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September 3, 2025 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Puntland forces kill at least 15 ISIS fighters and capture key militant positions, including Ceelasha Burti-Cise and Af-ka Dharimood in the Baallade Valley, following a series of intense military operations in the broader Cal Miskaad Mountains of the Bari region, Puntland.
Russia fires more than 500 drones and two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight, targeting mostly western and central Ukraine and wounding at least five people, in response to the attacks, Poland scrambles its fighter jets and places ground-based air defenses and radar systems on maximum readiness.
Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin spokesman Abou Houfeiza al-Bambari announces a blockade on all fuel trucks that enter Mali.
Nigeria's air force kills more than 15 Islamist fighters in an airstrike on hideouts in Borno's Sambisa forest, while troops separately kill 13 Boko Haram militants after repelling an ambush on a military convoy along the Gubio–Damasak road.
Arts and culture
The Nazi-looted painting Portrait of a Lady by Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi is handed over to the Argentine justice system after being discovered on display in a private house in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
At least 30 people are killed in flash floods caused by cloudbursts, landslides, and waterlogging across north India, including in Punjab, Odisha, and Jammu and Kashmir. Casualty numbers are expected to increase.
A rescue team locates the burnt remains of the EastIndo passenger MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 helicopter that went missing on Monday in Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo and recovers one body.
One person is killed, another is injured, and five others are reported missing during an accident on a Hanwha Ocean floating production storage and offloading ship at a shipyard in South Korea.
Sixteen people are killed and 22 others are injured when the Ascensor da GlĂłria funicular crashes into a building in Lisbon, Portugal. The Portuguese government declares a day of mourning for the following day in remembrance of those deceased.
International relations
Czech defence minister Jana Černochová announces that the Czech government signed a deal to pay Kč34 billion (US$1.6 billion) for 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks from Germany as part of its efforts to modernize the Armed Forces.
China holds a military parade in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The event is attended by the leaders of about two dozen countries.
Law and crime
Three people are killed and the perpetrator is injured in a mass stabbing in a pizza restaurant in Gwanak District, Seoul, South Korea.
A Peruvian court sentences former president Alejandro Toledo to 13 years and four months in prison for laundering S/18 million (US$5.1 million) in bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht through offshore accounts to purchase and refinance properties in Lima, with the sentence to run concurrently with his earlier conviction for accepting S/124 million ($35 million) in kickbacks.
A Moroccan court sentences human rights activist Ibtissame Lachgar to 30 months in prison and a fine of DH50,000 (US$5,510) for blasphemy, with her lawyers stating they will appeal.
Politics and elections
Jamaicans vote to elect the 63 members of the Parliament using first-past-the-post voting. The two leading parties are the ruling Jamaica Labour Party and the opposition People's National Party.
Residents of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory, vote for the twelve members of the Legislative Council using plurality block voting.
The ruling Pheu Thai Party of the acting government of Thailand moves to dissolve the parliament, setting up for a new election, after prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was dismissed from office due to her phone call leak with Cambodia.
Science and technology
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