Friday, November 21, 2025

Kupiansk offensive

Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov announces that Russian forces have captured the city of Kupiansk, the administrative centre of Kupiansk Raion, Kharkiv Oblast. The Ukrainian military denies the statement.

Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war

The United States outlines a new 28-point peace proposal to end the war in Ukraine, including a casus foederis guarantee for Ukraine and the cession of Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia.

Peace negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian war

U.S. president Donald Trump gives Ukraine a deadline of November 27 to accept the peace proposal, or the U.S. will end all weapons shipments and military intelligence support. Russian president Vladimir Putin confirms he has formally received the proposal from the U.S.

Zaporizhzhia strikes

Five people are killed and three others are injured in a Russian glide bomb strike on a high-rise apartment block in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war

Two Palestinian teenagers, aged 16 and 18, are killed by Israeli soldiers during a raid in East Jerusalem, in the West Bank.

2025 Niger State school kidnapping

One person is shot, and 315 people, including 12 teachers and 303 schoolchildren, are abducted in an attack on a Catholic school in Agwara, Niger State, Nigeria.

Flood control projects scandal in the Philippines

The Philippine Sandiganbayan issues arrest warrants for former representative Zaldy Co and 17 others, including government engineers and construction executives, over alleged irregularities in a ₱289 million (US$5.87 million) flood control project in Oriental Mindoro.

2022 Peruvian self-coup attempt

A Peruvian Supreme Court judge orders the arrest and five-month preventive detention of former prime minister Betssy Chávez, who is under asylum at the Mexican embassy and is being prosecuted for alleged seditious conspiracy in connection with former president Pedro Castillo's attempt to dissolve Congress.

Justice

High Court judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb sentences former Welsh MEP Nathan Gill to 10 and a half years in prison after he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from ex-Ukrainian lawmaker Oleh Voloshyn to promote pro-Russian positions in the European Parliament.

2025 Bangladesh earthquake

A Mw 5.5 earthquake strikes central Bangladesh, killing ten people and wounding over 350 more.

2025 HAL Tejas Dubai Airshow crash

An Indian Air Force HAL Tejas crashes at the Dubai Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, killing the pilot.

Disasters

At least 18 people are killed and 21 others injured in an explosion at a glue factory in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

Health

Jamaica declares a leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa, with health minister Christopher Tufton reporting nine confirmed cases, 28 suspected cases, and six suspected deaths linked to flood-related exposure to contaminated water.

Miss Universe 2025

Fátima Bosch of Mexico is crowned Miss Universe in Nonthaburi, Thailand, becoming the fourth Mexican woman to win the title.