Portal:Current events/2025 March 29

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Gaza war
    • March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
      • The Israeli Defense Forces launch a new ground offensive on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • March 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
      • One person is killed and four more are injured by U.S. military airstrikes in the Saada Governorate, Yemen. (Yahoo News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • A Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine, kills two people and injures 30 others, including five children. A shopping centre, multi-story residential buildings, a medical facility, and an office building were among those targeted. (Ukrainska Pravda)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Ten civilians are killed in an alleged anti-insurgents security operation in Katlang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Pakistani government reports that circumstances will be investigated. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Brooklyn Park TBM-700 crash
  • A SOCATA TBM-700 crashes into an unoccupied house in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States, killing everyone on board. (FOX9 News)
• One person is killed and four others are injured in an explosion at a factory in İzmir, Turkey. (Caliber)

Law and crime

• Protests against Donald Trump
  • Protests against Elon Musk, Protests against the second presidency of Donald Trump
    • Protests are held at Tesla dealerships across the United States, Canada, and Europe to protest against DOGE chief and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's role in the second Trump administration. (Taipei Times) (AP)
• Gaza war protests
  • Security forces open fire at a pro-Palestine march organized by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, in Abuja, Nigeria, killing five people and arresting 19 more. A policeman is killed in the subsequent clashes. (AP)
• Four people are injured in a stabbing attack in Trondheim, Norway, with the perpetrator being arrested. (Euro Weekly News)

Politics and elections

• Second Syrian transitional government
  • Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announces the creation of a new transitional government, following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. (Reuters)