2025

So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh, Ecuador, Georgia, Germany, Haiti, Somalia, and South Korea continued into this year, with the latter leading to Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest and removal from office.

Events

= January =

File:Polish EU Presidency 2025 Logo (non-verbose).svg of the Council of the European Union which began on January 1]]

File:2025 Tibet earthquake aftermath.png after an earthquake on January 7]]

File: Palisades Fire (54254471791).jpg, part of the January 2025 Southern California wildfires]]

File:Zoran Milanović February 2020 (cropped - 2).jpg is re-elected in the 2024–25 Croatian presidential election on January 12]]

File:Alexander Lukashenko at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting in 2024 (cropped 2).jpg is declared to be the winner in the 2025 Belarusian presidential election on January 26, securing his seventh term in a called sham election by international bodies. Lukashenko is the only president of Belarus since the office's creation in 1994]]

File:DeepSeek logo.svg, a Chinese large language model and competitor to OpenAI's ChatGPT, chip giant Nvidia loses almost $600 billion of its value, the biggest drop for a single company in U.S. stock market history.]]

January 1
Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Hungarian presidency.{{Cite news |last=Sekmistrz |first=Paweł |date=3 January 2025 |title=Poland takes over the presidency. Prime Minister on "difficult 6 months"(Polska przejmuje prezydencję. Premier o "trudnych sześciu miesiącach".) |url=https://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2025-01-03/inauguracja-polskiej-prezydencji-w-ue/ |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=Polsat News}}{{Cite news |date=3 January 2025 |title=PM Donald Tusk at the opening of the presidency: Europe is lucky(Donald Tusk na inauguracji prezydencji: Europa ma szczęście) |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/polska-prezydencja-w-radzie-unii-europejskiej-oficjalna-inauguracja-przemowienie-premiera-donalda-tuska-st8245824 |access-date=3 January 2025 |website=TVN24}}
Bulgaria and Romania complete the process of joining the Schengen Area, lifting land border controls.{{Cite web |date=1 January 2025 |title=Borders open: Bulgaria and Romania celebrate joining Schengen Area |url=https://www.euronews.com/video/2025/01/01/borders-open-bulgaria-and-romania-celebrate-joining-schengen-area |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=Euronews}}
Liechtenstein becomes the 37th country to legalize same-sex marriage.{{Cite web |date=17 May 2024 |title=Liechtenstein legalizes same-sex marriage in near-unanimous vote |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/liechtenstein-legalizes-same-sex-marriage-in-near-unanimous-vote/ |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=Politico |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101120554/https://www.politico.eu/article/liechtenstein-legalizes-same-sex-marriage-in-near-unanimous-vote/ |url-status=live }}
Ukraine halts the transportation of many Russian gas supplies through the country following the expiration of a five-year transit deal, while also becoming a state party in the International Criminal Court.{{Cite news |date=1 January 2025 |title=Russian gas supply to Europe via Ukraine halted after transit deal expires |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/1/russian-gas-supply-to-europe-via-ukraine-halted-after-transit-deal-expires |access-date=1 January 2025 |publisher=Al Jazeera}}{{Cite news |date=2025-01-01 |title=Ukraine becomes ICC member state |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3943923-ukraine-becomes-icc-member-state.html |access-date=2025-01-01 |work=Ukrinform |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101102357/https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3943923-ukraine-becomes-icc-member-state.html |url-status=live }}
Fifteen people are killed (including the perpetrator), and 57 others are injured during a vehicle-ramming and shooting attack in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn4x88455qpt|title=Ten dead after vehicle drives into large crowd in New Orleans, authorities say|work=BBC News|date=1 January 2025|access-date=1 January 2025|archive-date=January 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101122504/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn4x88455qpt|url-status=live}}
Thirteen people are killed and three more injured in a shooting in Cetinje, Montenegro.{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2025-01-01 |title=At least 10 killed and 4 more wounded in Montenegro shooting |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/01/at-least-four-killed-and-four-more-wounded-in-montenegro-shooting |access-date=2025-01-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
January 4 – The Chancellor of Austria, Karl Nehammer, announces his resignation.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-04 |title=Austrian Chancellor Nehammer says he will resign after talks on forming a new government fail |url=https://apnews.com/article/austria-politics-talks-collapse-2e4ce6802617c2ac7a6d28f4842df38e?user_email=e9f48e73570f5cab7ad06984b27d44ccc37c48900cb185b6237ae9993409c977&utm_medium=APNews_Alerts&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=NewsAlert_Jan04_2025_02:01PM&utm_term=AP%20News%20Alerts |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=AP News |language=en}}
January 6 – Indonesia becomes the tenth member to join BRICS.{{Cite web |title=Indonesia joins BRICS group of emerging economies |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/7/indonesia-joins-brics-group-of-emerging-economies |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-06 |title=Indonesia is admitted to the BRICS bloc of developing nations |url=https://apnews.com/article/brazil-brics-indonesia-membership-c05b0c8e2ae493f9046479e62a45d8fa |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=AP News |language=en}}
January 7
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the Tibet Autonomous Region of Southwestern China, killing at least 126 people, whilst another 338 are injured.{{Cite news |date=7 January 2025 |title=China earthquake: Dozens dead as tremor strikes Tibet |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rqg95n9n1o |access-date=7 January 2025 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |date=2025-01-07 |title=At least 95 killed as magnitude-6.8 earthquake hits China's Tibet region |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/people-killed-as-magnitude-6-8-earthquake-hits-china/104792224 |access-date=2025-01-07 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}
Greater Los Angeles experiences the most destructive wildfires in its history, fueled by strong winds and prolonged drought conditions. Over 13 000 structures are destroyed, including most of Sunset Boulevard. At least 29 deaths are reported, while 180 000 people are evacuated, with fires continuing for days.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y81zyp1ext |title=Los Angeles wildfires approach Hollywood sign, with Sunset Boulevard 'in ruins' |date=7 January 2025 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC News |access-date=9 January 2025}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-10 |title=California wildfires live updates: 179 000 under evacuation orders; L.A. County sheriff says some areas look 'like a bomb was dropped' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/wildfires/live-blog/california-wildfires-live-updates-deadly-blazes-spread-hollywood-hills-rcna186927 |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=NBC News |language=en}}
January 8 – Eighteen gunmen and a soldier are killed in an attack on the presidential palace in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad.{{Cite web |title=Attack on Chad's presidential palace leaves 19 dead |url=https://apnews.com/article/chad-presidential-palace-deadly-97638ecd7ad4e55a27955ad705f31bdb |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=AP News |date=January 9, 2025 |language=en}}
January 9 – The Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, Joseph Aoun, is elected the 14th president of Lebanon by parliament, ending the power vacuum that lasted over two years.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-09 |title=Joseph Aoun: Lebanon's respected army chief turns new president |url=https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250109-lebanese-parliament-elect-army-chief-joseph-aoun-as-president-in-second-round |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
January 10 – The European Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that 2024 was the world's hottest year on record, and the first calendar year to pass the symbolic threshold of 1.5 °C of global warming.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7575x8yq5o |title=2024 first year to pass 1.5C global warming limit |date=10 January 2025 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC News |access-date=11 January 2025}}
January 11 – A gas station explosion in Al Bayda, Yemen, results in 40 deaths and dozens of others injured.{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2025 |title=Yemen: Death toll from Al Bayda gas station explosion rises to 40 |url=https://en.yemenshabab.net/sections/NEWS/Locals/yemen--death-toll-from-al-bayda-gas-station-explosion-rises-to-40 |access-date=January 20, 2025 |publisher=Yemen Shabab Net |language=en}}
January 12 – 2024–25 Croatian presidential election: Zoran Milanović is re-elected for a second term.{{Cite web |date=13 January 2025 |title='Croatia's Trump' Milanović confirmed as president of the Republic. |url=https://www.eunews.it/en/2025/01/13/croatias-trump-milanovic-confirmed-as-president-of-the-republic/ |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=eunews |language=en}}
January 13 – C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), a non-periodic comet, reaches perihelion, and is dubbed The Great Comet of 2025.{{Cite web |author1=Joe Rao |date=2025-01-27 |title=Why Comet G3 (ATLAS) will be 'remembered as the Great Comet of 2025' (photos) |url=https://www.space.com/the-universe/comets/why-comet-g3-atlas-will-be-remembered-as-the-great-comet-of-2025-photos#:~:text=Comets-,Why%20Comet%20G3%20(ATLAS)%20will%20be%20'remembered%20as%20the,Comet%20of%202025'%20(photos)&text=%22There%20is%20little%20question%20that,kind%20seen%20since%20Comet%20McNaught.%22 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Space.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last1=Dickinson |first1=David |last2=Today |first2=Universe |title=Will Comet G3 ATLAS perform at perihelion? |url=https://phys.org/news/2025-01-comet-g3-atlas-perihelion.html |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=phys.org |language=en}}
January 14 – February 2 – The 2025 World Men's Handball Championship takes place in Croatia, Denmark and Norway. It is won by Denmark.{{Cite web |title=2025 IHF Men's Handball World Championship |url=https://www.visitnorway.com/event/2025-ihf-mens-handball-world-championship/426599/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111173738/https://www.visitnorway.com/event/2025-ihf-mens-handball-world-championship/426599/ |archive-date=November 11, 2024 |access-date=11 November 2024 |website=}}{{Cite web |date=April 8, 2024 |title=Host cities and schedule announced for the 2025 IHF Men's World Championship |url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/host-cities-and-schedule-announced-2025-ihf-mens-world-championship |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113013251/https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/host-cities-and-schedule-announced-2025-ihf-mens-world-championship |archive-date=November 13, 2024 |access-date=11 November 2024 |website=International Handball Federation}}
