Wednesday

March 25, 2015

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

The Afghan National Army kills twenty-nine insurgents and injures twenty-one others in a series of operations in Daikundi, Ghazni, and Parwan provinces during the past 24 hours. (Tolonews)

Aftermath of the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état

Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi flees Yemen in a boat after Houthi rebels besiege the government's temporary capital of Aden in the southern part of the country. (AP)

2015 military intervention in Yemen

The Gulf Cooperation Council announces its intervention in Yemen and Saudi Arabia begins launching airstrikes against Houthi forces and installations. (CBS News)

Arts and culture

The BBC sacks Jeremy Clarkson, one of the three presenters for the television program Top Gear. (BBC)

British singer and songwriter Zayn Malik leaves popular boyband One Direction. (The Independent)