Sunday

October 12, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes

2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict

At least 23 Pakistani soldiers and nine Afghan soldiers are killed during the ongoing clashes at the border. Pakistan claims that it captured 19 Afghan border posts. (Al Jazeera)

2025 Malagasy protests

2025 Malagasy mutiny

Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina says that an attempted coup has been initiated after a group of the military joined protestors and exchanged gunfire with pro-government security forces, demanding Rajoelina to step down. (AP)

Gaza war

Societal breakdown in the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war

At least 19 Doghmush clan members and eight Hamas fighters are killed in a shootout in Gaza City. (BBC News)

Palestinian journalist Saleh al-Jafarawi is shot and killed by Doghmush clan members amid shootouts with Hamas in Gaza City. (TRT World)

2025 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan protests

Three protestors, a bystander and a policeman are killed and dozens are injured during clashes in Muridke, Pakistan, as a pro-Palestine march, organized by the TLP Party, attempted to reach the American embassy in Islamabad. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Forty-two people are killed and 49 others injured in a bus crash in Louis Trichardt, Limpopo, South Africa. (AP)

2025 Pacific typhoon season

More than three people are reported missing and at least 34 others are rescued when remnants of Typhoon Halong causes flooding in Kipnuk and Kwigillingok, Alaska, United States. (ABC News)