January 15
The President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, is successfully arrested after a second attempt by police following a martial law declaration and successful impeachment motion last December.{{Cite web |title=South Korea: Authorities arrest president Yoon Suk Yeol after dramatic hours-long standoff |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4g317rj49zt |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
Gaza war: Israel and Hamas approve a ceasefire agreement that intends to end the war, exchange Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and allow in international aid. It took effect on January 19.{{Cite web |title=srael, Hamas reach ceasefire agreement designed to end 15-month Gaza war, official says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-reach-ceasefire-agreement-designed-end-15-month-gaza-war-official-2025-01-15/ |website=Reuters}}
Colossal Biosciences and University of Melbourne create the world's first artificial womb in marsupials as part of their project toward de-extinction of the thylacine.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-15 |title=Thylacine De-Extinction Achieves Mid-Gestation Marsupial Embryo Development In Artificial Uterus |url=https://www.iflscience.com/thylacine-de-extinction-achieves-mid-gestation-marsupial-embryo-development-in-artificial-uterus-77640 |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=IFLScience |language=en}}
January 16
Blue Origin successfully launches its heavy-lift launch vehicle, New Glenn, on its first attempt, though fails to land its first stage booster as intended.{{Cite web |last=Drake |first=Nadia |title=Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Finally Takes Flight |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-finally-takes-flight/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-16 |title=Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight |url=https://apnews.com/article/blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-jeff-bezos-2466fb0e114a09d88a46f71a1e647d50 |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=AP News |language=en}}
The 2025 Vanuatuan general election is held.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-10 |title=Vanuatu snap election to be contested by 217 candidates |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/538610/vanuatu-snap-election-to-be-contested-by-217-candidates |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}
The National Liberation Army (ELN) launches multiple attacks in the Catatumbo region, northeastern Colombia. More than 100 people are killed during the clashes.{{Cite web |date=August 9, 2019 |title=Colombia's new drug trafficking war puts civilians in danger, HRW warns |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190809-civilians-danger-colombia-fighting-trafficking-catatumbo-armed-gangs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814110316/https://www.france24.com/en/20190809-civilians-danger-colombia-fighting-trafficking-catatumbo-armed-gangs |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |access-date=August 15, 2019 |website=France 24 |language=en |agency=Reuters}}
January 18
98 people are killed in a fuel tanker explosion near Suleja, Niger State, Nigeria.{{cite web |title=Nigeria: eksplozja przewróconej cysterny z paliwem |url=https://strazacki.pl/akcje/swiat/nigeria-eksplozja-przewroconej-cysterny-z-paliwem-2/ |publisher=Strażacki |access-date=21 January 2025 |language=pl |date=21 January 2025}}{{Cite news |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Nigeria Tanker Blast Death Toll Rises To 98 |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/nigeria-tanker-blast-death-toll-rises-to-98-b556c73c |access-date=January 20, 2025 |publisher=Barrons |language=en}}
Two Sharia judges are assassinated in their rooms at the Supreme Court of Iran in capital Tehran. The gunman injured two other people and committed suicide after the attacks.{{Cite web |last=Gambrell |first=Jon |date=2025-01-19 |title=Gunman shoots dead 2 judges in Iran's capital tied to 1988 mass executions |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-judges-killed-unrest-77ea3a0bdc2c0ff36725a03f609f40c1 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}
January 19 – Gaza war: A ceasefire goes into effect, lasting until an Israeli surprise attack on 18 March.{{Cite web |title='We deserve life': Gaza ceasefire comes into force after 15 months of war |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/19/israel-hamas-ceasefire-takes-effect-in-gaza |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
January 21 – 78 people are killed after a fire breaks out in a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya, Turkey.{{Cite web |title=Kartalkaya'da otel yangını: 66 kişi hayatını kaybetti, dört kişi gözaltında|url=https://www.bbc.com/turkce/articles/c5y6p433665o |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=BBC News Türkçe|date=January 21, 2025 |language=tr}}
January 23
Micheál Martin is re-elected prime minister (Taoiseach) of Ireland by Dáil Éireann for a second non-consecutive term.{{cite web |last1=Wallace |first1=Nicholas |last2=Basińska |first2=Kinga |title=Micheál Martin po raz drugi premierem Irlandii |url=https://www.euractiv.pl/section/demokracja/news/micheal-martin-po-raz-drugi-premierem-irlandii/ |publisher=euractiv |access-date=24 January 2025 |language=pl |date=24 January 2025}}{{cite web| title = Martin briefs new Cabinet following election as Taoiseach| first = Fiachra| last = Ó Cionnaith| date = 2025-01-23| website = RTÉ News | url = https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0123/1492389-politics-dail-taoiseach/}}
Thailand becomes the 38th country and the first in Southeastern Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.{{cite web |title=Przełom w Tajlandii. Ponad 200 par tej samej płci zawarło związek małżeński |url=https://kobieta.onet.pl/wiadomosci/przelom-w-tajlandii-ponad-200-par-tej-samej-plci-zawarlo-zwiazek-malzenski/821fcwk |publisher=Onet |access-date=11 February 2025 |language=pl |date=23 January 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Head |first1=Jonathan |last2=Doksone |first2=Thanyarat |last3=Aemocha |first3=Panisa |title=The long road to legalise same sex marriage in Thailand |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge7g93xjw9o |publisher=BBC News |access-date=11 February 2025 |language=en |date=23 January 2025}}
January 24
Storm Éowyn hits Ireland and the United Kingdom. Record high wind speeds of {{convert|183|kph|abbr=on}} are recorded in Ireland, while over a million homes are left without power.{{cite web |last1=Płachta |first1=Arkadiusz |title="Największy cyklon od pokoleń" — Eowyn — uderzył w Europę. Dramatyczna sytuacja w Irlandii |url=https://podroze.onet.pl/aktualnosci/niszczycielski-cyklon-eowyn-uderzyl-w-europe-dramatyczna-sytuacja-w-irlandii/p2b139l |publisher=Onet |access-date=24 January 2025 |language=pl |date=24 January 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Matoga |first1=Jan |title=Sztorm stulecia. Eowyn zbliża się do Wielkiej Brytanii |url=https://www.rmf24.pl/pogoda/news-sztorm-stulecia-eowyn-zbliza-sie-do-wielkiej-brytanii,nId,7898363#crp_state=1 |publisher=RMF |access-date=24 January 2025 |language=pl |date=24 January 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Pope |first1=Conor |title=Ireland weather updates: Red warning for Storm Éowyn ends in 25 counties but dangerous conditions, power cuts persist |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2025/01/24/storm-eowyn-live-updates-status-red-warning-ireland-met-eireann-power-outages-transport/ |publisher=The Irish Times |access-date=24 January 2025 |language=en |date=24 January 2025}}
A series of ongoing boycotts in Southeastern European countries took place of several retail stores in that region, in response to raised food prices and alleged price fixing.{{Cite web |last=Simon |first=Maria |date=February 13, 2025 |title=Why Eastern European countries are boycotting supermarkets |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/wave-of-discontent-over-food-prices-spreads-through-eastern-europe/ |access-date=February 16, 2025 |website=Euractiv}}
January 25 – The Dacian-era Helmet of Coțofenești, on loan from the National History Museum of Romania, is stolen along with three other gold artifacts from the Drents Museum in Assen by thieves who broke into the museum using explosives.{{Cite web |title=Theft in Netherlands of ancient golden helmet leaves Romania distraught |url=https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-cotofenesti-helmet-heist-romania-0a6dbb8e742c0a5315244fc47761b7cb |work=AP News |date=28 January 2025}}
January 26 – The 2025 Belarusian presidential election is held,{{cite web |title=Belarus to Hold Next Presidential Election on Jan. 26 |website=The Moscow Times |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/10/23/belarus-to-hold-next-presidential-election-on-jan-26-a86783 |access-date=23 October 2024 |language=English |date=23 October 2024}} with incumbent Alexander Lukashenko (independent, but of the Belaya Rus alliance) being re-elected.{{cite web |last1=Skrzypiński |first1=Dawid |title="Wybory" prezydenckie na Białorusi. Są wyniki exit poll |url=https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/zagranica/news-wybory-prezydenckie-na-bialorusi-sa-wyniki-exit-poll,nId,7899975 |publisher=Interia |access-date=27 January 2025 |language=pl |date=26 January 2025}}
January 27 – Global technology shares outside China fall sharply in response to the release of DeepSeek's chatbot, a Chinese competitor to OpenAI's ChatGPT. Chip giant Nvidia loses almost $600 billion of its value, the biggest drop for a single company in U.S. stock market history.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/27/tech-shares-asia-europe-fall-china-ai-deepseek|title=Global tech shares fall as China AI chatbot DeepSeek spooks investors|date=27 January 2025|website=The Guardian|access-date=27 January 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/nvidia-sheds-almost-600-billion-in-market-cap-biggest-drop-ever.html|title=Nvidia sheds almost $600 billion in market cap, biggest one-day loss in U.S. history|date=27 January 2025|website=CNBC|access-date=27 January 2025}}
January 29
2025 Potomac River mid-air collision: A United States Army Black Hawk helicopter with three occupants on board, collides with a Bombardier CRJ700 operated by PSA Airlines with 64 occupants on board in Washington, D.C., United States. There are no survivors.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-01-30 |title=Live updates: Plane crash near Washington, DC; Reagan National Airport takeoffs and landings halted |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/plane-crash-dca-potomac-washington-dc-01-29-25/index.html |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9kdgzj91o|title=What we know so far about Washington DC plane crash|date=30 January 2025|website=BBC News|access-date=30 January 2025}}
Ahmed al-Sharaa is appointed as the president of Syria, after a one-month vacancy following the fall of the Assad regime.{{cite web |last1=Czurczak |first1=Aleksandra |title=Zmiany na szczytach władzy w Syrii. Mianowano tymczasowego prezydenta |url=https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/zagranica/news-zmiany-na-szczytach-wladzy-w-syrii-mianowano-tymczasowego-pr,nId,7902348 |publisher=Interia |access-date=31 January 2025 |language=pl |date=30 January 2025}}

