence. (Himalpress)
  • A video shows finance minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel being beaten and dragged through the streets of Kathmandu by protesters. His condition is unknown. (NDTV)
  • The private residence of President Ram Chandra Poudel is stormed and vandalized by protesters while the headquarters of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) and the Nepali Congress party are both destroyed. (Israel Hayom)
  • Nakhu Jail in Lalitpur District, Bagmati Province, is stormed by protesters and all inmates are freed, including prominent opposition figure Rabi Lamichhane. The prison is then set ablaze. (Setopati)
  • Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport is closed and occupied by the Nepali Army, while several airlines suspend flights to Nepal due to the ongoing civil unrest. (Online Khabar) (The Economic Times)

Disasters and accidents

• Seven members of a single family are killed in the detonation of explosives stockpiled inside a house in Bala Buluk District, Farah Province, Afghanistan. (Amu TV)
• World War II bomb disposal in Europe
  • Police in Bratislava, Slovakia, evacuate several downtown blocks and suspend traffic and public transport after the discovery of a 500-pound (225-kilogram) World War II unexploded bomb in a construction site. (AP)

Health and environment

• UNICEF reports that for the first time, obesity has surpassed undernourishment as the leading form of global malnutrition among children and adolescents. (AFP via France 24)

International relations

• Cambodia–United States relations, Myanmar–United States relations
  • The United States announces more sanctions on cyber scamming rings operating in Cambodia and Myanmar. (Reuters)
• Iraq–Israel relations, Iraq–United States relations
  • Iraqi Shia militia Kata'ib Hezbollah releases Russian–Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov who was abducted in 2023 during a research trip to Iraq following negotiations involving Israel and the United States. (CNBC)
• Nuclear program of Iran
  • Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency agree to resume nuclear site inspections which were suspended after U.S. and Israeli strikes, with Iran warning the deal will be void if international sanctions are reimposed. (Reuters)
• Former German minister of foreign affairs Annalena Baerbock is elected and sworn in as the new president of the United Nations General Assembly. (Forbes)

Law and crime

• Ecuadorian conflict
  • Ecuadorian police seize more than US$313 million in real estate assets from the armed group Comandos de la Frontera, which the government links to drug-related organized crime. (Reuters)
• LGBTQ rights in Hong Kong
  • The Hong Kong Court of First Instance rules that a lesbian couple are both legal parents of their son born through reciprocal in vitro fertilization, marking a landmark case in parental recognition for same-sex couples in Hong Kong. (AP)
• An arson attack on two power poles in Berlin, Germany, causes a widespread blackout affecting the Berlin S-Bahn, emergency services, and more in the southeastern part of the city. (Tagesschau) (Reuters)
• Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson announces that the government will lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 in response to rising cases of criminal gangs recruiting children to commit serious crimes. (Reuters)
• The Thai Supreme Court rules that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve a one-year prison term for corruption, declaring his prior hospital detention unlawful. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Indian vice presidential election
  • Elections take place for the next vice president of India following the early resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar. (The Hindu)
  • C.P. Radhakrishnan is elected as the 15th vice president of India. (India Today)
• 2024–2025 French political crisis
  • French prime minister François Bayrou formally submits his resignation after losing a vote of confidence in the National Assembly the day before. President Emmanuel Macron appoints Sébastien Lecornu as the new prime minister. (Reuters)
• 2025 Bougainvillean general election
  • Off-island voting in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville's general election concludes, with vote counting expected to begin on Thursday. (Papua New Guinea Post-Courier)

Science and technology

• Ethiopia fully launches the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, sparking concerns about Nile water security from Egypt and Sudan. (TRT)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • 2025 Gaza City offensive
        • Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip kill at least 72 Palestinians amidst the ongoing offensive to capture Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • September 2025 Israeli attacks in Yemen
      • Israel carries out a series of airstrikes against alleged Houthi targets and civilian structures in Sanaa and Al Jawf Governorate, Yemen, killing 35 people and wounding 131 others. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia-NATO relations, Poland-Russia relations
    • 2025 Russian drone incursion into Poland, Violations of non-combatant airspaces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • The Polish Air Force and NATO allies scramble fighter jets in response to 19 Russian drones penetrating up to 250 km into Polish airspace during an overnight air attack on Ukraine. (BBC News)
      • The Polish Armed Forces confirms it has shot down four Russian drones over the country, marking the first time Poland has directly engaged Russian military assets since the start of the war. (BBC News)
      • Poland closes multiple airports due to the airspace breach, including Warsaw Modlin Airport, Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport, and Lublin Airport. (CNN)
      • Polish prime minister Donald Tusk invokes Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty following the incursion. (The Guardian)
• 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests
  • Nepal deploys its military to enforce an indefinite curfew in Kathmandu following anti-corruption protests. (Euronews)
  • Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport reopens nearly a day after the Nepali Army occupied it. (BBC News)

Arts and culture

• Belgium–Germany relations, Belgium–Israel relations
  • A music festival in Ghent, Belgium, cancels a performance by the Munich Philharmonic orchestra, citing the Israeli conductor Lahav Shani's attitudes towards the Israeli government as the reason. (Haaretz)

Business and economy

• Finance in India
  • India's Securities and Exchange Board announces that rules exempting foreign investors who purchase only government bonds from disclosing investor group details will take effect on February 8, 2026. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024–2025 Cuba blackouts
  • Cuba experiences its fifth nationwide power outage in less than a year, affecting about 10 million people. (The Guardian)
• 2025 Iztapalapa tank truck explosion
  • Over 30 people are killed and 90 others are injured after a tank truck carrying around 49,500 liters (13,000 gallons) of LP gas explodes at a highway interchange in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City. The shockwave caused by the explosion set another eighteen cars on fire. (CNN) (The New York Times)
• At least 86 people are killed when a boat capsizes in Basankusu, Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
• At least 19 people are killed and six others are missing due to widespread flooding in Bali and East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. (AP) (DW)
• Four people are killed when a Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil crashes into a mountainside in Jila, Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Western New Guinea, Indonesia. (ASN)

Health and environment

• Australia approves the first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia. (Reuters)

International relations

• Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
  • Scarborough Shoal standoff
    • China approves the establishment of a national nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, a territory also claimed by the Philippines and Taiwan. (AP)
• China–United States relations, Space policy of the United States
  • NASA confirms that Chinese citizens, including those holding a valid U.S. visa, are barred from accessing its facilities and systems and working on its programs, citing security concerns. (Bloomberg)
• Deportation in the second Trump administration, Ghana–United States relations
  • Ghanaian president John Mahama announces that Ghana can accept citizens of West African nations who have been deported from the United States under a regional visa-free travel arrangement. (AFP via France 24)
• Israel–European Union relations
  • European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announces intentions to seek sanctions against and a partial suspension of trade with Israel, while also immediately suspending certain bilateral funds, citing the ongoing Gaza Strip famine as the reason. (The Telegraph) (Los Angeles Times)

Law and crime

• 2024 Solingen stabbings
  • A German state court convicts a Syrian national of murder, attempted murder, and Islamic State membership for a 2024 mass stabbing in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, sentencing him to life imprisonment without parole eligibility after 15 years. (AP via ABC News)
• 2025 Vancouver car attack
  • A court in British Columbia, Canada, rules that a man accused of killing eleven people during a vehicle-ramming attack in April at a Filipino Heritage Month event in Vancouver, is mentally fit to stand trial. (AP)
• Assassination of Charlie Kirk
  • American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is shot dead during a debate at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, United States. (The Guardian)
• Far-right politics in Germany
  • German public prosecutors charge eight suspected members of a far-right group who plan to secede from Saxony to create a Nazi state after the group were discovered in 2024 to be conducting paramilitary training and amassing weapons. One of the men was a former AfD local politician. (DW)
• Human trafficking in South Africa
  • The high court in Gauteng, South Africa, sentences seven Chinese nationals to 20 years in prison each for trafficking 91 Malawian workers and forcing them to labor under abusive conditions at a Johannesburg factory. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024–2025 French political crisis
  • Lecornu government, Bloquons tout
    • Sébastien Lecornu is sworn in as Prime Minister of France after previous prime minister François Bayrou failed a confidence vote on September 8.
    • His appointment coincides with country-wide protests and strikes against austerity measures previously announced by Bayrou, with protestors calling to "block everything". Eighty thousand police officers and gendarmes are deployed nationwide, with at least 200 people arrested as of 10 a.m. local time. (RFI) (NBC News)
• The Australian government announces plans to bolster its military through a US$1.1 billion fleet of Ghost Shark underwater drones, with the first batch delivered to the Australian Navy in January 2026. (DW)
• The Sri Lankan parliament votes 151–1 to abolish state-funded benefits, including housing, pensions, transport, and office staff, for former presidents and their spouses. (AP)

Science and technology

• Life on Mars
  • An article published in Nature announces that the Perseverance rover discovered vivianite, greigite, and various organic compounds in rocks at Cheyava Falls on Mars, in what NASA administrator Sean Duffy says may be "the clearest sign of life that we've ever found on Mars". (The New York Times)

