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Topics in the news
Riek Machar and Angelina Teny
- A magnitude-7.7 earthquake leaves more than 2,900 people dead in Myanmar and Thailand.
- The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition unilaterally voids the 2018 peace agreement after the arrest of South Sudanese vice president Riek Machar and his wife, interior minister Angelina Teny (both pictured).
- The Sudanese Armed Forces recapture Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces after almost two years of fighting.
- Nationwide protests are held throughout Indonesia following the enactment of legislation increasing military involvement in civilian government roles.
March 31, 2025 (Monday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Myanmar earthquake
- The State Administration Council declares a period of national mourning in Myanmar to last until April 6 as the death toll from the earthquake last week rises to over 3,000 people. (AFP via Barron's)
- After 5 days, the recovery operation of U.S. Army M88 vehicle that sank in Lithuanian swamps on Pabradė Training Area is completed. Lithuanian president Gitanas Nauseda says that 3 out of 4 missing Americans are found dead, with the last person still missing. (DW) (LRT)
- Five people are killed, four are injured, and two others are missing after an explosion at a coal mine in Asturias, Spain. (BBC News)
International relations
- Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland
- Newly elected Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen rules out Greenland joining the United States while he is in office. (AP)
- Australia–North Korea relations
- The Royal Australian Air Force deploys long-range maritime patrol aircraft P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, to monitor illegal North Korean maritime activities in the Yellow Sea, including weapons shipments prohibited under international sanctions. (NK News)
Law and crime
- 2025 Nepalese pro-monarchy movement
- Supporters of former King Gyanendra of Nepal clash with riot police in Kathmandu, Nepal, leaving two people dead and several others injured. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2027 French presidential election
- Marine Le Pen (RN) is convicted of embezzlement and banned from running for political office for five years, meaning she cannot stand in the next presidential election. (France24)
March 30, 2025 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Red Sea crisis
- Israel intercepts a ballistic missile fired from Yemen in the eighth Houthi attack since the Israeli Defense Force resumed the Gaza war. The Houthis claim to have launched three attacks with drones, missiles, and naval forces against the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the past 24 hours. (Times of Israel)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Myanmar earthquake
- Structures and infrastructure affected by the 2025 Myanmar earthquake
- The count of the total amount of destroyed ancient pagodas and religious buildings in Myanmar rises to 61, including the previously unreported Four-Storied Monastery in Inwa, Mandalay Region. (NP)
- Structures and infrastructure affected by the 2025 Myanmar earthquake
- Severe weather and tornadoes break out in the areas between south Indiana and north east Texas, United States. (NYT)
- A 7.0 Mw earthquake strikes near the island country of Tonga with a 6.1 Mw aftershock. A tsunami warning is issued and later lifted. (AP)
International relations
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran will not have direct negotiations with the U.S. on its nuclear program, but is open for indirect talks to rebuild trust, after U.S. president Donald Trump threatened "bombing" if Iran does not agree to a new nuclear deal. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Science and technology
- German space programme
- The uncrewed German-built Spectrum orbital rocket is launched in Andøya, Norway, becoming the first orbital rocket to launch from mainland Europe. The rocket stays in the air for just over half a minute before striking the ground and exploding. (The Guardian) (VG)
March 29, 2025 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
- March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
- The Israeli Defense Forces launch a new ground offensive on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
- March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
- Red Sea crisis
- March 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
- One person is killed and four more are injured by U.S. military airstrikes in the Saada Governorate, Yemen. (Yahoo News)
- March 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
- Gaza war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- A Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine, kills two people and injures 30 others, including five children. A shopping centre, multi-story residential buildings, a medical facility, and an office building were among those targeted. (Ukrainska Pravda)
- Kharkiv strikes
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Ten civilians are killed in an alleged anti-insurgents security operation in Katlang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Pakistani government reports that circumstances will be investigated. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Brooklyn Park TBM-700 crash
- A SOCATA TBM-700 crashes into an unoccupied house in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States, killing everyone on board. (FOX9 News)
- One person is killed and four others are injured in an explosion at a factory in İzmir, Turkey. (Caliber)
Law and crime