= February =

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February 4
China–United States trade war: China announces export controls and increased tariffs on certain American imports in retaliation for Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs on Chinese goods.{{Cite news |date=February 4, 2025 |title=China hits back as Trump's tariffs go into effect |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/business/china-us-trade-retaliation-hnk-intl/index.html |access-date=February 4, 2025 |publisher=CNN |language=en}}
At least 11 people are killed (including the perpetrator) and another 15 are injured after a gunman opens fire at an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden, the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history.{{Cite news |last=Krupa |first=Jakub |date=2025-02-04 |title=Sweden shooting: five people shot at education centre in Örebro by attacker police believe is among the injured – latest updates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/04/sweden-school-shooting-orebro-latest-updates-live-news |access-date=2025-02-04 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |title=Sweden school shooting latest: Five people shot at campus in Orebro |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c206q444zx3t |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
US President Donald Trump announces that the United States will take control of the Gaza Strip in an agreement with Israel, and that the U.S. military will be in charge of Gaza's reconstruction.{{cite news|last1=Madhani|first1=Aamer|last2=Goldenberg|first2=Tia|last3=Miller|first3=Zeke|title=Trump won't rule out deploying US troops to support rebuilding Gaza, sees 'long-term' US ownership|url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-netanyahu-washington-ceasefire-1c8deec4dd46177e08e07d669d595ed3|website=Associated Press|date=5 February 2025|access-date=6 February 2025}}{{cite news|last1=Holland|first1=Steve|last2=Spetalnick|first2=Matt|last3=Mason|first3=Jeff|title=In shock announcement, Trump says U.S. wants to take over Gaza Strip|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-netanyahu-set-pivotal-talks-middle-east-agenda-2025-02-04|website=Reuters|date=5 February 2025|access-date=6 February 2025}}{{cite news|title=Trump says US will 'take over' the Gaza Strip and 'level' it|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/04/benjamin-netanyahu-donald-trump-israel-gaza-middle-east-ceasefire-latest-live-news?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67a2aa298f08c953e11c0cc7#block-67a2aa298f08c953e11c0cc7|website=The Guardian|date=5 February 2025|access-date=5 February 2025|language=en-GB}}
February 9
The Baltic states complete synchronization of their power grids with continental Europe's grid, disconnecting from Russia's grid.{{cite web |title=Bardzo długie i drogie pożegnanie z poradziecką technologią. Kraje bałtyckie w końcu połączą się z Europą |url=https://tvn24.pl/biznes/najnowsze/litwa-lotwa-i-estonia-polacza-sie-z-europejska-siecia-elektroenergetyczna-st8295566 |website=TVN24 |publisher=TVN |access-date=20 February 2025 |language=pl |date=7 February 2025}}
2025 Liechtenstein general election: The Patriotic Union led by Brigitte Haas remains the largest party.{{Cite web |title=Landtagswahlen 2025 - News |url=https://www.landtagswahlen.li/news/16 |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=www.landtagswahlen.li |language=de}}
February 10 – A bus falls off a bridge over the Las Vacas River in Guatemala City, Guatemala, killing at least 55 people, and seriously injuring 9 others.{{Cite web |url= https://www.france24.com/es/américa-latina/20250210-al-menos-50-muertos-en-guatemala-tras-la-caída-de-un-autobús-desde-un-puente |title= Al menos 55 muertos en Guatemala tras la caída de un autobús desde un puente |date=February 10, 2025 |website=France 24 |language=es |access-date=February 11, 2025}}
February 12
Konstantinos Tasoulas is elected President of Greece by the Hellenic Parliament after four rounds in the 2025 Greek presidential election.[https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/1261471/konstantinos-tasoulas-elected-new-president-of-greece/ Konstantinos Tasoulas elected new president of Greece]
Klaus Iohannis resigns as President of Romania, making him the first Romanian president to do so post-revolution.{{Cite web |title=Președintele Klaus Iohannis a anunțat că demisionează din funcție: "Pentru a scuti România de această criză" |url=https://observatornews.ro/politic/presedintele-klaus-iohannis-face-declaratii-de-presa-de-la-ora-1410-609560.html |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Observator News |language=RO}}
February 15 – Mahamoud Ali Youssouf is elected as the chairperson of the African Union Commission.[https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/djiboutis-foreign-minister-elected-top-african-union-post-2025-02-15/ Djibouti's foreign minister elected to top African Union post] Reuters
February 17 – 2025 Indonesian protests: A series of ongoing nationwide protests are held following the enactment of a legislation increasing military involvement in civilian government roles.{{cite web |last=Syarifudin |first=Taufiq |date=17 February 2025 |title=Massa Mahasiswa Aksi Indonesia Gelap di Patung Kuda Terus Bertambah |trans-title=Mass of 'Dark Indonesia' Action Students at the Horse Statue Continues to Grow |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-7782635/massa-mahasiswa-aksi-indonesia-gelap-di-patung-kuda-terus-bertambah |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=Detikcom |language=id}}
February 18
Following a constitutional reform, Nicaragua becomes a diarchy with spouses Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo as co-presidents.[https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/nicaragua-congress-gives-final-approval-sweeping-constitutional-reforms-2025-01-30/ Nicaragua's Ortega expands power as reforms win final approval]{{cite web |title=Nicaraguan government is cementing total control of the state and violating rights, UN experts warn |url=https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-nicaragua-democracy-ortega-murillo-constitution-75b7e8a05ea68c783999007754657810 |website=AP News |access-date=13 March 2025 |date=27 February 2025}}
Vladimir Putin announces that Russia and the United States have officially agreed to restore diplomatic relations.{{Cite news |date=February 18, 2025 |title=US, Russia agree to restore diplomatic missions as first step in Ukraine war talks |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us-russia-agree-restore-diplomatic-missions-first-step-ukraine-war-talks-2025-02-18/ |access-date=February 20, 2025 |publisher=Reuters |language=en}} A four-hour summit between the US and Russia is held in Saudi Arabia.
Egypt announces the discovery of Thutmose II's tomb by a joint British-Egyptian team, the first royal tomb to be discovered since Tutankhamun's in 1922. It is the 15th and final pharaoh tomb from the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt to have been found by archeologists.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-19 |title=Thutmose II: First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ym30v356po |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Shawkat |first=Ahmed |date=2025-02-18 |title=Egypt announces first discovery of a royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's was found over a century ago - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-discovery-king-thutmose-ii-ancient-royal-tomb/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}{{Efn|The tomb was discovered in 2022, but the official announcement was made in February 2025.}}{{importance inline|date=February 2025}}
February 19 – Croatia completes the process of joining the European Economic Area.{{cite web | url=https://www.efta.int/about-efta/legal-documents/eea-legal-texts | title=EEA Legal Texts {{pipe}} European Free Trade Association }}
February 23 – 2025 German federal election: After being pushed forward as a result of the 2024 German government crisis, the centre-right CDU/CSU becomes the largest party, with big gains from the far-right AfD, resulting in a second-place finish.{{cite web |title=Wybory parlamentarne w Niemczech. Są oficjalne wyniki ze wszystkich okręgów |url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/swiat/wybory-w-niemczech-sa-wyniki-ze-wszystkich-okregow/lkl69le |website=Onet |date=February 24, 2025 |access-date=1 March 2025 |language=pl}}
February 25 – An Antonov An-26 of the Sudanese Air Force crashes in a residential area, near the Wadi Seidna Air Base. All 17 occupants onboard and 29 people on the ground die.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Antonov An-26 , Tuesday 25 February 2025 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/480713 |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}
February 28 – A meeting between the President of The United States, Donald Trump, and the President of Ukraine, Volodomyr Zelenskyy takes place at the White House. Trump and the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance sharply criticise Zelenskyy, raising questions about the support for Ukraine, the proposed end to the war, as well as the country's future in general.{{Cite web |last1=McArthur |first1=Tom |last2=Lukiv |first2=Jaroslav |title=Trump accuses Zelensky of 'gambling with World War Three'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9dejydynngo|website=BBC News|date=28 February 2025 |access-date=28 February 2025 |language=en}}