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)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Punjab, Pakistan floods
  • At least nine people are killed when a lifeboat carrying flood evacuees capsizes near Multan, Punjab, Pakistan, while 15 others are safely rescued. (Reuters)
• 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)
• 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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Palestinian political violence
    • A Palestinian assailant stabs two Israeli civilians in Tzova, Jerusalem District. (The Times of Israel)
• 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests
  • Nepali police announce that nine prisoners have been killed and 12,500 others are at large after a series of jailbreaks across Nepal amid the ongoing protests. (Al Jazeera)
• Haitian conflict
  • At least 42 people are killed by armed gangs, including the Viv Ansamn, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP)
• Myanmar civil war
  • At least 18 people, mostly students, are killed in a Tatmadaw airstrike on two schools in Kyauktaw Township in Rakhine State, Myanmar, an area controlled by the Arakan Army. (AP)
• Turkey–Islamic State conflict
  • Turkish police arrest 161 people suspected of being members of the Islamic State (IS) over the last week and seize unlicensed weapons and IS documents in raids in 38 provinces, including Istanbul and Ankara. (AP)

Business and economy

• Norges Bank removes French mining company Eramet from Norway's sovereign wealth fund, citing risks of human rights abuses and environmental damage linked to a nickel mining project in Halmahera, Indonesia. (AFP via New Straits Times)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 23 people are killed while five others are reported missing following days of flash floods and landslides in Bali and East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera
• 2025 Hassan district truck accident
  • At least nine people are killed and 23 others are injured, including several critically and the driver, when a truck rams into people celebrating the Ganesh Chaturthi Hindu festival in Hassan district, Karnataka, India. (News18) (The Times of India)
• A ski lift accident on Mount Elbrus in Russia kills two people and injures nine others. (AP)

International relations

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • In a 142–10 vote with 12 abstentions, the UN General Assembly adopts the New York Declaration, calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza war, the release of hostages, the disarmament of Hamas, and renewed momentum toward a two-state solution. (The Guardian)
• Kosovo–United States relations, North Kosovo crisis
  • The United States suspends its planned negotiations with Kosovo, citing caretaker government actions that it says have increased tensions and instability in the region. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Killing of Charlie Kirk
  • A 22-year-old is arrested as a suspect in the killing of American political commentator Charlie Kirk two days ago. (CNN)
• Costa Rican police arrest four suspects in the killing of exiled Nicaraguan former military officer Roberto Samcam near San José in June. (Reuters)
• The South African high court reopens an inquest into the 1977 death in police custody of anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko to determine possible crimes committed. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Indian vice presidential election
  • C. P. Radhakrishnan is sworn in as the 15th vice president of India. (NDTV)
• 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests
  • The House of Representatives is dissolved and Sushila Karki is appointed interim prime minister of Nepal, making her the first woman to head Nepal's government. (AP) (India Today)

Sports

• 2026 Winter Olympics, Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics, Skeleton at the Winter Olympics
  • The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation votes to ban Russian athletes from competing, including under neutral status, at next year's Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–NATO relations, Romania–Russia relations
  • Violations of non-combatant airspaces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A Russian drone breaches Romanian airspace, prompting NATO forces to scramble fighter jets. Lublin Airport in eastern Poland is also closed again for the second time this week due to the threat of Russian drones. (Reuters)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 62 people are killed and dozens of others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
    • Nineteen soldiers and 45 Pakistani Taliban militants are killed at two hideouts near the Durand Line in Bajaur District and South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, during clashes in the past two days. (Reuters) (The Canadian Press)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 61 people, mostly Sudanese refugees, are missing after a boat carrying 74 passengers capsized off Tobruk, Cyrenaica, Libya. (AFP via Barron's)
• At least 19 people are killed after a bus carrying wedding guests plunged into a river in Zamfara State, Nigeria. (MSN)
• At least 15 people are killed in a multi-vehicle collision along Federal Highway 180 between Campeche and Mérida in southeast Mexico. (Reuters)
• Four people are killed and one is injured after a passenger de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver crashes near Makepeace Lake in Manitoba, Canada. (CBC)
• One person is killed and 25 others are injured, including three critically, in an explosion due to a gas leak at a bar in Madrid, Spain. (DW)

Law and crime

• 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests
  • The government of Nepal lifts the curfew in Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, and Lalitpur, imposed on September 9, citing restored calm after Sushila Karki's appointment as interim prime minister. (AP)
• Ecuadorian security crisis
  • Seven people are killed in a shooting by criminal gangs at a pool hall in Santo Domingo, Ecuador, less than a month after a similar attack at a different pool hall in the city which also killed seven people. (CBS News) (AP)
• The German customs bureau arrests two men and seizes over 400 kg (880 lb) of cocaine at the port in Hamburg. (DW)

Politics and elections

• 2025 British anti-immigration protests
  • More than 100,000 people protest against illegal immigration in central London, England, in a rally led by right-wing activist Tommy Robinson. Thousands of anti-racism protesters and left-wing groups also hold counter-protests. (BBC News)
• 2025 Tanzanian general election
  • Tanzania's electoral commission accepts the nomination of ACT-Wazalendo candidate Luhaga Mpina for the upcoming presidential election after the High Court overturned Mpina's earlier disqualification. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2025 Speedway Grand Prix
  • In motorcycle speedway, Bartosz Zmarzlik become a record-equalling six-time motorcycle Speedway Grand Prix World champion. (FIM Speedway)
• Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford
  • In boxing, Terence Crawford defeats Canelo Álvarez by unanimous decision, becoming the undisputed super middleweight champion and the second ever three-weight undisputed boxing champion. (ESPN)
• The 2025 World Athletics Championships start in Tokyo, Japan. (ESPN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, 2025 Gaza City offensive
    • At least 53 Palestinians are killed by Israeli attacks, including 35 in Gaza City where the Israeli army has been concentrating its assault. (Al Jazeera)
• Colombian conflict
  • A police officer is killed and four others are injured in an attack on a police station in Cauca, Colombia, by FARC dissidents, prompting military deployment to restore order. (The Times of India)
• Islamist insurgency in Niger
  • The Nigerien government reports that at least fourteen soldiers were killed in ambushes by unknown militants in the Tillabéri Region last week. (AP)

Arts and culture

• 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
  • At the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards in the United States, The Studio becomes the most-nominated first-year comedy series in the awards' history at 23 nominations, tying The Bear's nominations from last year. (Variety)
  • For the first time in the awards' history, every nominee for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series has at least one woman on the writing team. (Variety)
  • The Studio wins Outstanding Comedy Series and The Pitt wins Outstanding Drama Series, while Adolescence wins Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. (The Hollywood Reporter)
  • English actor Owen Cooper wins the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his role in Adolescence, becoming the youngest male recipient of an Emmy Award. (Daily Tribune)
  • Tramell Tillman becomes the first Black man to win the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work in Severance. (Variety)
  • The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award is awarded to married actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen in recognition of "a lifetime of philanthropy", marking the first time the award is presented to a couple. (Television Academy)

Health and environment

• 2025 Kasaï Province Ebola outbreak
  • The World Health Organization begins Ebola vaccinations for exposed individuals and health workers in Kasaï Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Turkish protests
  • Over 50,000 people march in Ankara, Turkey, to protest against and call for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to resign following the government's judicial coup against the country's opposition party, Republican People's Party, and its leader Özgür Özel. (DW)
• Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune appoints Sifi Ghrieb as prime minister following Nadir Larbaoui's dismissal in August. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2025 Vuelta a España
  • Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wins the annual Vuelta a España road cycling race in Spain. (Le Monde)
  • The final stage of the race is suspended following pro-Palestinian protests against the Israel–Premier Tech team on Paseo del Prado in Madrid. (CNN)
• EuroBasket 2025
  • In basketball, Germany defeats Turkey 88–83 in the EuroBasket 2025 final, with Dennis Schröder selected as the MVP. In the third-place match, Greece beats Finland. (FIBA)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War on drugs
  • 2025 US Caribbean naval deployment
    • United States president Donald Trump claims that the U.S. military carried out a strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug cartel vessel in international waters, killing three people, making it the second such strike carried out against a suspected drug boat in September. (Reuters)
• War in the Sahel
  • Boko Haram insurgency
    • Nigerian troops kill at least eleven ISWAP fighters in two operations in the Adamawa and Borno states. (Reuters)
• Haitian conflict
  • Armed gangs attack an armored vehicle in Kenscoff, Haiti, killing the driver and injuring two police officers on board. (AP)

Business and economy

• Mexico–United States relations
  • The U.S. Department of Transportation orders Mexican flag carrier Aeroméxico and U.S. major carrier Delta Air Lines to end their joint venture by January 1, 2026, citing anti-competitive effects on Mexico–U.S. routes. (Reuters)
• Australian bank ANZ agrees to pay AU$240 million (US$160 million) in penalties, the largest ever imposed by the Securities and Investments Commission, for misconduct including irregularities in a government bond deal and failures affecting its customers. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Sudanese refugee crisis
  • At least 50 people are killed after a boat carrying Sudanese refugees catches fire off the coast of Libya, with 24 survivors receiving medical assistance. (Reuters)
• Four people are killed and nine others injured after a bus collides with a truck in Uttar Pradesh, India. (The Times of India)

