Wednesday
October 22, 2025
Armed conflicts and attacks
Gaza war
Russo-Ukranian war
Six people are killed and several others are injured in Russian strikes on power plants in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Euronews)
One person is killed and six others are injured in Russian drone strikes on a kindergarten in Kholodnohirskyi District, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)
Terrorism in Serbia
A man opens fire outside the Serbian Parliament in Belgrade and sets fire to a tent, critically injuring a person, before being arrested. The incident is classified as a terrorist attack. (Ansa)
Arts and culture
2025 Louvre robbery
The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, reopens with increased activity several days after jewelry from the Galerie d'Apollon was stolen in a heist. The Galerie d'Apollon remains closed. (DW)
Disasters and accidents
Forty-six people are killed and others are injured in a collision between two buses and other vehicles on the Kampala–Gulu Highway in Uganda. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
The Fijian High Court sentences former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to a 12-month suspended prison term after being found guilty of making an unwarranted demand to a public official under the Crimes Act this month. (RNZ)
An opposition politician of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya party is shot and killed by an unidentified gunman in Weligama, Sri Lanka, amid an increase of shootings in the country in the past months, which have left 51 people killed and 56 injured since the beginning of the year. (AP)
Politics and elections
Argentine Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein submits his resignation to President Milei. (Reuters)
Subscribe to Legible News Plus and we'll email you the Thursday issue when it publishes .