Tuesday 9 September 2025

The Israeli Air Force carries out a series of airstrikes against the Hamas leadership's office in Doha, Qatar, during a meeting. Six people are killed; however, the entire leadership survived according to Palestinian and Hamas sources. A member of the Qatari security forces is among the fatalities.

Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport is closed and occupied by the Nepali Army, while several airlines suspend flights to Nepal due to the ongoing civil unrest.

The Houthis launch a ballistic missile at Israel, which is intercepted.

A video shows finance minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel being beaten and dragged through the streets of Kathmandu by protesters. His condition is unknown.

The private residence of President Ram Chandra Poudel is stormed and vandalized by protesters while the headquarters of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) and the Nepali Congress party are both destroyed.

Nakhu Jail in Lalitpur District, Bagmati Province, is stormed by protesters and all inmates are freed, including prominent opposition figure Rabi Lamichhane. The prison is then set ablaze.

The Israeli Defense Forces issues an evacuation order for the entirety of Gaza City amidst its renewed offensive.

A Russian airstrike kills at least 24 people collecting their pensions in Yarova, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

The Federal Parliament building is stormed and set on fire by protesters.

Foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba and her husband, former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, are assaulted at their residence.

Iraqi Shia militia Kata'ib Hezbollah releases Russian–Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov who was abducted in 2023 during a research trip to Iraq following negotiations involving Israel and the United States.

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency agree to resume nuclear site inspections which were suspended after U.S. and Israeli strikes, with Iran warning the deal will be void if international sanctions are reimposed.

Former German minister of foreign affairs Annalena Baerbock is elected and sworn in as the new president of the United Nations General Assembly.

The United States announces more sanctions on cyber scamming rings operating in Cambodia and Myanmar.

Elections take place for the next vice president of India following the early resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar.

C.P. Radhakrishnan is elected as the 15th vice president of India.

Off-island voting in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville's general election concludes, with vote counting expected to begin on Thursday.

Ecuadorian police seize more than US$313 million in real estate assets from the armed group Comandos de la Frontera, which the government links to drug-related organized crime.

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance rules that a lesbian couple are both legal parents of their son born through reciprocal in vitro fertilization, marking a landmark case in parental recognition for same-sex couples in Hong Kong.

Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson announces that the government will lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 in response to rising cases of criminal gangs recruiting children to commit serious crimes.

The Thai Supreme Court rules that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve a one-year prison term for corruption, declaring his prior hospital detention unlawful.

Ethiopia fully launches the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, sparking concerns about Nile water security from Egypt and Sudan.

Seven members of a single family are killed in the detonation of explosives stockpiled inside a house in Bala Buluk District, Farah Province, Afghanistan.