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2025 March 25

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The United States says that Russia and Ukraine agree to cease all military attacks in the Black Sea to ensure safe passage for commercial shipping, while Russia says that it needs guarantees and an order from the U.S. to Ukraine to respect such a deal. (BBC News) (Reuters)
• Syrian civil war
  • 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites
    • The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) announces that it has documented the names of 1,628 mainly-Alawite Syrian civilians who were killed in sectarian massacres by pro-Syrian government forces, in addition to several more missing civilians and bodies. (SOHR)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Darfur campaign
    • At least 54 people are killed in a Sudanese military airstrike on a market in Tora village, Darfur, Sudan. (CTV News)

Disasters and accidents

• March 2025 South Korea wildfires
  • A wildfire in Uiseong County, South Korea, spreads uncontrollably to the north and east, resulting in at least 16 deaths and forcing tens of thousands of civilians to evacuate. (Yonhap) (AP)
• Aviation accidents and incidents
  • Three people are injured when two Alpha Jet planes from the French Air and Space Force aerobatics team Patrouille de France crash after a mid-air collision during rehearsals. (France 24)
• A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand causing a tsunami warning to be issued. A tsunami was then spotted in Fiordland.

Law and crime

• 2025 Turkish protests
  • Over 1,400 Turkish civilians, including several journalists, are detained for participating in anti-government protests. (CNN)
• Criticism of Unification Church in Japan
  • The Tokyo District Court orders the Unification Church to dissolve as a religious organization in Japan. It is the first religious group to be given a revocation order in modern Japanese history. (DW) (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Belarusian presidential election
  • Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko is sworn in for his 7th term as the President of Belarus after winning 85.7% of the votes in the presidential election in January. (AP) (The New York Times)
• 2025 Gazan anti-Hamas protests
  • Thousands of Palestinian men in northern Gaza Strip take part in the largest anti-Hamas protests since the start of the Gaza war, chanting slogans criticizing Hamas and calling for the war’s end. (CNN)

2025 March 24

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Red Sea crisis
  • Airstrike campaign in Yemen
    • March 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
      • United States government Signal group chat leak
        • A Signal group chat containing many of President Trump’s cabinet, discussing several topics including potential strikes in Yemen, is discovered after journalist Jeffrey Goldberg is accidentally added to it. (CNN)
      • The U.S. military launches air raids across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen overnight, killing at least four people and injuring 13 others in the capital city Sanaa. (Middle East Eye)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian re-occupation of Sumy Oblast
    • Ninety people are injured, including 17 children, in a Russian missile attack on a hospital, a school, and a residential area in Sumy, Ukraine. (Le Monde)
  • Luhansk Oblast campaign
    • A Ukrainian artillery strike kills six people, including several journalists from Russia’s Izvestia newspaper and Zvezda state media network in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The United States and Russia conclude talks focusing on a ceasefire for the Black Sea between Kyiv and Moscow. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
  • British supermarket chain Morrisons announces that it will permanently close 52 cafés and 17 stores as part of cost-cutting measures, with the loss of at least 365 jobs expected. (BBC News)
• American genetic testing company 23andMe files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announces plans to sell its assets. (AP)

International relations

• Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland
  • Greenlandic prime minister Múte Bourup Egede says a planned visit to the island by senior American officials, including National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Second Lady Usha Vance, is “highly aggressive” and was designed to “demonstrate power over us”. (CNN)

Law and crime

• 2025 Turkish protests
  • Over 1,100 Turkish anti-government protesters have been detained since the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan accusing the demonstrations of being a “movement of violence”. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
• Impeachment of Han Duck-soo
  • The Constitutional Court of South Korea dismisses the impeachment motion of prime minister Han Duck-soo by the National Assembly of South Korea in a 7–1 vote. (Yonhap) (Reuters)
• One man is killed and another person wounded in a combined ramming, stabbing, and shooting attack by an Israeli Arab assailant at a bus stop in Yokneam Illit, Israel. (Reuters)

2025 March 23

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
      • Hamas announces that an Israeli airstrike killed Salah al-Bardawil, a top member of the group’s political bureau. (BBC News)
      • Hamas says that an Israeli airstrike killed Ismail Barhoum, a member of the group’s political bureau, via the operating theater at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis where Barhoum was receiving treatment after sustaining critical injuries in an air strike targeting his home in Khan Yunis last Tuesday. (France 24)
• Spillover of the Somali Civil War
  • 2025 Garissa attack
    • At least six police officers are killed and five others are injured in an Al-Shabaab attack on a police reservists camp in Fafi, Garissa, Kenya. Dozens of militants are also killed. (Garowe Online)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Sixteen Pakistani Taliban gunmen are killed by soldiers in a shootout while attempting to enter in to Ghulam Khan. (AP)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Eight people, including at least four police officers, are killed in two separate mass shootings in Nushki and Kalat District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Report.az)
• Red Sea crisis
  • The Israel Defense Forces report that they intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis from Yemen, which triggered sirens across central Israel. (Times of Israel)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Seven people are killed and dozens are injured across Ukraine by overnight Russian drone strikes, including three civilians killed in Kyiv. (CTV News)
  • Ukrainian troops reportedly recapture the village of Nadiia, Luhansk Oblast. (Kyiv Post)

