The edition of
Monday 29 September 2025
23 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
Russian president Vladimir Putin signs a law denouncing and leaving the European Convention against Torture, after the country left the Council of Europe in 2022.
The United States releases a 20-point ceasefire proposal to end the Gaza war, to which Israel agrees. The proposal includes the immediate end of military operations inside the Gaza Strip and the release of all living hostages within 72 hours.
Ukraine allegedly shoots down a Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 on combat search and rescue duties with an FPV drone in Nadaeyvka, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, killing several people and injuring several others.
At least 39 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip.
A Houthi anti-ship missile attack on Dutch-flagged cargo ship Minervagracht injures two people and forces the crew to abandon the ship.
Unidentified gunmen kill at least twelve forest security guards in Oke-Ode, Kwara State, Nigeria.
The United States places Brazil and South Africa on the Tier 2 watchlist of its Trafficking in Persons Report, citing insufficient progress in combating human trafficking.
Colombian foreign minister Rosa Villavicencio renounces her United States visa in response to the U.S. State Department's cancellation of President Gustavo Petro's visa.
South Korea begins a pilot program allowing visa-free entry for Chinese tourist groups of three or more for stays of up to 15 days.
Hungary blocks access to 12 Ukrainian news websites to reciprocate Ukraine's earlier ban on several Hungarian-language portals.
Politics
Madagascar president Andry Rajoelina dismisses Prime Minister Christian Ntsay and his cabinet following protests over electricity and water shortages that left dozens dead and injured, while announcing an interim government until a replacement is appointed.
Seychelles will hold a second-round presidential election after neither of the leading candidates, incumbent president Wavel Ramkalawan and opposition leader Patrick Herminie, obtains 50% of the vote.
Ako Bicol representative Zaldy Co resigns from the Philippine House of Representatives after being implicated in alleged corruption involving flood control projects.
The Taliban imposes a nationwide internet blackout in Afghanistan to "prevent immorality", cutting fiber-optic services and reducing connectivity to about 14% of normal levels, according to monitoring group NetBlocks.
Business
German airline Lufthansa announces they will cut 4,000 administrative positions by 2030 and replace them with artificial intelligence and digitization processes.
American video game company Electronic Arts (EA) agrees to be acquired by a group of private investors, including Silver Lake, the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and Affinity Partners, in a deal valued at $55 billion. The transaction, which will take EA private, constitutes the largest leveraged buyout on record.
The Law
Moroccan police detain dozens of people on the third consecutive day of Gen Z-led protests across the country against government corruption in prioritizing public image over healthcare and education crises.
The intermediate people's court in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China, sentences 11 people, including three from a powerful family in Kokang, Myanmar, to death for murder, running an illegal gambling and scamming crime syndicate. The court also sentences 12 other people to prison sentences between five and 24 years.
Environment
Namibia deploys 540 soldiers to contain wildfires that have burned more than 770,000 ha (7,700 km2), about a third of Etosha National Park, along with surrounding land.
At least one person is killed as Tropical Storm Imelda makes landfall in the Bahamas and Cuba.
Eight people are killed and 14 others are injured after a bus overturns in Samalut, Minya Governorate, Egypt.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 29 September 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.