Current events: 2025-09-22

[Wikipedia Current Events]

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 commented on slain right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk and his fanbase. (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 Cagayan, Philippines, triggering alerts and evacuation orders in nearby Hong Kong and southern China. (CNN)

Health and environment

• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves leucovorin for the treatment of cerebral folate deficiency, citing evidence that it can improve autistic features. (Reuters)
• The World Organisation for Animal Health reports an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza on poultry farms in Susz, Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, where around 4,000 birds have died. (Reuters)

International relations

• International recognition of Palestine
  • Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Malta, and Monaco formally recognize the State of Palestine as a sovereign state with full rights. (Reuters) (CNN)
• Israel–Singapore relations
  • Singapore announces targeted sanctions on leaders of Israeli settler groups, citing concerns over settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories. (Reuters)
• Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announce their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, citing its ineffectiveness. (AFP via France 24)

Law and crime

• 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)
• List of executive orders in the second Trump presidency
  • U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order formally designating Antifa as a terrorist organization. (Reuters)
• Copenhagen Airport in Denmark and Oslo Airport in Norway are both closed and all flights are diverted after multiple "large drones" are sighted near the airports. It is unclear where the drones originated from or who is operating them. (BBC News) (Times Now News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Guinean constitutional referendum
  • Provisional results show that over 90% of voters in Guinea approve a constitutional change that permits members of the ruling junta to seek the presidency and extend term limits, amid opposition boycotts and criticism that the process consolidates military power. (AP)
• 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election
  • Moldovan police conduct 250 raids and detain 74 people as part of an investigation into an alleged Russia-supported plan to provoke unrest before the election, with officials stating that suspects received training in Serbia while Russia denies involvement. (AP)
• 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)

Sports

• 2025 Ballon d'Or
  • In association football, French player Ousmane Dembélé and Spanish player Aitana Bonmatí are awarded their first Ballon d'Or and third consecutive Ballon d'Or Féminin, respectively. (The Daily Jagran)

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