= March =

File:Blue Ghost Mission 1 rendering.jpg which landed on March 2]]

File:Mark Carney portrait May 2025 (4).jpg, Mark Carney becomes the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada on March 9, becoming the Prime Minister of Canada five days later]]

File:Remains of night club in Kochani after the fire VOA-full.jpg, North Macedonia, where a fire took place on March 16, killing 60 people and injuring 195 others ]]

File:Протесты в Анкаре из-за задержания Имамоглу.jpg break out across Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu by the national police on March 19]]

File:2018-10-17 Boxing lightweight Boys' –60 kg at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Victory ceremony (Martin Rulsch) 2.jpg is elected as first female and first African President of the International Olympic Committee on March 20]]

March 2 – Firefly Aerospace becomes the first commercial company to successfully land on the Moon with no technical issues, with its Blue Ghost Mission 1.{{Cite news |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=2025-03-02 |title=Striking images show Blue Ghost Mission 1's successful moon landing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/02/private-firefly-aerospace-spacecraft-blue-ghost-makes-successful-upright-moon-landing |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |title=US firm Firefly achieves its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/2/us-firm-firefly-achieves-its-first-moon-landing-with-blue-ghost-spacecraft |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
March 3 – The Trump administration pauses military aid to Ukraine, following the Oval Office meeting with Zelenskyy the previous week.{{Cite web |title=Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine after Oval Office argument with Zelensky, White House official says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/03/politics/trump-administration-ukraine-aid/index.html |date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=CNN |language=en}}
March 4 – Colossal Biosciences creates woolly mice as part of de-extinction efforts for the woolly mammoth.{{Citation |last1=Chen |first1=Rui |title=Multiplex-edited mice recapitulate woolly mammoth hair phenotypes |date=2025-03-04 |url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.03.641227v1 |access-date=2025-03-05 |publisher=bioRxiv |language=en |doi=10.1101/2025.03.03.641227 |last2=Srirattana |first2=Kanokwan |last3=Coquelin |first3=Melissa L. |last4=Sampaio |first4=Rafael Vilar |last5=Wilson |first5=Raphael |last6=Ganji |first6=Rakesh |last7=Weston |first7=Jacob |last8=Ledesma |first8=Alba |last9=Beebe |first9=Jessie}}{{Efn|The mice were born in October 2024, but they were not disclosed to the public until March 2025.}}
March 5 – Sudan files an application against the United Arab Emirates before the International Court of Justice, alleging violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide by the UAE through its support for the RSF, which is responsible for the genocide in Darfur.{{Cite web |title=Sudan takes UAE to world court over 'complicity in genocide' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w1nzpg5dgo |date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=BBC |language=en}}
March 8 – More than 1000 people, including civilians, are reported killed in a crackdown by Syrian transitional government security forces in the Alawite region, described as the country's worst violence for years.{{Cite web |title=More than 1000 killed in Syrian crackdown on Alawite region, war monitor says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hundreds-killed-syrian-crackdown-alawite-region-war-monitor-says-2025-03-08/ |date=8 March 2025 |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=Reuters|language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Syrian security forces accused of killing hundreds of civilians |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crknjgrd3geo |date=9 March 2025 |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=BBC News|language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Kędzior |first1=Jakub |title=Krwawe walki w Syrii. Dramatyczny bilans strat, giną głównie cywile |url=https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/swiat/krwawe-walki-w-syrii-dramatyczny-bilans-strat-gina-glownie-cywile |publisher=Radio Zet |access-date=9 March 2025 |language=pl |date=9 March 2025}}
March 8–17 – The 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games is held in Turin, Italy.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=Nomination open for Torino 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games |url=https://www.specialolympicsgb.org.uk/news/3821019/nomination-open-for-torino-2025-special-olympics-world-winter-games |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Special Olympics Great Britain |language=en |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217132314/https://www.specialolympicsgb.org.uk/news/3821019/nomination-open-for-torino-2025-special-olympics-world-winter-games |url-status=live }}
March 9 – 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election: Former governor of the Bank of Canada Mark Carney becomes the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, becoming the Prime Minister of Canada five days later. He succeeds Justin Trudeau, who resigned on 6 January.{{Cite web |last=Curry |first=Bill |date=2025-03-09 |title=Mark Carney elected Liberal Leader in landslide victory |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-liberal-party-to-select-new-leader-ending-justin-trudeaus-nearly-12/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=The Globe and Mail}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-swearing-in-pm-cabinet-1.7482871|title=Carney sworn in as prime minister with a reworked cabinet filled with new faces|first=John Paul|last=Tasker|publisher=CBC|date=March 14, 2025|access-date=March 14, 2025}}
March 11
The former President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, is arrested in the Philippines after being served an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.{{cite web |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1245792 |title=ICC warrant served: Palace says Duterte now under police custody |work=Philippine News Agency |last1=Esguerra |first1=Darryl John |date=March 11, 2025 |access-date=March 11, 2025 }}
Balochistan Liberation Army militants blow up railway tracks and hijack the Jaffar Express train bound from Quetta to Peshawar taking 450 people hostages including both security personnel and civilians.{{Cite news|title=Pakistan train hijack: Militants threaten to 'execute' hostages; over 400 onboard|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistan-balochistan-train-hijack-militants-threaten-to-execute-hostages-450-onboard-101741695180503.html|access-date=2025-03-11|website=Hindustan Times}}
2025 Greenlandic general election: The center-right Democrats become the largest party, defeating the incumbent Inuit Ataqatigiit.{{Cite news |last=Jozwiak |first=Rikard |date=2025-03-09 |title=Greenland Elections: Go American, Stay Danish, Or Go It Alone? |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/greenland-elections-denmark-america-trump/33340963.html |access-date=2025-03-09 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en}}
