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Inga Ruginienė

• Inga Ruginienė (pictured) becomes prime minister of Lithuania.
• Former president of France Nicolas Sarkozy is convicted of corruption and sentenced to five years in prison.
• Peter Mutharika is elected President of Malawi.
• Typhoon Ragasa leaves at least 28 people dead in Taiwan and the Philippines.
• In an effort led by France, several Western states recognize Palestinian statehood.

Ongoing:

• Gaza war (timeline · genocide)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• Ziad Takieddine
• Sara Jane Moore
• Russell M. Nelson
• Menzies Campbell
• Bobby Grier
• Roland Pidoux

September 29, 2025 (2025-09-29) (Monday)

September 28, 2025 (2025-09-28) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russian forces launch more than 600 drones and dozens of cruise missiles at Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring 70 others. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Grand Blanc Township church attack
    • Four people are killed, eight injured and others are missing in a mass shooting and arson attack on a Mormon church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, United States. The perpetrator is killed in a shootout with police. (CNN) (BNO News)
  • Two people are killed and five others are injured in a mass shooting at a casino on the Kickapoo reservation near Eagle Pass, Texas, United States. The suspect initially fled the scene before being taken into custody. (WOAI-TV) (KSAT-TV)
• Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
  • Former Chinese agriculture minister Tang Renjian is sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes worth more than ¥268 million (US$37.6 million) between 2007 and 2024. (Reuters)
• A civilian is killed and 12 soldiers are injured during clashes between security forces and Indigenous protesters in Cayambe, Pichincha, Ecuador, over the government’s decision to end a diesel fuel subsidy. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election
  • Moldovans vote to elect the 101 seats of the parliament. (AP)
  • The pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity of Moldovan president Maia Sandu appears set to win the election with at least 48.4% of the vote. Voter turnout is reportedly over 52%, higher than recent elections. (BBC News)

Sports

• 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
  • In volleyball, Italy defeat Bulgaria 3–1 to win their second consecutive FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship title. (GMA Integrated News) (Rappler)
• 2025 Polish speedway season
  • In motorcycle speedway, KS Toruń defeats Orlen Oil Motor Lublin in the Ekstraliga final, winning their fifth Team Speedway Polish Championship. (Ekstraliga)
• 2025 Ryder Cup
  • In golf, Team Europe retains the Ryder Cup after scoring 15–13 over the United States. (The Independent)

September 27, 2025 (2025-09-27) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza City offensive
    • At least 91 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
• 2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis
  • Cambodian and Thai forces reportedly exchange fire across their countries' shared border despite a ceasefire agreement in place since August. (Nation Thailand)
• 2025 deployment of federal forces in the United States
  • U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of troops to Portland, Oregon, saying he has directed defense secretary Pete Hegseth to secure the "war-ravaged" city. (BBC News)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • The Pakistan Armed Forces kill 17 Taliban militants and recover weapons and ammunition in an overnight operation in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (The Express Tribune)

Business and economy

• Economy of Iraq, Economy of Kurdistan Region
  • Iraq resumes oil exports from the Kurdistan Region through Turkey's Ceyhan port, ending a suspension imposed in early 2023 due to an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration ruling against independent Kurdish exports. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Karur crowd crush
  • At least 39 people are killed, including ten children, and 83 others are injured in a crowd crush at actor-politician Vijay's rally in Velusamypuram, Tamil Nadu, India. (The Hindu) (Hindustan Times)
• Eight people are killed after a bus collides head-on with a vehicle carrying oil in Panjgur, Balochistan, Pakistan. (The Express Tribune)
• At least four people are killed when torrential rain causes flash flooding across Arizona, United States. (The Times of India)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • 2025 Southport shooting
    • At least three people are killed and eight others are injured in a mass shooting when a gunman on a boat opens fire at a restaurant at the Southport Yacht Basin in Southport, North Carolina, United States. (BNO News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Gabonese parliamentary election
  • Gabonese citizens vote to elect members of the National Assembly alongside municipal elections. A second round will be held on 11 October for constituencies where no candidate has a majority. (AP)
• 2025 Seychellois general election
  • Seychellois vote to elect a president and members of the National Assembly. A second round will be held after no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, with United Seychelles candidate Patrick Herminie receiving 48.8% of the vote over the incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan's 46.4%. (AP)

