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Yoshinobu Yamamoto
- In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays to win the World Series (MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto pictured).
- At least 10 people are confirmed killed in election protests as the incumbent president of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, is declared winner of the general election.
- In baseball, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks defeat the Hanshin Tigers to win the Japan Series.
- Hurricane Melissa leaves more than 75 people dead across the Caribbean.
- More than 120 people are killed in a police operation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
November 5, 2025 (Wednesday)
November 4, 2025 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Eastern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
- One person is killed and eight others are injured in a large-scale Russian strike on Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (RBC-Ukraine)
- Eastern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Hamas returns the body of Itay Chen to Israel. (Times of Israel)
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Nigerian bandit conflict
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Atlantic hurricane season
- The casualty toll from Hurricane Melissa in Haiti increases to 43 deaths, with 13 others still missing. Nearly 12,000 homes are flooded and at least 200 have been destroyed. (AP)
- 2025 Chhattisgarh train collision
- At least eight people are killed and about a dozen others are injured when a passenger train crashes into a cargo train near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. (AP)
- 2025 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi's impact on Visayas and Mindanao, Philippines, rises to 40, with search and rescue operations ongoing. (Al Jazeera)
- Six people are killed when a Philippine Air Force Bell Huey helicopter crashes while conducting damage assessment for Typhoon Kalmaegi in Agusan del Sur, Caraga, Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- UPS Airlines Flight 2976
- At least three people are killed and eleven others are injured when a UPS Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft crashes near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Gaza war
- Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians during the Gaza war
- Israel arrests and imprisons major general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, former chief military advocate, for leaking a surveillance video showing the gang rape of a Palestinian detainee in the Sde Teiman detention camp in August. (NPR)
- Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians during the Gaza war
Politics and elections
- 2025 United States elections
- Off-year elections are held in the United States, including one special election to a vacancy in the federal House of Representatives, two elections for the governors of Virginia and New Jersey, the next mayor of New York City, and various local elections. (NPR)
- Zohran Mamdani is elected as the 111th Mayor of New York City. (The New York Times)
- Off-year elections are held in the United States, including one special election to a vacancy in the federal House of Representatives, two elections for the governors of Virginia and New Jersey, the next mayor of New York City, and various local elections. (NPR)
- 2025 United States federal government shutdown
- The federal government shutdown becomes the longest shutdown in American history following a failed 14th vote by the U.S. Senate, surpassing the 2018–2019 shutdown that occurred during President Donald Trump's first term. (CBS News)
- Mexican drug war
- Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum announces a security plan for the state of Michoacán following the assassination of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, who was shot and killed on Saturday. The plan includes the dispatch of the National Guard, more federal personnel, and the creation of a special unit at the state's prosecution office. (AP)
- Western Sahara conflict
- Morocco declares October 31, starting next year, to be a national holiday in celebration of Friday's UN resolution backing Morocco's plan of autonomy for Western Sahara in a 50-year dispute between the country and the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Tesla, Inc. orders a recall of over 6,000 Cybertrucks, approximately 12% of all vehicles sold due to a detachment issue with its off-road lightbar, an optional add-on for the vehicle. (Anadolu Ajansi)
November 3, 2025 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- The Israel Defence Forces return the remains of 45 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Hamas returning the remains of three hostages yesterday. (The Washington Times)
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Israeli settler violence
- Two Palestinian teenagers are killed in separate attacks by Israeli settlers in Hebron and Beit Furik respectively, in the occupied West Bank. (Jordan News)
- Gaza war
- Sudanese civil war, Famine in Sudan
- The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification review committee reports that famine is detected in two Sudanese regions, Darfur and South Kordofan, amid increased fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which blocks humanitarian access. (NPR)
- At least 40 people are killed and dozens of others are injured in a drone attack by the Rapid Support Forces on a funeral gathering in North Kordofan, Sudan. (Anadolu Agency)
Arts and culture
- The 2025 Miguel de Cervantes Prize is awarded to Mexican writer Gonzalo Celorio. (Euronews)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Balkh earthquake
- A Mw 6.3 earthquake strikes near Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds others, and damaging the historic Blue Mosque. (Reuters) (DW)
- 2025 Pacific typhoon season
- At least two people are killed and tens of thousands are displaced as Typhoon Kalmaegi makes landfall in Central Visayas, Philippines. (AP via ABC News)
- 2025 Shap derailment
- A landslide causes a West Coast Main Line passenger train to derail near Shap, Cumbria, United Kingdom, injuring four people. (Sky News) (Avanti West Coast)
- At least 20 people are killed and several others are injured when a truck collides with a bus in Ranga Reddy district, Telangana, India. (India TV)