March 12 – 2025 Belizean general election: The incumbent People's United Party wins a second term in a landslide victory.{{Cite web |last=Keme-Palacio |first=Benita |date=2025-03-05 |title=General Elections 2025: An Election Like No Other - Channel 5 Belize |url=https://edition.channel5belize.com/general-elections-2025-an-election-like-no-other/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |language=en}}
March 13–16 – Severe storms and at least 92 tornadoes with winds up to {{convert|170|mph|abbr=on}} in the United States result in the deaths of at least 40 people.{{Cite web |first1= Nadine |last1=El-Bawab |first2=Ivan |last2=Pereira |first3=Jack |last3=Moore |first4=Bill |last4=Hutchinson|first5=Leah |last5=Sarnoff |title=Tornado outbreak live updates: 40 dead in cross-country storm system |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/tornado-outbreak-live-updates-18-dead-dozens-injured/?id=119832914 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=ABC News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Yablonski |first=Steven |date=2025-03-18 |title=Deadly severe weather outbreak spawns nearly 90 tornadoes in 13 states as communities begin to rebuild |url=https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/severe-weather-tornado-outbreak-us-midwest-southeast-northeast-march-2025 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=FOX Weather |language=en-US}}{{importance inline|date=April-2025}}
March 16
A fire breaks out in a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killing at least 59 people and injuring 155 others.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70wdedp20wo | title=North Macedonia nightclub fire claims more than 50 lives in Kocani | date=March 16, 2025 }}
Keith Rowley resigns as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago after nine years in office, and is succeeded by Stuart Young.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-26 |title=Trinidad and Tobago PM to resign on March 16 - Jamaica Observer |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/02/26/trinidad-tobago-pm-resign-march-16/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=www.jamaicaobserver.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Rampersad |first=Sharlene |date=2025-03-14 |title=Young to be sworn-in as prime minister on March 17 |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2025/03/14/young-to-be-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-on-march-17/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US}}
March 18
Israel launches widespread aerial bombardments and attacks on the Gaza Strip, killing at least 591 people, including children, ending the ceasefire agreement reached in January.{{cite web|title= Israel kills 71 in predawn attacks on Gaza; Netanyahu warns of 'fierce' war|url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/20/live-israel-kills-70-in-gaza-netanyahu-warns-of-fierce-war-expanding|website=Al Jazeera|date=18 March 2025}}
The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, survives an attack on his convoy by al-Shabaab, killing at least 10 people.[https://apnews.com/article/somalia-alshabab-bombing-attack-9a71d32b66cfc677da6edaa73359ef9b?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share A roadside bomb in Mogadishu targeted the president's convoy, Somalian government says]
March 19 – Nationwide protests erupt across Turkey following the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on charges of corruption and terrorism.{{Cite news |date=19 March 2025 |title=Protests erupt in Turkey after Erdogan rival arrested |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yren8mxp8o |access-date=20 March 2025 |work=BBC}}{{Cite news |date=22 March 2025 |title=Hundreds arrested in third night of Turkey protests |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20l4xexp7go |access-date=22 March 2025 |work=BBC}}
March 20 – Kirsty Coventry is elected as the 10th, first female and African President of the International Olympic Committee in the first round of voting in the 144th IOC Session.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy4v91e3e1wo Coventry elected first female IOC president as Coe beaten]
March 21
A major power outage causes Heathrow Airport in London to completely shut down, with disruption expected to last for days, affecting thousands of flights around the world.{{Cite web |title=How air travel worldwide is being disrupted after fire near UK's Heathrow Airport |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/21/travel/air-travel-disruption-london-heathrow-fire/index.html |date=21 March 2025 |access-date=21 March 2025 |website=CNN|language=en}}
2025 Curaçao general election: The incumbent MFK wins an absolute majority in parliament.{{Cite web |title=Caribbean countries going to the polls in 2025 {{!}} Loop Trinidad & Tobago |url=https://tt.loopnews.com/content/caribbean-countries-going-polls-2025 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Loop News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Vordev |date=2025-03-11 |title=Curaçao elections scheduled for March 21, 2025 |url=https://www.curacaochronicle.com/post/main/curacao-elections-scheduled-for-march-21-2025/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=www.curacaochronicle.com}}
South Korea experiences one of its worst wildfires in modern history; over 87 000 hectares of land are destroyed in South Gyeongsang Province, killing at least 28 people.{{Cite web |date=March 26, 2025 |title= At least 24 dead in South Korea's 'worst ever fires' |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lp365pd1go.amp |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=BBC|language=en}}
March 28 – A 7.7-magnitude earthquake occurs in Myanmar, resulting in 5 413 killed and 11 402 injured.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-28 |title=Powerful quake in Southeast Asia kills several, Myanmar declares state of emergency |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/strong-earthquake-central-myanmar-panic-bangkok-2025-03-28/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=www.reuters.com}}{{Cite web |title=Massive Myanmar earthquake causes widespread destruction with dozens trapped in collapsed Bangkok building |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4gex01m7n5t |date=28 March 2025 |access-date=28 March 2025 |website=BBC|language=en}}{{Cite web |title=M 7.7 - 2025 Mandalay, Burma Earthquake |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pn9s/executive |date=28 March 2025 |access-date=28 March 2025 |website=USGS|language=en}}
March 31 – The Caribbean guilder is introduced, replacing the Netherlands Antillean guilder as the currency for Curaçao and Sint Maarten.{{Cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://exch.centralbank.cw/functions/banknotes-coins/caribbean-guilder/frequently-asked-questions |access-date=2024-06-30 |publisher=Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten |location=Willemstad}}

= April =

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File:Smoke billowing from Shahid Rajaee port explosion, 26 April 2025.jpg on 26 April]]

File:Funerali Papa Francesco (54476283082) (cropped).jpg in Vatican City on 26 April]]

File:Madrid blackout – Preciados Street, April 2025.jpg's Preciados Street towards Callao Square during the 2025 Iberian Peninsula blackout on 28 April, with Preciados still dark while Callao has partial power restored]]

