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1947 – First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University. 

Tuesday,  September 9th, 2025 

The US House Oversight Committee releases a “birthday book” compiled for Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, which includes a note allegedly signed by President Donald Trump; the White House denies its authenticity. The book is part of a larger set of documents. (BBC) 

French prime minister François Bayrou formally submits his resignation after losing a vote of confidence in the National Assembly the day before. President Emmanuel Macron appoints Sebastien Lecornu as the new prime minister. (Reuters) 

Ethiopia fully launches the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam, sparking concerns about Nile water security from Egypt and Sudan. (TRT) 

A video shows finance minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel being beaten and dragged through the streets of Kathmandu by protesters. His condition is unknown. (NDTV) 

The Israeli Defense Forces issues an evacuation order for the entirety of Gaza City. (CNN) 

The Israeli Air Force carries out a series of airstrikes against the Hamas leadership’s office in Doha, Qatar, during a meeting. Six people are killed; however, the entire leadership survived according to Palestinian and Hamas sources. A member of the Qatari security forces is among the fatalities.  (BBC News) 

A Russian airstrike kills at least 24 people collecting their pensions in Yarova, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

Nepalese president Ram Chandra Poudel and prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli both resign in response to the protests amid a government collapse.  (Reuters) 

The Federal Parliament building is stormed and set on fire by protesters. (Al Jazeera) 

Rabi Laxmi Chitrakar, wife of former Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal, is killed during an arson attack against their residence. (India Today) 

Foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba and her husband, former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, are assaulted at their residence. (Himalpress) 

The private residence of former president Ram Chandra Poudel is stormed and vandalized by protesters while the headquarters of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) and Nepali Congress are both destroyed. (Israel Hayom) 

Nakhu Jail in Lalitpur District, Bagmati Province, is stormed by protesters and all inmates are freed, including prominent opposition figure Rabi Lamichhane. The prison is then set ablaze. (Setopati) 

Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport is closed and occupied by the Nepali Army, while Air India suspends all flights to Nepal due to the ongoing civil unrest. (Business Standard) 

At least 60 people are killed when Allied Democratic Forces rebels attack a funeral in Ntoyo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Euronews) 

The Houthis launch a ballistic missile at Israel, which is intercepted. (The Times of Israel) 

Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson announces that the government will lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 in response to rising cases of criminal gangs recruiting children to commit serious crimes. (Reuters) 

An arson attack on two power poles in Berlin, Germany, causes a widespread blackout affecting the Berlin S-Bahn, emergency services, and more in the southeastern part of the city. (Reuters) 

The Thai Supreme Court rules that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve a one-year prison term for corruption, declaring his prior hospital detention unlawful. (BBC News) 

The Trump administration announces more sanctions on cyber scamming rings operating in Myanmar and Cambodia. (Reuters) 

Elections take place for the next Vice President of India following the early resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar. (The Hindu) 

C.P. Radhakrishnan is elected as the 15th Vice President of India. (India Today) 

Monday,  September 8th, 2025 

Police open fire on protesters demonstrating against a government ban on social media in Kathmandu, Nepal, killing at least 19 people and wounding over a hundred more. A curfew is declared around all government buildings, including the Rastrapati Bhawan and Federal Parliament.  (BBC News) (Sky News) 

Nepal’s Ministry of Information and Communications lifts its ban on major social media platforms following the protests. (AFP via France 24) 

The children of News Corp founder and former chairperson Rupert Murdoch reach a settlement over the corporation’s control, transferring all shares held by the original family trust to a new entity which gives Lachlan sole voting control, while Prudence, Elisabeth, and James exit with a reported US$3.3 billion settlement. (AFP via France 24) 

Phillips family disappearances Tom Phillips, a man who kidnapped his three children during a dispute with their mother and brought them to a remote countryside in 2021, is fatally shot by a police officer after shooting and critically injuring another officer in the head following a robbery at an agricultural supplies store in Waikato, New Zealand. All the three children are rescued. (The New Zealand Herald) 

The South Korean foreign ministry charters a plane to repatriate more than 300 South Koreans who were detained during an ICE raid at a Hyundai plant in Ellabell, Georgia, United States, last Thursday. (NPR) 

The United States Department of Homeland Security launches “Operation Midway Blitz”, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown on undocumented immigrants in Illinois with serious criminal records, while state officials say they received no formal notice of the operation. (Reuters) 

Four Israeli soldiers are killed by Hamas on the outskirts of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel) 

Six people are killed and seven others are wounded in a mass shooting targeting Israelis by Palestinian assailants in Jerusalem. The two perpetrators are killed following a shootout with a soldier and a civilian. (BBC News) 

Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) imposes a nationwide blockade on fuel and other goods imported from neighboring countries while besieging Malian government-held cities and towns. An unknown number of fuel trucks from Senegal and the Ivory Coast violating JNIM’s blockade have been attacked and burned by militants. (AP) 

The Malian army conducts airstrikes in the Kayes Region against JNIM, reporting operations in Diema and Nioro du Sahel that included freeing hostages. (Reuters) 

A train collides with a double-decker bus at a level crossing in Atlacomulco, Mexico, killing at least ten people and injuring 41 others. (Yahoo! News Canada) 

The Czech Republic expels a Belarusian diplomat accused of espionage after cooperating with Romanian and Hungarian intelligence services to dismantle a Belarusian spy network in Europe. (Reuters) 

Spain announces an indefinite ban on ships transporting fuel and planes carrying weaponry to Israel from all of its ports and airspace in response to the Gaza genocide. (Politico) 

Spain recalls its ambassador to Israel after the Israeli government accused Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez of being “antisemitic” and barred two Spanish officials from entering Israel, with Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares calling it “slanderous accusations” against the country. (Barron’s) 

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejects President Donald Trump’s bid on the grounds of presidential immunity to overturn the civil ruling of Carroll I (2019), upholding that Trump must pay $83,300,000 to sexual abuse victim E. Jean Carroll for defamation. (Reuters) 

French doctor Frédéric Péchier is tried for allegedly intentionally poisoning 30 people, including twelve fatally, at two clinics in Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. (BBC News) 

Two police officers are killed and three other people are injured in a mass shooting at a police station in İzmir, Turkey. The 16-year-old perpetrator is arrested. (WTOP) 

Ivory Coast’s Constitutional Council bars former president Laurent Gbagbo and former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam from running in the upcoming presidential election, while approving five candidacies including President Alassane Ouattara and Gbagbo’s wife Simone. (Reuters) 

Norwegians vote to elect all 169 members of the Storting using party-list proportional representation in 19 multi-member constituencies. (Reuters) 

The left-wing red–green coalition, led by the Labour Party, wins a majority with 87 seats, while the right-wing populist Progress Party becomes the second biggest party with 48 seats and the centre-right Conservative Party has its worst performance in 20 years, with 24 seats. (The Guardian) 

The Norwegian Sámi people vote to elect all 39 members of the Sámi Parliament of Norway using party-list proportional representation in seven multi-member constituencies. (NRK) 

The Philippine Senate elects Tito Sotto as Senate president, replacing Chiz Escudero after 15 senators voted for a leadership change that also realigned majority and minority blocs. (Bloomberg News) 

Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto reshuffles his cabinet, appointing four new ministers and one deputy minister and establishing a new department, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. The removal of finance minister Sri Mulyani causes a sharp drop in the country’s main stock market index as well as the rupiah.  (Reuters) 

Ugandan police detain the deputy spokesperson of the opposition party National Unity Platform (NUP) outside a court in Kampala where he was attending a bail hearing for party members held on charges the NUP describes as politically motivated. (Reuters) 

The End

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