January after the
Tibet earthquake on January 7 in the early evening hours of January 15 as part of the
Southern California wildfires South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's residence hours before his
arrest on January 15 at the Grand Kartal Hotel (pictured) in
Kartalkaya,
Turkey, killed 78 people and injuring 51 others on January 21 on January 29 •
January 1 • Poland
takes over the
Presidency of the
Council of the
European Union, after
the Hungarian presidency. • The first versions of the
Popeye and
Tintin characters have entered the
Public domain. •
Bulgaria and
Romania completed the process of joining the
Schengen Area, lifting land border controls. •
Liechtenstein becomes the 37th country to
legalize same-sex marriage. •
Ukraine halts the transportation of many Russian gas supplies through the country following the expiration of a five-year transit deal, while also becoming a state party in the
International Criminal Court. • Fifteen people (including the perpetrator) are killed and 57 others are injured during a
vehicle-ramming and shooting attack in
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. • Thirteen people are killed and 3 more injured in
a shooting in
Cetinje, Montenegro. •
January 6 –
Indonesia becomes the
tenth member to join
BRICS. •
January 7 •
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes
Tibet, China, killing at least 126 people, while another 338 are injured. •
Greater Los Angeles experiences
the most destructive wildfires in its history, fueled by strong winds and prolonged drought conditions. Over 13,000 structures are destroyed, including most of
Sunset Boulevard. At least 29 deaths are reported, while 180,000 people are evacuated, with fires continuing for days. •
January 8 – Eighteen gunmen and a soldier are killed in an
attack on the
presidential palace in
N'Djamena, the capital of
Chad. •
January 9 – The
Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces,
Joseph Aoun, is
elected the 14th
president of Lebanon by
parliament, ending the power vacuum that lasted over two years. •
January 10 – The European
Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that
2024 was the world's hottest year on record, and the first calendar year to pass the symbolic threshold of
1.5 °C of
global warming. •
January 11 –
A gas station explosion in
Al Bayda, Yemen, results in 40 deaths and dozens of others injured. •
January 12 –
2024–25 Croatian presidential election:
Zoran Milanović is re-elected for a second term. •
January 13 –
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), a
non-periodic comet, reaches perihelion, and is dubbed
The Great Comet of 2025. •
January 14 –
February 2 – The
2025 World Men's Handball Championship is held in
Croatia,
Denmark and
Norway, and is won by
Denmark. •
January 15 • The
President of South Korea,
Yoon Suk Yeol, is successfully
arrested after a second attempt by police following
a martial law declaration and
successful impeachment motion the previous December. •
Gaza war:
Israel and
Hamas approve a
ceasefire agreement that seeks to end the war, exchange Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and allow in international aid. It takes effect on January 19. •
Colossal Biosciences and
University of Melbourne create the world's first
artificial womb in
marsupials as part of their project toward
de-extinction of the
thylacine. •
January 16 •
Blue Origin successfully launches its
heavy-lift launch vehicle,
New Glenn, on its first attempt, though fails to land its first stage booster as intended. • The
2025 Vanuatuan general election is held. • The
National Liberation Army (ELN) launches
multiple attacks in the
Catatumbo region, northeastern Colombia. Over 100 people are killed during the clashes. •
January 18 • 98 people are killed in
a fuel tanker explosion near
Suleja, Niger State, Nigeria. • Two
Sharia judges are
assassinated in their rooms at the
Supreme Court of Iran in capital
Tehran. The gunman injures two other people and commits suicide after the attacks. •
January 19 –
Gaza war:
A ceasefire goes into effect, lasting until an
Israeli surprise attack on 18 March. •
January 21 – 78 people are killed after a
fire breaks out in a hotel at the
Kartalkaya ski resort in Turkey. •
January 23 •
Micheál Martin is re-elected prime minister (
Taoiseach) of
Ireland by
Dáil Éireann for a second non-consecutive term. •
Thailand becomes the 38th country and the first in
Southeastern Asia to
legalize same-sex marriage. •
January 24 •
Storm Éowyn hits
Ireland and the
United Kingdom. Record high wind speeds of are recorded in Ireland, while over a million homes are left without power. • A series of ongoing
boycotts in Southeastern European countries took place of several retail stores in that region, in response to raised food prices and alleged price fixing. •
January 25 – The
Dacian-era
Helmet of Coțofenești, on loan from the
National History Museum of Romania,
is stolen along with three other gold artifacts from the
Drents Museum in
Assen by thieves who broke into the museum using explosives. •
January 26 – The
2025 Belarusian presidential election is held, with incumbent
Alexander Lukashenko (
independent, but of the
Belaya Rus alliance) being re-elected. Opposition leaders were not allowed to run and were either exiled or jailed by the regime. •
January 27 – Global technology shares outside China fall sharply in response to the release of
DeepSeek's
chatbot, a Chinese competitor to
OpenAI's
ChatGPT. Chip giant
Nvidia loses almost $600 billion of its value, the biggest drop for a single company in U.S. stock market history. •
January 29 •
2025 Potomac River mid-air collision: A United States Army
Black Hawk helicopter with three occupants on board, collides with a
Bombardier CRJ700 operated by
PSA Airlines with 64 occupants on board in
Washington, D.C., United States. There were no survivors. •
Ahmed al-Sharaa is appointed as the
president of Syria, after a one-month vacancy following the
fall of the Assad regime.