Disasters and accidents

• A van crashes into a ravine and catches fire in Nuevo León, Mexico, killing twelve people and injuring four others. The vehicle fire also sparked a small wildfire in the surrounding forest. (Reuters)

International relations

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz says that the U.S. wants the “full dismantlement” of Iran’s nuclear program and that “all options are on the table”. (Al Arabiya) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2025 Turkish protests, Censorship in Turkey
  • A statement by social media company X expresses that it objects to “multiple court orders” from the government of Turkey to block more than 700 accounts belonging to opposition political figures, journalists, news outlets, and student protesters. (BBC News)
• Workers of the Shiv Sena party of Maharastra attack the Habitat Venue in Mumbai after a video posted by comedian Kunal Kamra allegedly attacking Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde (Business Today)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Turkish protests
  • Several hundred thousands of anti-Erdoğan government protesters demonstrate outside of Istanbul City Hall, with the nationwide protests becoming the largest Turkish political demonstration movement in over a decade. (AP)

Sports

• 2025 WTA Tour
  • 2025 Miami Open
    • In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino player to defeat a top-10 opponent since the WTA rankings began in 1975, after winning in the third round of the Women’s singles tournament at the Miami Open against world No. 5 Madison Keys. (The Athletic)
• 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals
  • In association football, Mexico wins its first Nations League title after defeating Panama 2–1 in the final held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, United States. (RFI)

2025 March 22

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Western Syria clashes
    • 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites
      • The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports that thousands of Syrian civilians are still missing following sectarian reprisal massacres committed by Syrian government-affiliated forces that killed at least 1,614 coastal civilians, including many Alawites and Christians. (SOHR)
      • The SOHR also reports several efforts by pro-government forces to hide the scale of the atrocities by gathering unaccounted bodies into mass graves, through cremation, or retaining hundreds of unidentified corpses from families. (SOHR)
• Israeli–Lebanese conflict
  • Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • Six people, including a child, are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon in the heaviest exchange of fire since the ceasefire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah almost four months ago. The strikes were carried out in retaliation for rockets from Lebanon being fired into Israel. (CTV News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Zaporizhzhia strikes, Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • An overnight Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, kills three people and wounds twelve others. Several apartments in residential areas are targeted during the attack. (AP)
  • Pokrovsk offensive
    • Russian artillery targets Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, killing three people and injuring one other person. (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • 2025 Shabelle offensive
    • At least 100 al-Shabaab militant fighters are killed in a Somali Air Force airstrike in the Lower Shabelle region of the South West State, Somalia. (TRAC)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • The Sudanese Armed Forces say that they seized control of the main headquarters of the central bank from the Rapid Support Forces as it continues to make advances in Khartoum. (Al Jazeera)
• Ethiopian civil war
  • Ethiopian National Defense Forces claimed to have killed more than 300 fighters from the Fano armed group in two days of clashes in the northern Amhara region of Ethiopia. (Reuters)
• Fambita mosque attack
  • Niger declares three days of national mourning after yesterday’s attack in which 44 people were killed in a mosque in Fambita. (Al Jazeera)
• Red Sea crisis
  • A ballistic missile disintegrates over Saudi Arabia after being fired by the Houthis from Yemen against Israel. (The Jerusalem Post)

Disasters and accidents

• March 2025 South Korea wildfires
  • Three firefighters and a civilian are killed after multiple wildfires sweep across a large forested area in South Korea. (DW)
• A de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo cargo plane en route from Dhobley Airport in Lower Juba, Jubaland, to Aden Adde International Airport in Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu, crashes in the Ceel Xabaaloow settlement in Lower Shabelle, South West State, killing all five Kenyan crew members on board. (Somalia Civil Aviation Authority) (Idil News)

International relations

• Foreign ministers from Japan, China, and South Korea meet in Tokyo to discuss cooperation on shared challenges like aging populations and climate change, seeking to improve relations and prepare for a leaders’ summit. Japan raises security concerns about North Korea while China criticizes protectionism and the politicization of science. (AP)

