Current events: 2025-03-15

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Red Sea crisis
  • U.S. President Donald Trump orders a series of airstrikes on Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. (AP)
• Myanmar civil war
  • At least 27 people are killed and 30 others are injured in an airstrike by the Myanmar Military in Let Pan Hla near Mandalay, Myanmar. (CTV News)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, Killing of journalists in the Gaza war
    • Israeli airstrikes kill at least nine Palestinians, including several journalists, and injures several others in Beit Lahia, North Gaza Governorate, Gaza. (UPI)
  • Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine
    • UNICEF reports that 1-in-3 children in the North Gaza are malnourished due to the Israeli blockade stopping all humanitarian aid, describing the situation as "catastrophic". (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Sino-Metals Leach Zambia dam disaster
  • Environmental investigators determine that the February 2025 failure of a tailings dam owned by a Chinese copper mining company dumped 50 million liters of highly toxic waste into the Kafue River basin, killing ecosystems up to 100 km (62 mi) downstream and impacting the water supply, fishing activities, and irrigation of 60% of Zambia's population. (The Independent)
• Dao Khanong Expressway Bridge collapse
  • Seven people are killed, sixteen others are injured, and at least thirty people are missing after an elevated section under construction of the {{ill|Dao Khanong Expressway Bridge|th|ทางพิเศษสายพระราม 3-ดาวคะนอง-วงแหวนรอบนอกตะวันตก}} collapses onto a section of the Chaloem Maha Nakhon Expressway in Bangkok, Thailand. (The Star)
• Tornado outbreak of March 14-15, 2025
  • The death toll from the tornado outbreak in the United States rises to 28 people. (AP)

International relations

• Thailand–United States relations, Persecution of Uyghurs in China
  • United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces visa restrictions against former and current Thai officials who were involved in deporting at least 40 Uyghur men who were seeking asylum back to China, despite concerns that they could face persecution. (Nikkei Asia)

Politics and elections

• Indonesian lawmakers meet at a luxury hotel Fairmont instead of their designated building amidst budget cut. They are allegedly to secretly discuss on military law revisions that would bring back dwifungsi, a doctrine that allows military personnel hold civilian positions. Civil activists try to stop the meeting but are hindered by hotel securities. (Kompas.com) (Tempo)

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