February and
National Civil Police participating in the search-and-rescue efforts following the
Guatemala City bus crash on February 10 erupt across Indonesia on February 17 following the enactment of a
legislation increasing military involvement in civilian government roles between
Volodymyr Zelenskyy,
Donald Trump, and
JD Vance in the
Oval Office on February 28, where Trump and Vance argue with Zelenskyy, increasing diplomatic tensions between their countries •
February 4 •
China–United States trade war: China announces export controls and increased tariffs on certain American imports in retaliation for Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs on Chinese goods. • At least 11 people (and the perpetrator) are killed and another 15 are injured after a
gunman opens fire at an
adult education centre in
Örebro, Sweden, the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history. • Donald Trump announces that the United States will take control of the
Gaza Strip in an agreement with
Israel, and that the U.S. military will be in charge of Gaza's reconstruction. •
February 9 • The
Baltic states complete
synchronization of their power grids with
continental Europe's grid, disconnecting from
Russia's grid. •
2025 Liechtenstein general election: The
Patriotic Union, led by
Brigitte Haas, retains its plurality of 10 seats in the
Landtag. •
February 10 –
A bus falls off a bridge over the
Las Vacas River in
Guatemala City, Guatemala, killing at least 55 people, and seriously injuring 9 others. •
February 12 •
Konstantinos Tasoulas is elected
President of Greece by the
Hellenic Parliament after four rounds in the
2025 Greek presidential election. •
Klaus Iohannis resigns as
President of Romania, making him the first Romanian president to do so post-
revolution. • The
Armenian parliament unanimously approves a bill to initiate
Armenia's accession process to the European Union. The
Armenian government states that the decision to pass the bill marks the first step in "the beginning of Armenia's accession process to the European Union". •
February 15 –
Mahamoud Ali Youssouf is
elected as the
chairperson of the African Union Commission. •
February 17 –
2025 Indonesian protests: A series of ongoing nationwide protests are held following the enactment of a
legislation increasing military involvement in civilian government roles. •
February 18 • Following a constitutional reform,
Nicaragua becomes a
diarchy with spouses
Daniel Ortega and
Rosario Murillo as
co-presidents. •
Vladimir Putin announces that
Russia and the
United States have officially agreed to restore
diplomatic relations. A
four-hour summit between the US and Russia is held in Saudi Arabia. •
Egypt announces the discovery of
Thutmose II's
tomb by a joint British-Egyptian team, the first royal tomb to be discovered since
Tutankhamun's in 1922. It is the 15th and final
pharaoh tomb from the
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt to have been found by archeologists. •
February 19 –
Croatia completes the process of joining the
European Economic Area. •
February 23 –
2025 German federal election: After being pushed forward as a result of the
2024 German government crisis, the centre-right
CDU/CSU becomes the largest party, with big gains from the far-right
AfD, resulting in a second-place finish. •
February 25 – An
Antonov An-26 of the
Sudanese Air Force crashes in a residential area, near the
Wadi Seidna Air Base. All 17 occupants onboard and 29 people on the ground died. •
February 27 – The
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader
Abdullah Öcalan, made the call for the dissolution of the organization and the laying down of arms from
İmralı Prison. The PKK, in turn, declared a ceasefire on 1 March 2025. •
February 28 –
A meeting between
U.S. president Donald Trump and
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes place at the
White House. Trump and
V.P. JD Vance sharply criticise Zelenskyy, raising questions about support for
Ukraine, a proposed end to the
war, and the country's future in general.
