Tuesday
September 9, 2025
Armed conflicts and attacks
Gaza war
The Israeli Defense Forces issues an evacuation order for the entirety of Gaza City. (CNN)
Israeli strike on Hamas headquarters 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)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests
Nepalese president Ram Chandra Poudel and prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli both resign 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)
Rabi Laxmi Chitrakar, wife of former Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal, is killed during an arson attack against their residence. (India Today)
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 former president Ram Chandra Poudel is stormed and vandalized by protesters while the headquarters of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) and Nepali Congress 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 Air India suspends all flights to Nepal due to the ongoing civil unrest. (Online Khabar) (Business Standard)
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
At least 60 people are killed when Allied Democratic Forces rebels attack a funeral in Ntoyo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Euronews)
Red Sea crisis
The Houthis launch a ballistic missile at Israel, which is intercepted. (The Times of Israel) (YNet)
Law and crime
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)
The Trump administration announces more sanctions on cyber scamming rings operating in Myanmar and Cambodia. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
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 Sebastien Lecornu as the new prime minister. (Reuters)
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)
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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