The edition of
Saturday 4 October 2025
21 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
At least seven people are killed and injured and several prisoners escape in an attack on a National Intelligence and Security Agency prison by militant group Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Somali government reports that no civilian or security officers were killed, and that all seven attackers were killed.
Puntland Security Forces kill over ten Islamic State militants and capture another in a major operation targeting wells used by ISIS as bases to carry out attacks in the Cal Miskaad Mountains in Bari region of Puntland. Three soldiers are killed and six others are injured in the operation.
One person is killed and at least 30 people are injured in Russian drone strikes on two passenger trains at a rail station in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
A Russian Buyan-class corvette is allegedly attacked near Lake Onega, in Karelia, Russia. The ship sustains damage to the right side of its power plant compartment.
At least 70 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip and in Gaza City.
Politics
Sanae Takaichi defeats Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff election to become the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and prime minister-designate. She is the first female leader of the LDP and, should she be confirmed by the Diet, the first female prime minister of Japan.
Violent protests that killed at least ten people in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, end as a peace agreement is reached with a civil rights alliance.
Former prime minister Andrej Babiš's populist ANO party wins the election with about 35% of the vote but falls short of a majority, prompting him to begin coalition talks with smaller right-wing parties.
Peter Mutharika is sworn in for his second non-consecutive term as President of Malawi following his victory in last month's national election.
Protestors attempt to storm the Orbeliani Palace and clash with police in Tbilisi, Georgia, during the local elections.
The second and final day of the election to elect the members of the Czech Chamber of Deputies takes place.
The Law
Iran executes six prisoners accused and convicted of carrying out attacks inside Iran for the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz on behalf of Israel.
A mosque with two people inside is set on fire in a suspected hate crime in Peacehaven, East Sussex, England.
Lithuania temporarily suspends air traffic at Vilnius Airport after unidentified balloons are detected in its airspace.
Environment
A man is killed in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland, and hundreds of thousands are without power as Storm Amy brings high winds to the United Kingdom and Ireland.
At least ten people are killed and two others are reported missing when heavy rainfall triggered multiple landslides in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Arts
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities formally opens the tomb of Amenhotep III in the Valley of the Kings to the public after 20 years of renovations following its excavation in 1989.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States, installs Reverend Yehiel Curry as its presiding bishop, making him the first Black bishop to lead the denomination. Curry succeeds Reverend Elizabeth Eaton, the first woman to lead the organization.
Pope Leo XIV attends the oath-taking ceremony for the new batch of Pontifical Swiss Guards, becoming the first pope to do so since 1968.
Sport
In motorcycle speedway, Australia wins the 2025 Speedway of Nations, defeating Poland in the grand final at the MotoArena Toruń, BiT City, Kuyavia–Pomerania, Poland.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 4 October 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.