Current events: 2025-09-21

[Wikipedia Current Events]

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)
• 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)
• 2025 Guinean constitutional referendum
  • Guineans vote on whether to replace their constitution, established in 2020, with a new one. (Reuters)

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)

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