April 1 – Fram2 launches aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, becoming the first crewed spaceflight to enter a polar retrograde orbit.{{Cite tweet |first=Jonathan |last=McDowell |author-link=Jonathan McDowell|user=planet4589 |number=1906922678067560513|title=First Space Force orbit data for Fram-2 out , showing it in a 202 x 413 km x 90.01 deg orbit|note=0.01° means it entered Retrograde orbit too}}{{Cite web |author1=Josh Dinner |date=2025-04-01 |title=SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launches-private-fram2-astronauts-on-historic-spaceflight-over-earths-poles |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Space.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=2025-04-01 |title=SpaceX launches Fram2 private astronaut mission |url=https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-fram2-private-astronaut-mission/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}
April 2 – US President Donald Trump issues sweeping trade tariffs on many countries, including a 10% baseline tariff for all imports.{{Cite web |author=Al Jazeera Staff |title=Five key takeaways from Trump's 'Liberation Day' reciprocal tariffs |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/4/3/five-key-takeaways-from-trumps-liberation-day-reciprocal-tariffs |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-04-03 |title=Trump tariffs list: The US global tariffs plan at a glance |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jxrnl9xe2o |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}
April 3 – Hungary withdraws from the International Criminal Court after Israeli Prime Minister and accused war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu lands in Budapest for a state visit, in defiance of the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against him.{{Cite web |date=3 April 2025 |title=Hungary withdraws from International Criminal Court during Netanyahu visit |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c807lm2003zo |access-date=3 April 2025 |website=BBC |language=en}}
April 4 – Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol: The Constitutional Court of Korea unanimously upholds Yoon's impeachment in an 8–0 vote, officially removing him from office.{{Cite web |last=Service (KOCIS) |first=Korean Culture and Information |title=Court upholds impeachment motion against President Yoon : Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea |url=https://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/policies/view?articleId=269283 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.korea.net |language=en}}
April 7 – Colossal Biosciences showcases three grey wolves that are genetically modified to exhibit the characteristics of the dire wolf.{{Cite magazine |last=Kluger |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-04-07 |title=The Return of the Dire Wolf |url=https://time.com/7274542/colossal-dire-wolf/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}
April 8 – During a concert performance by Rubby Pérez in Santo Domingo, a nightclub roof collapses, killing at least 231 people, including Pérez, and injures more than 200 others.{{Cite web |last=Tanno |first=Sophie |date=2025-04-10 |title=More than 200 dead after Dominican Republic nightclub disaster, as search for survivors ends |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/americas/dominican-republic-nightclub-roof-collapse-update-intl/index.html |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-04-09 |title=Casi cien fallecidos y gran conmoción por el desastre en la discoteca Jet Set |url=https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/sucesos/2025/04/09/discoteca-jet-set-decenas-de-fallecidos-y-gran-conmocion-por-desastre/3066031 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Diario Libre |language=es}}
April 12 – 2025 Gabonese presidential election: Incumbent transitional President Brice Oligui Nguema wins a full term. The election is the first since the 2023 Gabonese coup d'état, and was preceded by a constitutional referendum in 2024.{{Cite news | date=2025-04-13 | title=Gabon coup leader wins election by huge margin | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp31kxg35dro | access-date=2025-04-14 | website = BBC | language=en}}
April 13 – October 13 – Expo 2025 is held in Osaka, Japan.{{Cite news |date=2018-11-23 |title=Osaka Is World Expo 2025 Host |language=en-US |work=Japan Forward |url=http://japan-forward.com/osaka-is-world-expo-2025-host/ |url-status=live |access-date=2018-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317040627/http://japan-forward.com/osaka-is-world-expo-2025-host/ |archive-date=March 17, 2019}}
April 13 – 2025 Ecuadorian general election: Incumbent president Daniel Noboa is re-elected for a full term.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-ecuadors-conservative-incumbent-and-a-leftist-lawyer-advance-to-presidential-runoff/|title=Ecuador's conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer advance to presidential runoff {{pipe}} WRIC ABC 8News}}
April 15 – A motorized wooden boat capsizes after catching fire in the Congo River near the town of Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 148 people.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-19 |title=At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo, media reports say |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/least-148-people-die-boat-catches-fire-congo-media-reports-say-rcna201961 |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=NBC News |language=en}}{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2025-04-18 |title=Congo boat disaster death toll rises to 148, with more than 100 still missing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/18/congo-boat-disaster-death-toll-rises-to-148-with-more-than-100-still-missing |access-date=2025-04-19 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |title=At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo |url=https://news.sky.com/story/at-least-148-people-die-after-boat-catches-fire-in-congo-13351462 |access-date=April 19, 2025 |website=Sky News}}
April 17 – The atmosphere of K2-18b, a candidate water world located 124 light-years away, is found to contain large quantities of dimethyl sulfide and/or dimethyl disulfide – two compounds that, on Earth, are only known to be produced by life.{{Cite web |date=17 April 2025 |title=Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39jj9vkr34o |access-date=17 April 2025 |website=BBC News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=17 April 2025 |title=Scientists hail 'strongest evidence' so far for life beyond our solar system |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/17/scientists-hail-strongest-evidence-so-far-for-life-beyond-our-solar-system |access-date=17 April 2025 |website=The Guardian |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last1=Czart |first1=Krzysztof |url=https://www.urania.edu.pl/wiadomosci/czy-na-planecie-k2-18-b-istnieje-zycie-biologiczne |title=Czy na planecie K2-18 b istnieje życie biologiczne? |website=Urania |access-date=18 April 2025 |language=pl |date=17 April 2025}}{{cite journal |last1=Madhusudhan |first1=Nikku |last2=Constantinou |first2=Savvas |last3=Holmberg |first3=Måns |last4=Sarkar |first4=Subhajit |last5=A. A. Piette |first5=Anjali |last6=I. Moses |first6=Julianne |title=New Constraints on DMS and DMDS in the Atmosphere of K2-18 b from JWST MIRI |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters |date=17 April 2025 |volume=983 |issue=2 |pages=L40 |doi=10.3847/2041-8213/adc1c8 |doi-access=free |arxiv=2504.12267 |bibcode=2025ApJ...983L..40M }}
April 21 – Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church since 2013, dies at the age of 88. World leaders pay tribute. Many countries have declared national mourning.{{Cite web |date=21 April 2025 |title=Pope Francis dies aged 88 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/crknlnzlrzdt |access-date=21 April 2025 |website=BBC News |language=en-US}}{{cite web |title=Żałoba po śmierci papieża. Te kraje oddadzą hołd Franciszkowi |url=https://www.tvp.info/86314814/zaloba-narodowa-po-smierci-papieza-franciszka-ktore-kraje-wprowadzazalobe-narodowa-lista |publisher=TVP |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=pl |date=23 April 2025}}
April 22 – Militants affiliated with The Resistance Front open fire on a group of tourists at the Baisaran Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India, killing 26 and injuring at least 20.{{Cite web |title=Gunmen kill at least 26 in Indian-administered Kashmir: Police |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/22/gunmen-open-fire-on-tourists-in-indian-administered-kashmir |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
April 26
The funeral of Pope Francis is attended by delegations from 164 different countries of the world, including 82 leaders, and 250 000 members of the public.{{cite web |title=W pogrzebie papieża wzięło udział setki tysięcy wiernych. Zobacz nagranie |url=https://tvn24.pl/swiat/pogrzeb-papieza-franciszka-setki-tysiecy-wiernych-na-placu-swietego-piotra-zobacz-nagranie-st8432400 |publisher=TVN |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=pl}}{{cite web |last1=Makarewicz |first1=Błażej |title=Tak wyglądał pogrzeb papieża Franciszka w Watykanie. Zobacz galerię zdjęć |url=https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/swiat/tak-wygladal-pogrzeb-papieza-franciszka-w-watykanie-zobacz-galerie-zdjec |publisher=Radio Zet |language=pl}}{{cite web |last1=Wojciech |first1=Rogacin |title=Ponad 160 delegacji na pogrzebie Papieża Franciszka |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/pl/papiez/news/2025-04/ponad-160-oficjalnych-delegacji-na-pogrzebie-papieza-franciszka.html |publisher=Vatican News |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=pl}}
An explosion in the Port of Shahid Rajaee, Bandar Abbas, Iran, kills at least 70 people and injures more than 1200.{{cite web |title=Potężna eksplozja w strategicznym porcie. Wielu zabitych, setki rannych |url=https://tvn24.pl/swiat/iran-potezna-eksplozja-w-strategicznym-porcie-handlowym-wielu-zabitych-setki-rannych-st8432743 |publisher=TVN24 |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=pl}}{{cite web |last1=Orłowski |first1=Marcin |title=Potężna eksplozja w irańskim porcie. Rośnie liczba ofiar, ponad 800 rannych |url=https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/zagranica/news-potezna-eksplozja-w-iranskim-porcie-rosnie-liczba-ofiar-pona,nId,21397948 |publisher=Interia |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=pl}}{{cite web |last1=Stępien |first1=Marta |title=Wielka eksplozja w irańskim porcie. Wiadomo, jak doszło do wybuchu |url=https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/zagranica/news-wielka-eksplozja-w-iranskim-porcie-wiadomo-jak-doszlo-do-wyb,nId,21398001 |publisher=Interia |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=pl}}
At least 11 people are killed and at least 20 others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack at the annual Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.{{Cite web |last=Tanno |first=Lucas Lilieholm, Ross Adkin, Sophie |date=2025-04-27 |title=Suspect charged with murder over Vancouver Filipino festival car ramming, police say victims were aged five to 65 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/americas/canada-car-ramming-filipino-festival-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Austen |first=Ian |last2=Isai |first2=Vjosa |last3=Watkins |first3=Ali |last4=Young |first4=Jin Yu |date=2025-04-27 |title=At Least 11 People Killed After Car Plows Into Vancouver Filipino Festival |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/world/asia/vancouver-festival-vehicle-ramming-deaths.html |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
April 28
A widespread power outage affects Spain, Portugal, Andorra and southern France.{{Cite web |last=Brezar |first=Aleksandar |date=28 April 2025 |title=Breaking news. Spain, Portugal and parts of France hit by massive power outage |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/28/spain-portugal-and-parts-of-france-hit-by-massive-power-outage |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Euronews}}
2025 Canadian federal election: The Liberal Party, led by Mark Carney, wins reelection for a fourth time, forming a minority government.{{cite web |date=May 3, 2007 |title=An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act |url=https://www.parl.ca/documentviewer/en/39-1/bill/C-16/third-reading/page-27?col=2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626012317/https://www.parl.ca/documentviewer/en/39-1/bill/C-16/third-reading/page-27?col=2 |archive-date=June 26, 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=June 25, 2024 |publisher=LegisINFO |format=}}
2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election: The UNC wins a majority government, defeating the incumbent PNM.{{cite web |date=2025-03-25 |title=Trinidad and Tobago to hold early elections in late April |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trinidad-tobago-hold-general-elections-april-28-2025-03-18/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website = Reuters |language=en}}
April 30
The 2025 Caymanian Islands general election is held.{{Cite web |title=2025 Cayman Islands General Election |url=https://caymanresident.com/election |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Cayman Resident |language=en}}
The Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement is signed, providing an economic incentive for the US to continue to invest in Ukraine's defence and reconstruction, in exchange for access to the war-torn country's energy and mineral resources.{{Cite web |title=US and Ukraine sign long-awaited natural resources deal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ypw7pn9q3o |date=30 April 2025 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=BBC News|language=en-US}}

