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2025 September 27

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
  • At least 39 people are killed, including ten children, and 83 others are injured in a crowd crush at actor-politician Vijay’s rally in Velusamypuram, Tamil Nadu, India. (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)