March which landed on March 2 , North Macedonia, where a
fire took place on March 16, killing 63 people and injuring 193 others break out across Turkey following
the arrest of Istanbul mayor
Ekrem İmamoğlu by
the national police on March 19 caused by the
Myanmar earthquake on March 28 •
March 2 –
Firefly Aerospace becomes the first commercial company to successfully
land on the Moon with no technical issues, with its
Blue Ghost Mission 1. •
March 3 – The
Trump administration pauses
military aid to Ukraine, following the
Oval Office meeting with
Zelenskyy the previous week. •
March 4 –
Colossal Biosciences creates
woolly mice as part of
de-extinction efforts for the woolly mammoth. •
March 5 –
Sudan files an application against the
United Arab Emirates before the
International Court of Justice, alleging violations of the
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide by the UAE through its support for the
RSF, which is responsible for the
genocide in Darfur. •
March 8 – More than 1,000 people, including civilians, are reported
killed in a crackdown by
Syrian transitional government security forces in the
Alawite region, described as the country's worst violence for years. •
March 8–
17 – The
2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games are held in
Turin, Italy. •
March 11 • The former
President of the Philippines,
Rodrigo Duterte, is
arrested in the
Philippines after being served an
arrest warrant from the
International Criminal Court for
crimes against humanity. •
Balochistan Liberation Army militants
blow up railway tracks and hijack the
Jaffar Express train bound from
Quetta to
Peshawar, taking 450 people hostages including both security personnel and civilians. •
2025 Greenlandic general election: The center-right
Democrats become the largest party, defeating the incumbent
Inuit Ataqatigiit. •
March 12 –
2025 Belizean general election: The incumbent
People's United Party wins a second term in a landslide victory. •
March 16 • A
fire breaks out in a nightclub in
Kočani, North Macedonia, killing at least 59 people and injuring 155 others. •
Keith Rowley resigns as
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago after nine years in office, and is succeeded by
Stuart Young. •
March 18 • Israel
launches widespread aerial bombardments and attacks on the
Gaza Strip, killing at least 591 people, including children, ending the
ceasefire agreement reached in January. • The
President of Somalia,
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, survives
an attack on his convoy by
al-Shabaab, killing at least 10 people. •
March 19 –
Nationwide protests erupt across
Turkey following the
arrest of the mayor of
Istanbul,
Ekrem İmamoğlu, on charges of corruption and terrorism. •
March 20 –
Kirsty Coventry is elected as the 10th, first female and first African
President of the International Olympic Committee in the first round of voting in the
144th IOC Session. •
March 21 • A major power outage causes
Heathrow Airport in
London to completely shut down, with disruption expected to last for days, affecting thousands of flights around the world. • South Korea experiences one of its
worst wildfires in modern history; over 87 000 hectares of land are destroyed in
South Gyeongsang Province, killing at least 32 people. •
March 28 – A 7.7-magnitude
earthquake occurs in
Myanmar, resulting in 5,413 killed and 11,402 injured. •
March 31 – The
Caribbean guilder is introduced, replacing the
Netherlands Antillean guilder as the currency for
Curaçao and
Sint Maarten.