- Protests against Donald Trump
- Protests against Elon Musk, Protests against the second presidency of Donald Trump
- Protests are held at Tesla dealerships across the United States, Canada, and Europe to protest against DOGE chief and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's role in the second Trump administration. (Taipei Times) (AP)
- Protests against Elon Musk, Protests against the second presidency of Donald Trump
- Gaza war protests
- Four people are injured in a stabbing attack in Trondheim, Norway, with the perpetrator being arrested. (Euro Weekly News)
Politics and elections
- Second Syrian transitional government
- Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announces the creation of a new transitional government, following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. (Reuters)
March 28, 2025 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli invasion of Lebanon
- 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement
- The Israel Defense Forces strikes southern Beirut, Lebanon, for the first time since November 2024, violating the ceasefire agreement.(CNN)
- 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Red Sea crisis
- March 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
- At least seven people are injured by U.S. military airstrikes in the Yemeni capital city Sanaa. (Euronews)
- March 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Myanmar earthquake
- 2025 Bangkok skyscraper collapse
- An under-construction government office skyscraper collapses in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least six people and leaving more than 101 others missing and trapped under the rubble. (CTV News)
- A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Sagaing, Myanmar, with significant damages reported as far away as Bangkok, Thailand. Over 1,000 people are killed in Myanmar and ten more in Thailand. A state of emergency is declared by the Myanmar government. (CNN Live) (NBC News)
- The Ava Bridge in Mandalay Region, Myanmar, partially collapses as a result of the earthquake. (News18)
- 2025 Bangkok skyscraper collapse
- Russian authorities say that yesterday's sinking of the Sindbad submarine in Hurghada, Egypt, killing six Russians, happened during boarding and not due to a collision as reported. (The National)
International relations
- Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland
- U.S. Vice President JD Vance and several other senior Trump administration officials visit the Pituffik Space Base, a United States Space Force facility in Greenland. (NPR)
Law and crime
- Arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu
- Turkish authorities detain Mehmet Pehlivan, a lawyer representing opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu in the ongoing investigation, and later release him. (Reuters)
March 27, 2025 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
- March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
- Hamas announces that an Israeli airstrike has killed Abdel Latif al-Qanou, who served as Hamas' spokesman. (Al Arabiya)
- March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
- Red Sea crisis
- Israel intercepts two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis from Yemen. (Reuters)
- Gaza war
- Haitian crisis
- Gang war in Haiti
- A Kenyan police officer deployed in Haiti as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission is killed in a suspected gang ambush, according to Haitian authorities. Kenya has confirmed that the officer is missing but has not yet verified his death. (BBC News)
- Gang war in Haiti
Business and economy
- Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says a 25% tariff on automotive imports to the United States is a "direct attack" on his country by the Trump administration and vows to respond. (AP)
- Japan confirms it has asked the U.S. for an exemption from the new automotive tariffs, saying the 25% tariff on vehicle imports would have a massive negative impact on its automotive industry. Japan is one of the largest exporters of cars to the United States. (Kyodo News)
- 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
- The United States suspends financial contributions to the World Trade Organization. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- March 2025 South Korea wildfires, Landmarks destroyed by climate change
- Ongoing climate-exacerbated wildfires in South Korea develop into the worst natural fire disaster in the nation's history after doubling in size over the course of 24 hours, killing at least 26 people and destroying much of the ancient Gounsa temple site. (The Guardian) (Yonhap News)
- At least six people are killed and 39 others are rescued after a Sindbad submarine carrying Russian tourists sinks off the Red Sea coast of Hurghada, Egypt. (BBC News)
- Two people are killed, including alpine skier Berkin Usta, and four others are injured in a fire at a ski resort in Uludağ, Turkey. (Metro)
Health and environment
- British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil announces they will end all civil resistance, direct action, and vandalism-related protests immediately and disband by April 26 after the British government announced it will halt the granting of new oil and gas permits. (DW) (Government of the United Kingdom)
International relations
- Belarus–European Union relations
- The European Union announces that they have expanded sanctions against Belarus to include the Central Election Commission of Belarus for political repression in the country. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2025 Amsterdam stabbing attack
