Armed conflicts and attacks
Somali civil war
At least ten people are killed after five Al-Shabaab militants detonate a car bomb and attack a hotel in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia. (BBC News) (First Post)
Syrian civil war
2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the killings of 132 Alawite civilians, totaling 1,225 civilian deaths as a result of forty-seven separate massacres in western Syria since 6 March. (BBC News)
War against the Islamic State
Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
Puntland counter-terrorism operations
Around 2,500 rural families who depend on frankincense harvesting have been displaced by ongoing War between Puntland forces and Islamic State militants in Cal Miskaad mountain ranges of Bari Region, Puntland. (Hiiraan Online)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine launches a massive drone attack on Moscow, the largest inside Russia since the start of the war. At least three people are killed and 18 others are injured. Multiple fires are reported throughout the city and flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport are suspended. (BBC News) (Reuters)
Russia claims its air defences have shot down at least 337 Ukrainian drones overnight across 10 oblasts. (The Journal)
Russia announces that the Russian military in the previous several days retook multiple villages in Kursk Oblast up to the outskirts of Sudzha, the main town occupied by the Ukrainian military, as Ukrainian forces withdraw to avoid encirclement. (Reuters) (Al Arabiya)
A Russian missile strike on a cargo ship carrying a shipment of grain to Algeria at the Port of Odesa, kills four crew members and severely damages the vessel. (Trade Winds News)
United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The United States government lifts its suspension on sharing intelligence and military aid to Ukraine. (AP)
Insurgency in Balochistan
The Jaffar Express passenger train traveling from Quetta to Peshawar in Pakistan is hijacked by the Balochistan Liberation Army, with over 440 people being taken hostage. The BLA claims it killed more than 30 Pakistan Army personnel. (News18) (ARY News)
Business and economy
2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he will raise tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium imports from 25% to 50%. (BBC News)
Ontario Premier Doug Ford suspends planned surcharges on electricity in the US. Trump backs off afterwards, though his original plan to impose 25% tariffs will go as planned. (AP)
Trump's trade counselor Peter Navarro says that 50% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum won't take effect on Wednesday. (Reuters)