Monday

September 8, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Palestinian political violence

2025 Ramot Junction shooting

Six people are killed and seven others are wounded in a mass shooting targeting Israelis by Palestinian assailants in Jerusalem. The two perpetrators are killed following a shootout with a soldier and a civilian. (BBC News) (CNN)

Israel–Hezbollah conflict

Five people are killed and five others injured during at least eight Israeli airstrikes between Beqaa Valley and Hermel, in Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)

War in the Sahel

Mali war

Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) imposes a nationwide blockade on fuel and other goods imported from neighboring countries while besieging Malian government-held cities and towns. An unknown number of fuel trucks from Senegal and the Ivory Coast violating JNIM's blockade have been attacked and burned by militants. (AP)

The Malian army conducts airstrikes in the Kayes Region against JNIM, reporting operations in Diema and Nioro du Sahel that included freeing hostages. (Reuters)

Kivu conflict

Allied Democratic Forces insurgency

According to a local leader, 102 people are killed when Allied Democratic Forces rebels attack a funeral in Ntoyo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Anadolu Agency) (Euronews)

2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests

Police open fire on protesters demonstrating against a government ban on social media in Kathmandu, Nepal, killing at least 19 people and wounding over a hundred more. A curfew is declared around all government buildings, including the Rastrapati Bhawan and Federal Parliament. (CBC News) (BBC News) (Sky News)

Ramesh Lekhak resigns as Minister of Home Affairs in response to the police killings of protesters. (Firstpost)

Nepal's Ministry of Information and Communications lifts its ban on major social media platforms following the protests. (AFP via France 24)

Business and economy

Succession of Rupert Murdoch

The children of News Corp founder and former chairperson Rupert Murdoch reach a settlement over the corporation's control, transferring all shares held by the original family trust to a new entity which gives Lachlan sole voting control, while Prudence, Elisabeth, and James exit with a reported US$3.3 billion settlement. (AFP via France 24)