The edition of
Saturday 13 September 2025
16 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
Nineteen soldiers and 45 Pakistani Taliban militants are killed at two hideouts near the Durand Line in Bajaur District and South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, during clashes in the past two days.
A Russian drone breaches Romanian airspace, prompting NATO forces to scramble fighter jets. Lublin Airport in eastern Poland is also closed again for the second time this week due to the threat of Russian drones.
At least 62 people are killed and dozens of others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
Politics
More than 100,000 people protest against illegal immigration in central London, England, in a rally led by right-wing activist Tommy Robinson. Thousands of anti-racism protesters and left-wing groups also hold counter-protests.
Tanzania's electoral commission accepts the nomination of ACT-Wazalendo candidate Luhaga Mpina for the upcoming presidential election after the High Court overturned Mpina's earlier disqualification.
The Law
The government of Nepal lifts the curfew in Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, and Lalitpur, imposed on September 9, citing restored calm after Sushila Karki's appointment as interim prime minister.
Seven people are killed in a shooting by criminal gangs at a pool hall in Santo Domingo, Ecuador, less than a month after a similar attack at a different pool hall in the city which also killed seven people.
The German customs bureau arrests two men and seizes over 400 kg (880 lb) of cocaine at the port in Hamburg.
Environment
Four people are killed and one is injured after a passenger de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver crashes near Makepeace Lake in Manitoba, Canada.
At least 61 people, mostly Sudanese refugees, are missing after a boat carrying 74 passengers capsized off Tobruk, Cyrenaica, Libya.
At least 19 people are killed after a bus carrying wedding guests plunged into a river in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
At least 15 people are killed in a multi-vehicle collision along Federal Highway 180 between Campeche and Mérida in southeast Mexico.
Sport
In boxing, Terence Crawford defeats Canelo Álvarez by unanimous decision, becoming the undisputed super middleweight champion and the second ever three-weight undisputed boxing champion.
In motorcycle speedway, Bartosz Zmarzlik become a record-equalling six-time motorcycle Speedway Grand Prix World champion.
The 2025 World Athletics Championships start in Tokyo, Japan.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 13 September 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.