All news: Sunday 21 September 2025

2025 Gaza City offensive

At least 68 Palestinians are killed by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, with 37 killed in Gaza City.

Israel–Hezbollah conflict

Five people are killed and two others are injured in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in Bint Jbeil, Lebanon.

Afghanistan–United States relations

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says that Afghanistan will not cede control of Bagram Air Base to the United States following threats by US president Donald Trump, who warns of consequences if the Taliban does not release control of the base.

International recognition of Palestine

Australia, Canada, Portugal, and the United Kingdom formally recognise the State of Palestine as a sovereign state, with Canada becoming the first G7 country to do so.

Trillion Peso March

Mass demonstrations are held across the Philippines to protest corruption in government flood control infrastructure projects.

2025 Guinean constitutional referendum

Guineans vote on whether to replace their constitution, established in 2020, with a new one.

Welfare in Peru

Thousands of people led by the "Generation Z" collective protest in Lima, Peru, against President Dina Boluarte and a controversial new law requiring young people to join a private pension fund.

LGBTQ rights in Pakistan

The bodies of three transgender women who were shot and killed are discovered in a local graveyard near Karachi, Pakistan.

Nigerian police arrest six suspects after an ambush in Benue State kills eleven officers.

Solar eclipse of September 21

A partial solar eclipse with an eclipse magnitude of 0.855 is visible in Antarctica and the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealand is mostly clouded out, preventing many sightings.

In women's basketball, Las Vegas Aces player A'ja Wilson wins a historic fourth WNBA MVP award and the first ever consecutive win in the league's history after winning the award last season.