=May=

May 3
2025 Australian federal election: The incumbent Labor Party led by Anthony Albanese wins reelection, retaining a majority government.{{Cite web |last=Adler |first=Nils |title=Albanese's Labor Party projected to win as Australia vote count under way |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/3/australia-election-results-2025-live-pm-albanese-faces-off-with-dutton |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Dhanji |first=Krishani |last2=Cassidy |first2=Caitlin |last3=Touma |first3=Rafqa |last4=Doherty |first4=Ben |last5=Dhanji (now) |first5=Krishani |last6=Doherty (earlier) |first6=Ben |date=2025-05-03 |title=Australian federal election 2025 live: Labor wins election; Anthony Albanese to be returned as Australia PM; Peter Dutton set to lose Dickson – latest news and updates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/03/australian-federal-election-2025-live-news-today-anthony-albanese-labor-peter-dutton-liberal-coalition-greens-polls-vote-odds-results-politics-latest-updates |access-date=2025-05-03 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
2025 Singaporean general election: The incumbent People's Action Party led by Lawrence Wong wins reelection in a landslide, retaining a supermajority government.{{cite web | last=Koh | first=Fabian | title=GE2025: Parliament dissolved ahead of General Election; Nomination Day on Apr 23 | website=CNA | date=15 April 2025 | url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ge2025-general-election-parliament-dissolved-5064316 | access-date=15 April 2025}}
2025 Malian protests: Hundreds of demonstrators gather in Bamako, Mali, to protest the government's proposed dissolution of political parties and extension of president Assimi Goïta's mandate by 5 years.{{Cite web |last=Lawal |first=Shola |title='A step too far': Malians protest military gov't moves to hold on to power |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/8/malian-juntas-move-to-hold-on-to-power-sparks-rare-revolt |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}} The protests mark the first pro-democracy demonstrations in the country since the regime took power in 2021.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-05 |title=Hundreds of activists stage Mali's first pro-democracy rally in years since coups |url=https://apnews.com/article/mali-politics-democracy-demonstration-military-government-270461e6dd91784cb31bfb9f1172c0a4 |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=AP News |language=en}}
May 6
2025 German federal election: Friedrich Merz is elected Chancellor of Germany in the second round of parliamentary voting, hours after being defeated in the first round, a first in post-WWII German history.{{Cite web |title=Germany's Merz elected chancellor in second round vote |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/6/germanys-merz-elected-chancellor-in-second-round-vote |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-05-06 |title=Friedrich Merz wins on second ballot to become Germany's chancellor, hours after his historic defeat |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-government-merz-coalition-98e9007ea41b8bbd36be8d09baefb632 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Merz fails to be elected Germany's chancellor in first parliament vote |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/6/merz-fails-to-be-elected-germanys-chancellor-in-first-parliament-vote |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
2025 India–Pakistan conflict: India launches several missiles into Pakistani territory in response to the 2025 Pahalgam attack two weeks prior.[https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwyneele13qt India says it has launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir]
May 7–8 – 2025 papal conclave: 133 cardinal electors elect Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Francis's successor, on the fourth ballot. He takes the name Pope Leo XIV, and becomes the first pope from North America, the first with Peruvian or U.S. citizenship, and the first from the Order of Saint Augustine.{{Cite web |date=21 April 2025 |title=When Does the Papal Conclave Begin? |first=Emily |last=Burack |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a63882845/when-is-papal-conclave-2025/ |access-date=21 April 2025|website=Town & Country }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/world/europe/papal-conclave-date.html|title=Conclave to Choose New Pope Will Start May 7, Vatican Says}}
May 9–25 – The 2025 IIHF World Championship is held in Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm/schedule|title=IIHF - Schedule and Results 2025|date=January 1, 2025|access-date=January 1, 2025|website=IIHF.com}}
May 11 – 2025 Albanian parliamentary election: The incumbent Socialist Party led by Edi Rama wins reelection, retaining a majority government.{{Cite web |title=IFES Election Guide {{!}} Elections: Albanian Parliament 2025 General |url=https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4563/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=www.electionguide.org |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101073743/https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4563/ |url-status=live }}
May 12
The 2025 Philippine general election is held.{{Cite web |date=March 5, 2024 |title=COMELEC Guide: How to register for 2025 Philippine Elections |url=https://assistance.ph/comelec-how-to-register-philippine-elections/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621035947/https://assistance.ph/comelec-how-to-register-philippine-elections/ |archive-date=June 21, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=assistance.ph}}
The Kurdistan Workers' Party announces its dissolution after previously declaring a ceasefire with Turkey.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-12 |title=Kurdish group PKK says it is laying down arms and disbanding |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czel3ry9x1do |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
May 13–17 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is held in Basel, Switzerland.{{cite web | url = https://eurovision.tv/event/basel-2025 | title = Basel 2025 | publisher = Eurovision.tv | access-date = 28 September 2024 | archive-date = September 26, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240926011418/https://eurovision.tv/event/basel-2025 | url-status = live }}

