Portal:Current events/2025 September 1

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine, Gaza genocide
    • The International Association of Genocide Scholars, an international non-partisan research organization on genocide and crimes against humanity, declares that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. (IAGS) (BBC News) (Reuters)
• At least four South Sudanese soldiers and ten militia members are killed in clashes near Nasir, Upper Nile, an area where earlier violence led to the detention of First Vice President Riek Machar. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Economy of New Zealand
  • New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon announces that holders of investor residence visas may buy or build a single home valued above NZ$5 million (US$3.55 million), following changes to the visa rules previously preventing such investments. (Reuters)
• Economy of South Korea
  • The South Korean trade ministry reports that semiconductor exports reached a record ₩21 trillion (US$15 billion) in August, up nearly one-third from last year, contributing to total monthly exports of ₩81 trillion ($58.4 billion). (AFP via Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Afghanistan earthquake
  • The toll from yesterday's earthquake in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, increases to at least 1,100 people killed and 3,500 others injured. (BNO News) (Reuters)
• An EastIndo passenger MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 helicopter goes missing with eight people on board in the Tanah Bumbu Regency, Indonesia. (ASN)
• Five people are killed when a Gilgit-Baltistan government helicopter crashes in Thor Valley, Chilas, Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. (Dawn)

International relations

• Australia–Nauru relations
  • Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will pay Nauru to accept foreign-born criminals who are expelled from Australia following the signing of a memorandum by Nauruan president David Adeang. (AP)
• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • The South Korean defense ministry announces that it has suspended the "Voice of Freedom" military radio broadcast to North Korea for the first time in 15 years as part of measures to reduce tensions between the two countries. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• August 2025 Indonesian protests
  • The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence reports that 20 people are missing across Bandung and Depok, West Java, and the Jakarta metropolitan area, Indonesia, following the protests. (AFP via France 24)
  • Police storm into the campuses of Universitas Pasundan and Universitas Islam Bandung in West Java, firing tear gas at protesters. (IDN Times)
• Indonesia–Peru relations
  • An Indonesian diplomat attached to the embassy in Lima, Peru, is shot dead by an unknown assailant. The Peruvian foreign ministry opens an investigation into the shooting as the country sees a rise in extortion and homicide. (AP)
• LGBTQ rights in Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Faso passes a law criminalizing homosexuality, providing sentences of between two and five years in prison as well as fines. (France 24)
• An Argentine federal judge bars media outlets from publishing audio recordings made inside the presidential palace, which reportedly include conversations involving President Javier Milei's sister and chief of staff, Karina Milei, amid ongoing corruption allegations against the government. (Reuters)
• A Finnish court sentences Biafran activist Simon Ekpa to six years in prison for incitement, tax fraud, and terrorism, among other charges. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Beninese presidential election
  • Benin's ruling coalition, composed of the Progressive Union Renewal and the Republican Bloc, nominates finance minister Romuald Wadagni as their presidential candidate in the upcoming election. (Reuters)
• 2025 Guyanese general election
  • Guyana votes to elect a new National Assembly and president, with polls favouring a second term for incumbent Irfaan Ali of the PPP/C. (The Guardian)
• Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
  • The Philippine Senate Blue Ribbon Committee orders the arrest of two contractors who failed to attend hearings on alleged corruption in flood control projects, as part of its probe into incomplete or substandard works awarded under President Bongbong Marcos's infrastructure program. (Gulf News)
• Ghanaian president John Mahama removes Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo from office following a committee report recommending her dismissal for misconduct, which Torkornoo denies. (Reuters)