Armed conflicts and attacks

The United States military conducts a precision strike and sinks a Venezuelan boat reportedly used by Tren de Aragua for smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing 11 people. The Trump administration reports it currently has no plans of attacking the Venezuelan government. (CBS News) (USA Today)

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuela-drug-boat-us-strike/
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/02/us-military-caribbean-sea-strike-drug-boat/85945169007/

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 105 Palestinians are killed during Israeli airstrikes and shootings across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/2/children-journalists-among-105-killed-in-israeli-onslaught-in-gaza

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least fourteen people are killed and dozens of others are injured, including seven critically, in a suicide bombing at a political rally in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Digital Journal)

• https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/at-least-25-killed-in-pakistan-attacks-including-14-at-political-rally/article

Armed conflicts and attacks

Six soldiers and six militants are killed in a suicide attack on a paramilitary base in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (The Hindu)

• https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bannu-pakistan-paramilitary-base-suicide-bombing-attack-militants-security-personnel-killed/article70005654.ece

Business and economy

Brazil's Federal Senate approves a constitutional amendment that phases in court-ordered debt payments to fiscal target calculations beginning in 2027, initially counting 10% of the total and gradually reaching full inclusion over up to ten years. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-congress-clears-new-fiscal-rule-court-ordered-debt-payments-2025-09-03/

Disasters and accidents

At least 60 people are killed and dozens rescued after an overloaded boat carrying more than 100 passengers strikes a submerged tree stump and capsizes on the Niger River near Borgu, Niger State, Nigeria, with search operations continuing for missing persons. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/death-toll-rises-60-nigeria-boat-accident-officials-say-2025-09-03/

International relations

Belgian foreign minister Maxime Prévot announces that Belgium will conditionally recognize a Palestinian state at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session upon the release of hostages and removal of Hamas, and impose sanctions on Israel, including bans on products from Israeli settlements and restrictions on certain public contracts. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/en/belgium-recognise-palestinian-state-un-general-assembly-2025-09-02/

Law and crime

Five people are injured, including one critically and two seriously, in a mass stabbing attack at a hotel and a nearby street in Marseille, France. The perpetrator, a 35-year-old Tunisian, is fatally shot by police. (Le Monde)

• https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/09/02/french-police-kill-man-suspected-of-stabbing-five-people-in-marseille_6744975_7.html

Politics and elections

A Turkish court annuls the Istanbul provincial congress of the Republican People's Party over alleged procedural violations, dismissing local leaders including the Istanbul chair, and appoints an interim committee to oversee the branch. (AP) (Reuters)

• https://apnews.com/article/turkey-crackdown-opposition-istanbul-party-congress-annulled-09a6caaa41a96d062907799ceb94e3cd
• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkish-court-ousts-main-oppositions-istanbul-head-over-congress-irregularities-2025-09-02/