Portal:Current events/2015 March 21
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March 21, 2015 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni crisis
- The United States military evacuates the remaining 100 Special Operations forces members in the country due to the deteriorating security situation. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- 2014–15 Australian region cyclone season
- Residents living on the east coast of the Northern Territory prepare for the second tropical cyclone to hit the area in a month as Tropical Cyclone Nathan is likely to make landfall tomorrow morning. (ABC News Australia)
- A fire in Brooklyn, New York kills seven children and leaves two others critically injured. (The New York Times) (AP)
- An Egyptian accident in which a bus falls off of a bridge and plunges into a canal near Giza city kills at least 35 people. (NEWS.CO.AU)