Wednesday 10 September 2025

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announces intentions to seek sanctions against and a partial suspension of trade with Israel, while also immediately suspending certain bilateral funds, citing the ongoing Gaza Strip famine as the reason.

Israel carries out a series of airstrikes against alleged Houthi targets and civilian structures in Sanaa and Al Jawf Governorate, Yemen, killing 35 people and wounding 131 others.

The Polish Air Force and NATO allies scramble fighter jets in response to 19 Russian drones penetrating up to 250 km into Polish airspace during an overnight air attack on Ukraine.

The Polish Armed Forces confirms it has shot down four Russian drones over the country, marking the first time Poland has directly engaged Russian military assets since the start of the war.

Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip kill at least 72 Palestinians amidst the ongoing offensive to capture Gaza City.

Poland closes multiple airports due to the airspace breach, including Warsaw Modlin Airport, Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport, and Lublin Airport.

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk invokes Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty following the incursion.

Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport reopens nearly a day after the Nepali Army occupied it.

China approves the establishment of a national nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, a territory also claimed by the Philippines and Taiwan.

NASA confirms that Chinese citizens, including those holding a valid U.S. visa, are barred from accessing its facilities and systems and working on its programs, citing security concerns.

Ghanaian president John Mahama announces that Ghana can accept citizens of West African nations who have been deported from the United States under a regional visa-free travel arrangement.

The Australian government announces plans to bolster its military through a US$1.1 billion fleet of Ghost Shark underwater drones, with the first batch delivered to the Australian Navy in January 2026.

The Sri Lankan parliament votes 151–1 to abolish state-funded benefits, including housing, pensions, transport, and office staff, for former presidents and their spouses.

Sébastien Lecornu is sworn in as Prime Minister of France after previous prime minister François Bayrou failed a confidence vote on September 8.

A German state court convicts a Syrian national of murder, attempted murder, and Islamic State membership for a 2024 mass stabbing in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, sentencing him to life imprisonment without parole eligibility after 15 years.

A court in British Columbia, Canada, rules that a man accused of killing eleven people during a vehicle-ramming attack in April at a Filipino Heritage Month event in Vancouver, is mentally fit to stand trial.

German public prosecutors charge eight suspected members of a far-right group who plan to secede from Saxony to create a Nazi state after the group were discovered in 2024 to be conducting paramilitary training and amassing weapons. One of the men was a former AfD local politician.

The high court in Gauteng, South Africa, sentences seven Chinese nationals to 20 years in prison each for trafficking 91 Malawian workers and forcing them to labor under abusive conditions at a Johannesburg factory.

Australia approves the first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia.

At least 19 people are killed and six others are missing due to widespread flooding in Bali and East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

Four people are killed when a Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil crashes into a mountainside in Jila, Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Western New Guinea, Indonesia.

Cuba experiences its fifth nationwide power outage in less than a year, affecting about 10 million people.

At least 86 people are killed when a boat capsizes in Basankusu, Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.