Predicted and scheduled events

May 18
The first round of the 2025 Polish presidential election is scheduled to be held; incumbent president Andrzej Duda is ineligible for re-election.{{cite web |last1=Czowalla |first1=Anna |title=Wiadomo, kiedy odbędą się wybory prezydenckie. A kiedy ewentualna druga tura? |url=https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/wybory/prezydenckie/news-wiadomo-kiedy-odbeda-sie-wybory-prezydenckie-a-kiedy-ewentua,nId,7888391 |publisher=Polsat News |access-date=15 January 2025 |language=pl |date=13 January 2025}}
The 2025 Portuguese legislative election is scheduled to be held.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
The second round of the 2025 Romanian presidential election is scheduled to be held, following the annulment of the previous election.{{Cite web |last=Garguli |first=Deniz |date=2025-01-08 |title=Guvernul a decis data noilor alegeri prezidențiale din România. Vor avea loc în luna mai 2025 {{!}} SURSE • Alegeri 2024-2025 |url=https://b365.ro/guvernul-a-decis-data-noilor-alegeri-prezidentiale-din-romania-vor-avea-loc-in-luna-mai-2025-surse-553388/ |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=B365 |language=ro}}
May 25
The 2025 Surinamese general election is scheduled to be held.{{Cite web|date=2024-10-15 |title=Suriname President Santokhi names date for general election |url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/suriname-president-santokhi-names-date-general-election|access-date=2025-01-01 |website=caribbean.loopnews.com}}
The 2025 Venezuelan parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
June 3 – The 2025 South Korean presidential election is scheduled to be held, following the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol.{{cite news|first=Joyce|last=Lee|date=April 8, 2025|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-hold-snap-presidential-election-june-3-2025-04-08/|title=South Korea sets snap presidential election for June 3, drawing out contenders|location=Seoul, South Korea|publisher=Reuters|access-date=April 8, 2025}}
June 14 – July 13 – The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will take place in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/club-world-cup/usa-2025/articles/teams-dates-venue-groups-draw-matches-tickets|title=FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Everything you need to know|date=December 16, 2024|access-date=December 31, 2024|website=FIFA.com}}
June 15–17 – The 51st G7 summit will take place in Kananaskis, Canada.{{cite web |title=Canada and the G7 |url=https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/g7/index.aspx?lang=eng |website=Government of Canada | date=October 19, 2015 |access-date=18 January 2025}}
June 24–26 – A NATO summit will be held at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands.{{cite web |title=The Netherlands to host 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/is/natohq/news_225618.htm |website=North Atlantic Treaty Organization |access-date=18 January 2025 |date=24 May 2024}}
July 11 – August 3 – The 2025 World Aquatics Championships will take place in Singapore.{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/4725/world-aquatics-championships-singapore-2025|title=World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025|publisher=worldaquatics.com|access-date=December 31, 2024|archive-date=December 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241231135421/https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/4725/world-aquatics-championships-singapore-2025|url-status=live}}
August 7–17 – The 2025 World Games will take place in Chengdu, China.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Your-City-Your-Country-2025-14|title=TWG 2025 Chengdu, CHN|website=theworldgames.org|access-date=December 31, 2024|archive-date=December 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241231135421/https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Your-City-Your-Country-2025-14|url-status=live}}
August 17 – The 2025 Bolivian general election is scheduled to be held.{{cite web |url=https://www.vision360.bo/noticias/2024/06/18/6531-el-tse-proyecta-que-las-elecciones-presidenciales-sean-en-agosto-de-2025|title=El TSE proyecta que las elecciones presidenciales sean en agosto de 2025|access-date=2024-08-18|website=Visión 360|language=es-BO}}{{cite web |url=https://unitel.bo/noticias/politica/elecciones-generales-el-17-de-agosto-estas-son-las-otras-fechas-claves-anunciadas-por-vocal-del-tse-PO12947019|title=Elecciones generales el 17 de agosto: Estas son las otras fechas claves anunciadas por vocal del TSE|access-date=2024-08-18|website=unitel.bo|language=es-BO}}
September 3 – The 2025 Saint Helena general election is scheduled to be held.{{Cite web |last=Government |first=St Helena |date=2025-02-10 |title=General Election 2025 |url=https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2025/press-releases/general-election-2025/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=St Helena Government |language=en-US}}
September 8 – The 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.{{cite web | url = https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/valgdagen-blir-8.-september-2025/id3037352/ | title = Valgdagen blir 8. september 2025 | trans-title = The election will be on 8 September 2025 | website = Government of Norway | date = 3 May 2024 | access-date = 18 June 2024 | language = nb | archive-date = January 1, 2025 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250101082707/https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/valgdagen-blir-8.-september-2025/id3037352/ | url-status = live }}
September 9 – The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly will open in New York City, United States.{{cite web |title=Opening dates of forthcoming regular sessions of the General Assembly and of the general debate : note / by the Secretariat |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3958441?v=pdf |website=United Nations Digital Library |access-date=18 January 2025 |date=2022}}
September 12–28 – The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship will take place in Pasay and Quezon City in the Philippines.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
September 13–21 – The 2025 World Athletics Championships will take place in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25/event-info|title=About the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.|date=January 6, 2025|access-date=January 6, 2025|website=worldathletics.org}}
September 27 – The 2025 Seychellois general election is scheduled to be held.{{Cite web |title=Seychelles' government proposes fixed date of Sept. 27 for presidential and parliamentary elections in 2025 |url=http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/20576/Seychelles'+government+proposes+fixed+date+of+Sept.++for+presidential+and+parliamentary+elections+in+ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=www.seychellesnewsagency.com}}{{Cite web |title=Election Calendar {{!}} EISA |url=https://www.eisa.org/election-calendar/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=www.eisa.org |language=en-ZA}}
September 28 – The 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.{{Cite web |title=Alegeri parlamentare în Moldova |url=https://tribuna.md/2025/04/16/alegerile-parlamentare-vor-avea-loc-pe-28-septembrie/}}
October 3 – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, will abdicate the throne in favor of his son Guillaume, who will reign as Guillaume V.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-24 |title=Grand Duke Henri confirms date of retirement |url=https://www.luxtimes.lu/luxembourg/grand-duke-henri-confirms-date-of-retirement/31197975.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Luxembourg Times |language=en |archive-date=December 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229175844/https://www.luxtimes.lu/luxembourg/grand-duke-henri-confirms-date-of-retirement/31197975.html |url-status=live }}
October 3–4 – The 2025 Czech parliamentary election is going to be held.{{cite web |last1=Soukup |first1=Jaroslav |title=Rozhodnuto. Volby budou na začátku října |url=https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/volby-do-poslanecke-snemovny-volby-budou-zacatkem-rijna-40520878 |website=Novinky |publisher=Jaroslav Soukup |access-date=13 May 2025}}
October 5 – The 2025 Cameroonian presidential election is scheduled to be held.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
October 26 – The 2025 Argentine legislative election is scheduled to be held.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
November 10–21 – The COP 30 summit will be held in Belém, Brazil.{{Cite web |title=2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30) |url=https://sdg.iisd.org/events/2025-un-climate-change-conference-unfccc-cop-30/ |access-date=22 December 2024 |website=SDG Knowledge Hub |language=en-US |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101013251/https://sdg.iisd.org/events/2025-un-climate-change-conference-unfccc-cop-30/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=One year before COP30, Belém transforms itself to host the Climate Summit |url=https://www.gov.br/secom/en/latest-news/2024/11/one-year-before-cop30-belem-transforms-itself-to-host-the-climate-summit |website=Federal Government of Brazil |access-date=19 January 2025 |date=12 November 2024}}
November 11 – The 2025 Irish presidential election will be held no later than this date. Incumbent president Michael D. Higgins is ineligible for re-election.{{Cite web |last=Matthews |first=Jane |date=2024-12-26 |title=We'll have a new President in the Áras next year — here are some names that might be running |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/presidential-election-aras-2025-6580025-Dec2024/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=TheJournal.ie |language=en |archive-date=December 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226230504/https://www.thejournal.ie/presidential-election-aras-2025-6580025-Dec2024/ |url-status=live }}
November 15 – The 2025 Haitian general election is scheduled to be held.{{Cite web |title=Haiti leader says long-awaited general elections penned for November |website=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/haiti-leader-says-general-elections-planned-november-2025-01-29/}}
November 16 – The 2025 Chilean general election is scheduled to be held.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
November 21–December 7 – The 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup will take place in the Philippines.{{cite web |title=FIFA Council takes key decisions on FIFA Member Associations and upcoming FIFA competitions |url=https://inside.fifa.com/about-fifa/organisation/fifa-council/media-releases/fifa-council-takes-key-decisions-member-associations-upcoming-competitions |website=Inside FIFA |publisher=FIFA |access-date=1 January 2025 |date=3 October 2024 |archive-date=October 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003231247/https://inside.fifa.com/about-fifa/organisation/fifa-council/media-releases/fifa-council-takes-key-decisions-member-associations-upcoming-competitions |url-status=live }}
November 22 – The G20 Johannesburg Summit will take place in South Africa, the first time a G20 summit has been held in Africa.{{Cite news |title=G20 Leaders'Summit |url=https://g20.org/event/g20-leaders-summit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206074311/https://g20.org/event/g20-leaders-summit/ |archive-date=December 6, 2024 |access-date=2025-01-02 |language=en-ZA |url-status=live }}
November 26–December 14 – The 2025 World Women's Handball Championship will take place in Germany and the Netherlands.{{Cite web |title=IHF {{!}} 27th IHF Women's World Championship |url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/events/27th-ihf-womens-world-championship |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=www.ihf.info}}
December 21–January 18 – The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations will take place in Morocco.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

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An ecumenical meeting of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church at Nicaea is scheduled to be held to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.{{cite web|last=Peppard|first=Michael|date=30 May 2014|title=Nicea III in 2025?|url=https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/nicea-iii-2025|access-date=12 December 2015|publisher=Commonweal Magazine|archive-date=July 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708083604/https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/nicea-iii-2025|url-status=live}}
Norway aims to ban the sale of all new diesel and petrol cars by this year.{{Cite news|last=Coren|first=Michael J.|date=7 August 2018|title=Nine countries say they'll ban internal combustion engines. So far, it's just words.|work=Quartz|url=https://qz.com/1341155/nine-countries-say-they-will-ban-internal-combustion-engines-none-have-a-law-to-do-so/|access-date=6 June 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043428/https://qz.com/1341155/nine-countries-say-they-will-ban-internal-combustion-engines-none-have-a-law-to-do-so/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=29 November 2019|title=Norway is electric|url=https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/transport-and-communications/veg/faktaartikler-vei-og-ts/norway-is-electric/id2677481/|access-date=9 August 2020|website=|publisher=Government of Norway|language=en-GB|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819235706/https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/transport-and-communications/veg/faktaartikler-vei-og-ts/norway-is-electric/id2677481/|url-status=live}}

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Laureates for Nobel Prizes in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace will be presumably announced in October, with the awards ceremony taking place on 10 December 2025.{{cite web |title=About the Nobel Prize |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/about-the-nobel-prize/ |website=The Nobel Prize |access-date=1 January 2025 |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101060849/https://www.nobelprize.org/about-the-nobel-prize/ |url-status=live}}