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Portal:Current events/2025 September 18
Armed conflicts and attacks
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Red Sea crisis
- A Houthi drone attack damages a hotel in Eilat, Israel. (Jerusalem Post) (Reuters)
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Gaza war, Israel-Jordan relations
- A Jordanian driver bringing aid to Gaza shoots and kills two Israeli military personnel at the Allenby Bridge. (Reuters)
- PKP Intercity announces that the Pendolino train will travel from Gdynia to Zakopane, Poland, on October 18. PKP Intercity further announces hybrid long-distance trains will also be arriving by Q4 2025, and tickets for the premiere journeys will cost a symbolic 1 złoty. (RMF MAXX)
- EkoPrzedsiębiorstwo Sp. z o.o., a company based in Mielno, Poland, announces that it will not suspend water supply or sewage collection as of September 19, 2025. Services will continue to be provided until a court issues a binding ruling on the rules applicable during the dispute between local governments. (KoszalinInfo)
- At least 10 people are killed when a fire breaks out in a high-rise office building in Lagos, Nigeria. (BBC News)
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Syria–United States relations
- Syrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani visits Washington, D.C. to attend meetings with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and to meet with Israeli delegations and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, marking the first time a Syrian official has visited the United States in 25 years. (AP)