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- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The U.S. 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 reprisal massacres by pro-Syrian government forces, in addition to several more missing civilians and bodies. (SOHR)
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites
- Sudanese civil war
- At least 54 people are killed in a military airstrike on a local market in Tora village, Darfur, Sudan. (CTV News)
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 9 deaths and forcing tens of thousands of civilians to evacuate. (Yonhap) (AP)
- A worker died on the construction site of Aramco Stadium in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, one of the venues set to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup. (CTV News)
International relations
- Canada–United States relations
- The Alaska House of Representatives votes on a resolution that supports Canada's sovereignty, opposes restrictive trade measures between the United States and Canada, and calls for the trade war between the two countries to cool off. (Alaska Beacon) (High North News)
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 South Korean 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. International election monitors declare the election as neither free nor fair. (AP) (The New York Times)
- 2025 Gazan anti-Hamas protests
- Thousands of people in northern Gaza Strip take part in the largest anti-Hamas protests since the start of the Gaza war, chanting “For god’s sake, Hamas out,” “Hamas terrorists” and “We want an end to the war.” (CNN)
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