October 22

Arts and culture

The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, reopens with increased activity several days after jewelry from the Galerie d'Apollon was stolen in a heist. The Galerie d'Apollon remains closed.

2025 Louvre robbery

Source: DW

Law and crime

The Fijian High Court sentences former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to a 12-month suspended prison term after being found guilty of making an unwarranted demand to a public official under the Crimes Act this month.

Source: RNZ

An opposition politician of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya party is shot and killed by an unidentified gunman in Weligama, Sri Lanka, amid an increase of shootings in the country in the past months, which have left 51 people killed and 56 injured since the beginning of the year.

Source: AP

Politics and elections

Argentine Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein submits his resignation to President Javier Milei.

Source: Reuters

Armed conflicts and attacks

Forty-five people, including former prisoners and a child, are arrested during a series of Israeli raids in Nablus, Ramallah, Qalqilya and Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank. They further say that homes are vandalized and the arrested are assaulted.

Gaza war Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war

Source: Al Jazeera

Six people are killed and several others are injured in Russian strikes on power plants in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)Kyiv strikes (2022–present)

Source: Euronews

One person is killed and six others are injured in Russian drone strikes on a kindergarten in Kholodnohirskyi District, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)Kharkiv strikes (2022–present)

Source: The Kyiv Independent

A man opens fire outside the Serbian Parliament in Belgrade and sets fire to a tent, critically injuring a person, before being arrested. The incident is classified as a terrorist attack.

Terrorism in Serbia

Source: Ansa

Disasters and accidents

Forty-six people are killed and others are injured in a collision between two buses and other vehicles on the Kampala–Gulu Highway in Uganda.

Source: Al Jazeera

October 21

Politics and elections

The government of Greece submits an amendment to the law on the care of monuments in an attempt to ban protests at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, sparking heated debate in parliament and a call by the Syriza party to protest in opposition to the government's proposal.

Source: AP

Sanae Takaichi is elected as Japan's first female prime minister by the House of Representatives after her party, the Liberal Democratic Party, agreed to form a coalition government with the Japan Innovation Party.

Source: NPR

Peruvian President José Jerí declares a 30-day state of emergency in Lima in an attempt to curb rising crime.

Source: Reuters

Disasters and accidents

At least 42 people are killed and 52 others are injured when a tanker truck transporting gasoline crashes and explodes in Bida, Nigeria.

Source: AP

At least 14 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when an overcrowded train full of merchants crashes into a stationary train near Dire Dawa in Oromia Region, Ethiopia.

Source: Africanews

Law and crime

A court in Slovakia sentences 72-year-old Juraj Cintula, the perpetrator in the attempted assassination of prime minister Robert Fico in 2024, to 21 years in prison. Cintula continues to deny the accusations, saying he aimed away from vital organs.

Attempted assassination of Robert Fico

Source: BBC News

A Ukrainian citizen is detained in Poland and two others are arrested in Romania for allegedly working for Russian intelligence agencies and preparing acts of sabotage on Ukrainian shipping routes.

Poland–Ukraine relations Romania–Ukraine relations Russia–Ukraine relations

Source: AP

A court in Colombia overturns a bribery conviction against former President Álvaro Uribe, who had been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest in August 2025. The court is still considering further appeals on a fraud charge.

Source: DW

Rioting takes place in Dublin, Ireland, with several thousand anti-immigration protesters attempting to storm a hotel housing asylum seekers in the city after the alleged rape of a 10 year old Irish girl by an asylum seeker.

Irish anti-immigration protests

Source: BBC News

Arts and culture

American Eric Lu wins the 2025 International Chopin Piano Competition at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Poland.

XIX International Chopin Piano Competition

Source: Reuters

October 20

Disasters and accidents

Two airport ground crew are killed when an Emirates cargo plane crash-lands and strikes a service vehicle at Hong Kong International Airport, before partially falling into the sea.

Emirates SkyCargo Flight 9788

Source: RTHK

At least one person is killed and four others are critically injured when a tornado hits the Ermont commune in Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France.

Source: Metro

Law and crime

The damaged 19th-century Crown of Empress Eugénie is recovered on a street near the Louvre in Paris, France, following its burglary yesterday.

2025 Louvre robbery

Source: Town and Country

Police arrest Gyumri mayor Vardan Ghukasyan on bribery charges amid an anti-corruption investigation in Armenia, prompting protests outside his office and the detention of at least 23 demonstrators.

Corruption in Armenia

Source: Reuters

A court in Daejeon, South Korea, sentences a teacher to life in prison for the murder of a eight-year-old student whom she stabbed at school in a murder-suicide attempt in February 2025.

Murder of Kim Ha-neul

Source: The Korea Herald

The Tatmadaw conducts a raid on the KK Park scam center in Myawaddy Township, Myanmar, near the border with Thailand, and detains over 2,000 people and seizes over 30 Starlink terminals.

Source: AFP via France 24

Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania temporarily ceases operations, suspends all air traffic, and closes the country's airspace and borders after the government reports sightings of weather balloons used to smuggle cigarettes from Belarus.

Source: The New Voice of Ukraine

Business and economy

Pizzeria chain Pizza Hut enters administration in the United Kingdom with at least 68 venues expected to close and 1,210 employees at risk of redundancy.

Source: The Independent

Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet formally inaugurates Techo International Airport, replacing the 70-year-old Phnom Penh International Airport as the main aviation hub for the country.

Source: Airport World

Science and technology

A severe outage of Amazon Web Services occurs in the United States, impacting many apps and websites.

Source: NPR

Politics and elections

Malagasy president Michael Randrianirina appoints Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo as prime minister.

2025 Malagasy coup d'état

Source: Reuters