Saturday, September 13, 2025

16 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first

Conflict

  1. Violations of non-combatant airspaces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

    A Russian drone breaches Romanian airspace, prompting NATO forces to scramble fighter jets. Lublin Airport in eastern Poland is also closed again for the second time this week due to the threat of Russian drones.

  2. Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

    At least 62 people are killed and dozens of others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

  3. Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes

    Nineteen soldiers and 45 Pakistani Taliban militants are killed at two hideouts near the Durand Line in Bajaur District and South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, during clashes in the past two days.

Politics

  1. 2025 British anti-immigration protests

    More than 100,000 people protest against illegal immigration in central London, England, in a rally led by right-wing activist Tommy Robinson. Thousands of anti-racism protesters and left-wing groups also hold counter-protests.

  2. 2025 Tanzanian general election

    Tanzania's electoral commission accepts the nomination of ACT-Wazalendo candidate Luhaga Mpina for the upcoming presidential election after the High Court overturned Mpina's earlier disqualification.

Crime & Justice

  1. 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests

    The government of Nepal lifts the curfew in Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, and Lalitpur, imposed on September 9, citing restored calm after Sushila Karki's appointment as interim prime minister.

  2. Ecuadorian security crisis

    Seven people are killed in a shooting by criminal gangs at a pool hall in Santo Domingo, Ecuador, less than a month after a similar attack at a different pool hall in the city which also killed seven people.

  3. Justice

    The German customs bureau arrests two men and seizes over 400 kg (880 lb) of cocaine at the port in Hamburg.

Disasters

  1. Disasters

    At least 61 people, mostly Sudanese refugees, are missing after a boat carrying 74 passengers capsized off Tobruk, Cyrenaica, Libya.

  2. Disasters

    At least 19 people are killed after a bus carrying wedding guests plunged into a river in Zamfara State, Nigeria.

  3. Disasters

    At least 15 people are killed in a multi-vehicle collision along Federal Highway 180 between Campeche and Mérida in southeast Mexico.

  4. Disasters

    Four people are killed and one is injured after a passenger de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver crashes near Makepeace Lake in Manitoba, Canada.

  5. Disasters

    One person is killed and 25 others are injured, including three critically, in an explosion due to a gas leak at a bar in Madrid, Spain.

Sport

  2. Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford

    In boxing, Terence Crawford defeats Canelo Álvarez by unanimous decision, becoming the undisputed super middleweight champion and the second ever three-weight undisputed boxing champion.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for September 13, 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.