International relations

• Israel–United Kingdom relations
  • United Kingdom and the Gaza war
    • The British defence ministry bans Israelis from attending the Royal College of Defence Studies over Israel's decision to fully invade Gaza City. (Reuters)
• South Korea–United States relations
  • 2025 Georgia Hyundai plant immigration raid
    • South Korea announces it will launch a formal investigation into human rights abuses by U.S. federal personnel during the raid at a Hyundai factory in Georgia earlier this month. (DW)
• Colombia–United States relations, Colombian conflict
  • The United States adds Colombia to its list of countries failing to meet international counter-narcotics obligations for the first time since 1997, citing increased cocaine production. (AFP via France 24)

Law and crime

• Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
  • Philippine president Bongbong Marcos appoints former Supreme Court associate justice Andres Reyes Jr. as the chairperson of the newly established Independent Commission for Infrastructure to investigate corruption in flood control projects. (Rappler)
• Violations of non-combatant airspaces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Poland detains a Belarusian woman and a Ukrainian man after a drone flew over the Presidential Palace in Warsaw and was neutralized by the State Protection Service. (AP)
• India's Supreme Court clears the Vantara wildlife rescue centre, run by the Reliance Foundation, of allegations of illegal animal acquisition and mistreatment after a court-appointed investigation found no such violations. (Reuters)
• Recorder of London Mark Lucraft sentences English couple Constance Marten and Mark Gordon to 14 years in prison each for the manslaughter of their newborn daughter. (CBS News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 deployment of federal forces in the United States
  • U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of the Army National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee, to "combat crimes". (The Independent)
• 2025 Tanzanian general election
  • Tanzania's electoral commission disqualifies ACT-Wazalendo candidate Luhaga Mpina from the upcoming presidential election for a second time, reversing its earlier approval on September 13. (Reuters)
• Belarusian opposition politician Mikola Statkevich, released last week as part of a prisoner deal, is returned to a penal colony in Hlybokaye, Vitebsk region, after refusing deportation to Lithuania. (Reuters)
• Chad's National Assembly approves constitutional amendments extending presidential terms from five to seven years and removing term limits, with a final Senate vote scheduled for October 13. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2025 World Athletics Championships
  • 2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
    • Swedish–American pole vaulter Armand Duplantis breaks his own world record of 6.29 meters set in 2025 by jumping 6.30 meters, winning him the gold medal at the World Athletics Championships. (International Olympic Committee)
• 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup
  • In rugby union, France's Axelle Berthoumieu receives a 12-match suspension for biting Ireland's Aoife Wafer during their Women's Rugby World Cup quarterfinal, while teammate Manaé Feleu is banned for three matches for a dangerous tackle. (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • 2025 Gaza City offensive
      • The Israeli military formally launches a ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza City as 75 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes, most in Gaza City, with thousands of others evacuating. (Reuters)
  • Gaza genocide
    • An independent United Nations commission of inquiry publishes a report that "finds that Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza," listing four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people during the war. (UN News) (BBC News)
• Kivu conflict
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict, M23 campaign
    • M23 rebels hold a military parade of newly-trained recruits in eastern Congolese towns captured by the rebels in an offensive months prior. (AP)
• Red Sea crisis
  • Israeli attacks on Yemen
    • The Israel Air Force bombs at least ten Houthi targets near Hudaydah Port in Al Hudaydah, Yemen. The sites targeted by the airstrikes reportedly include a command center and locations used to smuggle weapons from Iran. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Trump administration approves its first weapons aid packages for Ukraine. This is the first use of a new mechanism to supply Ukraine with weapons from U.S. stocks using funds from NATO countries. (Reuters)
• War in the Sahel
  • Mali War
    • Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) fighters ambush and burn at least 100 fuel trucks arriving in Mali from Senegal and the Ivory Coast. The attacks are part of a nationwide blockade on fuel and other goods enforced by JNIM as it besieges Malian government-held cities and towns. (AP via Ottumwa Courier)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • The Naxalites declare an indefinite unilateral ceasefire and state their openness to peace talks with the Indian government amid ongoing military operations against their insurgency. (AFP via UCA News)

Business and economy

• Economy of Uganda
  • Uganda announces that it will borrow US$358 million from the African Development Fund, the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, and Standard Chartered to fund a power grid link with South Sudan, a road to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and expanded clean water access. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 15 people are killed and 16 others are missing when a cloudburst causes landslides and flooding across Uttarakhand, India. (The Indian Express)

Health and environment

• Climate of Spain
  • The Spanish State Meteorological Agency announces that 2025 was Spain's hottest summer since records began in 1961, averaging a temperature of 24.2 °C (75.6 °F), and surpassing 2022's record of 24.1 °C (75.4 °F). The record-high temperatures caused three heatwaves over the summer, including the 16-day heatwave in August which sparked wildfires. (DW)

International relations

• China–Philippines relations, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
  • Scarborough Shoal standoff
    • China's coast guard reports that a Datu Cabaylo-class multi-mission offshore vessel of the Philippine fisheries bureau rammed a Chinese coast guard vessel near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, while the Philippines say Chinese ships used water cannons that damaged the Filipino vessel and injured a crew member. (AP) (Reuters)
• Yemeni civil war
  • 2025 Houthi raids on UN buildings in Sanaa
    • The United Nations relocates its resident coordinator's office for Yemen from Houthi-controlled Sanaa to Yemeni government-controlled Aden after the detention of UN staff by the Houthis, while maintaining operations across the country. (Reuters)
• Australia–Papua New Guinea relations
  • Australia announces that it will fund the construction of a new ministerial wing for Papua New Guinea's Parliament House in Port Moresby as the country marks its 50th anniversary of independence. (AP)
• Hungary–United States relations
  • The United States restores Hungary's full participation in the Visa Waiver Program after the Orbán government implements measures requested to address security concerns. (Reuters)
• Mercosur signs a free trade agreement with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2020 Beirut explosion
  • Bulgarian police arrest the owner of the ship that brought explosive material to Beirut, Lebanon, which caused an explosion in August 2020 that killed more than 200 people. (Reuters)
• 2024 Mannheim stabbing
  • The Stuttgart Higher Regional Court sentences Afghan national Sulaiman Ataee to life in prison for the May 2024 mass stabbing in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, which killed one person and injured five. (AP)
• Colombian conflict, Kidnappings in Colombia
  • Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace sentences seven former FARC leaders, including ex-commander Timoleón Jiménez, to up to eight years of reparations work for their role in kidnappings. (AFP via France 24)
• Controversies surrounding Jair Bolsonaro
  • A Brazilian regional federal court orders former president Jair Bolsonaro and the federal government to each pay R$1 million (US$185,528.76) in damages for racist remarks he made in 2021 while in office. (The Guardian)
• Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
  • The Philippine Court of Appeals orders the freezing of 135 bank accounts and 27 insurance policies linked to individuals and companies under investigation for alleged corruption in flood control projects, following a request by the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Anti–Money Laundering Council. (Reuters)
• Killing of Brian Thompson
  • In the United States, a New York judge dismisses the two terrorism charges brought against Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but allows a second-degree murder charge to stand. (BBC News)
• Modern immigration to the United Kingdom
  • The High Court of Justice issues an interim injunction blocking the deportation of an Eritrean asylum seeker to France under a returns agreement, pending a hearing on his trafficking claim. (Al Jazeera)
• Murder of Agnes Wanjiru
  • Kenya's Magistrates' Court issues an arrest warrant and seeks the extradition of a British citizen over the 2012 murder of Kenyan woman Agnes Wanjiru near a British army training camp in Nanyuki, Laikipia County. (Reuters)
• Nord Stream pipelines sabotage
  • An Italian appellate court approves the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian national allegedly involved in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions. The suspect's lawyer says that he plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Cassation. (AP)
• Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
  • Serbian prosecutors indict former construction minister Goran Vesić and 12 others on public safety charges over the Novi Sad railway station roof collapse that killed 16 people. (Reuters)
• Romanian prosecutors indict former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu and 21 others on charges of attempting to undermine national security by planning violent protests after the cancellation of the 2024 election over alleged Russian interference. (Financial Times)
• Senegalese authorities intercept 112 Gambian migrants aboard a pirogue off the coast of Dakar on the suspicion of irregular migration as they attempt to reach Europe. (Reuters)
• The Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant for former People Power Party floor leader Kweon Seong-dong on charges of receiving illegal political funds from the Unification Church during the 2022 South Korean presidential election campaign. (The Korea Herald)
• The high court in Gauteng, South Africa, rejects an appeal by the family of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu, upholding its ruling that Lungu's remains must be returned to Zambia for burial. (AP)
• U.S. president Donald Trump files a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the newspaper The New York Times after the paper published articles and a book alleging that part of The Trump Organization's wealth was acquired through fraud. (NPR)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Malawian general election
  • Malawians vote to elect a president, the 229 members of the National Assembly, and 509 local government councillors. (AP)
• Internet in Afghanistan
  • Afghan supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada orders a complete ban on Wi-Fi internet in the northern Balkh Province to "prevent immorality". (The Independent)
• Matteo Rossi and Lorenzo Bugli are elected the new captains regent of San Marino for the following semester. (San Marino RTV)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • 2025 Gaza City offensive
      • More than 83 Palestinians are killed in Israeli strikes and attacks across Gaza, including at least 61 of them in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
      • Israeli troops and tanks advance into the Sheikh Radwan district of Gaza City as the ground offensive continues. (BBC News)
• Somali Civil War
  • American airstrikes in Somalia
    • USAFRICOM claims that the airstrike conducted on September 12 in Badhan in the Sanaag region of Puntland, which targeted a traditional elder accused of being an Al-Shabaab member, was executed in coordination with the Somali federal government. (Hiiraan Online) (AFRICOM)
• 2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis
  • At least 28 people are injured as Cambodian protesters clash with Thai security forces in a disputed border area between Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia, and Sa Kaeo, Thailand, raising tensions despite a ceasefire agreement. (AP)
• Islamist insurgency in Niger
  • Gunmen on motorbikes kill 22 people in Takoubatt, Tillabéri Region, Niger, most of whom were attending a baptism ceremony. (BBC News) (Report)

