Portal:Current events/2025 September 19

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza City offensive
    • At least 43 Palestinians are killed from Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, including 26 people in Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Siege of El Fasher
    • The Rapid Support Forces attacks a mosque at an internal displacement camp with a drone strike near El Fasher, North Darfur, killing 75 people. (DW)
• Insurgency in Manipur
  • Two Assam Rifles personnel are killed and five Assam Rifles personnel are injured in an ambush by People's Liberation Army of Manipur militants in Bishnupur, Manipur. (NDTV)
• Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria
  • At least 11 police officers are killed in an ambush by armed assailants in Benue State, Nigeria. (The Street Journal)

Arts and culture

• Canada bans the Irish band Kneecap from entering the country, citing statements and alleged links to designated terrorist groups. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Three workers are killed in an explosion at a silo operated by waste management company Ecopartenope near Caserta, Italy. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 in the United States
  • The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously votes to abandon its recommendation for the COVID-19 vaccine and now recommends that Americans get the vaccine based on their personal choice. In a separate vote, the committee votes for the CDC to communicate clear risks about COVID-19 vaccines. (ABC News)

International relations

• Estonia–Russia relations, Russia–NATO relations, Violations of non-combatant airspaces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Estonia summons Russia's chargé d'affaires after three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets enter its airspace near Vaindloo unauthorized, prompting a NATO response from Italian Air Force F-35s. (AP)
• International sanctions against Iran, Snapback mechanism of sanctions against Iran
  • The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convenes to vote on a draft resolution concerning the snapback of sanctions on Iran. Nine UNSC countries voted against lifting Iran sanctions, four in favor. (AP)
• France–Mali relations
  • France suspends its joint counterterrorism agreements with the Mali government over the arrest of a French citizen. According to Mali officials, the French citizen was taken into custody for their alleged involvement in a purported coup plot. Also in response to the arrest, two Mali diplomats are expelled from an embassy in Paris by French authorities. (Al Jazeera)
• Ireland–United Kingdom relations
  • Ireland and the United Kingdom agree to replace the Northern Ireland Legacy Act with new laws that will establish investigative bodies to address killings during The Troubles. (UPI)
• Morocco becomes the 60th UN member state to ratify the High Seas Treaty, allowing it to enter into force in January 2026. (AP)

Law and crime

• Aftermath of World War II
  • World War II bomb disposal in Europe
    • Around 10,000 people are ordered to evacuate after authorities discover two pieces of World War II-era unexploded ordnance in Berlin, Germany, one in the Spree River near Mitte and another in Spandau. (DW)
• Detention of Barbie and Peter Reynolds
  • British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds are freed in Afghanistan after being detained by the Taliban for 8 months. (Reuters)
• Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan, previously jailed for reporting on the early COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, is sentenced to an additional four years in prison on charges of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. (Reuters)
• Palestinian authorities arrest Hicham Harb, a suspect in the 1982 Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant attack in Paris that killed six people, after France issued an Interpol notice. (AFP via France 24)