Sunday, October 12th, 2025 

Venezuelan activist María Corina Machado is awarded this year Nobel Peace Prize for her promotion of democratic rights in Venezuela. (CNN) 

At least 19 Doghmush clan members and eight Hamas fighters are killed in a shootout in Gaza City. (BBC News) 

Palestinian journalist Saleh al-Jafarawi is shot and killed by Doghmush clan members amid shootouts with Hamas in Gaza City. (TRT World) 

At least 23 Pakistani soldiers and nine Afghan soldiers are killed during the ongoing clashes at the border. Pakistan claims that it captured 19 Afghan border posts. (Al Jazeera) 

Three protestors, a bystander and a policeman are killed and dozens are injured during clashes in Muridke, Pakistan, as a pro-Palestine march, organized by the TLP Party, attempted to reach the American embassy in Islamabad. (Reuters) 

Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina says that an attempted coup has been initiated after a group of the military joined protestors and exchanged gunfire with pro-government security forces, demanding Rajoelina to step down. (AP) 

More than three people are reported missing and more at least 34 others are rescued when remenants of Typhoon Halong causes flooding in Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, Alaska, United States. (ABC News) 

Four people are killed and at least 20 others are injured, including four critically, in a mass shooting at a crowded bar in Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, United States. (CNN) 

Cameroonians vote to elect their president, with the incumbent Paul Biya seeking his eighth term. (Reuters) 

Police clash with protestors in Quito, Ecuador, amid ongoing demonstrations against President Daniel Noboa over an increase in fuel price. Noboa has refused to negotiate with the Indigenous federation, which leads part of the protests against his government. (AP) 

Patrick Herminie wins the presidential election in Seychelles by obtaining more than 52% of the votes, becoming the next President of Seychelles, defeating the incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan. (Reuters) 

Forty-two people are killed and 49 others injured in a bus crash in Louis Trichardt, Limpopo, South Africa. (AP) 

In tennis, Monégasque player Valentin Vacherot, who was ranked 204th on the ATP rankings, defeats his cousin Arthur Rinderknech in the Shanghai Masters final 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, to become the lowest-ranked Masters 1000 winner in ATP history, and the first from Monaco. (ESPN) 

Following his win at the Shanghai Masters, Vacherot moves to rank 40 and becomes the highest ranked Monégasque player in history, surpassing Jean-René Lisnard who ranked 106th in 2006. (Olympics) 

In touring car racing, Grove Racing drivers Matthew Payne and Garth Tander win the 68th running of the Supercars Bathurst 1000. (Supercars) 

Saturday, October 11th, 2025 

Two Hamas members are killed by the Doghmush clan in an ambush in Gaza City, Palestine. A clan member is killed and 30 arrested in retaliation. (BBC News) 

One person is killed, seven others are injured, dozens of bulldozers are destroyed, and a key route connecting Beirut to Lebanon’s south is severed in Israeli attacls in Msayleh, An-Najjariyah, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) 

Following Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan in Kabul and Paktika on October 9th, the Afghan Armed Forces launches attacks on several border posts of Pakistan along the Durand Line and seizes several posts. (The Guardian) 

Pakistan responds with retaliatory strikes, gunfire and ground raids on Afghan posts along the border. (The Guardian) 

At least two people are killed and four others are injured, including one critically, in a Russian strike on a church in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Ukrainska Pravda) 

Six people are killed and 14 others are injured after an individual opens fire at the Leland High School homecoming gathering on a main street in Leland, Mississippi, United States. No suspect has been taken into custody. (The Guardian) 

British musician Ian Watkins of the band Lostprophets is killed in HM Prison Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, where he was imprisoned for sexual crimes against children and animals. Two men are arrested on suspicion of the murder. (BBC News) 

In tennis, world 206th-ranked Monégasque player Valentin Vacherot defeats Novak Djokovic in the Shanghai Masters semi-final, becoming the lowest-ranked finalist in Masters 1000 history and the first finalist ranked higher than 200th. He also becomes the first Monégasque to defeat a top 10 player and is set to play his cousin Arthur Rinderknech in the final.  (The Guardian) 

Helena Moreno is elected Mayor of New Orleans. (CNN) 

Friday,  October 10th, 2025 

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas comes into effect hours after the approval of the ceasefire agreement by the Israeli cabinet. The Israel Defense Forces complete their withdrawal to the agreed-upon lines within Gaza. (AP) 

US officials announce that 200 troops will be sent to Israel to run a civil-military coordination center established by U.S. Central Command to support and monitor the ceasefire deal, joined by members of the armed forces of Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. (AP) 

Hundreds of Texas Military Forces troops arrive at a United States Army Reserve military base near Chicago, Illinois, ahead of a deployment to the city. (Sky News) 

Attorney General of New York Letitia James is indicted on a criminal bank fraud charge by the United States Department of Justice in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. (CNN) (Reuters) 

Vladimir Putin says that Russian air defense shot down Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 in December 2024, in his first admission of responsibility for the accident. (CNN) 

Following a vote of 124–0, Peru’s Congress removes President Dina Boluarte from power after she fails to appear for a required defense in Congress regarding her government’s inability to stem crime. (AP) 

Komeito announces their exit from the ruling coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party. (Reuters) 

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Manay, Davao Oriental, Philippines, killing eight people and wounding over 400. (The Guardian) 

The United States Pacific Tsunami Warning Center raises, for more than two hours, a tsunami alert for the Philippines, Indonesia, and Palau. Local authorities record “minor tsunamis” in Talaud Islands, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, and an inch-long wave in Tandag, Surigao del Sur, Philippines. (BBC News) 

Thursday, October 9th, 2025 

The World Health Organization intervenes as the death toll from toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, India, rises to at least 20. (The Independent) 

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi are jointly awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on metal–organic frameworks. (BBC News) 

A 29-year-old man is arrested for allegedly starting the Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 homes in Los Angeles County, Southern California, United States, earlier this year. (BBC News) 

Singapore executes Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, a Malaysian man convicted of drug offenses, bringing this year’s number of executions in the country to 12. (AP) 

United States president Donald Trump announces that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire and the first phase of his peace plan to end the Gaza war. (Al Jazeera). 

Four people are killed and 40 others are trapped under rubble in an Israeli strike on a building in Sabra, Gaza City, Palestine, as the ceasefire agreement proposed by US president Donald Trump awaits approval by the Israeli cabinet. (The Times of Israel) 

The Israeli cabinet formally approves the ceasefire agreement, with the Israeli military given 24 hours to withdraw their troops to the agreed-upon line within Gaza. The hostage and prisoner releases are expected to begin in the coming days. (AP) 

US secretary of the treasury Scott Bessent announces that the United States has purchased Argentine pesos and has finalized a currency swap framework, adding that the US is prepared to provide assistance to Argentina’s economy, after ending four days of meetings with Argentine economy minister Luis Caputo. (AP) 

The United States Treasury Department issues sanctions against Naftna Industrija Srbije, the primary petroleum producer and supplier in Serbia, which is majority-owned by Russian state company Gazprom. (AP) 

The Pakistan Air Force carries two airstrikes in Kabul, Afghanistan, targeting Pakistani Taliban leaders. (Amu.tv) 

Hungarian novelist and screenwriter László Krasznahorkai wins this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. (CNN) 

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