| See how this works ====== |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart!  |
| FEBRUARY 22ND SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Hamas releases six living hostages, including pre-war hostages Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, both captive for more than nine years >Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders the delay of the release of 620 Palestinian prisoners indefinitely, citing the "humiliating" procedure of the hostages' release >Houthi forces launch surface-to-air missiles at a U.S. fighter jet and MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Red Sea for the first time with both missiles missing their target KIVU WAR >Hundreds of Congolese police officers join the M23 movement in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the rebel group consolidates its control of the city. Around 1,800 police officers have surrendered their weapons to the new authorities, according to the Congo River Alliance MALI WAR >The Tuareg independence movement accuses Malian soldiers and Wagner Group mercenaries of killing 24 civilians, which constitutes a war crime MISC >One person is killed and five others are injured in a mass stabbing attack by a 37-year-old man at a market in Mulhouse, France. The stabbing is being treated as a suspected Islamic terrorist attack >8 people are killed and 84 others are injured after a roof collapses at the Real Plaza Trujillo shopping mall in Trujillo, Peru. The La Libertad government announces a period of mourning from February 22–23 >A bus carrying passengers to a wedding ceremony overturns in Ranhghati, Rajasthan, India, killing two people and injuring 30 others >The Cook Islands signs a five-year memorandum of understanding to collaborate with China in seabed mining, which includes technology transfer, logistics support, and deep-sea ecosystem research >Two people, including a police officer, are killed and seven other people are injured in a mass shooting at the UPMC Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, United States >One person is killed and another is injured in a shooting at the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The FBI is investigating the shooting but it is believed the incident was not an act of terrorism >Mohamed Amra, a French criminal and suspected drug lord known as "The Fly", is recaptured in Romania, nine months after escaping during an ambush that killed two French prison officers >The Vatican City issues a statement informing of the worsening health of Pope Francis after more than a week in hospital due to respiratory problems. Vatican officials say Pope Francis is now in critical condition and that the prognosis "remains guarded" >The Financial Action Task Force removes the Philippines from its grey list and adds Laos and Nepal to the list >A norovirus outbreak with a large number of ill passengers is reported on the MS Iona cruise ship in Belgium |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| FEBRUARY 23RD SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >The Israel Defense Forces deploy tanks into the West Bank for the first time since 2002, declaring that the 40,000 Palestinians who fled refugee camps in the region cannot return >Israel launches airstrikes in the Baalbek area in northeastern Lebanon and other areas in the south of the country >The joint funeral for Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine is held at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that he is ready to resign from the presidency in exchange for NATO accession as part of a potential peace agreement SUDANESE CIVIL WAR >The Sudanese Army recaptures El Geteina, White Nile State, Sudan, after heavy fighting with the Rapid Support Forces >Sudanese officials report that 58 people have been killed and 1,293 people have been affected by a cholera outbreak in Kosti WAR IN SOMALIA >At least three Islamic State fighters are killed in a joint Puntland armed forces–US Africa Command airstrike targeting IS militants hiding in the Cal Miskaad mountains of the Bari Region of Puntland MISC >The University of Newcastle publishes the final findings of its eight-year long attempt to record and map all major massacres of Indigenous Australians during the colonization of Australia, finding that at least 10,000 were killed >American Airlines Flight 292, flying from New York, United States, to New Delhi, India, is forced to divert to Rome Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, due to an unspecified security concern later deemed to be non-credible. The flight was over the Caspian Sea near Turkmenistan when it diverted back towards Europe >Germans vote to elect the 630 members of the 21st Bundestag in Germany's fourth snap election since World War II, with the highest turnout since German reunification. The election was initially scheduled for September 28th but was moved earlier due to the 2024 German government crisis. The opposition CDU/CSU wins a plurality, with 28.5% of the vote and 208 seats. The far-right Alternative for Germany finishes in second place with 20.8% and 152 seats while the governing Social Democratic Party finishes in third place with 16.4% and 120 seats >The Vatican announces that Pope Francis remains in critical condition, with a new diagnosis of mild kidney failure, along with pre-existing conditions pneumonia and other unidentified respiratory diseases |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| FEBRUARY 24TH RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >Protests are held across Europe and Canada to mark the 3rd year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine >The Ryazan Refinery in Ryazan, Russia, suspends operations after an overnight drone attack by Ukraine destroys the main crude distillation unit at the facility. Locals report hearing at least five explosions during the attack >German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz declares the rapid re-militarization of Germany and Europe as a whole to be an immediate priority, in order to provide military support for Ukraine against Russia, as well as to pursue European military independence from the United States and possibly NATO >Three molotov cocktails are thrown at the Russian consulate in Marseille, France. No perpetrators are apprehended, but police suspect terrorism >The United Nations General Assembly votes 93–18, with 65 abstentions, to pass a resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine. The 18 countries that voted against include the United States, Russia, Belarus, and North Korea SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Israel states that it will not allow Syrian forces south of Damascus, calling for Quneitra, Daraa, and Suwayda governorates to be demilitarized SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >Druze militia leaders announce the formation of the Suwayda Military Council as a coalition of southern Syrian forces for promoting regional secularism and democracy. The council accuses the Syrian transitional government of committing ethnic cleansing operations and extrajudicial killings, and vows to prevent Syrian Armed Forces from entering Druze settlements WAR IN SOMALIA >Puntland forces capture key locations, including Dararmadobe, Uraar and the Four Corners of Mountains in Gaatir Oodan, which have served as command and defense bases for the Islamic State. Troops uncover mass graves, including the bodies of senior Middle East Islamic State members killed in UAE and US airstrikes. Vehicles and motorbikes rigged with explosives were found in the Cal Miskaad mountains of Puntland’s Bari Region MISC >American coffeehouse chain Starbucks announces that is cutting 1,100 jobs across its stores in the United States as part of cost reduction measures. The company also announces that its menu will be "simplified" and shrunk by 33% >The Department of State Health Services in Texas, United States, places several major cities in the state on high alert due to a measles outbreak spreads to 99 people in Texas and New Mexico, the third largest outbreak since it was considered eradicated in the US in 2000 >The Australian eSafety Commission fines instant messaging service Telegram A$1 million (US$640,000) for delaying its response to inquiries on preventing child exploitation and extremist content >NASA formally announces that asteroid 2024 YR4 now poses "no significant threat" to Earth in 2032 and beyond as the chances of an impact drops to 1-in-59,000 (0.0017%). This means a planetary defense mission to intercept and deflect the object in 2028 during a close flyby of Earth is no longer necessary |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| FEBRUARY 25TH KIVU WAR >The Congolese military launches an attack against M23-aligned rebels around the town of Minembwe in South Kivu in an effort to recapture it, and claims to have killed four rebel