Sports

• 2025 AFL Grand Final
  • In Australian rules football, the Brisbane Lions defeat the Geelong Cats to win the 2025 Australian Football League by 47 points, winning their second consecutive premiership and fifth overall. (The Age) (AFL)
• 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup
  • England defeats Canada in the final of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup. (BBC News)
• In flag football, the Italian men's and British women's national teams win their respective IFAF European Flag Football Championship titles in Paris, France. (EuroFlag) (IFAF)

September 26, 2025 (2025-09-26) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza City offensive
    • At least 60 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
    • Médecins Sans Frontières suspends its activities in Gaza City citing security concerns due to the Israeli offensive. (MSF)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pacific typhoon season
  • Ten people are confirmed killed as Typhoon Bualoi makes landfall in Visayas and southern Luzon in the Philippines since yesterday. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) (Reuters)
• At least 100 people are feared dead following the collapse of a gold mining pit in Zamfara State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• At least 14 people are killed when a minibus collides with two trucks in the southern Peruvian Andes, Peru. (AP)
• Eleven people are killed and 33 are injured when a building collapses following a fire in Nile Delta, Egypt. (AP)
• At least eleven people are killed and three others are injured after a truck crashes in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Dawn)
• Six people are killed and six others are injured when a roof collapses at a steel plant in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. (NDTV)

International relations

• Colombia–United States relations
  • The United States revokes Colombian president Gustavo Petro's visa following his participation in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York and his remarks urging U.S. soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump's orders. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders
  • Deceased serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers is identified as the prime suspect in the quadruple homicide at an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas, United States. (CBS News)
• 2025 Danish drone incidents
  • Air Base Karup in Central Denmark Region, Denmark, is closed due to a drone sighting above the military base. Danish authorities describe the incident as part of an ongoing "hybrid attack". (BBC News)
• 2025 Department of Justice counterinvestigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election
  • Former United States FBI director James Comey is indicted by a federal grand jury on two charges in a prosecution led by Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. (BBC News)
• Corruption in Lebanon
  • Lebanese authorities release former central bank governor Riad Salameh after he posts bail of US$14 million and LL 5 billion ($55,866) while facing ongoing charges of alleged financial crimes. (Reuters)
• LGBTQ rights in Slovakia
  • Slovakia passes a constitutional amendment stating there are only two genders. Only married couples have the right to adopt, which de facto prevents same-sex couples from adopting, while also banning surrogacy. (Politico)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election
  • Moldova's electoral commission removes the Greater Moldova and Heart of Moldova parties from the ballot ahead of Sunday's election, citing alleged illegal financing and foreign funding. (Reuters)

Sports

• The members of the International Paralympic Committee vote not to maintain sanctions against the Belarusian and Russian Paralympic Committee. (IPC)

September 25, 2025 (2025-09-25) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
      • The Italian and Spanish navies deploy frigates to assist and protect the Global Sumud Flotilla on its way to attempt to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip after it was allegedly attacked by Israeli drones off the coast of Greece. (AP) (Reuters)
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • At least 57 Palestinians, including 10 children and three women, are killed by Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
    • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
      • Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants are shot and killed by Israeli soldiers during the siege of a house in Tammun in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • September 2025 Israeli attacks in Yemen
      • In response to a drone attack the previous day that injured 50 Israeli civilians, the Israeli Air Force bombs Houthi targets in the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa. (Al Monitor)
      • The Houthis launch a ballistic missile at central Israel, which is intercepted. (The Times of Israel) (YNet)

