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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153487" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_%282009%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Somali Civil War</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Shabelle_offensive" target="_blank">2025 Shabelle offensive</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Beledweyne_hotel_attack" target="_blank">2025 Beledweyne hotel attack</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Somali security forces</a> end the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Beledweyne_hotel_attack" target="_blank">24-hour siege</a> at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel" target="_blank">hotel</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beledweyne" target="_blank">Beledweyne</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiran%2C_Somalia" target="_blank">Hiran</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" target="_blank">Somalia</a>, with more than fifteen civilians and all six <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_%28militant_group%29" target="_blank">Al-Shabaab</a> attackers killed. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gdjd57lro.amp" target="_blank">(BBC)</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/somalia-attack-cairo-hotel-beledweyne-shabab-siege-54575e8873eae84990b61f75b4fa2811?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=share" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Following the attack, over 100 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Parliament_of_Somalia" target="_blank">Somali Parliament</a> members urge <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Somalia" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Sheikh_Mohamud" target="_blank">Hassan Sheikh Mohamud</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resign" target="_blank">resign</a>, citing leadership failures amid worsening security and governance crises. <a href="https://www.idilnews.com/over-100-somali-lawmakers-demand-hassan-sheikh-mohamuds-resignation-amid-beledweyne-hotel-attack/" target="_blank">(Idil News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" target="_blank">Syrian civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Syria_clashes_%28December_2024%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Western Syria clashes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_massacres_of_Syrian_Alawites" target="_blank">2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2025_Western_Syria_clashes" target="_blank">March 2025 Western Syria clashes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Observatory_for_Human_Rights" target="_blank">Syrian Observatory for Human Rights</a> documents three further <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_killing" target="_blank">reprisal massacres</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alawites" target="_blank">Alawite</a> minority communities on 12 March in which 158 civilians were killed, totaling 1,383 civilian deaths as a result of fifty separate massacres conducted with no legal deterrent in western <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" target="_blank">Syria</a> since 6 March. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/at-least-1-383-civilians-killed-in-syria-violence-new-monitor-toll-114f3900" target="_blank">(Barron's)</a> <a href="https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b5%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%88%d8%ab%d9%82-3-%d9%85%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%b2%d8%b1-%d8%ac%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%a5%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%a7/752798/" target="_blank">(SOHR)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Balochistan" target="_blank">Insurgency in Balochistan</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Jaffar_Express_hijacking" target="_blank">2025 Jaffar Express hijacking</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Security forces rescue all passengers and security personnel from yesterday's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carjacking" target="_blank">hijacking</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffar_Express" target="_blank">Jaffar Express</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_train" target="_blank">passenger train</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_Liberation_Army" target="_blank">Balochistan Liberation Army</a> (BLA). The Pakistan Army confirms the deaths of all 33 BLA militants, as well as 21 passengers, 4 soldiers and the train driver. <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/pakistan/pakistan-train-attack-live-baloch-liberation-army-train-hijack-dead-army-9881065/" target="_blank">(Indian Express)</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/12/pakistan-forces-continue-operation-to-free-hundreds-from-hijacked-train" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_offensive_%282024%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Kursk offensive</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces" target="_blank">Russian troops</a> backed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_air_support" target="_blank">close air support</a> enter the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudzha" target="_blank">Sudzha</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Oblast" target="_blank">Kursk Oblast</a>, ending seven months of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_occupation_of_Kursk_Oblast" target="_blank">Ukrainian occupation</a>. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/russia-reportedly-enters-ukraine-held-sudzha-in-kursk-oblast-kyiv-hasn-t-confirmed/ar-AA1ALhDd" target="_blank">(MSN)</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-verge-losing-kursk-pocket-its-foothold-inside-russia-2025-03-12/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_%28Russia%29" target="_blank">Chief of the Russian General Staff</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Gerasimov" target="_blank">Valery Gerasimov</a> says that remaining Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast are completely surrounded. <a href="https://en.protothema.gr/2025/03/12/putin-visits-kursk-in-camouflage-uniform-a-day-after-u-s-kyiv-ceasefire-deal-ukrainian-forces-encircled/" target="_blank">(Proto Thema)</a></li>
