2025 US Open In tennis, Carlos Alcaraz defeats defending champion and his rival Jannik Sinner in the men's singles final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, to win his second US Open title and sixth major title overall.
Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure services are disrupted by cuts to undersea cables in the Red Sea while internet access is also disrupted in parts of Asia and the Middle East.
September 2025 lunar eclipse A total lunar eclipse, visible in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica, occurs.
Romania Romania's coalition government survives four no-confidence votes, enabling it to advance tax increases and spending cuts aimed at reducing the European Union's highest budget deficit and securing recovery funds, despite threats of public sector strikes.
Guyanese Guyanese president Irfaan Ali is sworn in for a second term in office after winning last week's election.
Japan Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his intention to resign from office after his party lost seats in the House of Councillors election in July.
2025 Buenos Aires provincial elections The La Libertad Avanza party of President Javier Milei suffers heavy losses in local elections in Argentina's most populous province.
Leongatha mushroom murders Erin Patterson is sentenced to life in prison plus an extra 25 years without parole for 33 years for the 2023 poisoning of four relatives with Beef Wellingtons laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms, killing three and injuring the other in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia.
Bad Dürrheim Around 80 people are injured, including up to 20 seriously, in a mass crash at the RiderMan bicycle race in Bad Dürrheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Bogor Regency At least four people are killed and 84 others are injured when a building hosting a religious gathering collapses in Bogor Regency, West Java, Java, Indonesia.
Turkish Coast Guard Five people are killed, one person is seriously injured, and another is reported missing when a migrant boat collides with a Turkish Coast Guard vessel off the coast of Badavut, Ayvalık, Balıkesir Province, Turkey.
Saints canonized by Pope Leo XIV The pope also canonizes Pier Giorgio Frassati, an Italian member of the Lay Dominicans and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul who was known for his dedication to social justice.
Pope Leo XIV canonizes English-Italian teenager Carlo Acutis in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, making Acutis the first millennial saint.
Colombian conflict Forty-five Colombian soldiers are kidnapped by a mob in Cauca Department, Colombia, while conducting anti-drug cartel operations. The military says the soldiers are being held hostage by local villagers who are demanding the return of a killed insurgent's body which was transferred to a morgue in Popayán in return for their release.
Russian invasion of Ukraine At least four people are killed, including an infant, and eleven others are injured in drone and missile attacks on Pecherskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Darnytskyi districts in Kyiv, Ukraine. Among the buildings hit is the main government building.
Middle Eastern crisis Two people are injured, flights are halted and the airspace is closed after multiple Houthi-launched drone attacks, including some intercepted and at least one on the passenger hall of Ramon Airport near Eilat in Southern District, Israel.
At least 65 people are killed and several others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on a school, refugee tents, and houses in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip.
The al-Ruya Tower high-rise apartment building is hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Palestine.