The day

Friday 26 September 2025

21 stories, biggest first.

1
Crime2025 Department of Justice counterinvestigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election
Former United States FBI director James Comey is indicted by a federal grand jury on two charges in a prosecution led by Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
2
News2025 Pacific typhoon season
Ten people are confirmed killed as Typhoon Bualoi makes landfall in Visayas and southern Luzon in the Philippines since yesterday.
3
News2025 Gaza City offensive
At least 60 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip.
4
News2025 Gaza City offensive
Médecins Sans Frontières suspends its activities in Gaza City citing security concerns due to the Israeli offensive.
5
Politics2025 Moldovan parliamentary election
Moldova's electoral commission removes the Greater Moldova and Heart of Moldova parties from the ballot ahead of Sunday's election, citing alleged illegal financing and foreign funding.
6
News
A fire at a South Korean government data center in Daejeon disrupts more than 600 e-government systems after an explosion in a lithium-ion battery triggered the blaze.
7
NewsColombia–United States relations
The United States revokes Colombian president Gustavo Petro's visa following his participation in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York and his remarks urging U.S. soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump's orders.
8
MoneyEconomy of Botswana
Botswana president Duma Boko announces the launch of a immigrant investor program aimed at raising funds to diversify the economy amid a recession in the global diamond market.
9
Crime1991 Austin yogurt shop murders
Deceased serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers is identified as the prime suspect in the quadruple homicide at an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas, United States.
10
Crime2025 Danish drone incidents
Air Base Karup in Central Denmark Region, Denmark, is closed due to a drone sighting above the military base. Danish authorities describe the incident as part of an ongoing "hybrid attack".
11
CrimeCorruption in Lebanon
Lebanese authorities release former central bank governor Riad Salameh after he posts bail of US$14 million and LL 5 billion ($55,866) while facing ongoing charges of alleged financial crimes.
12
CrimeHuman rights in Vietnam
Vietnamese activist Trịnh Bá Phương, already serving a 10-year sentence for anti-state propaganda, is sentenced to an additional 11 years after being convicted of writing statements against the Communist Party while in prison.
13
CrimeLGBTQ rights in Slovakia
Slovakia passes a constitutional amendment stating there are only two genders. Only married couples have the right to adopt, which de facto prevents same-sex couples from adopting, while also banning surrogacy.
14
News
At least 100 people are feared dead following the collapse of a gold mining pit in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
15
News
At least 14 people are killed when a minibus collides with two trucks in the southern Peruvian Andes, Peru.
16
News
Eleven people are killed and 33 are injured when a building collapses following a fire in Nile Delta, Egypt.
17
News
At least eleven people are killed and three others are injured after a truck crashes in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
18
News
Six people are killed and six others are injured when a roof collapses at a steel plant in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
19
MoneyGerman economic crisis
German automotive supplier Bosch announces it will lay off 5,000 employees by 2030, including 3,800 in Germany.
20
Sport
FIFA suspends seven Malaysian national football players for one year and fines the Football Association of Malaysia over alleged use of falsified documentation in 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, a decision the association says it will appeal.
21
Sport
The members of the International Paralympic Committee vote not to maintain sanctions against the Russian and Belarusian [be] National Paralympic Committees.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 26 September 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.