Portal:Current events/2025 March 18
March 18, 2025 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
- The Israeli military conducts airstrikes and artillery shelling across several regions of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 404 Palestinians and wounding 560 more. The shellings represent the largest attack of the Gaza war since the beginning of a ceasefire which came into effect on 19 January. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
- March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Red Sea crisis
- The Israeli military intercepts a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis from Yemen at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel. (Middle East Monitor) (Times of Israel)
- Gaza war
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to launch an offensive on Belgorod Oblast with five assaults before being stopped by Russian forces, characterizing the alleged attacks as an attempt to discredit U.S. President Donald Trump's peace negotiations. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Somali Civil War
- Attempted assassination of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
- At least ten people are killed and 20 others are injured in an assassination attempt by Al-Shabaab militants targeting Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud near Villa Somalia on the road to Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Idil News)
- Attempted assassination of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
International relations
- February 2025 Putin–Trump call
- U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agree to an immediate energy infrastructure ceasefire in Ukraine during a phone call, with additional negotiations to begin immediately on a permanent settlement of the conflict. Putin stated that the end of all foreign military and intelligence support to Ukraine would be one condition of such a settlement. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- 2025 Nagpur violence
- A curfew is imposed in parts of Nagpur in Maharashtra, India, after Hindu groups demanded the removal of the tomb of Aurangzeb, a 17th-century Mughal emperor, sparking violence. (BBC News)
- The Peruvian government declares a state of emergency in the capital city Lima and deploys military personnel to make patrols to combat increased violent crime rates. (AP)
Politics and elections
- LGBTQ rights in Hungary
- The Hungarian parliament votes 136–27 to ban LGBTQ events in the country, including the annual Budapest Pride event. (DW)
Science and technology
- Boeing Crew Flight Test, SpaceX Crew-9
- Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore return to Earth aboard the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon 2 capsule after nine months on the International Space Station (ISS). The astronauts were originally supposed to be aboard the ISS for eight days but their return was delayed due to technical problems with their Boeing Starliner Calypso capsule. (BBC News)