October 17, 2025 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes
- 2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict
- Pakistan carries out a series of airstrikes in Barmal District and Urgun District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, killing ten people and wounding eight others, ending the 48–hour ceasefire which started two days ago. (Kabul Now)
- The International Federation of Journalists confirm that a media worker was among those killed during the Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul, Afghanistan, two days ago. Journalist Abdul Ghafoor Abed was also shot dead while covering the shootouts at the border. (IFJ)
- The casualty toll from the Pakistani airstrikes in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, two days ago, increases to 40 people killed and 170 injured. (Tolo News)
- 2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict
- Gaza war
- Gaza peace plan
- Hamas returns one more hostage's body to the Red Cross. (France 24)
- Israelis fire at a vehicle carrying a displaced family in Gaza City, killing eleven Palestinians, including seven children. The IDF claims it crossed the ceasefire demarcation line. (EFE) (New York Times) (BBC News)
- Gaza peace plan
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- At least 14 people are killed, including six attackers, and 13 others are injured in a suicide car bomb followed by gunfire at a military compound in Mir Ali, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami claims responsibility for the attack. (Xinhua News Agency)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Rahova gas explosion
- Typhoon Halong (2025)
- Alaska governor Mike Dunleavy requests federal disaster assistance, as flooding in remote villages forces over 2,000 to potentially face a prolonged evacuation longer than 18 months, caused by the remnants of Halong. (AP)
- At least 17 people are killed and others are injured when a bus loses control, hits rocks and overturns on a highway in Pernambuco, Brazil. (CTV News) (The Times of India)
- Three people are killed and eight others injured during an explosion at an explosives plant in Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan, Russia. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
- The Ministry of National Defense of China announces that Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China He Weidong, Director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission Miao Hua and seven other generals were expelled from the party and the military following charges of corruption against them. (South China Morning Post)
- Hijab and burka controversies in Europe
- The Portuguese parliament approves a ban on face veils for "gender or religious" reasons and making it punishable by up to €2,000. The bill, promoted by right-wing party Chega, is passed to President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa for review. (AP)
- Killing of Salwan Momika
- A 24-year-old man from Syria, living in Sweden at the time, is identified as the main perpetrator who assassinated anti-Islam activist Salwan Momika. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Nord Stream pipelines sabotage
- The Polish judiciary refuses extradition of a Ukrainian to Germany who is suspected of blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline, citing lack of evidence, arguing that it happened in international waters, on Russian-owned property, and amidst the Russian aggression against his state. (DW)
- WikiConference North America
- A man brandishes a firearm and threatens to kill himself on stage at the 2025 "Wiki World’s Fair" event in New York City. A Wikipedia contributor disarms the man, who was later taken into custody. (The New York Times) (Newsweek)
Politics and elections
- Mongolian prime minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar is ousted by the State Great Khural after four months in power. (AP)