Portal:Current events/2022 October 25
Appearance
October 25, 2022
(Tuesday)
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 neutralized terrorists were attacking Somali National Army forces. (VOA)
- American military intervention in Somalia
- 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)
- Istana Negara attempted shooting
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 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 shoot dead 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 anti-semitic remarks that he made. (The Washington Post) (Complex)
Business and economy
- Ford announces that the Fiesta, first introduced in 1976 and now in its 7th generation, will be discontinued, with production ending in mid-2023. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- List of earthquakes in 2022
- Thirty six people are injured after a magnitude 6.4 earthquakes strikes Luzon, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. (AP)
- 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 they have detected five explosions in Russian territorial waters of the Baltic Sea, with the largest explosion causing a 1.8 magnitude earthquake last week. The cause of the blasts is currently unknown. (Reuters)
- Ten people are killed and nine others are injured after a truck and a minibus collide with each other in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. (AP)
Law and crime
- Two people are killed and another person is critically injured in a shooting in Ilford, London. A manhunt is underway to locate the suspect, according to the Metropolitan Police. (Sky News)
Politics and elections
- 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 the apparent existence of two illegal Chinese police stations in the Netherlands, one in Rotterdam and one in Amsterdam, that have been in operation since 2018. (NU.nl)
- 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)
- Same-sex marriage in Guerrero