Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- Typhoon Ragasa (satellite image shown) affects Taiwan and the Philippines, leaving at least 25 people dead.
- Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign an agreement to defend each other against attacks.
- American actor and filmmaker Robert Redford dies at the age of 89.
- In boxing, Terence Crawford defeats Canelo Álvarez, becoming undisputed champion in his third weight class.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- At least 17 Palestinians, including 10 children and three women, are killed by Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. (AP)
- 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)
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- 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)
- September 2025 Israeli attacks in Yemen
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 issues sanctions on six American companies, 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. (Anadolu Agency)
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 in prison and six years of house arrest respectively, convertible due 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)
Sports
- Brazilian professional skateboarder Sandro Dias breaks the records for the highest drop in ever and fastest speed reached on a standard skateboard after skating down a government building in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, at 70 meters-high. (Red Bull) (Transworld Skateboarding)
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)
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Red Sea crisis
- Gaza war
- 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)
- Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
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)
- Typhoon Ragasa
- 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
- Mosotho 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 after Syria under 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
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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)
- War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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)
- Typhoon Ragasa
- September 2025 Kolkata cloudburst
- At least twelve people are killed during flash flooding in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Reuters)
- 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 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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
- 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)
- September 2025 Italian general strike for Gaza
- 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
- 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)
- 2025 Gaza City offensive
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Zaporizhzhia strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces strike the city of 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)
- Zaporizhzhia strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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)
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)
- Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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
- US President Donald Trump and HHS 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
- 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)
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)
- 2025 Gaza City offensive
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Five people are killed and two others injured in a 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)
- Trillion Peso March
- 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
- 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)
- 2025 Gaza City offensive
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 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)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- 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
Disasters and accidents
- At least seven people, including five children, are killed and several others injured when the roof of a private academy collapsed in Punjab province, Pakistan. (Xinhua)
- 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 to 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)



