Wednesday

October 29, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Armed conflict for control of the favelas

Operation Containment

The death toll from yesterday's police operation in Rio de Janeiro rises to at least 132 people. (Reuters)

2025 United States military strikes on alleged drug traffickers

Four people are killed in an American airstrike on a boat in the Pacific Ocean. (ABC News)

Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Six Pakistani soldiers and seven gunmen are killed in a shootout at the border with Afghanistan. (Al Arabiya)

Spillover of the Mali War

The JNIM carries out its first attack in Nigeria, killing a soldier and seizing ammunition and cash in Kwara State. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

Tariffs in the second Trump administration

South Korea–United States relations

South Korea announces it has finalized a trade deal with the United States in which the U.S. agrees to 15% of tariffs on imported South Korean goods and South Korea will invest in American businesses and shipbuilding projects. (The New York Times)