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October 5, 2025 (Sunday)
0.6 minutes to read
Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
Rescue efforts are underway after nearly 1,000 people were trapped by a blizzard on the eastern slope of Mount Everest in Tibet.
Law and crime
U.S. president Donald Trump authorizes the deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago, Illinois.
Sports
In auto racing, McLaren win their second consecutive Formula One World Constructors' Championship after their drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri place third and fourth, respectively, at the Singapore Grand Prix.
October 4, 2025 (Saturday)
2.2 minutes to read
Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
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.
A Russian Buyan-class corvette is allegedly attacked near Lake Onega, in Karelia, Russia. The ship sustains damage to the right side of its power plant compartment.
Puntland Security Forces kill over ten Islamic State militants and capture another in a major operation targeting wells used by ISIS as bases to carry out attacks in the Cal Miskaad Mountains in Bari region of Puntland. Three soldiers are killed and six others are injured in the operation.
Arts and culture
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities formally opens the tomb of Amenhotep III in the Valley of the Kings to the public after 20 years of renovations following its excavation in 1989.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States, installs Reverend Yehiel Curry as its presiding bishop, making him the first Black bishop to lead the denomination. Curry succeeds Reverend Elizabeth Eaton, the first woman to lead the organization.
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.
At least ten people are killed and two others are reported missing when heavy rainfall triggered multiple landslides in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
International relations
Lithuania temporarily suspends air traffic at Vilnius Airport after unidentified balloons are detected in its airspace.
Law and crime
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.
A mosque with two people inside is set on fire in a suspected hate crime in Peacehaven, East Sussex, England.
Politics and elections
The second and final day of the election to elect the members of the Czech Chamber of Deputies takes place.
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, should she be confirmed by the Diet, the first female prime minister of Japan.
Violent protests that killed at least ten people in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, end as a peace agreement is reached with a civil rights alliance.
Peter Mutharika is sworn in for his second non-consecutive term as President of Malawi following his victory in last month's national election.
Protestors attempt to storm the Orbeliani Palace and clash with police in Tbilisi, Georgia, during the local elections.
Sports
In motorcycle speedway, Australia wins the 2025 Speedway of Nations, defeating Poland in the grand final at the MotoArena Toruń, BiT City, Kuyavian–Pomeranian, Poland.
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