Thursday

October 16, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war

Gaza peace plan

At least three Palestinians are killed in Gaza by Israeli troops, bringing the total to at least 23 people killed by Israel since the start of the ceasefire. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war

An 11-year-old boy is fatally shot by Israeli soldiers near Hebron. (The Times of Israel) (BBC News)

Red Sea crisis

Israeli attacks on Yemen

Houthi sources confirm the death of general and chief of staff Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari from an Israeli airstrike in August. (Reuters)

Russo-Ukrainian war

Dnieper campaign

Russian forces say they have crossed the Dnieper river and have entered the city of Kherson for the first time since 2022, and captured Karantynnyy Island and Maly Vilkhovy Island in the city’s southwest. (ISW)

Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes

2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict

The Afghan government reports that a market and a civilian house were hit in yesterday's Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul. Hospital sources reports that five people were killed and several wounded. (AP)

Syrian civil war

Four Syrian soldiers are killed and nine others are wounded when a bomb explodes on a Ministry of Defence bus in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. (AP)

War on drugs, 2025 US Caribbean naval deployment

2025 United States strikes on Venezuelan boats

The United States Navy strikes another alleged drug smuggling boat. Survivors have been reported from the attacked boat. (NBC News)

Boko Haram insurgency

At least eight people are killed in an attack on a security patrol in Zamfara State, Nigeria. (ABC News)

Libyan crisis

Heavy armed clashes break out in Zawiya, Tripolitania, Libya, after the attempted assassination of Reserve Force commander Suleiman Al-Fitouri. (Xinhua News Agency)

Business and economy

Swiss multinational food and drink corporation Nestlé announces it will cut 16,000 jobs over the next two years to combat rising commodity costs and business expenses. (AP)