Saturday, November 8, 2025

2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict

Afghanistan's Taliban government states that peace talks with Pakistan in Istanbul, Turkey, have failed, while the ceasefire holds.

Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war

Russia launches over 450 bomber drones and 45 missiles on critical infrastructure and residential areas across Ukraine, killing at least seven people and injuring 12 others in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, as well as damaging energy plants in the oblasts of Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Poltava.

2025 G20 Johannesburg summit

The United States announces that it will send no delegates to the 2025 G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, citing accusations of persecution of the Afrikaner minority.

Bolivia–United States relations

Bolivia and the United States announce that they will restore diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level after 17 years.

2025 Bolivian general election

Rodrigo Paz is sworn in as the new president of Bolivia, succeeding Luis Arce.

2025 Guinean presidential election

Guinea's supreme court publishes a provisional list of nine presidential candidates for the upcoming election, including junta leader Mamady Doumbouya, while excluding former prime minister Lansana Kouyaté on procedural grounds.

2025 Tanzanian election protests

Tanzanian authorities charge hundreds of people with treason over protests linked to the disputed elections, including opposition officials such as Chadema secretary-general John Mnyika, while additional arrest warrants are issued for others, including Kawe MP Josephat Gwajima.

2026 Djiboutian presidential election

Incumbent Djiboutian president Ismaïl Omar Guelleh accepts his party's nomination to seek a sixth term in next year's election after parliament lifted the constitutional age limit for presidential candidates.

Kenya–Uganda relations

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni confirms that two Kenyan activists were detained after attending an opposition rally and accuses them of working with rival political groups; both men are released to Kenyan authorities following diplomatic discussions.

Justice

Police in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, arrest a man suspected of participating in the 1994 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta, and take him to a maximum security prison in central Mexico.

Disasters

Six people are killed and four others are injured, including one critically, in a fire at a perfume warehouse in Dilovası, Kocaeli Province, Turkey.

Disasters

Three people are killed and 15 others are injured by storm surges amid rough seas off the coast of Tenerife, Spain.

Embargo of Russian oil during the Russo-Ukrainian war

Bulgaria's parliament approves legal amendments giving a state-appointed manager expanded authority over Lukoil's refinery in Burgas, including operational control and the power to sell shares, to prevent a shutdown when U.S. sanctions on the refinery's Russian owner take effect.

2025 WTA Finals

In tennis, Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan becomes the first Asian player to win a WTA Finals title after defeating Aryna Sabalenka, 6–3, 7–6(7–0) to win the singles title at the 2025 WTA Finals. By winning the title undefeated, Rybakina wins US$5.235 million in prize money, breaking the previous year's record for the largest prize money earned by a female tennis player at a single event.