Tuesday,  March 25th, 2025 

Thousands of Palestinian men in northern Gaza Strip take part in the largest anti-Hamas protests since the start of the Gaza war, chanting slogans criticizing Hamas and calling for the war’s end. (CNN) 

Over 1,400 Turkish civilians, including several journalists, are detained for participating in anti-government protests. (CNN) 

A statement by social media company X (formerly Twitter) expresses that it objects to “multiple court orders” from the Government of Turkey to block more than 700 accounts belonging to opposition political figures, journalists, news outlets, and student protesters. (BBC News) 

A Signal group chat containing many of President Trump’s cabinet, discussing several topics including potential strikes in Yemen, is discovered after journalist Jeffrey Goldberg is accidentally added to it. (CNN) 

American genetic testing company 23andMe files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announces plans to sell its assets. (AP) 

The United States says that Russia and Ukraine agree to cease all military attacks in the Black Sea to ensure safe passage for commercial shipping, while Russia says that it needs guarantees and an order from the U.S. to Ukraine to respect such a deal. (BBC News) 

Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko is sworn in for his 7th term as the President of Belarus after winning 85.7% of the votes in the presidential election in January. (AP)

At least 54 people are killed in a Sudanese military airstrike on a market in Tora village, Darfur, Sudan. (CTV News) 

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) announces that it has documented the names of 1,628 mainly-Alawite Syrian civilians who were killed in sectarian massacres by pro-Syrian government forces, in addition to several more missing civilians and bodies. (SOHR) 

A wildfire in Uiseong County, South Korea, spreads uncontrollably to the north and east, resulting in at least 16 deaths and forcing tens of thousands of civilians to evacuate. (AP) 

The Tokyo District Court orders the Unification Church to dissolve as a religious organization in Japan. It is the first religious group to be given a revocation order in modern Japanese history. (DW)

Two Alpha Jet planes from the French display team Patrouille de France crash after a mid-air collision during rehearsals. (france24) 

Monday,  March 24th, 2025 

Several hundreds of thousands of anti-Erdoğan government protesters demonstrate outside of Istanbul City Hall, with the nationwide protests becoming the largest Turkish political demonstration movement in over a decade. (AP) 

Over 1,100 Turkish anti-government protesters have been detained since the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan accusing the demonstrations of being a “movement of violence”. (Reuters) (The Guardian) 

The U.S. military launches air raids across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen overnight, killing at least four people and injuring 13 others in the capital city Sanaa. (Middle East Eye) 

Ninety people are injured, including 17 children, in a Russian missile attack on a hospital, a school, and a residential area in Sumy, Ukraine. (Le Monde) 

A Ukrainian artillery strike kills six people, including several journalists from Russia’s Izvestia newspaper and Zvezda state media network in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

The United States and Russia conclude talks focusing on a ceasefire for the Black Sea between Kyiv and Moscow. (Reuters) 

British supermarket chain Morrisons announces that it will permanently close 52 cafés and 17 stores as part of cost-cutting measures, with the loss of at least 365 jobs expected. (BBC News) 

Greenlandic prime minister Múte Bourup Egede says a planned visit to the island by senior American officials, including National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and Second Lady Usha Vance, is “highly aggressive” and was designed to “demonstrate power over us”. (CNN) 

The Constitutional Court of South Korea dismisses the impeachment motion of prime minister Han Duck-soo by the National Assembly of South Korea in a 7–1 vote. (Yonhap) 

One man is killed and another person wounded in a combined ramming, stabbing, and shooting attack by an unidentified assailant at a bus stop in Yokneam Illit, Israel. (Reuters) 

Sunday, March 23rd, 2025 

U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz says that the U.S. wants the “full dismantlement” of Iran’s nuclear program and that “all options are on the table.” (Reuters) 

The Israel Defense Forces report that they intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis from Yemen, which triggered sirens across central Israel. (Times of Israel) 

Hamas announces that an Israeli airstrike killed Salah al-Bardawil, a top member of the group’s political bureau. (BBC News) 

Hamas says that an Israeli airstrike killed Ismail Barhoum, a member of the group’s political bureau; the strike bombed the operating theater at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, where Barhoum was receiving treatment after sustaining critical injuries in an air strike targeting his home in Khan Yunis last Tuesday. (France 24) 

Seven people are killed and dozens are injured across Ukraine by overnight Russian drone strikes, including three civilians killed in Kyiv. (CTV News) 

Ukrainian troops reportedly recapture the village of Nadiia, Luhansk Oblast. (Kyiv Post) 

At least six police officers are killed and five others are injured in an al-Shabaab attack on a police reservists camp in Fafi, Garissa, Kenya. Dozens of militants are also killed. (Garowe Online) 

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