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</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_trade_war_with_Canada_and_Mexico" target="_blank">2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_relations" target="_blank">Canada–United States relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canadian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_%28Canada%29" target="_blank">finance minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_LeBlanc" target="_blank">Dominic LeBlanc</a> announces retaliatory <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs" target="_blank">tariffs</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD%24" target="_blank">CAD$</a>29.8 billion (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US%24" target="_blank">US$</a>20.7 billion) of goods from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_President" target="_blank">U.S. President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> announced additional tariffs on Canadian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalworking" target="_blank">metals</a>. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/canada-announces-tariffs-on-207-billion-of-us-goods/a-71896104" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The City Court in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi" target="_blank">Tbilisi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29" target="_blank">Georgia</a>, convicts former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Georgia" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili" target="_blank">Mikheil Saakashvili</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embezzlement" target="_blank">embezzlement</a> and sentences him to nine years in prison. The court also fines former head of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_State_Protection_Service_of_Georgia" target="_blank">Special State Protection Service</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teimuraz_Janashia" target="_blank">Teimuraz Janashia</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_lari" target="_blank">₾</a>300,000 ({{Euro}}99,936) in connection to the case. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/georgia-ex-president-saakashvili-jailed-for-9-more-years/a-71896528" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
</ul>Sports<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_FIS_Ski_Jumping_World_Cup" target="_blank">2024–25 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Norwegian ski jumpers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius_Lindvik" target="_blank">Marius Lindvik</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Andr%C3%A9_Forfang" target="_blank">Johann André Forfang</a> are suspended by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Ski_and_Snowboard_Federation" target="_blank">FIS</a> and will not participate during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_Air" target="_blank">Raw Air</a>, because of the ongoing investigation of the manipulation of the ski equipment. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sports/ski-jumping-norwegian-ski-jumpers-suspended-amid-equipment-investigation-2025-03-12/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_March_12" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153487, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_%282009%E2%80%93present%29']Somali Civil War[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Shabelle_offensive']2025 Shabelle offensive[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Beledweyne_hotel_attack']2025 Beledweyne hotel attack[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Armed_Forces']Somali security forces[/URL] end the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Beledweyne_hotel_attack']24-hour siege[/URL] at a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel']hotel[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beledweyne']Beledweyne[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiran%2C_Somalia']Hiran[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia']Somalia[/URL], with more than fifteen civilians and all six [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_%28militant_group%29']Al-Shabaab[/URL] attackers killed. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gdjd57lro.amp'](BBC)[/URL] [URL='https://apnews.com/article/somalia-attack-cairo-hotel-beledweyne-shabab-siege-54575e8873eae84990b61f75b4fa2811?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share'](AP)[/URL] [*]Following the attack, over 100 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Parliament_of_Somalia']Somali Parliament[/URL] members urge [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Somalia']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Sheikh_Mohamud']Hassan Sheikh Mohamud[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resign']resign[/URL], citing leadership failures amid worsening security and governance crises. [URL='https://www.idilnews.com/over-100-somali-lawmakers-demand-hassan-sheikh-mohamuds-resignation-amid-beledweyne-hotel-attack/'](Idil News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war']Syrian civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Syria_clashes_%28December_2024%E2%80%93present%29']Western Syria clashes[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_massacres_of_Syrian_Alawites']2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2025_Western_Syria_clashes']March 2025 Western Syria clashes[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Observatory_for_Human_Rights']Syrian Observatory for Human Rights[/URL] documents three further [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_killing']reprisal massacres[/URL] against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alawites']Alawite[/URL] minority communities on 12 March in which 158 civilians were