Arts and culture

• Tattooing in South Korea
  • South Korea's National Assembly passes a law legalizing tattoo artistry by licensed non-medical professionals for the first time since a 1992 court ruling restricted the practice to doctors. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• China–United States relations, China–United States trade war
  • China lists six American companies on its Unreliable Entities List, including several in the underwater drone and satellite sectors. (AP)
• Ethiopia–Russia relations
  • Ethiopia and Russia sign an agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant for Ethiopian Electric Power by Rosatom. (Anadolu Agency)

Disasters and accidents

• Six people are killed after a bus collides with a truck head-on in Sundergarh, Odisha, India. (The Hans India)
• Decomposed bodies of five suspected migrants are discovered in the Great Sand Sea south of Tobruk, Libya. (AP)

International relations

• Foreign relations of the Netherlands, Foreign relations of Uganda
  • The Netherlands and Uganda sign an agreement to establish a pilot transit hub in Uganda for rejected asylum seekers from nearby countries who cannot be directly returned from the Netherlands. (Reuters)
• France–Iran relations
  • France withdraws its case at the International Court of Justice accusing Iran of denying consular protection to two French citizens detained at Evin Prison in Tehran for more than three years. (Reuters)
• France–Mali relations, French military withdrawal from West Africa
  • The Malian junta declares an end to joint counterterrorism operations with the French military and expels five French embassy workers from the country, declaring them personae non gratae. (AP)
• Israel–Slovenia relations, International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders
  • The Slovenian government formally bans Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu from entering the country, linking the ban to the International Criminal Court arrest warrant out for Netanyahu. (AP)
• Moldova–Poland relations
  • Poland bars Moldovan politician Irina Vlah from entering its territory for five years for allegedly assisting Russian interference in Moldova's upcoming parliamentary election. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2025 Malagasy protests
  • Unrest erupts in Antananarivo, Madagascar, following power and water cuts in the capital city. Security forces impose an evening curfew. (AP)
• Alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election
  • Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is sentenced to 5 years in prison for criminal association, becoming the first former French president to be sentenced to prison. His former interior ministers Brice Hortefeux and Claude Guéant are sentenced to two years and six years of house arrest under electronic tagging respectively, due to a French law allowing prison sentences equal or inferior to 2 years to be converted in another sentences, and to Guéant's health issues. (BBC News) (France 24)
• Ecuadorian security crisis
  • At least 17 people are killed in a prison riot in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. (Reuters)
• Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
  • The Philippine Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation file criminal graft and malversation charges against Senator Chiz Escudero, former senator Nancy Binay, and former house speaker Martin Romualdez in connection with investigations into alleged corruption in flood control projects. (The Philippine Star)
• Two teenagers are killed and three others are injured and hospitalized in a school shooting in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. (AFP via France 24) (AP)

Politics and elections

• Lithuania's parliament votes 80–42 to approve a coalition government led by the Social Democratic Party, installing Inga Ruginienė as the new prime minister. (AFP via The Straits Times)

Sports

• Brazilian professional skateboarder Sandro Dias breaks the records for the highest drop in ever and fastest speed reached (103 km/h) on a standard skateboard after skating down a government building in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, at 70 meters-high. (Red Bull) (Transworld Skateboarding) (AFP/CBS Newspath via WKRC)