Law and crime

• The United States lifts a $10 million dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of Afghan warlord Sirajuddin Haqqani after the Taliban released an American citizen who had been kept in captivity for two years. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• Gaza war
  • Gaza war protests in Israel
    • More than 100,000 Israelis gather in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and other cities in Israel to demonstrate and demand a deal for the Israeli government and Hamas to release all hostages. The protesters also accuse the Israeli government of working against its people, calling for a right of rebellion and new elections. (NPR)
• 2025 Turkish protests
  • Anti-Erdoğan government protests spread to fifty-five of Turkey’s eighty-one provinces, with Republican People’s Party leader Özgür Özel estimating that over half a million protesters are demonstrating in Istanbul alone. At least 343 protesters are arrested by Turkish police. (France 24)

2025 March 21

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
        • Israeli Defense Minster Israel Katz orders the Israel Defense Forces to occupy new areas of the Gaza Strip, and threatens to annex sections of Gaza if Hamas refuses to release all its remaining Israeli hostages. (The Guardian)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • Israel intercepts a ballistic missile that the Houthis in Yemen claim to have fired at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Kursk offensive
      • A gas pumping and measuring station in Kursk Oblast, Russia, is set on fire after a major explosion occurs. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the attack. (Reuters) (Reuters)
    • An explosion occurs at an oil depot in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, caused by a fire that has been burning since Tuesday. The fire spreads to another tank and increases to 10,000 m2 (110,000 sq ft), injuring two firefighters. (Reuters)
  • International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The German Navy reportedly seizes the Panamanian-flagged oil tanker Eventin, suspected to be part of the Russian shadow fleet, along with at least €43.3 million ($46 million) worth of cargo, in the Baltic Sea. (DW) (The Times)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • The Sudanese Armed Forces retakes the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after the Rapid Support Forces’ withdrawal. (BBC)
• Fambita mosque attack
  • At least 44 people are killed and thirteen others are injured in an attack on a mosque in Fambita, Niger. The Ministry of National Defense blames the Islamic State. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse
  • A 19-year-old dies in hospital from his injuries after a canopy collapsed in 2024 at the Novi Sad railway station in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia, which killed 15 others. (CTV News)
• According to the International Organization of Migration, a record 8,938 migrant deaths were recorded in 2024, over 200 more than 2023, the previous record year. Most deaths are attributed to Asia, the Mediterranean Sea, and Africa. (DW) (Al Jazeera)
• Heathrow Airport in London, England, closes for most of the day due to a “significant power outage” resulting from a fire at an electrical substation in nearby Hayes. At least 1,351 flights are affected by the shutdown, with many diverted to alternative airports or returning to their origin airport. (CBS News) (BBC News) (NBC News)
• The Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano erupts, prompting at least 4,700 villagers to evacuate and causing at least seven outbound flights from Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia, to cancel. (DW)

International relations

• United Arab Emirates–United States relations
  • The United Arab Emirates commits to a US$1.4 trillion investment into the United States economy over ten years. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Three people are killed and fifteen others are injured in a mass shooting in a parking lot during a large gathering at Young Park in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. (ABC News) (Channel2 NOW)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Namibian general election
  • Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is sworn in as the first female President of Namibia, succeeding Nangolo Mbumba. (BBC)
• 2025 Turkish anti-government protests, Arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu
  • Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters hold demonstrations in Istanbul, İzmir, Ankara, and several other cities in Turkey against the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, following its detention of over 100 opposition figures and crackdown on public gatherings and social media content. (Reuters)
• Tunisian president Kais Saied appoints Sara Zaafarani as the new Prime Minister. She succeeds Kamel Madouri, who has been sacked by Saied amid an economic and migration crisis. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Next Generation Air Dominance
  • The Trump administration announces a new air superiority sixth-generation fighter aircraft produced by Boeing, the Boeing F-47. (FOX News) (TWZ)

2025 March 20

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
      • March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
        • Early morning attacks conducted by the Israel Defense Forces on the Gaza Strip reportedly kill at least 91 Palestinians, including children. (CTV News) (Al Jazeera)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • Israel intercepts a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis from Yemen that targeted the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. (CNN)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • 2025 Walikale offensive
      • Rwandan-backed M23 rebels capture the town of Walikale in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the collapse of peace talks with the Congolese government. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Massive explosions are reported after the Ukrainian Armed Forces drone strike the Engels-2 air base in Russia. Reports indicate that nearby houses are also damaged by the explosions. (Reuters)
  • Odesa strikes
    • Russia launches a massive drone attack in Odesa, Ukraine, causing injuries among civilians and damaging civilian infrastructure. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• German economic crisis
  • Deutsche Bank, a German multinational investment bank and financial services company, announces it will downsize and cut 2,000 jobs in its retail banking division this year. (DW)

International relations

• Germany–Syria relations
  • Germany reopens its embassy in Damascus, Syria after 13 years. (Euronews)

