Wednesday, March 19, 2025

March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip

The Israeli military conducts multiple airstrikes on Rafah and Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, killing at least 60 Palestinians.

March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip

The United Nations reports that a UN official is killed and five others are wounded in a strike on a guesthouse. The UN states that the perpetrator is unclear at this time.

March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip

The Israeli Defense Forces re-take the Netzarim Corridor, preventing the movement of Palestinians between the northern and southern sides of Gaza.

2025 Walikale offensive

M23 rebels enter Walikale, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after overrunning Congolese Army positions north of the town.

Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia is attempting to discredit U.S. President Donald Trump's peace negotiations after Russian Armed Forces launched drone attacks on Kyiv overnight after talks between the U.S. and Russia.

Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Russian Ministry of Defense says Ukraine violated the energy infrastructure ceasefire reached by presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin by launching a drone attack on an oil depot in Krasnodar Krai.

Iran–United States relations

U.S. government sources reveal that President Donald Trump's letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei from two weeks ago contained a deadline of two months for reaching a new deal on Iran's nuclear program.

2025 Turkish anti-government protests

Protests accusing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government of democratic backsliding erupt in Istanbul, Turkiye, following the arrest of leading opposition candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu and more than 100 other individuals broadly associated with the political opposition.

Arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu

Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is also the main opposition figure against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is arrested by Turkish Police along with more than 100 other people for alleged corruption and aiding terrorism.

Dakota Access Pipeline protests

A jury in North Dakota, United States, orders Greenpeace to pay at least $660 million to Energy Transfer Partners, the company responsible for the Dakota Access Pipeline, after ETP sued the organization for holding protests near Standing Rock Reservation concerning the violation of indigenous sovereignty of Native Americans.

Rohingya conflict

Bangladesh Police arrest Ataullah abu Ammar Jununi, the leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, a Rohingya insurgent group, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, accusing him of leading and carrying out attacks against the Tatmadaw since 2016 along with charges of illegal entry, murder, and sabotage.

Prosper family murders

Nicholas Prosper, a 19-year-old who was convicted of killing three family members and plotting a school shooting in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, in 2024, is sentenced to minimum of 49 years in prison without parole.

Justice

Four people are injured in a stabbing attack in Atwater, California.

2025 Arnhem city fire

Authorities begin demolishing façades of historic buildings, including those that survived the Battle of Arnhem, following a fire in the city in the Netherlands on March 6.

Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling

The Italian Coast Guard retrieves the bodies of six migrants, rescues 10 people, while 40 others remain missing after a dinghy carrying 56 people capsizes off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy, after departing from Sfax, Tunisia.

Disasters

At least two people die in flash floods in Constantina and one dies in Córdoba in Andalusia, Spain.

Business

Santander UK announces the closure of 95 bank branches in the United Kingdom with the loss of up to 750 jobs expected. The bank says the closures are required as a result of more customers using online banking.