commanders in a drone strike >The UK government suspends financial aid and imposes economic sanctions on several high-ranking Rwandan officials over the country's military support for M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >Ukranian Justice Minister Olha Stefanishyna announces that Ukraine has reached a deal with the United States on mineral resources SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >The Israeli Air Force strikes targets throughout Southern Syria as Israel begins a military operation to "demilitarize" the southern Syrian governorates of Daraa, Suwayda and Quneitra. Syrian state media reports airstrikes near Damascus. At least two people are reportedly killed SUDANESE CIVIL WAR >A Sudanese military plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Wadi Seidna Air Base on the outskirts of the capital Khartoum, killing at least 10 people and injuring several others CASAMANCE CONFLICT >The Senegalese government and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance reach an agreement to end their 40-year conflict at talks mediated by Bissauan President Umaro Sissoco Embalo MISC >The United Kingdom announces an increase in military spending to 2.5% of its GDP by 2027, and 3% by 2034 at the latest. The move comes just before UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is to meet with US President Donald Trump on Thursday in Washington, DC >American fabrics and handicraft supplies retail chain Jo-Ann Stores files its second bankruptcy claim and announces it will close all 800 stores in the 49 states, with liquidation sales beginning immediately >Over 50 people die after an unknown virus outbreak in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo >A nationwide power outage occurs in Chile, impacting most of the country's population and causing the temporary stoppage of several significant industries >At least twelve people are killed by a melioidosis outbreak caused by standing waters from persistent flooding in Queensland, Australia >Four workers are killed and six others are injured when an elevated highway under construction collapses in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea >A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits near the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, with no damage reported >The Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office files a lawsuit against mining corporation Vale SA and the state of Pará for mass metal poisoning that has affected the Xikrin indigenous people, whose Indigenous Territory is located in the state >The Indonesian Attorney General’s Office arrests three executives of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina on charges of corruption and fraud regarding gasoline quality that cost the government more than $11 billion USD >US District Judge for the Western Washington District Court Jamal Whitehead temporarily blocks President Donald Trump's executive order to suspend the Refugee Admissions Program, ruling that President Trump cannot nullify the law passed by Congress, following a lawsuit against the Trump administration by the International Refugee Assistance Project |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| FEBRUARY 27TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >As part of the first stage of the ceasefire deal, Hamas releases the bodies of four Israeli hostages in return for the Israeli government releasing 617 Palestinian prisoners. The second phase of the ceasefire has not been negotiated >Thirteen people are injured in a car-ramming attack in Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel. The suspect, a Palestinian residing in Ma'ale Iron, is later shot and killed by police after an attempted stabbing attack RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >US President Donald Trump meets with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington, DC, for talks that include the Russo-Ukrainian War peace negotiations. Starmer also presented a letter from King Charles III inviting Trump to visit London WAR IN SOMALIA >Villa Somalia security guards open fire on civilians at Lido Beach in Mogadishu while attempting to clear the beach ahead of a visit from Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, killing a teenage boy and wounding several others >Mogadishu enters a security lockdown after several mortars were fired toward Aden Adde International Airport during a visit from Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed >Somali forces regain control of Balad after Al-Shabaab launches a coordinated attack, detonating roadside bombs and briefly seizing the town KIVU WAR >A grenade attack at an M23 rally in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, celebrating their recent victory over government forces in the city, kills at least eleven people and wounds 65 others >Militants from the Islamic State enter the village of Mayba in Lubero Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, abducting and beheading at least 70 Christian civilians >The prosecutor's office in Paris, France, closes a criminal complaint case by the Democratic Republic of the Congo against technology company Apple for alleged money laundering and deceptive business practices related to the purchase of minerals in the DRC from armed militias. It is one of the DRC's two lawsuits, with another in Belgium PKK INSURGENCY >Jailed Kurdish leader and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) founder Abdullah Öcalan calls for an end to the conflict with Türkiye and asks the group to disarm and disband, amid peace efforts between the Turkish government and the PKK led by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party MEXICAN DRUG WAR >A roadside bombing kills a Texan rancher in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Authorities say the victim was driving on his ranch when the explosive device detonated MISC >Danish retailer group Salling Group, which operates around 34% of the retail market share in the country, announces it will start differentiating European-made products from American ones, in retaliation to US President Donald Trump's proposed acquisition of Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm >A fire at a three-story residential building in Quezon City, Philippines, kills eight people and injures one other >Two people are killed when a Robinson R44 crashes on a private property in Uvalde, Texas, United States. The FAA and the NTSB are currently investigating the accident >Forty Uyghur men detained in Thailand for over a decade are deported to China, despite concerns regarding their likely imprisonment and possible death >The Social Democratic Party, the Austrian People's Party, and the NEOS party in Austria agree to form a coalition government, leaving out the far-right Freedom Party, who won the most seats in the National Council in the 2024 legislative election. The coalition agreement ends Austria's longest period without a government since World War II >The opposition Anguilla United Front (AUF) wins a majority in the House of Assembly. AUF leader Cora Richardson-Hodge becomes the first female Premier of Anguilla >The Trump administration bans NASA scientists and US government officials from attending the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change conference that started this week in Hangzhou, China, which are focused on the seventh IPCC Assessment Report on climate change >Meta Platforms says it has fixed an error that resulted in Instagram users' Reels feeds displaying violent and graphic videos despite these users having content filters enabled >OpenAI releases their latest large language model, GPT-4.5 |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| FEBRUARY 28TH RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >US president Donald Trump, US vice president JD Vance and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy end their talks early after their meeting in the White House turns into a "heated" exchange. Trump rejects any discussion of specific security guarantees for Ukraine, being interested solely in discussing the Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement >The US State Department terminates US support of Ukraine's energy grid restoration amid an ongoing energy crisis >Russia appoints Alexander Darchiev as its new ambassador to the US following talks between the two countries in Istanbul on restoring regular diplomatic contacts and embassy staffs. The post has been vacant for several months KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA INSURGENCY >Five people, including Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani, the head of a faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) party and son of Sami-ul-Haq, are killed and twenty others are injured in a suicide bombing inside of a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan