Portal:Current events/2025 March 28

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, violating the ceasefire agreement. (CNN)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Dnipro strikes
    • A Russian drone attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, kills four people and wounds 19 others. Multiple buildings in the city are reported to be ablaze, including a hotel, resort, a restaurant complex and numerous apartments. (Reuters)
• Red Sea crisis
  • March 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
    • At least seven people are injured by U.S. military airstrikes in the Yemeni capital city Sanaa. (Euronews)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Myanmar earthquake
  • 2025 Bangkok skyscraper collapse
    • An under-construction government office skyscraper collapses in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least six people and leaving more than 101 others missing and trapped under the rubble. (CTV News)
  • A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Sagaing, Myanmar, with significant damages reported as far away as Bangkok, Thailand. Over 1,000 people are killed in Myanmar and ten more in Thailand. A state of emergency is declared by the Myanmar government. (CNN Live) (NBC News)
  • The Ava Bridge in Mandalay Region, Myanmar, partially collapses as a result of the earthquake. (News18)
• 2025 Red Sea tourist submarine disaster
  • Russian authorities say that yesterday's sinking of the Sindbad submarine in Hurghada, Egypt, killing six Russians, happened during boarding and not due to a collision as reported. (The National)

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 representing opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu in the ongoing investigation, and later release him. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Nepalese pro-monarchy protests
  • Supporters of former King of Nepal Gyanendra clash with riot police in Kathmandu, Nepal, leaving two people dead and several others injured. (AP)