Monday, September 22, 2025

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September 22, 2025

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)

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)

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 made comments about slain right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk. (NPR)

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 Panultan Island, Cagayan, in the Philippines, triggering alerts and evacuation orders in nearby Hong Kong and southern China. (CNN)

Law and crime

Copenhagen Airport in Denmark is closed and all flights are diverted after multiple "large drones" are sighted near the airport. It is unclear where the drones originated from or who is operating them. (BBC News)

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)

Politics and elections

International recognition of Palestine

France, Monaco, Belgium, Malta, and Luxembourg formally recognize the State of Palestine as a sovereign state with full rights. (Reuters) (CNN)

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)

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