Current events: 2025-10-04

Wikipedia Current Events · 2025-10-04T20:36:56-0400

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - 2025 Gaza City offensive
    - At least 70 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip and in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
Russo-Ukrainian war
- One person is killed and at least 30 people are injured in Russian drone strikes on two passenger trains at a rail station in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (The Independent)
- A Russian Buyan-class corvette is allegedly attacked near Lake Onega. The ship sustains damage to the right side of its power plant compartment. (The Kyiv Independent)
Somali Civil War
- Multiple people are killed and injured and several prisoners escape in an attack on a National Intelligence and Security Agency prison by militant group Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online)

Disasters and accidents

A man is killed in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland and hundreds of thousands are without power as Storm Amy brings high winds to the United Kingdom and Ireland. (Sky News)

Law and crime

Capital punishment in Iran
- Iran executes six prisoners convicted of carrying out attacks inside Iran on behalf of Israel, with links to a secession movement which has previously launched attacks against oil pipelines in Iran’s southwest. (AP)
An armed woman is shot and injured by United States Border Patrol agents after she and nine others allegedly boxed in authorities on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. (WBEZ)

Politics and elections

2025 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election
- Sanae Takaichi defeats Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff election to become the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and prime minister designate. She is the first female leader of the LDP and, therefore, prime minister of Japan. (Kyodo News)
2025 Azad Kashmir protests
- Violent protests that killed at least 10 people in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, end as a peace agreement is reached with a civil rights alliance. (MSN)
2024–2025 Georgian protests
- 4 October 2025 attempted Georgian revolution
  - Protestors attempt to storm the Orbeliani Palace and clash with police in Tbilisi, Georgia. (Al Jazeera)
2025 Czech parliamentary election
- The second and final day of the election to elect the members of the Czech Chamber of Deputies takes place. (TVN24)
Peter Mutharika is sworn in for his second term (non-consecutive) as President of Malawi following his victory in last month's general election. (Reuters)

Sports

Privacy & Transparency