Arts and culture

• Firings related to comments on the assassination of Charlie Kirk
  • American late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! is suspended indefinitely by its broadcast network ABC, following comments by its host regarding Charlie Kirk's killing, which sparked criticism and threats from the Federal Communications Commission. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Five UN police officers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a MINUSCA convoy are killed when their armored personnel carrier crashes and rolls into a river while crossing a bridge near Bangui, Central African Republic. (AP)
• Four soldiers are killed when a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk crashes near Summit Lake in Thurston County, Washington, United States. (KIRO-TV)

Health and environment

• 2025 European heatwaves
  • The Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that at least 53 percent of Europe experienced droughts in August, the highest level recorded since records began in 2012. (AFP via France 24)

International relations

• Australia–Papua New Guinea relations
  • Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese and Papua New Guinean prime minister James Marape sign a communiqué in Port Moresby confirming agreement on a mutual defence treaty after earlier plans to sign the treaty failed. (Reuters)
• Israel–European Union relations
  • The European Union outlines a set of sanctions against Israeli settlers and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and urges the 27 member states to issue these sanctions to freeze European assets and ban inter-EU travel. (AP)
• Pakistan–Saudi Arabia relations
  • Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman sign a Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement in Riyadh. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • 2025 North Codorus Township shooting
    • Three police officers are killed and two are critically injured in a mass shooting when a gunman opens fire during a search warrant at a farm in North Codorus Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The perpetrator is also killed. (WCAU-TV)
• 2025 Indonesian protests
  • Indonesia's Constitutional Court rules that parliament followed proper procedure in passing amendments to the military law, rejecting a petition that sought to annul the amendments. (Reuters)
• Greece suspends the extradition of Moldovan businessman and politician Vladimir Plahotniuc, who is wanted in Moldova over a 2014 bank fraud case. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Conflict in the Niger Delta
  • Nigerian president Bola Tinubu lifts the state of emergency in Rivers State and reinstates Governor Siminalayi Fubara and state lawmakers after six months of federal control imposed during a political crisis and oil pipeline vandalism. (AP)
• Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
  • Philippine house speaker Martin Romualdez resigns over his alleged involvement in the flood control controversy, with former deputy speaker Bojie Dy elected as the next speaker of the House of Representatives. (Bloomberg) (DZRH)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • At least 50 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, including 40 killed in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
    • A Jordanian truck driver bringing aid to the Gaza Strip kills two Israeli military personnel before being fatally shot by security personnel at the Allenby Bridge. (Reuters)
    • The United States casts its sixth veto over a draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the lifting of Israeli restrictions on aid, and the release of all hostages. (Reuters)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • A Houthi drone attack damages a hotel in Eilat, Israel. (Jerusalem Post) (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Two security personnel are killed and twenty-three others are injured when a suicide car bomb targets a security convoy in Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan. Meanwhile, six people are killed in a separate car bombing in Chaman. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• At least ten people are killed and 25 others are injured when a fire breaks out in a high-rise office building in Lagos, Nigeria. (BBC News)
• Three people, including musician Brett James, are killed when James's Cirrus SR22T aircraft crashes near Macon County Airport in North Carolina, United States. (ASN) (FOX17)
• A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Kamchatka, Russia, but there were no reports of damage. Tsunami warnings are issued for the region. (Reuters) (TVP Info)

International relations

• Poland–Ukraine relations, 2025 Russian drone incursion into Poland
  • Ukraine announces it will train Polish troops and engineers in counter-drone operations following recent Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace. (Al Jazeera)
• Syria–United States relations
  • Syrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani visits Washington, D.C. to attend meetings with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and to meet with Israeli delegations and U.S. secretary of state Marco Rubio, marking the first time a Syrian official has visited the United States in 25 years. (AP)

Law and crime

• Egypt's interior ministry reports that a 3,000-year-old gold bracelet belonging to the pharaoh Amenemope, missing from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, was stolen, melted and sold, with several suspects arrested. (BBC News)
• Iraq receives 47 French nationals previously detained in northeast Syria on suspicion of Islamic State membership for prosecution on terrorism charges. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Albanian parliamentary election
  • Albanian prime minister Edi Rama begins an unprecedented fourth term following the Socialist Party's victory in the last election. (Reuters)
• Censorship in the Maldives
  • Maldivian president Mohamed Muizzu ratifies the Media and Broadcasting Regulation Law, which allows fines, license suspensions, and closures of media outlets found in violation of its provisions. (AP)
• Bulgarian prime minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's government survives their fifth vote of no-confidence this year over alleged failures to reform the justice and security sectors, with 133 lawmakers opposing and 101 supporting the motion. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• In the United States, automaker Toyota recalls over 590,000 vehicles due to a software failure for its dashboard that hides vehicle speed, braking status, and tire pressure warnings. Meanwhile, Hyundai recalls over 568,000 Palisades due to seatbelt buckle failures. (AP) (Yahoo! Autos)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza City offensive
    • At least 43 Palestinians are killed from Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, including 26 people in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Siege of El Fasher
    • The Rapid Support Forces attacks a mosque at an internal displacement camp with a drone strike near El Fasher, North Darfur, killing 75 people. (DW)
• Insurgency in Manipur
  • Two Assam Rifles personnel are killed and five Assam Rifles personnel are injured in an ambush by People's Liberation Army of Manipur militants in Bishnupur, Manipur. (NDTV)
• Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria
  • At least 11 police officers are killed in an ambush by armed assailants in Benue State, Nigeria. (The Street Journal)

Arts and culture

• Canada bans the Irish band Kneecap from entering the country, citing statements and alleged links to designated terrorist groups. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Three workers are killed in an explosion at a silo operated by waste management company Ecopartenope near Caserta, Italy. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 in the United States
  • The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously votes to abandon its recommendation for the COVID-19 vaccine and now recommends that Americans get the vaccine based on their personal choice. In a separate vote, the committee votes for the CDC to communicate clear risks about COVID-19 vaccines. (ABC News)

International relations

• Estonia–Russia relations, Russia–NATO relations, Violations of non-combatant airspaces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Estonia summons Russia's chargé d'affaires after three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets enter its airspace near Vaindloo unauthorized, prompting a NATO response from Italian Air Force F-35s. (AP)
• International sanctions against Iran, Snapback mechanism of sanctions against Iran
  • The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convenes to vote on a draft resolution concerning the snapback of sanctions on Iran. Nine UNSC countries voted against lifting Iran sanctions, four in favor. (AP)
• France–Mali relations
  • France suspends its joint counterterrorism agreements with the Mali government over the arrest of a French citizen. According to Mali officials, the French citizen was taken into custody for their alleged involvement in a purported coup plot. Also in response to the arrest, two Mali diplomats are expelled from an embassy in Paris by French authorities. (Al Jazeera)
• Ireland–United Kingdom relations
  • Ireland and the United Kingdom agree to replace the Northern Ireland Legacy Act with new laws that will establish investigative bodies to address killings during The Troubles. (UPI)
• Morocco becomes the 60th UN member state to ratify the High Seas Treaty, allowing it to enter into force in January 2026. (AP)

Law and crime

• Aftermath of World War II
  • World War II bomb disposal in Europe
    • Around 10,000 people are ordered to evacuate after authorities discover two pieces of World War II-era unexploded ordnance in Berlin, Germany, one in the Spree River near Mitte and another in Spandau. (DW)
• Detention of Barbie and Peter Reynolds
  • British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds are freed in Afghanistan after being detained by the Taliban for 8 months. (Reuters)
• Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, previously jailed for reporting on the early COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, is sentenced to an additional four years in prison on charges of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. (Reuters)
• Palestinian authorities arrest Hicham Harb, a suspect in the 1982 Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant attack in Paris that killed six people, after France issued an Interpol notice. (AFP via France 24)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • 2025 Gaza City offensive
      • At least 91 Palestinians are killed by Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, including 76 people in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • At least three people are killed and more than 30 people are injured in a Russian drone and missile attack on critical infrastructure and residential buildings across Ukraine. (BBC News) (Reuters)
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Four people are killed and one person is injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on oil refineries in Novokuybyshevsk, Samara Oblast and Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia. (BBC News) (The Kyiv Independent)
• Druze insurgency in Southern Syria
  • Pro-government Bedouin tribes issue a 10 day ultimatum to Druze insurgents to release hostages held in the Suwayda Governorate under the threat of a resumption of hostilities. (SOHR)
• Haitian conflict
  • At least eight children are killed and six others are injured after explosive drones strike the birthday party of a suspected gang leader in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with human rights groups accusing police of carrying out the attack that also leaves several adults dead. (AP)