KIVU WAR >The East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) postpone the joint summit of their foreign ministers that would have agreed on a ceasefire plan for the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congolese and Rwanda governments never received invitations to the meeting US MEASLES OUTBREAK >The number of measles cases in Texas, United States, increases to 146 with 20 people hospitalized, spanning nine counties in the state DRC DISEASE OUTBREAK >At least 60 fatalities and nearly 1,100 symptomatic cases are reported to be a result of a disease outbreak of unknown etiology in the Province of Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo MISC >A 24-hour consumer spending boycott takes place across the United States, in protest of wealth and income inequality, high prices of essential goods, and the rollback of DEI initiatives by the Trump administration >The United States Social Security Administration announces it will layoff over 7,000 jobs to align with President Donald Trump's executive order, despite its workforce already being at a 50-year low >Three people are killed as tropical cyclone Garance makes landfall in Réunion in the Indian Ocean >At least 25 construction workers are trapped and 32 others are rescued after a group of 57 people are swept away by an avalanche near the Mana Pass, Uttarakhand, India >Two Russian tourists are killed in a shark attack while scuba diving in the Verde Island Passage off Batangas, Philippines >Greeks organize a 24-hour nationwide general strike on the second anniversary of the Tempi train crash, Greece's deadliest railway disaster >Following the 2024 quota reform movement in Bangladesh, students who led the protests announce the formation of a new political party, the National Citizen Party, led by Nahid Islam, a student activist and the chief coordinator of the Students Against Discrimination movement >Microsoft announces it will shut down Skype in May 2025 to focus its support and development on Teams |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 1ST SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >The first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas expired while talks on the second phase, which aims to end the war, remain inconclusive RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky meets with UK prime minister Keir Starmer in London, where they sign off on a British loan of GB£2.26 billion to buy military supplies for Ukraine WAR IN SOMALIA >The Puntland Dervish Force captures an Islamic State base in Buqa Caleed, in the Cal Miskaad mountain range of Bari Region, Puntland SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >United States Central Command says that it has carried out a precision airstrike in Syria, targeting and killing Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, a senior military leader in Hurras al-Din >At least one person is killed and approximately nine others are wounded in the Druze-majority city of Jaramana, following armed confrontations between local residents and security forces affiliated with the transitional government. In response, the Suwayda Military Council declares a state of alert, while Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz instruct the Israel Defense Forces to “prepare to defend” the city COLOMBIAN CONFLICT >Three men are found dead in a vehicle near the village of Orú in the Tibú municipality, Norte de Santander, Colombia, with one body dressed in a National Liberation Army (ELN) uniform >After placing an ELN flag at the entrance of the municipality of Saravena, Arauca, the ELN detonate an improvised explosive device, targeting Colombian soldiers attempting to remove the flag. No casualties are reported MEXICAN DRUG WAR >At least four people were shot dead in a mechanical workshop in the city of Coatzacoalcos, state of Veracruz This is the second massacre during the week in the entity, being reported in other mechanical workshop in the municipality Perote, Veracruz, leaving three workers dead and one wounded >Three policemen and a civilian were killed in two attacks in the state of Guanajuato, the first took place in Celaya when a motorcycle officer was shot and killed and his son wounded. Hours later, an attack took place in front of a local sport center in Apaseo el Alto, leaving one civilian and two policemen dead >Mexico extradites 29 alleged cartel members to the United States, including Rafael Caro Quintero, Miguel Treviño Morales, Omar Treviño Morales, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes and Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez KIVU WAR >Civil society groups in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, report that 23 people were killed and another 20 were taken hostage in raids by the Islamic State over the past week PKK INSURGENCY >The Kurdistan Workers' Party announces a ceasefire with Turkey after forty years of conflict MISC >At least 37 people are killed and 30 others are injured when two passenger buses collide near Uyuni, Potosí department, Bolivia >Tens of thousands of demonstrators hold a rally in Bucharest in support of presidential candidate Călin Georgescu and demand that the second round of the annulled 2024 election is held instead of a new election >Yamandú Orsi and Carolina Cosse are inaugurated as the president and vice president of Uruguay in Montevideo |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| Current situation in Myanmar. Summary of the past month >AA continued to advance into Magway >KIA took more military bases in Bhamo >PDF launched many assaults in Sagaing >KNDF took a hilltop camp in Karenni >Chin groups continued to attack Falam Current situation in Sudan. Over the past month the Sudanese army managed to >Fully seize control of Bahri >Break the siege on El-Obeid >Capture the town of al-Giteina >Make critical advances around Khartoum |
vasipi4946Mar 3, 10:33 AM
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 2ND SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Israel blocks the entry of all humanitarian aid from entering Gaza as the first phase of the ceasefire ends >Israel agrees to a United States-led plan to extend the first phase of the ceasefire through Ramadan and Passover, during which half of the 59 remaining hostages will be released. Hamas rejects the proposal, insisting that the deal proceed with phase two, which includes the release of all remaining living hostages, a full withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and a permanent end to the war RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >United Kingdom prime minister Keir Starmer announces after a meeting of European Union leaders in London that a "coalition of the willing" is working on a Ukraine peace plan that they will present to US president Donald Trump >United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth orders a halt to offensive cyber operations and information operations against Russia by US Cyber Command MISC >Several wildfires erupt across South Carolina and North Carolina, United States, resulting in the evacuation of endangered towns, including several in the Myrtle Beach area. South Carolina governor Henry McMaster declares a state of emergency in response >Acting leader of Abkhazia Badra Gunba is elected President of Abkhazia with 55% of the votes. Georgia rejects the election, as it claims Abkhazia as part of its territory >United States President Donald Trump signs an executive order designating English as the country's official language >Firefly Aerospace successfully lands the Blue Ghost Mission 1 on the Moon as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, delivering payloads to Mare Crisium with instruments to study lunar regoliths and the interactions between solar wind and Earth's magnetic field |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 3RD RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >US President Donald Trump orders a pause on all U.S. military aid to Ukraine with immediate effect SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >A 70-year-old Arab Israeli man is killed and three others are injured in a mass stabbing at a bus station in Haifa, Israel. The perpetrator, an Israeli-Druze from Shfar'am, is killed by civilians present at the attack BALOCHISTAN INSURGENCY >A suicide bomber kills one person and wounds three others in Kalat, Balochistan, Pakistan WESTERN DRC CLASHES >The Congolese military announces that eight members of the Mobondo militia, including one of their leaders, were killed the previous day when an army patrol seized the group's headquarters in the Kwamouth Territory, Mai-Ndombe Province MISC >US President Donald Trump announces that TSMC, a Taiwanese semiconductor chip company, will invest $100 billion in new manufacturing plants in the United States >Cyclone warnings are issued to residents of Brisbane, South