Current events: 2025-03-28

Wikipedia Current Events · Friday at 8:19 PM

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

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)

Privacy & Transparency