The edition of
Wednesday 15 October 2025
18 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
South Korea issues a blanket travel ban on its citizens to parts of Cambodia known for its scam centers, alleging that over 200,000 foreign nationals are working in these centers, including 1,200 South Koreans.
Pakistan claims that it killed at least 15 Taliban members in an airstrike in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. The Taliban claims that twelve civilians are killed and over 100 are injured. Both countries also claim that they killed several soldiers during a shootout.
Pakistan carries out two airstrikes against Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. The target and the result are unknown. After the attack, both countries agree to a 48-hour ceasefire.
Hamas returns two more hostages' bodies to the Red Cross, with 19 still in Gaza despite the Gaza peace plan's deadline last Monday. Donald Trump also states Israel may resume fighting if he believes Hamas does not uphold their part of the agreement.
Ukrainian authorities order mass evacuations across 40 settlements and towns in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, citing the worsening situation around the city of Kupiansk.
Fourteen people are killed by Indonesian soldiers during a six-hours battle with Free Papua Movement separatists in Intan Jaya Regency, Central Papua. The army claims that all of those killed were militants, while the group claims that nine civilians and three militants are among the dead.
Explosive devices detonate on two bridges in Ecuador. No casualties are reported.
Doctors Without Borders announce that they are permanently closing their offices in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, due to safety concerns.
Six Pakistani soldiers and nine Pakistani Taliban gunmen are killed in a shootout in Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
The United States reportedly greenlights covert operations in Venezuela targeting president Nicolás Maduro.
The United Kingdom imposes new sanctions on Russian major energy companies Lukoil and Rosneft.
Politics
Guatemalan president Bernardo Arévalo accepts the resignation of three top security officials following a jailbreak where 20 members of the Barrio 18 gang escaped from prison.
President Rodrigo Chaves Robles restricts abortion in Costa Rica only to cases where the life of the mother is at risk.
Uruguay becomes the first country in Latin America to decriminalise euthanasia via legislation after the law is passed by the Senate.
The Law
Judges at the International Criminal Court dismiss Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor in the case against former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, due to links between Khan and some victims of Duterte's alleged crimes, whom Khan represented prior to Duterte's arrest.
Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation blocks the extradition of a Ukrainian national suspected of causing explosions which damaged the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022 to Germany, where he is wanted.
Iraqi politician Safaa Al Mashhadani, a candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections, is assassinated by a bomb attached to his vehicle in Al-Tarmia District. The perpetrators are unknown.
Environment
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 15 October 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.