East Queensland and the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales as Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall on Thursday or early Friday local time >A bus rolls down a ravine after colliding with a truck in southern Bolivia, killing at least 31 people and injuring 22 others >At least 80 people are trapped inside a supermarket in Güímar, Tenerife, and dozens of cars are swept away to sea and stuck in mud in Gran Canaria after torrential rain caused floods across the Canary Islands in Spain >A car drives into a crowd of people near a Carnival market in Mannheim, Germany, killing two people and injuring 25 others, including fifteen seriously. A man has been arrested >The Holy See reports that Pope Francis has been diagnosed with "acute respiratory distress" as a result of bronchospasms and a build-up of bronchial mucus, after recovering from pneumonia and bronchitis several days ago |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 4TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >An Israeli drone strike in Tyre, Lebanon kills Haidar Hashem, the head of naval forces in Hezbollah's Radwan Force >The Houthis claim to have shot down an American MQ-9 UAV, stating that it was conducting “hostile missions" over Al Hudaydah. The US Air Force later confirms a loss of contact with the drone RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >A Ukrainian drone strikes an oil pipeline in Rostov Oblast, Russia, setting the pipeline ablaze for several hours before being put out by firefighters. Russia also reports its air defence units repelled another drone attack near Novoshakhtinsk SERBIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION PROTESTS >At least three Serbian lawmakers are injured after flares and smoke bombs were thrown into the National Assembly. Ana Brnabić, the President of the National Assembly, described the attack as terrorism US TRADE WAR >US President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports to the United States take effect, while an existing 10% tariff on all Chinese imports rises to 20% >Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that he will impose a reciprocal 25% tariff on American goods worth up to US$155 billion >The Chinese Ministry of Finance announces 10–15% tariffs on a range of US food imports, set to start March 10 >US President Donald Trump announces the creation of the Office of Shipbuilding, as means to compete with China in the maritime transport industry MISC >A storm complex leaves over 400,000 people without power in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and brings severe weather to large portions of the Southern United States >A Philippine Air Force FA-50PH fighter jet is reported missing during an overnight training exercise. A search and rescue operation to locate the missing pilots is underway >Iran says Türkiye's criticism of its foreign policy could lead to worsening ties after Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Iran risks plunging the Middle East into "disorder". Turkey summons Iran's chargés d'affaires in Ankara after Iran's foreign ministry summoned Turkey's ambassador summons Iran's chargés d'affaires in Ankara after Iran's foreign ministry summoned Turkey's ambassador >Citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia vote to elect ten of the fourteen members of Congress >The roughly 3,500 square km iceberg A23a, the world's largest, runs aground in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia in the Atlantic Ocean >Scientists from Colossal Biosciences create a new form of genetically modified woolly mice |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 5TH RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >A Russian missile strikes a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring seven others >US Central Intelligence Agency director John Ratcliffe announces that the United States has suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine >The United States Department of Defense denies previous media reports that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had ordered a halt to offensive cyber operations and information operations against Russia by US Cyber Command WAR IN SOMALIA >The US Embassy in Mogadishu warns of imminent attack threats in Somalia, including at Aden Adde International Airport. Embassy personnel movements are suspended >Somali military officials confirm that the Trump administration has halted all funding for Somalia's Danab Brigade special forces and cut billions in USAID grants to the country NORTH CAUCASUS INSURGENCY >Russia's Federal Security Service says that it killed four Islamic State militants in Dagestan during a counterterrorism operation KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA INSURGENCY >Militants belonging to a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban storm a Pakistan Army compound in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, after two suicide bombers blow themselves up at the entrance, killing 12 civilians and wounding 30 others after nearby buildings collapsed. Six gunmen are also killed in the shootout US TRADE WAR >United States president Donald Trump announces a one-month temporary reprieve from tariffs to American automakers after receiving complaints from the Big Three automakers, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis MEXICAN DRUG WAR >Mexican law enforcement announces they have seized 275,000 pills of fentanyl stored in boxes of nopales in Sonora. A man is arrested in connection to the seizure MISC >Security forces in South Sudan arrest Puot Kang Chol, a senior member of the the parliamentary opposition, minister of petroleum and mining, and army general, as well as multiple other opposition-aligned military officers. South Sudanese soldiers also surround vice president Riek Machar's house overnight before later withdrawing >The United States Department of Veteran Affairs announces it will lay off over 80,000 jobs to comply with the Department of Government Efficiency and the Trump administration's plans >Queensland Premier David Crisafulli announces the suspension of public transport services and the closure of 640 schools in South East Queensland, Australia, as Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall early Friday morning local time >A light aircraft crashes into a garden in Plettenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, killing the pilot on board >Three skiers are suspected to be killed after an avalanche trapped them under more than 30 feet of snow in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska, United States. If the deaths are confirmed, it would be the deadliest US avalanche since an avalanche killed three mountain climbers in Washington's Cascade Range two years ago >Los Angeles County files a lawsuit against Southern California Edison, the electric utility company servicing most of Southern California, and alleges that the company's power system started the Eaton Fire, seeking to recover costs and damages sustained from the fire that damaged over 9,400 buildings and killed 17 people >The US Attorney's Office for the District Court of Vermont indicts and charges 25 Canadians for conspiracy to defraud elderly people in the United States out of US$21 million and charges five of those 25 with conspiracy to commit money laundering |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 6TH RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof announces US$3.8 billion in national military funding for Ukraine in 2026, including $700 million in Dutch drone manufacturing. Norwegian and Polish leaders also announce increases in national military aid for Ukraine >French defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu says France will continue sharing military intelligence to Ukraine regarding the Russian invasion SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >At least 16 members of the security forces and 28 pro-Bashar al-Assad militants are killed in a series of ambushes and shootouts in Latakia, Syria >Save the Children says that landmines and unexploded ordnance in Syria have killed or injured at least 188 children since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 >Four smuggling suspects are killed in clashes between Jordanian border forces and armed groups attempting to cross from Syria SUDANESE CIVIL WAR >The government of Sudan files a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice against the United Arab Emirates for its alleged support of the Rapid Support Forces and its complicity in genocide against the Masalit people in Darfur, Sudan. The UAE denies its involvement in Sudan and calls the lawsuit a "publicity stunt" WAR IN SOMALIA >Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways temporarily suspend flights to Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, following security