Arts and culture

• Intervision 2025 is held in Moscow, Russia, and is won by Đức Phúc from Vietnam. (CNN) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• At least seven people, including five children, are killed and several others are injured when the roof of a private academy collapsed in Punjab province, Pakistan. (Xinhua)
• Two people are killed, including television host Débora Estrella, when a Cessna 150 crashes in García Nuevo León, Mexico. (NDTV)
• Two Polish Special Forces soldiers die in the United States during night parachute training, according to the Polish Armed Forces General Command. The GROM Military Unit reports that they were paratroopers from the CICHOCIEMNI group. (TVP Info in Polish)

Law and crime

• 2025 Nashua shooting
  • One person is killed and eight others are injured, including six non-gunshot victims, in a shooting at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. The suspect is arrested. (WMUR-TV)
• Collins Aerospace cyberattack
  • A cyberattack on a service provider causes flight disruptions at multiple European airports. (DW)

Politics and elections

• 2024–2025 French political crisis
  • Between 500,000, according to French authorities, and one million people, according to the unions, manifest or participate in labour strikes across France, to protest against austerity politics planned by President Emmanuel Macron, and to pressure him to finally choose a prime minister representative of the 2024 French legislative election results. (France 24)
• Ecuador's electoral council approves President Daniel Noboa's request for a referendum on constitutional changes, including ending the ban on foreign military bases and eliminating state funding for political parties, while the Constitutional Court reviews challenges to his proposal for a constituent assembly. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza City offensive
    • At least 68 Palestinians are killed by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, with 37 killed in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Five people are killed and two others are injured in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Afghanistan–United States relations
  • Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says that Afghanistan will not cede control of Bagram Air Base to the United States following threats by US president Donald Trump, who warns of consequences if the Taliban does not release control of the base. (AP)
• International recognition of Palestine
  • Australia, Canada, Portugal, and the United Kingdom formally recognise the State of Palestine as a sovereign state, with Canada becoming the first G7 country to do so. (BBC News) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• LGBTQ rights in Pakistan
  • The bodies of three transgender women who were shot and killed are discovered in a local graveyard near Karachi, Pakistan. (DW)
• Nigerian police arrest six suspects after an ambush in Benue State kills eleven officers. (Reuters) (The Street Journal)

Politics and elections

• September 2025 Philippine protests, Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
  • Trillion Peso March
    • Mass demonstrations are held across the Philippines to protest corruption in government flood control infrastructure projects. (AP) (Bloomberg News) (The Manila Times)
• 2025 Guinean constitutional referendum
  • Guineans vote on whether to replace their constitution, established in 2020, with a new one. (Reuters)
• Welfare in Peru, Peruvian political crisis
  • Thousands of people led by the "Generation Z" collective protest in Lima, Peru, against President Dina Boluarte and a controversial new law requiring young people to join a private pension fund. (TRT World) (Peoples Dispatch)

Science and technology

• Solar eclipse of September 21, 2025
  • A partial solar eclipse with an eclipse magnitude of 0.855 is visible in Antarctica and the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealand is mostly clouded out, preventing many sightings. (EclipseWise) (Space.com)

Sports

• In women's basketball, Las Vegas Aces player A'ja Wilson wins a historic fourth WNBA MVP award and the first ever consecutive win in the league's history after winning the award last season. (Las Vegas Sun) (Bleacher Report)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza City offensive
    • At least 37 Palestinians are killed from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, including 30 in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Hamas releases a video giving a sign of life for hostage Alon Ohel, who was kidnapped during the October 7 attacks. (The Times of Israel) (YNet)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Zaporizhzhia strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian forces strike Zaporizhzhia with at least ten glide bombs, killing three people and injuring two others. The overnight attack damages at least 15 apartment buildings and ten private homes in residential areas of the city. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • A bomb explodes at a Pakistani Taliban compound in the Tirah Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during a raid, killing at least 24 people, including ten civilians and fourteen militants. (AP) (DW)
• Islamist insurgency in Niger
  • An airstrike near a market in Injar, Tillabéri Region, Niger, kills at least 30 people. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Disciplinary actions for commentary on the assassination of Charlie Kirk
  • Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
    • ABC parent company Disney announces that American late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! will begin airing again on Tuesday after it was "indefinitely suspended" last week following pressure from the Trump administration after host Jimmy Kimmel commented on slain right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk and his fanbase. (NPR)

Business and economy

• Stocks in Kenvue Inc. fall by 5% after the second Trump administration issues statements citing acetaminophen under their brand name Tylenol as a cause of autism. (Fortune)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 European heatwaves
  • Nature Medicine publishes a report that Europe had over 62,700 heat-related deaths in 2024, with women and elderly people representing the largest part of the death toll. (MSN)
• 2025 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Ragasa makes landfall in Luzon, Philippines, killing at least three people and leaving six others missing, and triggering alerts and evacuation orders in nearby Hong Kong and southern China. (CNN) (News.az)
• Twenty-five miners are trapped about 80 metres (260 ft) underground after a gold mine collapses in Segovia, Antioquia, Colombia, with authorities confirming contact, stable health conditions, and ongoing rescue operations. (AFP via CTV News)

Health and environment

• 2020–2025 H5N1 outbreak
  • Poland reports an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza on poultry farms in Susz, Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship, where around 4,000 birds have died. (Reuters)
• Causes of autism
  • U.S. president Donald Trump and health sectretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announce the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will advise doctors against recommending acetaminophen to pregnant women, alleging a link between the drug and autism. (CNN)
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves leucovorin for the treatment of cerebral folate deficiency, citing evidence that it can improve autistic features. (Reuters)

International relations

• International recognition of Palestine
  • Andorra, France, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, and San Marino formally recognize the State of Palestine as a sovereign state with full rights. (Reuters) (CNN)
• Israel–Singapore relations
  • Singapore announces targeted sanctions on leaders of Israeli settler groups, citing concerns over settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories. (Reuters)
• Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger (the Alliance of Sahel States) announce their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, citing its ineffectiveness. (AFP via France 24)

Law and crime

• Ecuadorian conflict
  • Fourteen people are killed, including a guard, 14 others are injured and inmates escape during clashes between rival gangs at a jail in Machala, El Oro Province, Ecuador. (BBC News)
  • About 1,000 protestors attack and destroy most of a police station along with vehicles and the houses of officers in Otavalo, Imbabura Province, Ecuador. Two people are injured. (AP)
• International Criminal Court investigation in the Philippines
  • The International Criminal Court (ICC) charges former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte with crimes against humanity for his alleged involvement in the killing of at least 76 people during his term as president and Davao City mayor. He was arrested in March under an ICC arrest warrant and is currently held in a detention facility in the Netherlands. (NPR) (BBC News)
• Executive orders in the second Trump presidency
  • U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order formally designating Antifa as a terrorist organization. (Reuters)
• Copenhagen Airport in Denmark and Oslo Airport in Norway are both closed and all flights are diverted after multiple "large drones" are sighted near the airports. It is unclear where the drones originated from or who is operating them. (BBC News) (Times Now)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Guinean constitutional referendum
  • Provisional results show that over 90% of voters in Guinea approve a constitutional change that permits members of the ruling junta to seek the presidency and extend term limits, amid opposition boycotts and criticism that the process consolidates military power. (AP)
• 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election
  • Moldovan police conduct 250 raids and detain 74 people as part of an investigation into an alleged Russia-supported plan to provoke unrest before the parliamentary election, with officials stating that suspects received training in Serbia while Russia denies involvement. (AP)
• Human rights in Egypt
  • Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi grants a presidential pardon to activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah after he was detained in 2015 and re-arrested in 2019 for participating in unauthorized protests. Abd el-Fattah was expected to be released in September 2024 after his 5-year sentence ended but was continuously detained until now. (DW) (Reuters)
• Costa Rican president Rodrigo Chaves Robles survives a congressional vote to lift his immunity, falling short of the required majority, after prosecutors accused him of abuse of power in a corruption case. (AFP/BSS)

Sports

• 2025 Ballon d'Or
  • In association football, French player Ousmane Dembélé and Spanish player Aitana Bonmatí are awarded their first Ballon d'Or and third consecutive Ballon d'Or Féminin, respectively. (The Daily Jagran)
• 2025 CFL season
  • Canadian Football League (CFL) commissioner Stewart Johnston announces significant changes to the rules and playing field of the CFL, to take effect in starting in the 2026 and 2027 season, respectively. (TSN)
• In ski mountaineering, Polish climber Andrzej Bargiel becomes the first person to complete a continuous ski descent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. (CBS News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
  • War crimes in the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
    • The United Nations reports that Russian authorities subject civilian detainees in occupied Ukrainian territories to widespread torture, including sexual violence, while also documenting cases of ill-treatment of detainees held by Ukrainian authorities. (AFP via CNA)

Arts and culture

• Mexico–United States relations
  • The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation repatriates a centuries-old Spanish colonial map depicting the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro to Mexico's Secretariat of Culture after being recovered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (AP)

Business and economy

• Economy of New Zealand
  • New Zealand introduces two new residency pathways for skilled workers and tradespeople to address labor shortages. (Reuters)
• Amazon announces that it will close all 19 of its Amazon Fresh stores in the United Kingdom after "a thorough evaluation of its business operations". (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Ragasa
    • At least 14 people are killed and 124 others are missing after a barrier lake in Hualien County, Taiwan, bursts during Ragasa, causing widespread flooding. (AFP via The Guardian)
    • Hong Kong International Airport suspends all passenger flights for 36 hours as Ragasa approaches. (Bloomberg News) (CNA)
• September 2025 Kolkata cloudburst
  • At least 12 people are killed during flash flooding in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Reuters)
• 2025 Aquidauana Cessna 175 crash
  • Four people, including Chinese architect Kongjian Yu, are killed when a Cessna 175 Skylark aircraft crashes in Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. (Campo Grande News) (G1) (Reuters)

