Monday
September 8, 2025
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Four Israeli soldiers are killed by Hamas on the outskirts of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel)
Palestinian political violence
Six people are killed and seven others are wounded in a mass shooting targeting Israelis by Palestinian militants in Jerusalem. The two perpetrators are killed following a shootout with a soldier and a civilian. (BBC News) (CNN)
War in the Sahel
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) imposes a nationwide blockade on fuel and other goods imported from neighboring countries while besieging Malian government-held cities and towns. An unknown number of fuel trucks from Senegal and the Ivory Coast violating JNIM's blockade have been attacked and burned by militants. (AP)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict Gaza war 2025 Gaza City offensive Four Israeli soldiers are killed by Hamas on the outskirts of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel) Palestinian political violence 2025 Ramot Junction shooting Six people are killed and seven others are wounded in a mass shooting targeting Israelis by Palestinian militants in Jerusalem. The two perpetrators are killed following a shootout with a soldier and a civilian. (BBC News) (CNN) War in the Sahel Mali war Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) imposes a nationwide blockade on fuel and other goods imported from neighboring countries while besieging Malian government-held cities and towns. An unknown number of fuel trucks from Senegal and the Ivory Coast violating JNIM's blockade have been attacked and burned by militants. (AP)
September 2025 Nepalese protests
Police open fire on protesters demonstrating against a government ban on social media in Kathmandu, Nepal, killing at least 19 people and wounding over a hundred more. A curfew is declared around all government buildings, including the Rastrapati Bhawan and Federal Parliament. (CBC News) (BBC News) (Sky News)
Ramesh Lekhak resigns as Minister of Home Affairs in response to the police killings of protesters. (Firstpost)
Disasters and accidents
A train collides with a double-decker bus at a level crossing in Atlacomulco, Mexico, killing at least ten people and injuring 41 others. (Yahoo! News Canada)
International relations
Israel–Spain relations
Spain announces an indefinite ban on ships transporting fuel and planes carrying weaponry to Israel from all of its ports and airspace in response to the Gaza genocide. (Politico)
Spain recalls its ambassador to Israel after the Israeli government accused Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez of being "antisemitic" and barred two Spanish officials from entering Israel, with Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares calling it "slanderous accusations" against the country. (Barron's)
South Korea–United States relations, Immigration policy of the second Trump administration
The South Korean foreign ministry charters a plane to repatriate more than 300 South Koreans who were detained during an ICE raid at a Hyundai plant in Ellabell, Georgia, last Thursday. (NPR)
Law and crime
Two police officers are killed and three other people are injured in a mass shooting at a police station in İzmir, Turkey. The 16-year-old perpetrator is arrested. (WTOP)
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations, Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejects Donald Trump's bid on the grounds of presidential immunity to overturn the civil ruling of Carroll I (2019), upholding that Trump must pay US$83,300,000 to sexual abuse victim E. Jean Carroll for defamation. (The New York Times) (Reuters)
Frédéric Péchier case
French doctor Frédéric Péchier is tried for allegedly intentionally poisoning 30 people, including twelve fatally, at two clinics in Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. (BBC News)
Phillips family disappearances
Tom Phillips, a man who kidnapped his three children during a dispute with their mother and brought them to a remote countryside in 2021, is fatally shot by a police officer after shooting and critically injuring another officer in the head following a robbery at an agricultural supplies store in Waikato, New Zealand. All the three children are rescued. (The New Zealand Herald)
Politics and elections
The Philippine Senate elects Tito Sotto as Senate president, replacing Chiz Escudero after 15 senators voted for a leadership change that also realigned majority and minority blocs. (Bloomberg News) (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Following the recent protests, Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto reshuffles his cabinet, appointing four new ministers and one deputy minister and establishing a new department, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. The removal of finance minister Sri Mulyani causes a sharp drop in the country's main stock market index as well as the rupiah. (Tempo) (Reuters)
The French Bayrou government collapses after a losing a vote of confidence in the National Assembly by 364 votes to 194. (BBC News)
2025 Norwegian parliamentary election
Norwegians vote to elect all 169 members of the Storting using party-list proportional representation in 19 multi-member constituencies. (Reuters)
2025 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election
The Norwegian Sámi people vote to elect all 39 members of the Sámi Parliament of Norway using party-list proportional representation in seven multi-member constituencies. (NRK)
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