Current events: 2025-03-28

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  • 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement
    • The Israel Defense Forces strikes southern Beirut, Lebanon, for the first time since November 2024, after projectiles were fired from Lebanon. (CNN)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Dnipro strikes
    • A Russian drone attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, kills four people and wounds 15 others. Multiple buildings on the city are reported to be ablaze, including a hotel, resort, a restaurant complex and numerous apartments. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Myanmar earthquake
  • 2025 Bangkok skyscraper collapse
    • An under-construction skyscraper collapses in Bangkok, Thailand, with at least 90 people missing and reportedly trapped under the rubble. (Sky News) (The Irish News)
  • A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Sagaing, Myanmar, with significant damages reported as far away as Bangkok, Thailand. At least 181 people are killed in Myanmar and ten more in Thailand. A state of emergency is declared by the ruling military junta in Myanmar. (NBC News)
  • The Ava Bridge in Mandalay Region, Myanmar, partially collapses as a result of the earthquake. (News18)
• According to Russian authorities the sinking of yesterdays {{ship||Sindbad|submarine|2}} submarine, killing six Russian people, happened already during boarding and not due to a collision as reported. (The National News)

International relations

• Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland
  • U.S. Vice President JD Vance and several other senior Trump administration officials visit the Pituffik Space Base, a United States Space Force facility in Greenland. (NPR)

Law and crime

• Arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu
  • Turkish authorities detain Mehmet Pehlivan, a lawyer who represents opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu in the ongoing investigation, and later released him. (Reuters)

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