- At least 19 people are killed and 40 people are injured when a speeding dump truck collides with 17 vehicles in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. (India Today)
- At least 15 people, mostly children, are missing and presumed dead after floods and landslides strike Highland Papua, Indonesia, following heavy rainfall. (Reuters)
- Seven people are killed and eight injured when an avalanche strikes a base camp on a mountain in Nepal. (The Free Press Journal) (CTV News)
- A part of the Torre dei Conti tower collapses in Rome, Italy, killing a worker and critically injuring another. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- Demographics of Papua New Guinea
- The results of the 2024 census in Papua New Guinea show that the country has surpassed the line of 10 million inhabitants, significantly below the 2023 UN estimate of 11.8 million. (RNZ)
International relations
- 10th Summit of the Americas
- The Dominican Republic postpones the Summit of the Americas until next year, citing regional tensions following U.S. military operations near Venezuela and storm damage in several participating countries. (AFP via FMT)
- Mexico–Peru relations
- Peru announces it has severed diplomatic relations with Mexico, citing Mexico's decision to grant asylum to former Peruvian prime minister Betssy Chávez, as well as alleged interference in Peru's internal political affairs following President Pedro Castillo's 2022 self-coup. (DW)
Law and crime
Politics and elections
- 2024 Spanish floods
- Carlos Mazón resigns as President of the Valencian government following sustained criticism of his government's response to the floods in the region last year. (The Guardian) (elDiario.es)
- 2025 Guinean presidential election
- Incumbent Guinean president Mamady Doumbouya submits his candidacy for the election. The election is being held under a new constitution. (BBC News)
- 2025 Tanzanian general election
- Incumbent Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan is sworn in for a second term in office after winning a disputed election last Wednesday, which sparked deadly protests across the country. (AP)
November 2, 2025 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Al Jazeera reports that Hamas has agreed to withdraw via Red Cross corridors from Gaza areas that are under Israeli control per the peace plan. (Haaretz)
Arts and culture
- The Netherlands agrees to repatriate an Eighteenth Dynasty statue from the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III to Egypt after investigators determine it was illegally taken from the country and later found at an art fair. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- The death toll from flooding in Vietnam increases to 35, with five people still missing. (MSN)
- At least 15 people are killed and two others are injured after a passenger vehicle collides head-on with a truck in Jodhpur, India. (Dawn)
- Two people are killed after a light aircraft crashes in Fátima, Tocantins, Brazil. (Aviation Safety Network)
International relations
- Canada–Philippines relations
- Canada and the Philippines sign a visiting forces agreement allowing military personnel to train in each other's territories. (Reuters)
- Nigeria–United States relations, Boko Haram insurgency
- The Nigerian government says that it welcomes assistance from the United States to combat militants, but adds that its sovereignty must be respected, in response to U.S. president Donald Trump threatening aggressive military attacks to protect Christians from alleged persecution. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2024–present Serbian anti-corruption protests
- Serbian police arrest 37 protesters near the parliament house in Belgrade after clashes between pro-government supporters and protesters demanding justice for victims of the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2025 North Macedonian local elections
- North Macedonians vote in the second round of the local elections for councillors and mayors of 80 municipalities and Skopje, with the ruling conservative party VMRO-DPMNE expected to win by a landslide. (AP)
Sports
- 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
- In stock car racing, Hendrick Motorsports' Kyle Larson wins his second NASCAR Cup Series championship on an overtime finish over Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin. (USA Today)
- 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup
- In cricket, the Indian women's team defeats South Africa by 52 runs to win the 13th edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup. (ESPNcricinfo)
November 1, 2025 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians during the Gaza war
- Israel Defense Forces Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who served as Military Advocate General, resigns after leaking a surveillance video to the media showing the gang rape of a Palestinian prisoner at Sde Teiman detention camp in August last year. (BBC)
- 2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict
- The Pakistani government partially reopens the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan to allow Afghan refugees to flee home, while all remaining restrictions on cross-border movement stay banned, following an agreement to maintain a ceasefire. (AP)
- 2025 United States military strikes on alleged drug traffickers
- Three people are killed in an American airstrike against a boat in the Caribbean Sea. (Al Jazeera)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- The United States threatens to carry out attacks in Nigeria due to continuous attacks against Christians by Boko Haram and ISWAP. (Al Jazeera)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Four people are killed and three injured in an Israeli airstrike against a vehicle in Kfar Reman, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- Sudanese civil war
- At least 12 people are killed and several others are seriously injured in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on two displaced civilian shelters in South Kordofan, Sudan. (News.Az)
Arts and culture
- The Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, officially opens to the public following long delays. (AP)
