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2025 September 15

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)

2025 September 14

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)

2025 September 13

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)

2025 September 12

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)

2025 September 11

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)

2025 September 10

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)

2025 September 09

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)

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