April (artistic impression of planet)
Donald Trump holding the chart detailing
tariffs levied against the United States on his
Liberation Day speech on
April 2 on April 8 on April 26 during the
Iberian Peninsula blackout on April 28 •
April 1 –
Fram2 launches aboard a
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, becoming the first
crewed spaceflight to enter a
polar retrograde orbit. •
April 2 – US President
Donald Trump issues
sweeping trade tariffs on many countries, including a 10% baseline tariff for all imports. •
April 3 –
Hungary withdraws from the
International Criminal Court after
Israeli Prime Minister and accused war criminal
Benjamin Netanyahu lands in
Budapest for a state visit, in defiance of the
International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against him. •
April 4 –
Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol: The
Constitutional Court of Korea unanimously upholds Yoon's impeachment in an 8–0 vote, officially removing him from office. •
April 7 – Colossal Biosciences showcases
three grey wolves that are
genetically modified to exhibit the characteristics of the
dire wolf. •
April 8 – During a concert performance by
Rubby Pérez in
Santo Domingo, a
nightclub roof collapses, killing at least 231 people, including Pérez, and injures more than 200 others. •
April 12 –
2025 Gabonese presidential election: Incumbent transitional President
Brice Oligui Nguema wins a full term. The election is the first since the
2023 Gabonese coup d'état, and was preceded by a
constitutional referendum in 2024. •
April 13 –
October 13 –
Expo 2025 is held in
Osaka, Japan. • April 13 –
2025 Ecuadorian general election: Incumbent president
Daniel Noboa is re-elected for a full term in the second round. •
April 15 – A motorized wooden boat capsizes after catching fire in the
Congo River near the town of
Mbandaka in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 148 people. •
April 17 – The
atmosphere of
K2-18b, a candidate
water world located 124
light-years away, is found to contain large quantities of
dimethyl sulfide and/or
dimethyl disulfide – two compounds that, on
Earth, are only known to be produced by life. •
April 21 –
Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church since 2013,
dies at the age of 88. World leaders pay tribute. Many countries declare
national mourning. •
April 22 – Militants affiliated with
The Resistance Front open fire on a group of tourists at the
Baisaran Valley in
Jammu and Kashmir, India, killing 26 and injuring at least 20. •
April 26 • The
funeral of Pope Francis is attended by delegations from 164 countries, including 82 leaders, and 250,000 members of the public. • An
explosion in the
Port of Shahid Rajaee,
Bandar Abbas, Iran, kills at least 70 people and injures more than 1,000. • At least 11 people are killed and at least 32 others are injured in
a vehicle-ramming attack at the annual
Lapu Lapu Day festival in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. •
April 28 •
2025 Canadian federal election: Following
Justin Trudeau's resignation as prime minister in March, former
governor of the Bank of Canada Mark Carney becomes the
Prime Minister of Canada. The
Liberal Party wins a fourth consecutive election and forms a minority government. • A widespread
power outage affects
Spain and
Portugal for hours.
Andorra is affected for a few seconds while southern
France is lightly affected. •
2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election: The
UNC wins a majority government, defeating the incumbent
PNM. •
April 30 – The
Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement is signed, providing an economic incentive for the US to continue to invest in Ukraine's defence and reconstruction, in exchange for access to the war-torn country's energy and mineral resources.
May in the
papal conclave on May 8, becoming the first
American citizen,
Peruvian citizen,
North American and
Augustinian pope in the
history of the Catholic Church •
May 3 •
2025 Australian federal election: The incumbent
Labor Party led by
Anthony Albanese wins reelection, increasing their majority. •
2025 Singaporean general election: The incumbent
People's Action Party led by
Lawrence Wong wins reelection in a landslide, retaining a supermajority government. •
2025 Malian protests: Hundreds of demonstrators gather in
Bamako,
Mali, to protest the
government's proposed dissolution of political parties and extension of president
Assimi Goïta's mandate by 5 years. The protests mark the first pro-democracy demonstrations in the country since the regime took power in
2021. •
May 6 –
2025 German federal election:
Friedrich Merz is elected
Chancellor of Germany in the second round of parliamentary voting, hours after being defeated in the first round, a first in post-
WWII German history. •
May 7 –
2025 India–Pakistan conflict: India launches several missiles into Pakistani territory in response to the
2025 Pahalgam attack two weeks prior. •
May 7–
8 –
2025 conclave: 133 cardinal electors select Robert Francis Prevost as
Pope Francis's successor, on the fourth ballot. He takes the name
Leo XIV, and becomes the first pope from North America, the first with Peruvian or U.S. citizenship, and the first from the
Order of Saint Augustine. •
May 9–
25 – The
2025 IIHF World Championship is held in
Stockholm, Sweden, and
Herning, Denmark, and
is won by the
United States. •
May 11 –
2025 Albanian parliamentary election: The incumbent
Socialist Party led by
Edi Rama wins reelection, retaining a majority government. •
May 12 •
2025 Philippine general election: The ruling
Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas alliance win a narrow majority of the seats in the
Senate, while one of its component parties
Lakas–CMD wins the plurality of seats in the
House of Representatives. • The
Kurdistan Workers' Party announces its dissolution after previously
declaring a ceasefire with Turkey. •
May 13–
17 – The
Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is held in
Basel,
Switzerland. Austrian contestant
JJ wins with the song "
Wasted Love". •
May 18 •
2025 Portuguese legislative election: The incumbent
Social Democratic Party led by
Luís Montenegro wins an increased
plurality, but fails to achieve a
majority. •
2025 Romanian presidential election: Following the annulment of the
previous election,
Bucharest mayor
Nicușor Dan wins in the second round, beating
George Simion. •
May 25 • The
2025 Surinamese general election is held. • The
2025 Venezuelan parliamentary election is held. •
May 28 –
2025 Nigeria floods: More than 500 people are killed, and hundreds more missing after
flooding in
Mokwa. •
May 31 –
Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat is sworn in as the new Episcopal
Co-Prince of Andorra and
Bishop of Urgell after the Vatican accepts the resignation of
Joan Enric Vives i Sicília for age limitation reasons.