September 24, 2025 (2025-09-24) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • At least 85 Palestinians are killed by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • Twenty-two Israelis are injured, including two seriously, after a drone launched by the Yemen-based Houthis strikes Eilat in southern Israel. (CNN)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
    • Thirteen Pakistani Taliban fighters are killed after a raid by security forces at a hideout in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, near the Durand Line. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Ragasa
    • Filipino authorities conclude a search and rescue operation for the 13-man crew of fishing boat FB Jobhenz, which capsized in Santa Ana, Cagayan, Philippines, on Monday. Six crew members are rescued, with the remaining seven confirmed to have died. (Manila Bulletin)
    • The Hong Kong Observatory issues its highest typhoon warning, Signal No. 10, in the morning before downgrading it to Signal No. 8 at 4 pm. (Al Jazeera) (Macao News)
• 2025 Bangkok road collapse
  • A section of road collapses into an estimated 50 m (160 ft)-deep sinkhole in front of Vajira Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, prompting road closures and evacuations of nearby buildings. No injuries and deaths are reported. (South China Morning Post) (The Straits Times)
• All 23 miners trapped for two days in a collapsed gold mine shaft in Segovia, Antioquia, Colombia, are rescued alive after receiving food, water, and oxygen through pipelines during the operation. (AFP via RTHK)
• Costa Rica closes its airspace for at least five hours after a power outage disables radar systems and disrupts hundreds of flights, before reopening after systems were restored. (Reuters)

International relations

• 2025 Allenby Bridge shooting, Israel–Jordan relations
  • Israel indefinitely closes the Allenby Bridge between Jordan and the West Bank days after reopening it following a shooting that killed two Israeli soldiers. (Reuters)
• Africa–United States relations
  • Lesotho's commerce minister announces the United States's plan to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act by one year following negotiations in Washington, D.C. (Reuters)
• Belarus–Poland relations
  • Poland reopens its border with Belarus after closing them during Russia-led military exercises, citing reduced security risks and economic considerations. (Reuters)
• France–United Kingdom relations, English Channel illegal migrant crossings
  • A family of three becomes the first group sent to the United Kingdom from France under the one in, one out policy that returns unauthorized Channel arrivals to France in exchange for vetted asylum-seekers. (AP)
• General debate of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa becomes the first Syrian leader to address the United Nations General Assembly since Nureddin al-Atassi in 1967. (AP) (BBC News)
• Syria–Ukraine relations
  • Syria and Ukraine restore diplomatic relations as Presidents Ahmed al-Sharaa and Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet on the sidelines of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, following Ukraine's 2022 break in ties with Syria when the Assad regime recognized Russian-occupied territories. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2025 Dallas ICE facility shooting
  • A person is killed and two others are injured in a shooting at a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, Texas, United States. The shooter is found dead on a nearby rooftop. (ABC News Australia) (CNN)
• Ladakh protests
  • At least four people are killed and more than 60 others are injured as protests held by demonstrators demanding statehood and the inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India turn violent in Ladakh, India. The local Bharatiya Janata Party office and a vehicle are set on fire in an arson attack. (India Today)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Malawian general election
  • Former Malawian president Peter Mutharika is declared the winner of the presidential election, winning 57% of votes against the incumbent Lazarus Chakwera, who received 33%. (BBC News)

September 23, 2025 (2025-09-23) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The United Nations reports that Russian authorities subject civilian detainees in occupied Ukrainian territories to widespread torture, including sexual violence, while also documenting cases of ill-treatment of detainees held by Ukrainian authorities. (AFP via CNA)

Arts and culture

• Mexico–United States relations
  • The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation repatriates a centuries-old Spanish colonial map depicting the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro to Mexico's Secretariat of Culture after being recovered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (AP)

Business and economy

• Economy of New Zealand
  • New Zealand introduces two new residency pathways for skilled workers and tradespeople to address labor shortages. (Reuters)
• Amazon announces that it will close all 19 of its Amazon Fresh stores in the United Kingdom after "a thorough evaluation of its business operations". (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Ragasa
    • At least 14 people are killed and 124 others are missing after a barrier lake in Hualien County, Taiwan, bursts during Ragasa, causing widespread flooding. (AFP via The Guardian)
    • Hong Kong International Airport suspends all passenger flights for 36 hours as Ragasa approaches. (Bloomberg News) (CNA)
• September 2025 Kolkata cloudburst
  • At least 12 people are killed during flash flooding in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Reuters)
• 2025 Aquidauana Cessna 175 crash
  • Four people, including Chinese architect Kongjian Yu, are killed when a Cessna 175 Skylark aircraft crashes in Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. (Campo Grande News) (G1) (Reuters)

