Sunday

March 22, 2015

Armed conflicts and attacks

Yemeni crisis

The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Yemen as the United States removes all remaining personnel. (Fox News)

Shia Houthis rebels capture the strategically important city of Ta'izz. (BBC)

War in North-West Pakistan

The Pakistan Army claims to have killed 80 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan fighters in fighting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in recent days while the Taliban claims to have killed at least six soldiers. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)

Syrian Civil War

A Syrian Armed Forces helicopter crashes in Jabal al-Zawiya in the Idlib Governorate resulting in the death of one crew member and the capture of four. (BBC)

Arts and culture

The remains of King Richard III of England, that were discovered in a car park in Leicester in 2012, arrive at Leicester Cathedral ahead of a burial on March 26. (BBC)