June on fire at the
Olenya airbase after
being struck by drones on June 1 's tail section wedged into the
B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad on June 13 during the
Israeli strikes on Iran on June 13 •
June 1 •
2025 Polish presidential election:
Karol Nawrocki is narrowly elected
President of Poland in the second round of voting, beating
Rafał Trzaskowski. •
Operation Spiderweb: Ukraine launches a large drone attack on Russian military bases. More than 40 aircraft of the
Russian Air Force are attacked. •
June 3 •
2025 South Korean presidential election: After being pushed forward as a result of the
impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol,
Lee Jae Myung wins the election, beating
Kim Moon-soo. •
2025 Mongolian protests:
Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigns as
Prime Minister of Mongolia after losing a no-confidence vote in the
State Great Khural. •
June 10 – 10 people are killed and more than 30 others injured after a gunman
opens fire at a school in
Graz,
Austria. •
June 12 –
Air India Flight 171, a London-bound
Boeing 787, crashes into a building after take-off from
Ahmedabad, India, killing 229 passengers, 12 crew on board, and 19 people on the ground.
One passenger survives the crash. It is the first fatal crash and
hull loss involving a
Boeing 787 Dreamliner. •
June 13 –
Iran–Israel war: Israel conducts air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities, killing military commanders including
Hossein Salami; Iran retaliates. •
June 14 –
July 13 – The
2025 FIFA Club World Cup is held in the
United States, and
is won by
Chelsea. •
June 14 – The
No Kings protests occur across many cities in the U.S., as well as Canada, Europe, Japan and Mexico, against Donald Trump. •
June 16–
17 – The
51st G7 summit is held in
Kananaskis, Canada. •
June 20 –
An EF5 tornado strikes southeast of
Enderlin, North Dakota, becoming the first EF5 tornado globally since
May 20, 2013. •
June 21 – Belarusian opposition leader
Sergei Tikhanovsky and 13 other political prisoners are released from prison and deported to Lithuania following a pardon as a result of negotiations with Trump's envoy in Minsk. •
June 22 –
Iran–Israel war: The
United States carries out
B-2 bomber airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites in
Fordow,
Natanz, and
Isfahan. •
June 23 – Iran
launches missiles at US bases in
Qatar and
Iraq in response to the previous day's strikes. •
June 24–
25 – A
NATO summit is held at the
World Forum in
The Hague, Netherlands. •
June 25 – The
Axiom Mission 4 is launched. The mission involves four astronauts, including the first astronauts from Poland (
Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski) and India (
Shubhanshu Shukla) since the end of the
Cold War. •
June 27 – The U.S., with Qatari support, brokers a preliminary
peace treaty between the
Democratic Republic of the Congo and
Rwanda, ending
their armed conflict that started in 2022.
