All news: Saturday 20 September 2025

2025 Gaza City offensive

At least 91 Palestinians are killed by Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, including 76 people in Gaza City.

Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

At least three people are killed and more than 30 people are injured in a Russian drone and missile attack on critical infrastructure and residential buildings across Ukraine.

Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Four people are killed and one person is injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on oil refineries in Novokuybyshevsk, Samara Oblast and Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia.

Druze insurgency in Southern Syria

Pro-government Bedouin tribes issue a 10 day ultimatum to Druze insurgents to release hostages held in the Suwayda Governorate under the threat of a resumption of hostilities.

Haitian conflict

At least eight children are killed and six others are injured after explosive drones strike the birthday party of a suspected gang leader in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with human rights groups accusing police of carrying out the attack that also leaves several adults dead.

At least seven people, including five children, are killed and several others are injured when the roof of a private academy collapsed in Punjab province, Pakistan.

Two people are killed, including television host Débora Estrella, when a Cessna 150 crashes in García Nuevo León, Mexico.

Two Polish Special Forces soldiers die in the United States during night parachute training, according to the Polish Armed Forces General Command. The GROM Military Unit reports that they were paratroopers from the CICHOCIEMNI group.

2024–2025 French political crisis

Between 500,000, according to French authorities, and one million people, according to the unions, manifest or participate in labour strikes across France, to protest against austerity politics planned by President Emmanuel Macron, and to pressure him to finally choose a prime minister representative of the 2024 French legislative election results.

Ecuador's electoral council approves President Daniel Noboa's request for a referendum on constitutional changes, including ending the ban on foreign military bases and eliminating state funding for political parties, while the Constitutional Court reviews challenges to his proposal for a constituent assembly.

2025 Nashua shooting

One person is killed and eight others are injured, including six non-gunshot victims, in a shooting at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. The suspect is arrested.

Collins Aerospace cyberattack

A cyberattack on a service provider causes flight disruptions at multiple European airports.

Intervision 2025 is held in Moscow, Russia, and is won by Đức Phúc from Vietnam.