International relations

• Deportation in the second Trump administration, Foreign relations of Ghana
  • Eleven West African migrants deported from the United States to Ghana are subsequently sent to their home countries despite ongoing legal proceedings and concerns about potential persecution. (AP)
• Indonesia–European Union relations
  • Indonesia and the European Union sign a free trade agreement in Bali after over nine years of negotiations that will remove tariffs on bilateral trade while also opening investments in other sectors. (DW)
• Violations of non-combatant airspaces during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
  • Lithuania's parliament authorizes its military to shoot down any unauthorized drones in its airspace following recent Russian drones entering the country. Previously, only drones deemed armed or posing an imminent threat to critical state assets could be targeted. (Reuters)
• China announces it will no longer claim special and differential treatment benefits under current and future World Trade Organization agreements. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Crime in Norway
  • Grenades are thrown and explode in Bislett in central Oslo, Norway. Three young minors are arrested shortly after, the Norwegian Police suspects the attack was made on behalf of the Swedish Foxtrot (criminal network). (The Local)
• 2025 British anti-immigration protests
  • An English magistrates' court sentences an Ethiopian asylum-seeker to 12 months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl, an incident that triggered nationwide protests over migration policies and the housing of asylum-seekers in hotels. (AP)
• Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
  • The Philippine Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation file criminal graft and malversation charges against senators Jinggoy Estrada and Joel Villanueva, representative Zaldy Co, former representative Mitch Cajayon-Uy, and two former public works officials in connection with investigations into alleged corruption in flood control projects with the Anti–Money Laundering Council freezing their assets. (Gulf News) (Rappler)
• Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack
  • British multinational car-maker Jaguar Land Rover announces the pause in vehicle production due to a cyberattack is to be extended until 1 October. (The Irish Times)
• Italy's Guardia di Finanza arrests five people and seizes €17 million (US$20 million) while dismantling a Syrian-led network that laundered drug-trafficking proceeds in France and Italy by converting cash into gold, in an investigation coordinated with the National Gendarmerie, Eurojust, and Europol. (Reuters)
• Singapore-based shipping line X-Press Feeders refuses to pay the US$1 billion in damages ordered by Sri Lanka's Supreme Court over pollution caused by the 2021 sinking of the X-Press Pearl, arguing the ruling violates international maritime liability conventions. (AFP via France 24)
• Trinidad and Tobago's high court blocks the extradition of former FIFA vice president Jack Warner to the United States, ruling that proceedings were invalid without a formal extradition treaty. (AP)
• Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han is arrested in Seoul, South Korea, as prosecutors investigate allegations that the church bribed former first lady Kim Keon Hee and lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong, both of whom face separate corruption charges. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Gaza war protests
  • September 2025 Italian general strike for Gaza
    • Thousands of people across Italy hold rallies and a general strike to protest against the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and recent ground offensive into Gaza City. Dock workers at ports in Genoa, Livorno, Trieste, and Venice hold strikes, while protesters clash with police in Milan and 20,000 people march in Rome. (DW) (Le Monde)
• 2025 Malawian general election
  • Former Malawian president Peter Mutharika is projected to win the 2025 presidential election with more than 56% of the vote, according to unofficial tallies, while official results from the electoral commission show him leading incumbent Lazarus Chakwera. (Reuters)
• 2026 Ugandan general election
  • Uganda's Electoral Commission clears President Yoweri Museveni to run for reelection in 2026, a move that could extend his rule to nearly 50 years. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Scientists in Argentina identify a new megaraptoran species, Joaquinraptor casali, from fossils in Patagonia, providing one of the most complete skeletons of its group. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • At least 85 Palestinians are killed by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • Twenty-two Israelis are injured, including two seriously, after a drone launched by the Yemen-based Houthis strikes Eilat in southern Israel. (CNN)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
    • Thirteen Pakistani Taliban fighters are killed after a raid by security forces at a hideout in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, near the Durand Line. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Ragasa
    • Filipino authorities conclude a search and rescue operation for the 13-man crew of fishing boat FB Jobhenz, which capsized in Santa Ana, Cagayan, Philippines, on Monday. Six crew members are rescued, with the remaining seven confirmed to have died. (Manila Bulletin)
    • The Hong Kong Observatory issues its highest typhoon warning, Signal No. 10, in the morning before downgrading it to Signal No. 8 at 4 pm. (Al Jazeera) (Macao News)
• 2025 Bangkok road collapse
  • A section of road collapses into an estimated 50 m (160 ft)-deep sinkhole in front of Vajira Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, prompting road closures and evacuations of nearby buildings. No injuries and deaths are reported. (South China Morning Post) (The Straits Times)
• All 23 miners trapped for two days in a collapsed gold mine shaft in Segovia, Antioquia, Colombia, are rescued alive after receiving food, water, and oxygen through pipelines during the operation. (AFP via RTHK)
• Costa Rica closes its airspace for at least five hours after a power outage disables radar systems and disrupts hundreds of flights, before reopening after systems were restored. (Reuters)

International relations

• 2025 Allenby Bridge shooting, Israel–Jordan relations
  • Israel indefinitely closes the Allenby Bridge between Jordan and the West Bank days after reopening it following a shooting that killed two Israeli soldiers. (Reuters)
• Africa–United States relations
  • Lesotho's commerce minister announces the United States's plan to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act by one year following negotiations in Washington, D.C. (Reuters)
• Belarus–Poland relations
  • Poland reopens its border with Belarus after closing them during Russia-led military exercises, citing reduced security risks and economic considerations. (Reuters)
• France–United Kingdom relations, English Channel illegal migrant crossings
  • A family of three becomes the first group sent to the United Kingdom from France under the one in, one out policy that returns unauthorized Channel arrivals to France in exchange for vetted asylum-seekers. (AP)
• General debate of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa becomes the first Syrian leader to address the United Nations General Assembly since Nureddin al-Atassi in 1967. (AP) (BBC News)
• Syria–Ukraine relations
  • Syria and Ukraine restore diplomatic relations as Presidents Ahmed al-Sharaa and Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet on the sidelines of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, following Ukraine's 2022 break in ties with Syria when the Assad regime recognized Russian-occupied territories. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2025 Dallas ICE facility shooting
  • A person is killed and two others are injured in a shooting at a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, Texas, United States. The shooter is found dead on a nearby rooftop. (ABC News Australia) (CNN)
• Ladakh protests
  • At least four people are killed and more than 60 others are injured as protests held by demonstrators demanding statehood and the inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India turn violent in Ladakh, India. The local Bharatiya Janata Party office and a vehicle are set on fire in an arson attack. (India Today)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Malawian general election
  • Former Malawian president Peter Mutharika is declared the winner of the presidential election, winning 57% of votes against the incumbent Lazarus Chakwera, who received 33%. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
      • The Italian and Spanish navies deploy frigates to assist and protect the Global Sumud Flotilla on its way to attempt to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip after it was allegedly attacked by Israeli drones off the coast of Greece. (AP) (Reuters)
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • At least 57 Palestinians, including 10 children and three women, are killed by Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
    • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
      • Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants are shot and killed by Israeli soldiers during the siege of a house in Tammun in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • September 2025 Israeli attacks in Yemen
      • In response to a drone attack the previous day that injured 50 Israeli civilians, the Israeli Air Force bombs Houthi targets in the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa. (Al Monitor)
      • The Houthis launch a ballistic missile at central Israel, which is intercepted. (The Times of Israel) (YNet)

Arts and culture

• Tattooing in South Korea
  • South Korea's National Assembly passes a law legalizing tattoo artistry by licensed non-medical professionals for the first time since a 1992 court ruling restricted the practice to doctors. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• China–United States relations, China–United States trade war
  • China lists six American companies on its Unreliable Entities List, including several in the underwater drone and satellite sectors. (AP)
• Ethiopia–Russia relations
  • Ethiopia and Russia sign an agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant for Ethiopian Electric Power by Rosatom. (AA)

Disasters and accidents

• Six people are killed after a bus collides with a truck head-on in Sundergarh, Odisha, India. (The Hans India)
• Decomposed bodies of five suspected migrants are discovered in the Great Sand Sea south of Tobruk, Libya. (AP)