July near
Hunt on July 5
crashed at
Milestone School on July 22 near the Eastern Siberian city of
Tynda, Amur Oblast, Russia •
July 1 –
2025 Thai political crisis: The
Constitutional Court of Thailand suspends
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal. •
July 4–
7 – At least 135 people are killed and over a hundred reported missing during a
flood in Central Texas, United States. •
July 11 –
August 3 – The
2025 World Aquatics Championships are held in
Singapore. •
July 13 – Several
clashes erupt in southern Syria between armed
Druze and
Bedouin groups. •
July 16 – Israeli
airstrikes hit the
Syrian Presidential Palace and the
Syrian General Staff headquarters in Damascus. •
July 21 •
2025 Dhaka Chengdu J-7 crash: An
F-7 BGI training aircraft of the
Bangladesh Air Force crashes into
Milestone College in
Uttara,
Dhaka, killing 31 people including the pilot. • Twenty-eight countries issue a joint statement calling for an immediate end to the
Gaza war, saying it has "reached new depths" in terms of the suffering of civilians. •
July 23 – The
International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules that countries can sue each other over historical emissions of
greenhouse gases and the
effects of climate change. •
July 24 •
Angara Airlines Flight 2311, operated by an
Antonov An-24 aircraft, crashes near
Tynda in Eastern Siberia, Russia. All 48 people on board are killed. • Armed
conflicts break out between
Cambodia and
Thailand after the escalation of a border dispute. At least 39 people are killed and more than 100,000 displaced due to the conflicts. •
July 30 – An
8.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Russia's
Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami warnings in
Japan and
Hawaii.
August and
Donald Trump arriving in
Anchorage, Alaska, for the
Russia–United States Summit on August 15 •
August 7–
17 – The
2025 World Games are held in
Chengdu, China. •
August 7 –
OpenAI's model
GPT-5 is released. •
August 8 –
Armenia and
Azerbaijan sign a
peace deal to end 37-year-old hostilities regarding the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. •
August 15 –
2025 Russia–United States Summit: US president Donald Trump meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin in
Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss a plan for resolving the
Russo-Ukrainian war. •
August 15–
17 – The first
World Humanoid Robot Games are held in
Beijing,
China. •
August 19 – A
multi-vehicle collision involving a bus carrying
migrants deported from Iran, a motorcycle and a truck kills at least 79 people in
Herat Province,
Afghanistan. •
August 22 –
Famine is confirmed in
Gaza City for the first time after the UN-backed body responsible for monitoring food security raises its classification to
Phase 5, the highest and worst level. The IPC says more than 500,000 people are now facing "starvation, destitution and death". •
August 22 –
September 27 – The
2025 Women's Rugby World Cup is held in, and
is won by,
England. •
August 30 –
2025 Thai political crisis: The
Constitutional Court of Thailand removes
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for ethical misconduct over
leaked phone calls she had with former
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. •
August 31 • An
earthquake in eastern
Afghanistan kills over 2,200 people and injures 3,500. • Between 370 and 1,000 people are reported killed in a
landslide caused by heavy rain that buries the village of Tarasin in the
Marrah Mountains of
Central Darfur and leaves one survivor.
September on September 3, as seen from
Restauradores Square, with a dark yellow derailed car toppled into a building on the right on September 8 on September 9 was
shot on September 10 and the
Bureau of Fire Protection join the rescue efforts to the buildings collapsed due to the
Cebu earthquake •
September 3 – At least 16 people are killed and over 21 are injured after the
Glória funicular derailment in the centre of
Lisbon,
Portugal. •
September 8 •
2025 Norwegian parliamentary election: Incumbent Prime Minister
Jonas Gahr Støre's coalition retains their majority. •
2024–2025 French political crisis: The
Bayrou government collapses after losing a
no-confidence vote. •
Mass anti-government protests erupt in
Nepal, resulting in at least 22 deaths and hundreds injured.
Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli resigns the following day amidst the demonstrations. •
September 9 • The
80th session of the
United Nations General Assembly opens in
New York City,
United States. • Israel
attacks the
Hamas leadership in
Doha,
Qatar. •
Russian drone incursion into Poland: Multiple drones breach Polish airspace during a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine and are intercepted by Polish and NATO forces, marking the first attack on
NATO territory and prompting Poland to invoke
Article 4. •
September 10 • A
liquid petroleum gas truck
overturns and explodes at an overpass in
Iztapalapa,
Mexico City, killing 32 people and injuring 90 others. •
Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing activist and influential ally of
President Trump, is
assassinated at a campus event in
Utah, prompting widespread reactions both domestically and internationally. •
September 11 – The
Supreme Federal Court convicts former
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and sentences him to 27 years in prison for his involvement in the
2022 Brazilian coup plot. •
September 12 – Former
chief justice Sushila Karki assumes office as
interim prime minister of an
interim government formed after
K. P. Sharma Oli's resignation in
Nepal, the decision notably being decided via a poll on a social media platform,
Discord. •
September 12–
28 – The
2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship is held in
Pasay and
Quezon City, the
Philippines, and is won by
Italy. •
September 13–
21 – The
2025 World Athletics Championships are held in
Tokyo, Japan. •
September 16 •
2025 Malawian general election:
Peter Mutharika is elected
president for a second non-consecutive term. • A
United Nations commission of inquiry finds that Israel has committed
genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. •
September 19 –
Estonian airspace near
Vaindloo island is violated by three
Russian
MiG-31 jets. In response, Estonia invokes
Article 4 of NATO. •
September 20 –
Intervision 2025 is held in
Moscow, Russia.