- Pope Leo XIV of the Catholic Church declares Saint John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church, one of 38, and a co-patron of Catholic education. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 23 people are killed and eleven others are injured in a fire and explosion at a Waldo's store in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. (CNN)
- A landslide triggered by heavy rain kills at least 21 people and leaves 30 others missing in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. (AP)
- A crowd crush at a Hindu temple in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India, kills nine people. (Reuters)
- Five people are killed and two others are injured in an avalanche on the Vertainspitze mountain in the Ortler Alps in South Tyrol, Italy. (Euronews)
Law and crime
- 2025 Cambridgeshire train stabbing
- Eleven people are injured, including nine in life-threatening conditions, in a mass stabbing attack on a London North Eastern Railway passenger train in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. Two suspects are arrested. (Sky News)
- Mexican drug war
- Carlos Manzo, mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán, is assassinated during Day of the Dead festivities. (The Guardian)
- Smoking in the Maldives
- In the Maldives, people born since 2007 are permanently banned from buying or using tobacco, making it the first country in the world to impose a lifelong smoking ban from a certain age. (NOS)
- Two people are killed and six others are injured, including two suspects, in a shootout in Vorizia, Crete, Greece. Police say that it was caused by a long-standing feud between two local families. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Tanzanian general election
- Incumbent Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party is declared the winner of the general election with 97% of the vote, amidst protests by the opposition. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2025 Major League Baseball season
- 2025 World Series
- In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5–4 in Game 7 to win the World Series. (ESPN)
- 2025 World Series
October 31, 2025 (Friday)
Business and economy
- The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore founds a company, SAFCo, to meet Singapore's goal of utilizing sustainable aviation fuel in flights. (CNA)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 21 people are killed and at least 18 bodies are recovered in landslides in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. (AP)
International relations
- The United Nations Security Council approves a United States-backed resolution supporting Morocco's autonomy proposal and claim to the disputed Western Sahara, despite opposition from Algeria. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2025 Kartalkaya hotel fire
- A court in Turkey sentences the owner of Kartalkaya hotel to life in prison after finding him guilty of severe negligence in the fire at his hotel in January, which killed 78 people, including 34 children. (AP)
- 2025 Tanzanian election protests
- The United Nations says ten deaths have occured due to protests in Tanzania following the general election. (AP)
- Capital punishment in India
- A court in Andhra Pradesh, India, sentences five people to death for the November 2015 assassination of the mayor of Chittoor and her husband. (The Times of India)
- Police in Guyana arrest opposition leader Azruddin Mohamed following an indictment by a federal grand jury in Florida, United States, and an extradition request by American authorities, who accuse him of several financial crimes. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election
- Moldova's parliament appoints Alexandru Munteanu as prime minister following the victory of President Maia Sandu's Party of Action and Solidarity in the September election. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2025 Korean Series
- In baseball, the LG Twins defeat the Hanwha Eagles in five games to win their fourth Korean Series title. (Yonhap)
October 30, 2025 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sudanese civil war
- Siege of El Fasher, War crimes during the Sudanese civil war
- Al-Fashir massacre
- Massacres occur in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan, as Rapid Support Forces overwhelm the city and kill civilians for several days, targeting Zaghawa people. (DW)
- Al-Fashir massacre
- Siege of El Fasher, War crimes during the Sudanese civil war
- 2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict
- Following peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to an extended ceasefire, while Pakistan continues to allege that Afghanistan is sheltering militant groups like the Tehreek-e-Taliban. (DW)
- Israeli–Lebanese conflict
- Israeli troops enter the southern Lebanese city of Blida and storm the municipal hall, killing an employee while sleeping. In response, Lebanese president Joseph Aoun orders the military to confront any Israeli incursions. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- The Sagrada Família church in Barcelona, Spain, becomes the world's tallest church at 162.91 m (534.5 ft) after a part of its central tower was added during construction, surpassing the previously-tallest Ulm Minster in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (DW)
International relations
- China–United States relations
- United States president Donald Trump meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Gyeongju, agreeing to lower tariffs on China in return for lower rare earth trade curbs. (CNA)
Law and crime
- Immigration to the United States
- The United States government announces it will lower the number of refugees admitted to the country from 125,000 to 7,500 starting in 2026, while also prioritizing white South Africans. (DW)
Politics and elections
- The Latvian Saeima votes 56–32 to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention treaty, which combats violence against women and domestic violence. (Reuters)
- In the United Kingdom, King Charles III begins the formal process of revoking Prince Andrew's royal title due to his dealings with deceased convicted sex offender and human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. (DW) (The New York Times)
Sports
- 2025 Japan Series
- In baseball, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks defeats the Hanshin Tigers in five games to win its 12th Japan Series championship. (Mainichi in Japanese)
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