International relations

• Deportation in the second Trump administration, Foreign relations of Ghana
  • Eleven West African migrants deported from the United States to Ghana are subsequently sent to their home countries despite ongoing legal proceedings and concerns about potential persecution. (AP)
• Indonesia–European Union relations
  • Indonesia and the European Union sign a free trade agreement in Bali after over nine years of negotiations that will remove tariffs on bilateral trade while also opening investments in other sectors. (DW)
• Violations of non-combatant airspaces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Lithuania's parliament authorizes its military to shoot down any unauthorized drones in its airspace following recent Russian drones entering the country. Previously, only drones deemed armed or posing an imminent threat to critical state assets could be targeted. (Reuters)
• China announces it will no longer claim special and differential treatment benefits under current and future World Trade Organization agreements. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2025 British anti-immigration protests
  • An English magistrates' court sentences an Ethiopian asylum-seeker to 12 months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl, an incident that triggered nationwide protests over migration policies and the housing of asylum-seekers in hotels. (AP)
• Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
  • The Philippine Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation file criminal graft and malversation charges against senators Jinggoy Estrada and Joel Villanueva, representative Zaldy Co, former representative Mitch Cajayon-Uy, and two former public works officials in connection with investigations into alleged corruption in flood control projects with the Anti–Money Laundering Council freezing their assets. (Gulf News) (Rappler)
• Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack
  • British multinational car-maker Jaguar Land Rover announces the pause in vehicle production due to a cyberattack is to be extended until 1 October. (The Irish Times)
• Italy's Guardia di Finanza arrests five people and seizes €17 million (US$20 million) while dismantling a Syrian-led network that laundered drug-trafficking proceeds in France and Italy by converting cash into gold, in an investigation coordinated with the National Gendarmerie, Eurojust, and Europol. (Reuters)
• Singapore-based shipping line X-Press Feeders refuses to pay the US$1 billion in damages ordered by Sri Lanka's Supreme Court over pollution caused by the 2021 sinking of the X-Press Pearl, arguing the ruling violates international maritime liability conventions. (AFP via France 24)
• Trinidad and Tobago's high court blocks the extradition of former FIFA vice president Jack Warner to the United States, ruling that proceedings were invalid without a formal extradition treaty. (AP)
• Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han is arrested in Seoul, South Korea, as prosecutors investigate allegations that the church bribed former first lady Kim Keon Hee and lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong, both of whom face separate corruption charges. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Gaza war protests
  • September 2025 Italian general strike for Gaza
    • Thousands of people across Italy hold rallies and a general strike to protest against the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and recent ground offensive into Gaza City. Dock workers at ports in Genoa, Livorno, Trieste, and Venice hold strikes, while protesters clash with police in Milan and 20,000 people march in Rome. (DW) (Le Monde)
• 2025 Malawian general election
  • Former Malawian president Peter Mutharika is projected to win the 2025 presidential election with more than 56% of the vote, according to unofficial tallies, while official results from the electoral commission show him leading incumbent Lazarus Chakwera. (Reuters)
• 2026 Ugandan general election
  • Uganda's Electoral Commission clears President Yoweri Museveni to run for reelection in 2026, a move that could extend his rule to nearly 50 years. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Scientists in Argentina identify a new megaraptoran species, Joaquinraptor casali, from fossils in Patagonia, providing one of the most complete skeletons of its group. (AP)

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Ongoing events

Disasters and humanitarian

• Gaza genocide
• Ukrainian refugee crisis
• Venezuelan crisis

Economics

• German economic crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• United States tariff policy

• United States–Canada–Mexico trade war
• United States–China trade war

Politics and diplomacy

• French political crisis
• Gaza war hostage crisis
• Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
• United States deportation efforts
• United States–India diplomatic and trade crisis