International relations

• Foreign relations of the Netherlands, Foreign relations of Uganda
  • The Netherlands and Uganda sign an agreement to establish a pilot transit hub in Uganda for rejected asylum seekers from nearby countries who cannot be directly returned from the Netherlands. (Reuters)
• France–Iran relations
  • France withdraws its case at the International Court of Justice accusing Iran of denying consular protection to two French citizens detained at Evin Prison in Tehran for more than three years. (Reuters)
• France–Mali relations, French military withdrawal from West Africa
  • The Malian junta declares an end to joint counterterrorism operations with the French military and expels five French embassy workers from the country, declaring them personae non gratae. (AP)
• Israel–Slovenia relations, International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders
  • The Slovenian government formally bans Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu from entering the country, linking the ban to the International Criminal Court arrest warrant out for Netanyahu. (AP)
• Moldova–Poland relations
  • Poland bars Moldovan politician Irina Vlah from entering its territory for five years for allegedly assisting Russian interference in Moldova's upcoming parliamentary election. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2025 Malagasy protests
  • Unrest erupts in Antananarivo, Madagascar, following power and water cuts in the capital city. Security forces impose an evening curfew. (AP)
• Alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election
  • Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is sentenced to 5 years in prison for criminal association, becoming the first former French president to be sentenced to prison. His former interior ministers Brice Hortefeux and Claude Guéant are sentenced to two years and six years of house arrest under electronic tagging respectively, due to a French law allowing prison sentences equal or inferior to 2 years to be converted in another sentences, and to Guéant's health issues. (BBC News) (France 24)
• Ecuadorian security crisis
  • At least 17 people are killed in a prison riot in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. (Reuters)
• Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
  • The Philippine Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation file criminal graft and malversation charges against Senator Chiz Escudero, former senator Nancy Binay, and former house speaker Martin Romualdez in connection with investigations into alleged corruption in flood control projects. (The Philippine Star)
• Two teenagers are killed and three others are injured and hospitalized in a school shooting in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. (AFP via France 24) (AP)

Politics and elections

• Lithuania's parliament votes 80–42 to approve a coalition government led by the Social Democratic Party, installing Inga Ruginienė as the new prime minister. (AFP via The Straits Times)

Sports

• Brazilian professional skateboarder Sandro Dias breaks the records for the highest drop in ever and fastest speed reached (103 km/h) on a standard skateboard after skating down the Administrative Center of the Rio Grande do Sul state in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at 70 meters-high. (Red Bull) (Transworld Skateboarding) (AFP/CBS Newspath via WKRC-TV)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza City offensive
    • At least 60 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
    • Médecins Sans Frontières suspends its activities in Gaza City citing security concerns due to the Israeli offensive. (MSF)

Business and economy

• Economy of Botswana
  • Botswana president Duma Boko announces the launch of a immigrant investor program aimed at raising funds to diversify the economy amid a recession in the global diamond market. (Reuters)
• German economic crisis, Workplace impact of artificial intelligence
  • German automotive supplier Bosch announces it will lay off 5,000 employees by 2030, including 3,800 in Germany. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pacific typhoon season
  • Ten people are confirmed killed as Typhoon Bualoi makes landfall in Visayas and southern Luzon in the Philippines since yesterday. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) (Reuters)
• At least 100 people are feared dead following the collapse of a gold mining pit in Zamfara State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• At least 14 people are killed when a minibus collides with two trucks in the southern Peruvian Andes, Peru. (AP)
• Eleven people are killed and 33 are injured when a building collapses following a fire in Nile Delta, Egypt. (AP)
• At least eleven people are killed and three others are injured after a truck crashes in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Dawn)
• Six people are killed and six others are injured when a roof collapses at a steel plant in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. (NDTV)
• A fire at a South Korean government data center in Daejeon disrupts more than 600 e-government systems after an explosion in a lithium-ion battery triggered the blaze. (The Independent)

International relations

• Colombia–United States relations
  • The United States revokes Colombian president Gustavo Petro's visa following his participation in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York and his remarks urging U.S. soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump's orders. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders
  • Deceased serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers is identified as the prime suspect in the quadruple homicide at an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas, United States. (CBS News)
• 2025 Danish drone incidents
  • Air Base Karup in Central Denmark Region, Denmark, is closed due to a drone sighting above the military base. Danish authorities describe the incident as part of an ongoing "hybrid attack". (BBC News)
• 2025 Department of Justice counterinvestigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election
  • Former United States FBI director James Comey is indicted by a federal grand jury on two charges in a prosecution led by Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. (BBC News)
• Corruption in Lebanon
  • Lebanese authorities release former central bank governor Riad Salameh after he posts bail of US$14 million and LL 5 billion ($55,866) while facing ongoing charges of alleged financial crimes. (Reuters)
• Human rights in Vietnam
  • Vietnamese activist Trịnh Bá Phương, already serving a 10-year sentence for anti-state propaganda, is sentenced to an additional 11 years after being convicted of writing statements against the Communist Party while in prison. (AP)
• LGBTQ rights in Slovakia
  • Slovakia passes a constitutional amendment stating there are only two genders. Only married couples have the right to adopt, which de facto prevents same-sex couples from adopting, while also banning surrogacy. (Politico)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election
  • Moldova's electoral commission removes the Greater Moldova and Heart of Moldova parties from the ballot ahead of Sunday's election, citing alleged illegal financing and foreign funding. (Reuters)

Sports

• FIFA suspends seven Malaysian national football players for one year and fines the Football Association of Malaysia over alleged use of falsified documentation in 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, a decision the association says it will appeal. (AFP via NDTV)
• The members of the International Paralympic Committee vote not to maintain sanctions against the Russian and Belarusian National Paralympic Committees. (IPC)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza City offensive
    • At least 91 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
• 2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis
  • Cambodian and Thai forces reportedly exchange fire across their countries' shared border despite a ceasefire agreement in place since August. (Nation Thailand)
• 2025 deployment of federal forces in the United States
  • U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of troops to Portland, Oregon, saying he has directed defense secretary Pete Hegseth to secure the "war-ravaged" city. (BBC News)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • The Pakistan Armed Forces kill 17 Taliban militants and recover weapons and ammunition in an overnight operation in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (The Express Tribune)

Business and economy

• Economy of Iraq, Economy of Kurdistan Region
  • Iraq resumes oil exports from the Kurdistan Region through Turkey's Ceyhan port, ending a suspension imposed in early 2023 due to an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration ruling against independent Kurdish exports. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Karur crowd crush
  • In Karur, Tamil Nadu, India, a crowd crush at actor-politician Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) rally kills at least 39 people (including 10 children), and injures 83 others. (The Hindu) (Hindustan Times)
• Eight people are killed after a bus collides head-on with a vehicle carrying oil in Panjgur, Balochistan, Pakistan. (The Express Tribune)
• At least four people are killed when torrential rain causes flash flooding across Arizona, United States. (The Times of India)

International relations

• International sanctions against Iran, Nuclear program of Iran
  • The United Nations reimposes economic and military sanctions on Iran after France, Germany, and the United Kingdom trigger the snapback mechanism under Security Council Resolution 2231 and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, citing Iran's nuclear escalation and lack of cooperation with the IAEA. (BBC News) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • 2025 Southport shooting
    • At least three people are killed and eight others are injured in a mass shooting when a gunman on a boat opens fire at a restaurant at the Southport Yacht Basin in Southport, North Carolina, United States. (BNO News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Gabonese parliamentary election
  • Gabonese citizens vote to elect members of the National Assembly alongside municipal elections. A second round will be held on 11 October for constituencies where no candidate has a majority. (AP)
• 2025 Seychellois general election
  • Seychellois vote to elect a president and members of the National Assembly. A second round will be held after no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, with United Seychelles candidate Patrick Herminie receiving 48.8% of the vote over the incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan's 46.4%. (AP)

Sports

• 2025 AFL Grand Final
  • In Australian rules football, the Brisbane Lions defeat the Geelong Cats to win the 2025 Australian Football League by 47 points, winning their second consecutive premiership and fifth overall. (The Age) (AFL)
• 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup
  • England defeats Canada in the final of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup. (BBC News)
• In flag football, the Italian men's and British women's national teams win their respective IFAF European Flag Football Championship titles in Paris, France. (EuroFlag) (IFAF)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza City offensive
    • At least 41 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russian forces launch more than 600 drones and dozens of cruise missiles at Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring 70 others. (BBC News)
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A Ukrainian missile strikes a power station in Belgorod causing a massive power outage in the Russian city. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Super Bowl halftime shows
  • Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny is announced as the headliner for Super Bowl LX to be held on February 8, 2026, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, United States. (NPR)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pacific typhoon season
  • At least thirteen people are killed and dozens others are missing as Typhoon Bualoi makes landfall in Nghệ An and Hà Tĩnh provinces, Vietnam. (DW)
• Twelve people are killed and 42 injured in three separate road accidents in Panjgur, Pishin and Lasbela, Pakistan. (Dawn)
• Four people are killed and another six people affected after a fire in a building in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. (MSN)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Grand Blanc Township church attack
    • Four people are killed and eight others are injured in a mass shooting and arson attack on a Mormon church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, United States. The perpetrator is killed in a shootout with police. (CNN) (BNO News)
  • Two people are killed and five others are injured in a mass shooting at a casino on the Kickapoo reservation near Eagle Pass, Texas, United States. The suspect initially fled the scene before being taken into custody. (WOAI-TV) (KSAT-TV)
• 2025 Danish drone incidents
  • The government of Denmark bans all civilian drones after several UAVs were seen above military sites last week and caused several airports to temporarily close in fear of an attack. (DW)
• Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
  • Former Chinese agriculture minister Tang Renjian is sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes worth more than ¥268 million (US$37.6 million) between 2007 and 2024. (Reuters)
• A civilian is killed and twelve soldiers are injured during clashes between security forces and Indigenous protesters in Cayambe, Pichincha, Ecuador, over the government’s decision to end a diesel fuel subsidy. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election
  • Moldovans vote to elect the 101 seats of the parliament. (AP)
  • The pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity of Moldovan president Maia Sandu wins with 50.2% of the vote, while the left-wing pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc wins 24.2% and the Alternative alliance wins 8%. Voter turnout is reportedly over 52.2%, higher than previous elections. (BBC News)
• 2025 Swiss referendums
  • Switzerland approves two referendums to decide on electronic identity and property tax. (The Guardian)