Vietnamese contestant
Đức Phúc wins with the song "". •
September 21 • The
UK,
Canada, and
Australia announce their formal
recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state, with
France also doing so the next day. •
Thousands of protesters across the Philippines gather at the
EDSA Shrine in Quezon City for the
Trillion Peso March and at
Luneta Park in Manila for the
Baha sa Luneta demonstrations, demanding government accountability over
alleged corruption in flood control and infrastructure projects. •
September 27 –
2025 Karur crowd crush: At least 40 people are killed and 51 injured in a crowd crush at a rally held by actor-turned-politician
Vijay's party
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in
Karur,
Tamil Nadu, India. •
September 28 –
2025 Moldovan parliamentary election: Incumbent pro-European party
PAS wins reelection, forming another majority government. •
September 30 – A
6.9 earthquake shakes the island of
Cebu in the Philippines, leaving 71 people dead and 559 injured.
October were stolen during the
Louvre robbery on October 19 in
Antananarivo,
Madagascar after the
coup on October 22 setting up shelter in
Tawila, fleeing
El Fasher before
massacre on October 26 of
Hurricane Melissa, one day before peak intensity and landfall in
Jamaica on October 28 on October 28, the deadliest police operation in Brazilian history •
October 1 –
Israel intercepts the
Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet carrying humanitarian aid to the
Gaza Strip, in
international waters, arresting 443 activists from 47 countries. •
October 3 •
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg,
abdicates the throne in favor of his son
Guillaume. •
Dame Sarah Mullally is named the first female
Archbishop of Canterbury. •
October 3–
4 –
2025 Czech parliamentary election:
ANO leader and former Prime Minister
Andrej Babiš wins a plurality of seats, but fails to reach a majority. Incumbent Prime Minister
Petr Fiala's coalition fails to win a majority. •
October 5 – The
2025 Syrian parliamentary election is held, the first since the
fall of the Assad regime in 2024. •
October 9 • Israel and Hamas agree to the first phase of a
Gaza peace deal, paving the way for a ceasefire, almost exactly two years after the
conflict began. •
2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict: Pakistan reportedly carries out airstrikes in
Kabul,
Khost,
Jalalabad, and
Paktika, targeting
Noor Wali Mehsud, an internationally designated terrorist. •
October 9–
11 –
2025 Seychellois general election: Incumbent President
Wavel Ramkalawan loses reelection to
Patrick Herminie. Ramkalawan's party
LDS also loses its majority in parliament. •
October 10 –
Dina Boluarte, the
President of Peru, is unanimously
impeached by the
Congress of the Republic. •
October 12 •
2025 Cameroonian presidential election: Incumbent President
Paul Biya is re-elected for an eighth consecutive term. •
2025 Malagasy coup d'état: Following a series of
protests, incumbent
President Andry Rajoelina is ousted and military officer
Michael Randrianirina becomes President. •
October 13 –
Gaza war:
Hamas releases the last 20 living
hostages in Gaza after they were kidnapped during the 2023
October 7 attacks. In exchange, Israel releases 250 Palestinian prisoners and more than 1,700 detainees. •
October 14 –
Microsoft ends support for
Windows 10 that started in 2015. •
October 19 •
2025 Bolivian general election:
Rodrigo Paz wins the presidential election in a runoff against former President
Jorge Quiroga. Incumbent party
MAS-IPSP loses all their seats in the
Senate and all but two seats in the
Chamber of Deputies. •
2025 Louvre heist: Pieces of the
French Crown Jewels are stolen during a robbery from the
Galerie d'Apollon of the
Louvre in
Paris. •
October 21 •
Sanae Takaichi becomes the first female
Prime Minister of Japan. • American
Eric Lu wins the quinquennial
XIX International Chopin Piano Competition at the
National Philharmonic in
Warsaw,
Poland. •
October 24 –
2025 Irish presidential election: Independent candidate
Catherine Connolly wins the election in a landslide, defeating
Fine Gael candidate
Heather Humphreys. •
October 26 •
2025 Argentine legislative election: Incumbent
President Javier Milei's party
La Libertad Avanza wins the election with over 40% of the votes. •
Timor-Leste becomes the 11th member state of ASEAN, being the first enlargement of ASEAN since
Cambodia's entry in 1999 and comprising all countries of
Southeast Asia. •
El Fashir massacre: Mass murder is reported during which an estimated 2,500 or more civilians have been executed by the
Rapid Support Forces in the city of
El Fashir, Sudan. •
October 28 •
Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in
Jamaica as a
Category 5 hurricane, with sustained wind speeds up to . •
Operation Containment: In
Rio de Janeiro, more than 120 people are killed in raids targeting
criminal organization Comando Vermelho during the deadliest police operation in Brazilian history. •
October 29 –
2025 Dutch general election:
Social liberal party
Democrats 66 ties with
right-wing populist party
Party for Freedom in most number of seats.
