Current events: 2025-03-10

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Western Syria clashes
    • 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
      • The number of reported civilians killed by extrajudicial massacres in western Syria rises to 1,068, the majority of whom are Alawites in addition to several Christians. (France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 North Sea ship collision
  • An oil tanker is reportedly on fire in the North Sea off the coast of Kingston upon Hull, England, after colliding with a cargo ship. Thirty-seven crew members are rescued by search and rescue boats, with 32 injured and one hospitalized when brought to shore. (BBC News) (DW)

Business and economy

• 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces that the province will charge 25% more for electricity supplied to the United States, which includes the states of Michigan, Minnesota, and New York. (AP)
  • British Columbia Premier David Eby announces that the province will ban all United States imported alcohol within government-operated liquor stores. (CBC News)

• Economy of the United States
  • U.S. stocks experience a relatively steep drop as the Nasdaq Composite falls 4% and the S&P 500 falls 2.7%. Economists attribute the drop to recent all-time highs, recession fears, and concerns about a potential U.S. government shutdown and the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. (Reuters)

International relations

• 2025 Organization of American States Secretary General election
  • The Organization of American States elects Albert Ramdin of Suriname to serve as its secretary general for the 2025–2030 period. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 Spanish floods
  • A court charges the dismissed Valencian regional minister {{ill|Salomé Pradas|es}} and the former regional secretary of Emergencies for the management of emergency warnings during the floods that caused 228 deaths in October 2024 in the Valencian Community. (El País)
• International Criminal Court investigation in the Philippines, Philippine drug war
  • Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte says he will accept arrest if the International Criminal Court issues a warrant over his deadly war on drugs campaign. He is in Hong Kong to attend a campaign rally to address Filipino migrant workers ahead of the 2025 Senate elections. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Syrian peace process
  • The Syrian transitional government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sign a ceasefire and a deal to integrate the SDF into state institutions and bring the Rojava region under government control. (Al Jazeera) (France24)

Science and technology

• Twitter under Elon Musk
  • X, formerly known as Twitter, suffers from multiple global system outages, as owner Elon Musk claims that the site is being targeted in a "massive cyberattack". (AP)

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