- Five people are wounded in a mass stabbing at Dam Square in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The suspect, 30-year-old Ukrainian citizen from Donetsk is arrested by police. (Reuters)
- Proposed secession of Republika Srpska
- The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina issues an international arrest warrant for Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, accusing him of repeatedly taking actions that could violate the Dayton Accords. (DW) (AP)
- South Sudanese vice president Riek Machar is detained by security forces following an arrest warrant on "unclear charges", according to his spokesperson. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition says Machar's arrest has effectively ended the 2018 peace agreement which ended the civil war. (Sky News)
- Crime in Peru
- The home of Luis Villanueva, leader of the Workers' General Confederation of Peru (CGTP), is damaged by an explosive device. Business associations condemned the attack and increased demands on the government to strengthen the fight against organized crime. (La Vanguardia)
March 26, 2025 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
- RSF occupation of the Khartoum International Airport
- The Sudanese Armed Forces retakes Khartoum International Airport from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and seizes state institutions in Khartoum captured earlier in the war by the RSF. (Al Arabiya)
- Sudanese military leader and Transitional Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan declares the liberation of Khartoum from RSF forces after two years of fighting. (France 24)
- RSF occupation of the Khartoum International Airport
- Battle of Khartoum
- War against the Islamic State
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
- The U.S. military conducts airstrikes targeting ISIS militants in the Golis Mountains as part of a coordinated operation led by AFRICOM. The strikes reportedly kill militants without causing any civilian casualties in militant hideouts located in the Golis Mountains of Puntland's Bari Region. (AFP via 24NEWSHD) (AFRICOM)
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Colombian conflict
- A motocycle bomb explosion near a police station in Piendamó, Cauca Department, Colombia, injures 19 civilians. (Yahoo News)
- Mexican drug war
- Two off duty police officers were killed and other kidnapped after were ambushed while traveling on Federal Highway 180D, Cardel-Nautla, in the municipality of Vega de Alatorre. Another member was deprived of his liberty during the ambush.(La Silla Rota)
Business and economy
- Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- U.S. President Donald Trump announces a 25% tariff on all car imports to the U.S. will take effect from April 2. (BBC News)
- Tanzania hits Kenya with eggs, sausage, milk taxes. (Business daily Africa)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Bolivia floods
- Bolivia declares a national emergency after severe floods kill over fifty people and leave more than 100,000 people displaced from their homes. (Reuters)
- March 2025 South Korea wildfires
- The death toll from the wildfires in Uiseong and Sancheong counties, South Korea, increases to 24, with 19 others injured. (DW)
- Four American soldiers go missing during training in the Pabradė Training Area in Lithuania. A search for the soldiers is underway and an investigation has been launched. (Reuters) (USA Today)
- The European Commission issues a new preparedness strategy for citizens of European Union member states to stockpile 72 hours of food, water and essentials for use in the event of an attack or natural disaster. (The Guardian)
- A state of emergency is declared in Slovakia due to foot-and-mouth disease. (Hungary Today)
International relations
- International recognition of Kosovo
- Kenya–Kosovo relations
- Kenya formally recognizes Kosovo as an independent sovereign state. (Reuters)
- Kenya–Kosovo relations
Law and crime
- 2022 Brazilian coup plot
- The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil unanimously votes to bring former president Jair Bolsonaro and seven others as defendants to trial on charges of attempting a coup. (Folha de S.Paulo) (CNN)
- German Federal Police carry out raids in six states targeting 17 people suspected to be members of Brigade N'Hamedu, a group advocating against the government of Eritrea by causing violence and disruptions at Eritrean cultural events in Germany. (DW) (Euronews)
Politics and elections
- United States government group chat leak
- The Atlantic magazine releases the full text of a Signal group chat involving senior U.S. national security officials about recent strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. In the conversation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provides exact times of warplane launches, strike packages, and targets. (CBC)
- The High Court in Seoul, South Korea, clears Democratic Party of Korea leader Lee Jae-myung of charges of violating election laws, allowing him to run in the next South Korean presidential election, where he is heavily favored to win. (DW) (Maeil Business Newspaper)
Science and technology
- Scientists discover Mongolian dinosaur Duonychus tsogtbaatari. (NBC News)
March 25, 2025 (Tuesday)
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)
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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)
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites
- 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)
- Darfur campaign
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. [1]
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)
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