Law and crime

• 2025 Turkish anti-government protests, Internet regulation in Turkey
  • The Turkish government arrests dozens of civilians for posting “provocative” social media posts protesting the government’s democratic backsliding following the arrest of opposition candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu. (BBC)
• The Indonesian House of Representatives passes a law revision regarding the armed forces, which expands the amount of civilian positions an active officer can hold from ten to fourteen while also raising the retirement age for soldiers, prompting protests across the country fearing eroding civil control. (Tempo) (CNN Indonesia)
• Social media company X files a lawsuit against the government of India alleging that the Indian government is censoring the social media platform along with other information. (DW)

Politics and elections

• Second Trump presidency
  • Response to the Department of Government Efficiency
    • United States district judge for the District of Maryland Ellen Lipton Hollander temporarily blocks the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Social Security systems that cover the personal information of U.S. citizens. Judge Hollander also orders the department to delete any previously accessed personal identifiable information in their possession. (AP)
  • U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order that orders Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to start dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, which is responsible for allocating federal funds to schools and disbursing financial aid. (NBC News) (NPR)
• Vitold Fokin, the first prime minister of modern-day Ukraine, dies at age 92. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mourns him as “a sense of loss for all Ukrainians”. (The Kyiv Independent)

Science and technology

• The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration orders a product recall of 46,000 Tesla Cybertrucks, nearly all active Cybertrucks on the roads, due to an issue with an exterior panel that can detach while driving due to an ineffective structural adhesive. (AP) (The Hill)

Sports

• 144th IOC Session
  • Zimbabwe’s Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the 10th and first female President of the International Olympic Committee in the first round of voting. (BBC)
  • The International Olympic Committee votes unanimously to include boxing in the 2028 Summer Olympics. (BBC News)

2025 March 19

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
      • The Israeli military conducts multiple airstrikes on Rafah and Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, killing at least 60 Palestinians. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
      • The United Nations reports that a UN official is killed and five others are wounded in a strike on a guesthouse. The UN states that the perpetrator is unclear at this time. (AP)
      • The Israeli Defense Forces re-take the Netzarim Corridor, preventing the movement of Palestinians between the northern and southern sides of Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • 2025 Walikale offensive
      • M23 rebels enter Walikale, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after overrunning Congolese Army positions north of the town. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia is attempting to discredit U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace negotiations after Russian Armed Forces launched drone attacks on Kyiv overnight after talks between the U.S. and Russia. (BBC News)
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Russian Ministry of Defense says Ukraine violated the energy infrastructure ceasefire reached by presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin by launching a drone attack on an oil depot in Krasnodar Krai. (The Moscow Times)

Business and economy

• Santander UK announces the closure of 95 bank branches in the United Kingdom with the loss of up to 750 jobs expected. The bank says the closures are required as a result of more customers using online banking. (Sky News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Arnhem city fire
  • Authorities begin demolishing façades of historic buildings, including those that survived the Battle of Arnhem, following a fire in the city in the Netherlands on March 6. (NOS)
• Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling
  • The Italian Coast Guard retrieves the bodies of six migrants, rescues 10 people, while 40 others remain missing after a dinghy carrying 56 people capsizes off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy, after departing from Sfax, Tunisia. (DW) (France 24)
• At least two people die in flash floods in Constantina and one dies in Córdoba in Andalusia, Spain. (Diario Público)

International relations

• Iran–United States relations
  • U.S. government sources reveal that President Donald Trump’s letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei from two weeks ago contained a deadline of two months for reaching a new deal on Iran’s nuclear program. (Axios)

Law and crime

• Arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu
  • Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is also the main opposition figure against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is arrested by Turkish Police along with more than 100 other people for alleged corruption and aiding terrorism. (Reuters) (AP)
• Dakota Access Pipeline protests
  • A jury in North Dakota, United States, orders Greenpeace to pay at least $660 million to Energy Transfer Partners, the company responsible for the Dakota Access Pipeline, after ETP sued the organization for holding protests near Standing Rock Reservation concerning the violation of indigenous sovereignty of Native Americans. (DW) (The Guardian)
• Rohingya conflict
  • Bangladesh Police arrest Ataullah abu Ammar Jununi, the leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, a Rohingya insurgent group, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, accusing him of leading and carrying out attacks against the Tatmadaw since 2016 along with charges of illegal entry, murder, and sabotage. (DW) (The Straits Times)
• Prosper family murders
  • Nicholas Prosper, a 19-year-old who was convicted of killing three family members and plotting a school shooting in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, in 2024, is sentenced to minimum of 49 years in prison without parole. (CTV News)
• Four people are injured in a stabbing attack in Atwater, California.

Politics and elections

• 2025 Turkish anti-government protests
  • Protests accusing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government of democratic backsliding erupt in Istanbul, Turkiye, following the arrest of leading opposition candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu and more than 100 other individuals broadly associated with the political opposition. (Reuters)

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