Portal:Current events/2025 March 9

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Western Syria clashes
    • 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
      • One war monitor says that over 1,300 Syrians are killed within 72 hours amid ongoing clashes between the transitional government and pro-Assad forces, including at least 973 Alawites, Christians, and civilians of other religious minorities killed in reprisal massacres by fighters associated with the Syrian Transitional Government. (NPR) (BBC News)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
    • The Israeli military cuts off the electric power distribution supply for the Gaza Strip, affecting over 2 million Palestinians and causing a desalination plant that supplies drinking water to reduce its water output. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine, France–Ukraine relations, France–Russia relations
    • French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu says that France will use €195 million in interest from Russian assets to fund a military aid package to Ukraine. (Reuters)
• War against the Islamic State
  • Kivu conflict, 2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
    • Nine people are killed by Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic Forces rebels in Lubero Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)

Business and economy

• More than 40,000 passengers at Hamburg Airport in Hamburg, Germany, are affected and flights are cancelled after a worker protest organized by the trade union ver.di. (CTV News)

Disasters and accidents

• A Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft carrying five people crashes in a retirement community in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania, United States, shortly after taking off from Lancaster Airport. (CNN) (LNP)
• The death toll from floods in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, increases to 16. (La Nación)

Law and crime

• Reactions to the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student who played a prominent role during pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, and revoke his green card and student visa. (BBC News)
• The United States Secret Service shoots and arrests an armed man outside the White House in Washington, D.C. following a confrontation with law enforcement. (NBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
  • Mark Carney wins a landslide victory in the Liberal Party leadership election, with 86.85% of the vote, becoming prime minister–designate of Canada, replacing Justin Trudeau. (CBC News)
• 2025 Romanian presidential election
  • Nationalist candidate Călin Georgescu, the first-round winner in the 2024 election, is barred from running in the 2025 election by the Central Electoral Bureau. (G4 Media)
  • In Bucharest, Romania, protests erupt in front of the Electoral Bureau with clashes with the police. (AP)

Sports

• In American football, Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett becomes the highest paid non-quarterback in the National Football League after agreeing to a deal with the Browns that totals his salary at $40 million per year. (ESPN)
• In international cricket, India wins the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy by defeating New Zealand in the final. (AP)