All news: Sunday 26 October 2025

2025 Sumy offensive

One person is killed and 13 others are injured, including two seriously, in a Russian drone strike on a minibus in Mykolaivka, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.

Russo-Ukrainian war

Two people are killed, including an elderly woman, and another is injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on an apartment building in Russian-controlled Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

Siege of El Fasher

The Rapid Support Forces say that they have captured El Fasher, the last stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces in North Darfur.

Israel–Hezbollah conflict

Three people are killed in two Israeli airstrikes in An-Naqoura and Baalbek, Lebanon. Separately, an Israeli drone drops a grenade near UNIFIL forces in Kfar Kila, without casualties.

A man plants an explosive near propane gas cylinders at a gas station in Georgetown, Guyana, killing a child and wounding four other people. The attacks is described as a terrorist incident, while the perpetrators are unknown.

Fourteen people are killed when a fire engulfs dwellings in Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Thirteen people are killed and five others are injured when a bus crashes in Kano State, Nigeria.

At least 13 people are killed and 29 others are injured when a bus collides with a car and plunges off of a bridge into a stream in Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina.

In separate incidents, an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet of the United States Navy, both operating off of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, crash in the South China Sea. All crew of both craft are rescued.

Accession of Timor-Leste to ASEAN

Timor-Leste becomes the eleventh member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Trinidad and Tobago–Venezuela relations

Venezuelan vice president Delcy Rodríguez issues a statement accusing Trinidad and Tobago and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency of military provocations as both countries carry out joint military exercises in the Caribbean Sea.

2025 PKK–Turkey peace process

The Kurdistan Workers' Party announces that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey and moving them to Iraq as part of ongoing peace talks with the Turkish government.

2025 Argentine legislative election

Argentines vote in the midterms to elect a half of the Chamber of Deputies and a third of the Senate.

2025 Argentine legislative election

The ruling La Libertad Avanza party of President Javier Milei wins the election with over 40% of the votes.

2026 Colombian presidential election

The Historic Pact party nominates Senator Iván Cepeda as its candidate for president in next year's election.

2025 Cameroonian presidential election

Cameroonian opposition presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma says that police have detained more than 30 politicians and activists linked to his campaign or who endorsed his candidacy against incumbent Paul Biya during last week's election.

2025 Cameroonian presidential election

Four protestors are killed and several policemen are injured during clashes in Douala, as pro-opposition protestors rejects Biya's re-election.

2025 Louvre robbery

Two suspects are arrested in connection to the robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, last week.

Patriarch Daniel consecrates the newly-constructed National Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, as the country's largest cathedral with the capacity for 5,000 worshippers and the patriarchal seat of the Romanian Orthodox Church.