November ,
Afghanistan, following the
Balkh earthquake on November 3 in
Cebu City,
Philippines, on November 4 summit is held in
Belém, Brazil, from November 10–21 in
Hong Kong on November 26 ,
Indonesia, destroyed by flash floods during
Cyclone Senyar on November 27 •
November 3 – A powerful
6.3 earthquake shakes the provinces of
Balkh and
Samangan in
Afghanistan, causing 31 deaths and 956 injuries. •
November 4 •
Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves more than 288 people dead in the
Philippines,
Vietnam, and
Thailand. •
November 6 –
Khaled El-Enany is elected the new Director-General of
UNESCO. •
November 10–
21 – The
COP30 summit is held in
Belém,
Brazil, focusing on the role of the
Amazon rainforest in
climate action. •
November 11 –
2025 Iraqi parliamentary election: Incumbent Prime Minister
Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's party
RDC wins a plurality of seats. •
November 13 – The
New Glenn rocket booster lands for the first time. •
November 17 – Former
prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina is
found guilty of crimes against humanity by a
Bangladeshi tribunal and
sentenced to death in absentia. •
November 21 –
December 7 – The
2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup is held in the
Philippines, and is won by
Brazil. •
November 22–
23 – The
G20 Johannesburg summit is held in
South Africa, the first time a
G20 summit has been held in Africa. •
November 23 –
2025 Guinea-Bissau general election: A
coup d'état occurs a day before the official results release, overthrowing President
Umaro Sissoco Embaló. •
November 24–
25 – The second round of the
2025 Egyptian parliamentary election is held. •
November 25 – A report published by the
United Nations shows that
Indonesian capital
Jakarta has surpassed
Japanese capital
Tokyo as the world's largest city, with a population of 42 million people. •
November 26 –
December 14 – The
2025 World Women's Handball Championship is held in
Germany and the
Netherlands, and is won by
Norway. •
November 26 • A
massive fire engulfs the Wang Fuk Court apartment block in
Hong Kong, killing at least people and leaving over 150 missing. •
Cyclone Senyar causes at least 1,390 deaths and leaves 186 missing in
Thailand,
Malaysia and
Indonesia. •
November 27–
30 – An
ecumenical meeting of the
Eastern Orthodox Church and
Catholic Church at
Nicaea is held to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the
First Council of Nicaea. •
November 28 – Flooding and landslides caused by
Cyclone Ditwah leave at least 647 dead and 183 missing across
Sri Lanka and
South India. •
November 30 • The
2025 Kyrgyz parliamentary election is held. •
2025 Honduran general election: Amid allegations of fraud and external interference,
National candidate
Nasry Asfura narrowly wins the presidency after weeks of delays. The National Party additionally wins a plurality in the
National Congress.
December , during the
Bulgarian protests on December 1 on December 14 •
December 2 –
Yemeni civil war: The
Southern Transitional Council launches a large-scale
military offensive across Southern Yemen, breaking years of military stalemate in the conflict. •
December 6 • Eleven are killed, including three young children, and fourteen are injured in a
shooting at a bar in
Saulsville, Gauteng, South Africa. • A
fire at a nightclub in
Arpora,
Goa, India, leaves at least 25 people dead and 50 injured.