Science and technology

• The 625-meter-high Huajiang Canyon Bridge, the world's highest bridge, is opened to the public in Guizhou, China. (South China Morning Post) (The Star)

Sports

• 2025 Asia Cup
  • In cricket, India defeat their rival Pakistan by five wickets in the final to win their second consecutive Asia Cup title and ninth overall. During the awarding ceremony, the Indian team refused to accept their trophy from Asian Cricket Council chairperson and Pakistani interior minister Mohsin Naqvi due to the political turmoil between both nations. (AP)
• 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
  • In volleyball, Italy defeat Bulgaria 3–1 to win their second consecutive World Championship and fifth overall. (GMA Integrated News) (Rappler)
• 2025 Polish speedway season
  • In motorcycle speedway, KS Toruń defeats Orlen Oil Motor Lublin in the Ekstraliga final, winning their fifth Team Speedway Polish Championship. (Ekstraliga)
• 2025 Ryder Cup
  • In golf, Team Europe retains the Ryder Cup after scoring 15–13 over the United States. (The Independent)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Gaza war hostage crisis, Israeli–Palestinian peace process
      • The United States releases a 20-point ceasefire proposal to end the Gaza war, to which Israel agrees. The proposal includes the immediate end of military operations inside the Gaza Strip and the release of all living hostages within 72 hours. (Reuters)
    • 2025 Gaza City offensive
      • At least 39 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • A Houthi anti-ship missile attack on Dutch-flagged cargo ship Minervagracht injures two people and forces the crew to abandon the ship. (AP)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Ukraine allegedly shoots down a Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 on combat search and rescue duties with an FPV drone in Nadaeyvka, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, killing several people and injuring several others. (ASN)
• Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
  • Unidentified gunmen kill at least twelve forest security guards in Oke-Ode, Kwara State, Nigeria. (AP)

Business and economy

• German economic crisis, Workplace impact of artificial intelligence
  • German airline Lufthansa announces they will cut 4,000 administrative positions by 2030 and replace them with artificial intelligence and digitization processes. (DW)
• American video game company Electronic Arts (EA) agrees to be acquired by a group of private investors, including Silver Lake, the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and Affinity Partners, in a deal valued at $55 billion. The transaction, which will take EA private, constitutes the largest leveraged buyout on record. (Bloomberg News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Atlantic hurricane season
  • At least one person is killed as Tropical Storm Imelda makes landfall in the Bahamas and Cuba. (AP)
• Eight people are killed and 14 others are injured after a bus overturns in Samalut, Minya Governorate, Egypt. (MSN)
• Three students are killed, 38 more are missing and 77 injured after the collapse of a pesantren in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera)
• Namibia deploys 540 soldiers to contain wildfires that have burned more than 770,000 ha (7,700 km²), about a third of Etosha National Park, along with surrounding land. (CNN)

International relations

• Brazil–United States relations, South Africa–United States relations, Human trafficking in Brazil, Human trafficking in South Africa
  • The United States places Brazil and South Africa on the Tier 2 watchlist of its Trafficking in Persons Report, citing insufficient progress in combating human trafficking. (Reuters)
• China–South Korea relations
  • South Korea begins a pilot program allowing visa-free entry for Chinese tourist groups of three or more for stays of up to 15 days. (Reuters)
• Colombia–United States relations
  • Colombian foreign minister Rosa Villavicencio renounces her United States visa in response to the U.S. State Department's cancellation of President Gustavo Petro's visa. (The Independent)
• Hungary–Ukraine relations, Telecommunications in Hungary
  • Hungary blocks access to 12 Ukrainian news websites to reciprocate Ukraine's earlier ban on several Hungarian-language portals. (Reuters)
• Russian president Vladimir Putin signs a law denouncing and leaving the European Convention against Torture, after the country left the Council of Europe in 2022. (Reuters) (Mezha)

Law and crime

• 2025 Moroccan Gen Z protests
  • Moroccan police detain dozens of people on the third consecutive day of Gen Z-led protests across the country against government corruption in prioritizing public image over healthcare and education crises. (DW)
• Capital punishment in China, China–Myanmar relations
  • The intermediate people's court in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China, sentences 11 people, including three from a powerful family in Kokang, Myanmar, to death for murder, running an illegal gambling and scamming crime syndicate. The court also sentences 12 other people to prison sentences between five and 24 years. (AP)
• Capital punishment in Iran
  • Iran executes a man convicted of being a spy for Israeli spy agency Mossad working on sensitive telecommunications projects and providing information on routes for importing electronic devices.(BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Malagasy protests
  • Madagascar president Andry Rajoelina dismisses Prime Minister Christian Ntsay and his cabinet following protests over electricity and water shortages that left dozens dead and injured, while announcing an interim government until a replacement is appointed. (AP)
• 2025 Seychellois general election
  • Seychelles will hold a second-round presidential election after neither of the leading candidates, incumbent president Wavel Ramkalawan and opposition leader Patrick Herminie, obtains 50% of the vote. (BBC News)
• Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
  • Ako Bicol representative Zaldy Co resigns from the Philippine House of Representatives after being implicated in alleged corruption involving flood control projects. (ABS-CBN News)
• Human rights in Afghanistan, Internet in Afghanistan
  • The Taliban imposes a nationwide internet blackout in Afghanistan to "prevent immorality", cutting fiber-optic services and reducing connectivity to about 14% of normal levels, according to monitoring group NetBlocks. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
      • At least 59 Palestinians are killed by Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, including 20 who were seeking aid. (Al Jazeera)
  • Palestinian political violence
    • A Palestinian man rams into Israeli pedestrians near Al-Khader in the West Bank, injuring two children, before being shot. (The Times of Israel) (Haaretz)
• Pakistan in the war on terror
  • Insurgency in Balochistan
    • September 2025 Quetta bombing
      • Eight civilians and two policemen are killed and over 30 other people are injured in a suicide car bombing followed by gunfire outside the Frontier Corps' headquarters in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Four attackers are killed. (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • An overnight Russian drone strike kills four people, all members of the same family, in Chernechchyna, Okhtyrka Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (BBC News)

Arts and culture

• Two-year-old Aryatara Shakya is installed in Kathmandu as Nepal's new Kumari, succeeding Trishna Shakya who held the role since 2017. (AP) (Euronews)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Cebu earthquake
  • A M_w 6.9 earthquake hits the central Philippines with structural damage and power interruptions reported, particularly in Cebu where at least 69 people are reported dead. (The Guardian) (Reuters via The Straits Times)
• At least 26 people are killed in a boat accident on the Niger River in Ibaji, Kogi State, Nigeria. The cause of the accident is unknown. (AP)
• Nine people are killed when an under-construction coal preparation plant collapses in Chennai, India. (NDTV)

International relations

• 2025 Danish drone incidents, Denmark–Ukraine relations
  • Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy deploys a military mission to Denmark to share its expertise in countering Russian drones, as European countries plan a joint "drone wall" project to strengthen airspace defense. (AP)
• France–South Africa relations
  • South African ambassador to France and former sport, arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa is found dead outside his hotel in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. The ambassador had previously been reported missing by his wife. (Reuters)
• Haitian conflict
  • The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution to transform the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti into a larger Gang Suppression Force (GSF) of up to 5,500 police and military personnel to combat gang violence. (The Guardian) (UN News)

Law and crime

• 2025 Moroccan Gen Z protests
  • Large-scale youth-led demonstrations in Morocco continue for a third day, despite police arrests and tight security. (Reuters)
• Capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sentences former president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for treason. (AP)
• Chinese intelligence activity abroad, China–Germany relations
  • The Higher Regional Court of Dresden convicts a Chinese–German man of espionage for China while working for AfD politician Maximilian Krah, giving him a sentence of over five years. A co-defendant accused of supplying cargo and passenger information from her job at Leipzig Airport is given a suspended sentence of one and a half years. (AP)
• Nord Stream pipelines sabotage
  • Polish authorities arrest a Ukrainian diver in Pruszków, Masovian Voivodeship, on a German warrant, suspecting his involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions in the Baltic Sea. (AP)
• Lèse-majesté in Thailand
  • A Thai appeals court upholds a two-year prison sentence against opposition representative Chonthicha Jaengraew for defaming the monarchy in a 2021 speech, while granting her bail pending a Supreme Court appeal. (AP)
• Mexico's National Autonomous University cancels or shifts classes online in over half its departments after the killing of a student and threats against female professors, prompting authorities to strengthen security and provide support measures. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Gabonese parliamentary election
  • Gabon's ruling party, the Democratic Union of Builders of President Brice Oligui Nguema, wins 55 of 145 seats in the first round of legislative elections, with a second round scheduled for constituencies without a majority winner. (AP)

Science and technology

• Human rights in Afghanistan
  • Telecommunications are almost entirely down in Afghanistan following a internet cut by the Taliban government, with mobile phone services down to 1% of normal connectivity levels. (The Guardian)