Current events: 2025-10-25

Wikipedia Current Events · 2025-10-25T20:54:14-0400

Armed conflicts and attacks

Terrorism in Sweden
- Gun violence in Sweden
  - Several people are injured in a shooting in Gävle, Gästrikland, Sweden. The Swedish Police suspect an act of terrorism or gang related violence. The situation is ongoing. (Expressen)
Russo-Ukrainian war
- Kyiv strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
  - Four people are killed and 20 others are injured in overnight Russian missile and drone strikes on residential areas in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters) (AP)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- A person is killed during an Israeli airstrike against a vehicle in Harouf, Lebanon, bringing the death toll from the attacks since the past 48 hours to eight. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Melissa
  - Hurricane warnings are issued in Jamaica, as forecasts indicate Melissa will likely reach Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale before making landfall there, while rainfall estimates exceed {{cvt|30|in|cm}} across the country and in Haiti. Hospitals enter emergency operative modes, measures are taken to protect bridges in Kingston, and the head of Jamaica's Meteorological Service declares "[t]here is nowhere that will escape the wrath of this hurricane". (CNN)
  - Over 145,000 people are evacuated by Guantánamo Province officials ahead of Melissa's potential impacts in eastern Cuba. (NBC) International relations
Enlargement of ASEAN
- Accession of Timor-Leste to ASEAN, 2025 ASEAN Summits
  - Timor-Leste becomes the eleventh member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (Antara)
Afghanistan–Pakistan relations, 2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict
- Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif says that if peace talks with the Taliban fail, Pakistan will declare an "open war" on Afghanistan, as Pakistan accuses the Taliban of sheltering Pakistani militants, which Kabul denies. (Reuters)
Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he will raise US tariffs on Canada by 10% in retaliation for an anti-tariff advertisement sponsored by the Ontario government. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections