Portal:Current events/2022 October 25

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • American military intervention in Somalia
    • A United States Air Force airstrike kills two al-Shabaab jihadists in Buloburde, Hiran, Somalia. The United States Africa Command says that the terrorists were attacking Somali soldiers. (VOA)
• Islamic terrorism, Terrorism in Indonesia
  • Istana Negara attempted shooting
    • A young woman belonging to Hizb ut-Tahrir attempts to shoot either the Presidential Security Force of Indonesia or the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo at the Istana Negara in Central Jakarta, before being arrested. (DetikNews)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2022 Israeli-Palestinian West Bank attacks
    • Israeli soldiers raid a Lions' Den headquarter in Nablus, West Bank, killing three militants, including one of the group's founders. Two Palestinian civilians are also killed in nearby areas. Protests later occur in the town of Nabi Salih, resulting in a Palestinian man being killed by Israeli soldiers. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
• Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
  • Gunmen kill two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers, including a colonel, in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (Al Arabiya)
• More than 30 people are killed and 15 others are reported missing after tribal clashes on Kiriwina Island in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. (The Guardian)

Arts and culture

• Adidas and Def Jam Recordings terminate their respective Yeezy and GOOD Music partnerships with American rapper Kanye West in response to his recent antisemitic remarks. (The Washington Post) (Complex)

Business and economy

• Ford announces that the Fiesta, introduced in 1976 and now in its seventh generation, will be discontinued, with production ending in mid-2023. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Earthquakes of 2022
  • Sixty-eight people are injured when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Cordillera Administrative Region and nearby regions in the Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
• Eleven people, including several children, are killed and six others are injured in a fire at a school for the blind in Mukono District, Uganda. (AP)
• Finnish seismologists at the University of Helsinki say that last week they detected five explosions in Russian territorial waters of the Baltic Sea, with the largest explosion having a 1.8 magnitude. The cause of the blasts is currently unknown. (Reuters)
• Ten people are killed and nine others are injured when a truck and a minibus collide in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. (AP)

Law and crime

• Crime in London
  • Two people are killed and another is critically injured in a shooting in Ilford, East London. A manhunt for the suspect is underway, according to the Metropolitan Police. (Sky News)

Politics and elections

• Same-sex marriage in Mexico
  • Same-sex marriage in Guerrero
    • The Congress of Guerrero votes to legalize same-sex marriage. (El sol de Mexico) (News 360 via MSN News)
• October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
  • Rishi Sunak becomes the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after meeting with Charles III. Sunak is the first British Asian and Hindu to hold the office. (Times of Israel)
• The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that two illegal Chinese police stations have operated in the Netherlands since 2018. One is in Rotterdam and the other is in Amsterdam. (NU.nl)