Protests and strikes

• British anti-immigration protests
• Gaza war protests
• Georgian protests and political crisis
• Serbian anti-corruption protests
• Thai political crisis

Weather

• Pacific typhoon season

• Typhoon Bualoi

Elections and referendums

Recent

• September

• 14: Macau, Legislative Assembly
• 16: Malawi, President, National Assembly
• 21: Guinea, Constitutional referendum
• 27: Gabon, National Assembly (1st round)
• 25–27: Seychelles, President (1st round), National Assembly
• 28: Moldova, Parliament
• 28: Switzerland, Referendums

Upcoming

• October

• 3–4: Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies
• 05: Syria, People's Assembly (indirect)
• 9–11: Seychelles, President (2nd round)
• 11: Gabon, National Assembly (2nd round)
• 12: Cameroon, President

Sports

• American football

• 2025 NFL season
• 2025 NCAA Division I FBS season

• Association football

• 2025–26 UEFA Champions League
• 2025–26 UEFA Europa League
• 2025–26 UEFA Conference League
• 2025 Copa Libertadores
• 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup
• 2025–26 Premier League
• 2025–26 La Liga
• 2025–26 Bundesliga
• 2025–26 Serie A
• 2025–26 Ligue 1
• 2025 Major League Soccer season
• 2025 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2025–26 Women's Super League

• Australian rules football

• 2025 AFL Women's season

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• 2025 MLB season
• 2025 NPB season

• Basketball

• 2025 WNBA playoffs

• Canadian football

• 2025 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship

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• 2025 UCI World Tour

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• 2025 Ryder Cup
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• 2025 Formula One World Championship
• 2025 MotoGP World Championship
• 2025 World Rally Championship
• 2025 NASCAR Cup Series

• Rugby league

• 2025 NRL season
• 2025 Super League season

• Rugby union

• 2025 Rugby Championship

• Tennis

• 2025 ATP Tour
• 2025 WTA Tour

• Volleyball

• 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship

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Recent deaths

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• 27: Russell M. Nelson
• 27: Chang Chun-hsiung
• 26: Menzies Campbell
• 25: Robert Barnett
• 25: Voddie Baucham
• 25: Assata Shakur
• 24: Sara Jane Moore
• 23: Claudia Cardinale
• 23: Rudi Johnson
• 23: Abdulaziz Al Sheikh
• 23: Danny Thompson
• 22: Dickie Bird
• 21: Bernie Parent
• 21: John Stapleton
• 20: Matt Beard
• 19: Sonny Curtis
• 18: Brett James
• 18: Diane Martel
• 18: Charles Guthrie
• 18: George Smoot
• 17: Roger Climpson
• 16: Tomas Lindberg
• 16: Robert Redford
• 16: Joseph Urusemal
• 14: Pat Crowley
• 14: Jim Edgar
• 14: Ricky Hatton
• 14: Beverly Thomson
• 11: Tiana Mangakahia
• 11: Yu Menglong
• 10: Bobby Hart
• 10: Charlie Kirk
• 09: Polly Holliday
• 07: John Burton
• 07: Stuart Craig
• 07: Edmund Lawrence
• 06: David Baltimore
• 06: Rick Davies
• 06: Christoph von Dohnányi
• 05: Ken Dryden
• 05: Davey Johnson
• 05: Mark Volman
• 04: Katharine, Duchess of Kent
• 04: Joseph McNeil
• 04: Giorgio Armani
• 02: Patrick Hemingway
• 01: Joe Bugner
• 01: Graham Greene
• 01: George Raveling
• 30: Andriy Parubiy
• 29: Rodion Shchedrin

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• M23 campaign

• Sahel

• Mali War
• Chad Basin

• Burkina Faso
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• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

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• Colombia

• Colombian conflict

• Haiti

• Gang war

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

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• Cambodia and Thailand
  • Cambodia–Thailand border conflict
• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Israel

• Gaza war

• Syria

• Israeli invasion of Syria

• Druze insurgency

• Yemen

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

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