Current events: 2025-03-18

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    • March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
      • The Israeli military conducts airstrikes and artillery shelling across several regions of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 404 Palestinians and wounding 560 more. The shellings represent the largest attack of the Gaza war since the beginning of a ceasefire which came into effect on 19 January. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia's Ministry of Defense claims that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to launch an offensive on Belgorod Oblast with five assaults before being stopped by Russian forces, characterizing the alleged attacks as an attempt to discredit U.S. President Donald Trump's peace negotiations. (The Kyiv Independent)
• Somali Civil War
  • Attempted assassination of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
    • At least ten people are killed and 20 others are injured in an assassination attempt by Al-Shabaab militants targeting Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud near Villa Somalia on the road to Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Idil News)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agree to an immediate energy infrastructure ceasefire in Ukraine during a phone call, with additional negotiations to begin immediately on a permanent settlement of the conflict. Putin stated that the end of all foreign military and intelligence support to Ukraine would be one condition of such a settlement. (ABC News)

Law and crime

• The Peruvian government declares a state of emergency in the capital city Lima and deploys military personnel to make patrols to combat increased violent crime rates. (AP)

Politics and elections

• LGBTQ rights in Hungary
  • The Hungarian parliament votes 136–27 to ban LGBTQ events in the country, including the annual Budapest Pride event. (DW)

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