killed, totaling 1,383 civilian deaths as a result of fifty separate massacres conducted with no legal deterrent in western [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria']Syria[/URL] since 6 March. [URL='https://www.barrons.com/news/at-least-1-383-civilians-killed-in-syria-violence-new-monitor-toll-114f3900'](Barron's)[/URL] [URL='https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%b5%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%88%d8%ab%d9%82-3-%d9%85%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%b2%d8%b1-%d8%ac%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%a5%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%a7/752798/'](SOHR)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Balochistan']Insurgency in Balochistan[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Jaffar_Express_hijacking']2025 [I]Jaffar Express[/I] hijacking[/URL] [LIST] [*]Security forces rescue all passengers and security personnel from yesterday's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carjacking']hijacking[/URL] of the [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffar_Express']Jaffar Express[/URL][/I] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_train']passenger train[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL] by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_Liberation_Army']Balochistan Liberation Army[/URL] (BLA). The Pakistan Army confirms the deaths of all 33 BLA militants, as well as 21 passengers, 4 soldiers and the train driver. [URL='https://indianexpress.com/article/pakistan/pakistan-train-attack-live-baloch-liberation-army-train-hijack-dead-army-9881065/'](Indian Express)[/URL] [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/12/pakistan-forces-continue-operation-to-free-hundreds-from-hijacked-train'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_offensive_%282024%E2%80%93present%29']Kursk offensive[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Ground_Forces']Russian troops[/URL] backed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_air_support']close air support[/URL] enter the town of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudzha']Sudzha[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Oblast']Kursk Oblast[/URL], ending seven months of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_occupation_of_Kursk_Oblast']Ukrainian occupation[/URL]. [URL='https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/russia-reportedly-enters-ukraine-held-sudzha-in-kursk-oblast-kyiv-hasn-t-confirmed/ar-AA1ALhDd'](MSN)[/URL] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-verge-losing-kursk-pocket-its-foothold-inside-russia-2025-03-12/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_%28Russia%29']Chief of the Russian General Staff[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Gerasimov']Valery Gerasimov[/URL] says that remaining Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast are completely surrounded. [URL='https://en.protothema.gr/2025/03/12/putin-visits-kursk-in-camouflage-uniform-a-day-after-u-s-kyiv-ceasefire-deal-ukrainian-forces-encircled/']([I]Proto Thema[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_trade_war_with_Canada_and_Mexico']2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_relations']Canada–United States relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada']Canadian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_%28Canada%29']finance minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_LeBlanc']Dominic LeBlanc[/URL] announces retaliatory [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs']tariffs[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD%24']CAD$[/URL]29.8 billion ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US%24']US$[/URL]20.7 billion) of goods from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_President']U.S. President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump']Donald Trump[/URL] announced additional tariffs on Canadian [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalworking']metals[/URL]. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/canada-announces-tariffs-on-207-billion-of-us-goods/a-71896104'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*]The City Court in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi']Tbilisi[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29']Georgia[/URL], convicts former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Georgia']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili']Mikheil Saakashvili[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embezzlement']embezzlement[/URL] and sentences him to nine years in prison. The court also fines former head of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_State_Protection_Service_of_Georgia']Special State Protection Service[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teimuraz_Janashia']Teimuraz Janashia[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_lari']₾[/URL]300,000 ({{Euro}}99,936) in connection to the case. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/georgia-ex-president-saakashvili-jailed-for-9-more-years/a-71896528'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Sports[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_FIS_Ski_Jumping_World_Cup']2024–25 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup[/URL] [LIST] [*]Norwegian ski jumpers [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius_Lindvik']Marius Lindvik[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Andr%C3%A9_Forfang']Johann André Forfang[/URL] are suspended by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Ski_and_Snowboard_Federation']FIS[/URL] and will not participate during [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_Air']Raw Air[/URL], because of the ongoing investigation of the manipulation of the ski equipment. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/sports/ski-jumping-norwegian-ski-jumpers-suspended-amid-equipment-investigation-2025-03-12/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_March_12"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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