warnings from the United States embassy about potential terrorist attacks targeting the airport US TRADE WAR >Following phone calls between United States President Donald Trump, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trump announces a pause on some tariffs on both Canada and Mexico until April 2. Sheinbaum states that Mexico will collaborate with the United States on migration and security issues, including controlling cross-border fentanyl smuggling MISC >The United Nations World Food Programme announces that it will reduce the emergency food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 per person >Two South Korean Air Force KF-16 jets erroneously release eight MK82 bombs over home territory in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, striking a residential area and multiple homes, injuring at least 15 people, four of them seriously >One person is killed and at least two others are injured when a bridge collapses on the E42 highway in La Louvière, Hainaut Province, Belgium >According to a report in the academic journal Science, the population of the 554 recorded species of butterflies in the US have declined by 22% since 2000 >The United States withdraws from the Just Energy Transition Partnership, a program that helps emerging countries transition away from non-renewable energy sources like fossil fuels >The European Court of Justice fines Germany €34 million (US$36.7 million) for failing to implement a European Union law to protect whistleblowers by 2021. The Court also fines Czechia €2.3 million, Hungary €1.5 million, and Luxembourg and Estonia €500,000 each for the same reason >Six individuals, including retired general and far-right politician Radu Theodoru, are arrested on accusations of being involved in a Russian-backed coup d'état plot in Romania >SpaceX launches its eighth test flight of the Starship launch vehicle from Starbase in Texas, US. The first stage was caught by the launch tower despite Raptor engine failures during landing, but the second stage failed during its burn, mirroring the last flight test in January >Intuitive Machines' space probe IM-2 Athena lands on Mons Mouton near the lunar south pole after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, on February 27th |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| @149597871 MARCH 7TH WAR IN SOMALIA >The United States Army stationed in Puntland maintains its operations and will not pull out of the region in response to concerns about ongoing operations in the fight against the Islamic State in Puntland's Bari Region >Al Shabaab militants carry out several attacks in Middle Shabelle, Hiiraan regions of Hirshabelle and Lower Shabelle region from South West State of Somalia. The group's main goal is to capture Mogadishu >The Federal Government of Somalia bans most weapons and armored vehicles at Mogadishu Airport following US warnings of Al-Shabaab threats to Mogadishu >Egyptair joins Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines in suspending flights to Mogadishu's Aden Adde airport following a US warning about a potential imminent terrorist attack on the airport RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >Russia launches an overnight missile and drone attack across Ukraine, damaging energy and gas infrastructure. Ukraine says that it shot down 34 of 67 missiles and 100 of 194 drones >Ukraine deploys its Dassault Mirage 2000 jets against Russian forces for the first time, with the jets intercepting several Russian cruise missiles with air-to-air missiles SOUTH SUDANESE CIVIL WAR >A UNMISS helicopter operator and approximently 27 South Sudanese soldiers are killed after being fired on by a local militia group while evacuating Nasir, South Sudan SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >A Syrian war monitor reports that Syrian security forces executed 52 Alawite men in Latakia governate after clashes broke out the day prior against the new Syrian regime MISC >Hudson's Bay, Canada's oldest department store files for creditor protection and intends to restructure >All trains running through the Gare du Nord railway station in Paris, France, including Eurostar trains from London and Brussels, are canceled due to the discovery of a World War II-era unexploded ordnance containing 200 kg (440 lb) of explosives near the rail tracks near the station >Organized demonstrations and walkouts of scientists take place across 30 cities in the United States and France in protest of the Donald Trump administration's grant budget and employment cuts to several government scientific agencies >Canada and the Philippines conclude negotiations on a visiting forces agreement >The Seoul Central District Court lifts the arrest warrant for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol after his initial detention period expired >Convicted murderer Brad Sigmon is executed by firing squad at Broad River Correctional Institution in South Carolina, United States. He is the first inmate to be executed via firing squad since June 2010 >Bosnian Serb police begin removing state police from their posts in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in a move aimed at implementing separatist legislation signed into law by Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik >Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces that Spain will accelerate defense spending to 2% of its GDP in four years >US President Donald Trump signs an executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve funded exclusively with bitcoin seized in criminal and civil forfeiture cases >An Ariane 6 rocket launches French military satellite CSO-3 from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. It is the first commercial launch of the Ariane 6 expendable launch system |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 8TH WAR IN SOMALIA >Dozens of people are killed, including a senior police commander, as heavy fighting breaks out after Al-Shabaab fighters attack the Police Force. Al-Shabaab claims to have taken over new areas of Al-Kawthar and Boos-Hareeri in Middle Shabelle region, Hirshabelle State, Somalia >Al Shabaab seizes the town of Cadale and some villages including Bushra Sheekh, Ceel Xarar and Xaruur, being about 70 kilometers away from Mogadishu. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud asks Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for help. Ethiopia sends ten thousand ENDF troops near the Ethiopia–Somalia border RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >A Russian ballistic missile strike on Dobropillia, Donetsk Oblast, kills at least eleven people and injures 37 others >A Russian Shahed drone strike on a business park in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast, kills three people and wounds seven others SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Three Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, two by a drone strike in Rafah and one by gunfire in al-Tannour, Rafah Governorate SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that groups attributed to the Syrian Ministry of Defense have killed over 750 Alawite civilians across several massacres in western Syria CANADA-CHINA TRADE WAR >China announces that it will implement 100% tariffs on several Canadian agricultural exports including rapeseed and peas and 25% tariffs on pork and aquacultural products will be implemented on March 20, in retaliation against earlier tariffs instituted by Canada on Chinese electric vehicles and metal exports MISC >One person is confirmed killed and thirteen others are injured in floods caused by Cyclone Alfred as it passes through Queensland and New South Wales, Australia >Eight people are injured, including two critically, in a vehicle-ramming attack at a CarMax car dealership in Inglewood, California, United States >The Native American Rights Fund, on behalf of five Indigenous American students and three tribes, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, and the Pueblo of Isleta, file a lawsuit against the United States Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) for alleged wrongful dismissals of BIE schoolteachers >Twelve people are injured in a mass shooting at a pub in Toronto, Canada. Three suspects are at large |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 9TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >The Israeli military cuts off the electric power distribution supply for the Gaza Strip, affecting over 2 million Palestinians and causing a desalination plant that supplies drinking water to shut down >US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest a Palestinian student who played a prominent role during pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and revoke his green card and student visa RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >According to the French minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu, France will use €195 million in interest from Russian assets to fund a military aid package to Ukraine SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >Over 1,300 Syrians are killed over the course of 72 hours amid ongoing clashes between the Syrian transitional government and pro-Assad forces. At least 973 Alawites, Christians, and civilians of other religious minorities are killed in reprisal massacres by transitional government-associated armed forces KIVU WAR >Nine people are killed by the Islamic State in Lubero Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo MISC >More than 40,000 passengers at the Hamburg Airport in Hamburg, Germany, are affected and flights are cancelled after a worker protest organized by the trade union ver.di >A Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft carrying five people crashes in a retirement community in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania, United States, shortly after taking off from Lancaster Airport >The United States Secret Service shoots and arrests an armed man outside the White House in Washington DC >Mark Carney wins a landslide victory in the 2025 Liberal Party leadership election, with 86.85% of the vote, becoming Prime minister–designate of Canada, replacing outgoing PM Justin Trudeau >Nationalist candidate Călin Georgescu, first-round winner in the 2024 election, is barred from running in the 2025 Romanian presidential election by the Central Electoral Bureau |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 10TH SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >The number of reported civilians killed by extrajudicial massacres in western Syria rises to 1,068, the majority of whom are Alawites in addition to several Christians >The Syrian transitional government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sign a ceasefire and a deal to integrate the SDF into state institutions and bring the Rojava region under government control US TRADE WAR >Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces that the province will charge 25% more for electricity supplied to the United States, which includes the states of Michigan, Minnesota, and New York >British Columbia Premier David Eby announces that the province will ban all US-imported alcohol within government-operated liquor stores >US stocks experience a relatively steep drop as the Nasdaq Composite falls 4% and the S&P 500 falls 2.7%. Economists attribute the drop to recent all-time highs, recession fears, and concerns about a potential US government shutdown and the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration MISC >An oil tanker is reportedly on fire in the North Sea off the coast of Kingston upon Hull, England, after colliding with a cargo ship. Thirty-seven crew members are rescued by search and rescue boats, with 32 injured and one hospitalized when brought to shore >Three people, including two hospital workers, are killed when a medical transport helicopter crashes in a forested area near Tupelo, Mississippi, United States >The Organization of American States elects Albert Ramdin of Suriname to serve as its secretary general for the 2025–2030 period >A court charges the dismissed Valencian regional minister Salomé Pradas and the former regional secretary of Emergencies for the management of emergency warnings during the floods that caused 228 deaths in October 2024 in the Valencian Community >In Bucharest, Romania, protests erupt in front of the Electoral Bureau with clashes with the police over Călin Georgescu being barred from running for the presidential election >The death toll from floods in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, increases to 16 >X suffers from multiple global system outages, as owner Elon Musk claims that the site is being targeted in a "massive cyberattack" |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 11TH RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >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 >Russian air defenses shot down at least 337 Ukrainian drones overnight across 10 oblasts >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 >The military chiefs of all European NATO countries meet in Paris, France, to discuss a potential European peacekeeping force in Ukraine, alongside Ukrainian representatives. The US was not involved in the meeting >The US and Ukraine announce their intention to seek a 30-day ceasefire with Russia after talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, involving US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Ukrainian presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak >The United States government lifts its suspension on sharing intelligence and military aid to Ukraine >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 US TRADE WAR >US President Donald Trump announces that he will raise tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium imports from 25% to 50% >Stock market indices in Asia fall after a similar selloff in the United States is triggered by US President Donald Trump not ruling out that his tariffs could potentially lead to a recession. The Nikkei 225 falls 1.7%, the KOSPI falls 1.3%, and the Hang Seng Index falls 1% >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 >Trump trade counselor Peter Navarro says that 50% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum won't take effect on Wednesday WAR IN SOMALIA >At least ten people are killed after five Al-Shabaab militants detonate a car bomb and attack a hotel in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia >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 SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >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 March 6th BALOCHISTAN INSURGENCY >The Jaffar Express passenger train traveling from Quetta to Peshawar in Pakistan is hijacked by the Balochistan Liberation Army, with 46 people being killed, 110 people being taken hostage and 104 others being rescued. The BLA claims it killed more than 30 Pakistan Army personnel, while Pakistani human rights activist Mama Qadeer claims more than 200 personnel have been killed KIVU WAR >Angola announces it will mediate peace talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed rebel group March 23 Movement (M23), following a visit by Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi to discuss a potential peace process with Angolan president João Lourenço SERBIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION PROTESTS >As protests against the Serbian government continue across Serbia, hundreds of students form a blockade around the headquarters of the Radio Television of Serbia in Belgrade, accusing the state television station of being biased towards President Aleksandar Vučić. At least one police officer is injured in clashes with students MISC >A bus overturns on a highway in Johannesburg, South Africa, killing at least 16 people and injuring 35 others, including 11 critically >At least three people are killed and eleven others are injured when a tram collides with a tank truck at a level crossing in Zeutern, Ubstadt-Weiher, Germany >32 people are killed and at least 12 others are injured in two bus crashes in Mexico >Fifteen people are injured, including one seriously, when a school bus overturns on the Garden State Parkway in Montvale, New Jersey, United States >Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is arrested by the Philippine National Police through the Interpol at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila after being served an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court upon arriving from Hong Kong. Duterte was later transferred and later extradited to The Hague, Netherlands on a chartered flight by the Philippine government >The Romanian High Court of Cassation and Justice upholds the decision to ban far-right presidential candidate Călin Georgescu from running in the 2025 presidential election after he appeal the decision last week. He is under investigation for campaign finance violations and allegations of being supported by Russia >Greenlanders and other citizens of Greenland vote to elect the 31 members of the Inatsisartut between 213 candidates from six parties. The center-right opposition Demokraatit wins a plurality while the center-left ruling Inuit Ataqatigiit–Siumut coalition loses their majority >United States District Judge for the District Court of the District of Columbia Amir Ali orders the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in unpaid funds for promised USAID programs that the administration ended |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 12TH RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >Russian troops, backed by close air support, enter the town of Sudzha in Kursk Oblast, ending seven months of Ukrainian occupation >Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov says that remaining Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast are entirely surrounded WAR IN SOMALIA >Somali security forces end the 24-hour siege at a hotel in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia, with at least fifteen civilians and all six Al-Shabaab attackers killed >Following the attack, over 100 Somali parliament members urge President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to resign, citing leadership failures amid worsening security and governance crises SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documents three further reprisal massacres against Alawite minority communities on 12 March in which 158 civilians were killed, totaling 1,383 civilian deaths as a result of fifty separate massacres conducted in western Syria since March 6th >The Syrian presidential office announces the creation of the National Security Council as a means of confronting national and internal security problems BALOCHISTAN INSURGENCY >Security forces rescue all surviving passengers and security personnel from the previous day's hijacking of the Jaffar Express passenger train in Pakistan by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). Officials confirm the deaths of all 33 BLA militants, as well as 29 passengers, and 8 soldiers KIVU WAR >Angola confirms that peace talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement will begin on March 18th, after the DRC previously insisted on solely negotiating with Rwanda US TRADE WAR >Canadian finance minister Dominic LeBlanc announces retaliatory tariffs on CAD$29.8 billion (US$20.7 billion) of goods from the United States after US president Donald Trump announced additional tariffs on Canadian metals MISC >Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei rejects negotiations with the US regarding Iran's nuclear program, stating that Iran is "not interested in nuclear weapons" >The City Court in Tbilisi, Georgia, convicts former president Mikheil Saakashvili of embezzlement and sentences him to nine years in prison. The court also fines the former head of the Special State Protection Service, Teimuraz Janashia, ₾300,000 ($108,125) in connection to the case >Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's minority government falls after a motion of confidence is passed in the Assembly of the Republic. Early elections are called >NASA launches the SPHEREx near-infrared space observatory on a Falcon 9 Block 5 spacecraft from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The SPHEREx mission will perform a survey of and map approximately 450 million galaxies across the sky in color |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 13TH RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the US proposal for the ceasefire in Ukraine would depend on Russia's conditions being met, and that there will be further discussions >Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismisses the US-proposal for the ceasefire in Ukraine, accusing them of having "no plan" in Ukraine SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >The United Nations Human Rights Council accuses Israel of committing genocidal acts and other war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, including committing sexual assault against prisoners and the systematic destruction of healthcare systems in the region. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses the reports and accusations, calling them biased and "antisemitic" >The Houthi movement in Yemen announces it will resume targeting Israeli ships because its deadline for Israel to resume aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip has passed SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documents four additional sectarian reprisal massacres of mainly-Alawite minority communities that killed 93 civilians, increasing the death toll of the series of massacres in western Syria to 1,476 civilian deaths since March 6th >Spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community Hikmat al-Hajari rejects any deal with the new Ahmed al-Sharaa-headed transitional government, accusing it of being "extremist in every sense of the word" and refusing to "recognize a terrorist" in reference to the concurrent sectarian massacres of Syrian Alawites >Qatar begins supplying natural gas to Syria via Jordan to increase production at the Deir Ali power plant, which will provide electricity to Damascus and other major cities WAR IN SOMALIA >Puntland forces claim to have killed a senior foreign Islamic State commander responsible for orchestrating drone attacks using explosive-laden unmanned aerial vehicles in the Lugta-Huraanhur and Togga Raq-Raq valleys of the Cal Miskaad Mountains in Puntland's Bari Region MISC >UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces that NHS England will be abolished in a drive to reduce bureaucracy and bring National Health Service management back under "democratic control". The move is expected to result in around 6,500 job losses >American Airlines Flight 1006, a Boeing 737-800, catches fire at Denver Airport in Denver, Colorado, United States >Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on a peace treaty to formally end the Karabakh conflict and establish a mutually agreed border between both countries >Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov and Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon sign a deal to formally end the border dispute between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Railways, road, and air transport resumes between both countries >The Trump administration reportedly orders the US military to plan options to expand the presence of American troops in Panama and potentially try to reclaim the Panama Canal >During an Oval Office meeting with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte, US President Donald Trump refuses to rule out the US annexation of Greenland saying "I think that it will happen" >US District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California orders the US departments of agriculture, energy, interior, veterans affairs, and the Treasury to reinstate probationary workers who were fired by the Office of Personnel Management >Following the resignation of Swiss Defense Minister Viola Amherd, the Federal Assembly votes to elect the new member of the Federal Council. Martin Pfister is elected as the head of the defense ministry >Belizeans vote to elect the 31 members of the House of Representatives between the incumbent People's United Party and the opposition United Democratic Party. The ruling party is re-elected by 26 seats to 5 >Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russian citizens will be able to vote and run in local elections in Belarus, and that Belarusian citizens will be able to vote and run in local elections in Russia |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 14TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Hamas says that it has agreed to resume ceasefire talks and release American Israeli hostage Edan Alexander. This comes after a proposal from US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >US President Donald Trump publicly asks Russian President Vladimir Putin to spare the lives of "thousands of Ukrainian soldiers" said to be surrounded in Kursk Oblast SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >Wildfires set by members of the Syrian Ministry of Defense destroy large areas of forest and Alawite-populated lands in Latakia Governorate, potentially threatening the lives of several civilians who escaped from sectarian massacres to the countryside ISLAMIC STATE INSURGENCY IN IRAQ >Iraq announces that the deputy head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, was killed in the Al Anbar Governorate during a joint operation between Iraqi security forces and the United States KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA INSURGENCY >Four people, including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam district chief Maulana Abdullah Nadeem, are injured in a bombing at the Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque mosque in South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan MISC >Three people are indirectly killed by storms as a regional risk for an outbreak of severe weather is outlined by the Storm Prediction Center over much of the United States. A rare high risk convective outlook is issued over the Deep South >Severe winds and dry conditions in the US states of Oklahoma and Texas cause a series of wildfires, forcing evacuations and leaving thousands without power >At least two people are killed and one other is injured in a landslide at a salt mine in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan >A failure at a central power plant cuts electricity in Cuba, leaving over 10 million people without power >European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces that the European Union will invest €4.7 billion (US$5 billion) in aid and development projects in South Africa after the United States ended most of its USAID programs >US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declares South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool a persona non grata for his criticism of Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign >Mark Carney is sworn in as the 24th Prime Minister of Canada >A total lunar eclipse occurs in the morning hours across the Western Hemisphere at night >Federal Police search Huawei's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on suspicion of bribery. Huawei lobbyists are banned from entering the European Parliament and its subsidiaries during an investigation on corruption in the European Parliament |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 15TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Israeli airstrikes kill at least nine Palestinians, including several journalists, and injures several others in Beit Lahia, North Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip >UNICEF reports that 1-in-3 children in North Gaza are malnourished due to the Israeli blockade stopping all humanitarian aid, describing the situation as "catastrophic" >US President Donald Trump orders a series of airstrikes on Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen >Houthi run media says that American strikes resulted in 19 deaths, including 6 children MYANMAR CIVIL WAR >At least 27 people are killed and 30 others are injured in an airstrike by the Myanmar Military in Let Pan Hla near Mandalay, Myanmar BALOCHISTAN INSURGENCY >A police officer is killed and six others are injured when an improvised explosive device explodes an Anti-Terrorism Force vehicle patrolling Barori Road in Kirani, Balochistan, Pakistan MISC >Environmental investigators determine that the February 2025 failure of a tailings dam owned by a Chinese copper mining company dumped 50 million liters of highly toxic waste into the Kafue River basin, killing ecosystems up to 100 km (62 mi) downstream and impacting the water supply, fishing activities, and irrigation of 60% of Zambia's population >Seven people are killed, sixteen others are injured, and at least thirty people are missing after an elevated section under construction of the Dao Khanong Expressway Bridge collapses onto a section of the Chaloem Maha Nakhon Expressway in Bangkok, Thailand >The death toll from the tornado outbreak in the United States rises to 28 people >United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces visa restrictions against former and current Thai officials who were involved in deporting at least 40 Uyghur men who were seeking asylum back to China, despite concerns that they could face persecution >Indonesian lawmakers meet at a luxury hotel Fairmont instead of their designated building amidst budget cuts. They are allegedly to secretly discuss military law revisions that would bring back dwifungsi, a doctrine that allows military personnel hold civilian positions. Civil activists try to stop the meeting but are hindered by hotel security >The US Federal Aviation Administration permanently restricts helicopter activity over the Helicopter Route near the site of the Potomac River mid-air collision |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 16TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >The Houthi health ministry announces that the death toll from the previous day's US strikes in Yemen rose to 53, with 98 injured >The Houthis claim that they targeted USS Harry S Truman with 18 rockets and drones. No damage has been reported BALOCHISTAN INSURGENCY >Eleven people are killed and 21 more are injured in a suicide bombing targeting a Frontier Corps convoy on a highway in Nushki, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility claiming they killed 90 security personnel SUDANESE CIVIL WAR >The bodies of eleven people, including women and children, are discovered at the bottom of a well in Khartoum, Sudan. The Sudanese government accuses the Rapid Support Forces of being behind the deaths SERBIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION PROTESTS >A large crowd of people gathers on the streets of Belgrade, Serbia to protest against President Aleksandar Vučić and the ruling Serbian Progressive Party. The Ministry of Internal Affairs estimated the number of protestors at 107,000, although the independent media give a much higher number. The protest is said to be the largest at least since the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in 2000. During the 15 minutes of silence held for the 15 victims of the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse, which sparked the protests, a sonic weapon was used against the protestors MISC >At least 59 people are killed and more than 152 others are injured after a fire breaks out in a nightclub during a concert in Kočani, North Macedonia >The death toll from the tornadoes across several states in the US increases to 40 >The Wilhelmina Tower in Valkenburg, the Netherlands, built in 1906 and designated a Rijksmonument, collapses >At least 16 people are killed and 18 others are injured when an unexploded ordnance from the Syrian civil war explodes and causes a building to collapse in Latakia, Latakia Governorate, Syria >Hundreds of people attend a protest outside the US Consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, in opposition to US President Donald Trump's proposals of acquiring Greenland for the United States >US President Donald Trump says Tren de Aragua is "conducting irregular warfare" against the US and orders its members to be deported under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Following a legal challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union, US District Judge James Boasberg temporarily blocks this order. Despite this ruling, the Trump administration deports more than 200 alleged members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele says they will be transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center for at least a year |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 17TH SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >Two massacres against Alawite Syrians kill fifty-seven people. The number of civilians reportedly killed in coastal Syria primarily by sectarian executions from Syrian government-associated forces since March 6th increases to 1,557 >According to Syria's state media, clashes occur at the Lebanon–Syria border, after the Syrian transitional government accused Hezbollah militants of kidnapping three soldiers into Lebanon and subsequently killing them >Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas vows for the European Union to lift sanctions against Syria to restore diplomatic ties between them, acknowledging the present massacres of Alawite civilians as showing Syria's need for stability. Germany pledges €300 million in aid towards stabilizing Syria and its humanitarian situation >The European Union pledges €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) to Syria for aid, while the United Kingdom pledges an additional £160 million (€190.3 million) KIVU WAR >The M23 rebels announce they will withdraw from peace talks that was due to occur with the Congolese government tomorrow due to sanctions imposed on the group by the European Union >Rwanda expels the Belgian ambassador, after Belgium accused Rwanda of supporting M23 rebels in their campaign in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Belgium expels the Rwandan ambassador in return. The two countries sever diplomatic relations with one another, with Rwanda accusing Belgium of sustaining neocolonialism RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >A drone strike in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, injures one person and causes a fire at an energy facility, according to Astrakhan Oblast governor Igor Babushkin SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >The US launches airstrikes on targets in Hodeidah and Al Jawf Governorate. Tens of thousands of people attend a rally against the US attacks on Yemen in the capital city Sanaa MISC >Lithuanian prosecutors accuse Russia's military intelligence of orchestrating an arson attack on an IKEA store in Vilnius in May of last year >German automaker Audi announces it will cut 7,500 jobs in the country due to slowing electric vehicle demand >Seven migrant bodies are recovered after a boat capsized off Cyprus >Seven people are killed when Lanhsa Airlines plane crashes into sea shortly after take off from Roatan Island, Honduras >A court in Georgia sentences former president Mikheil Saakashvili to four and a half years in prison for illegally entering the country in 2021 >United States President Donald Trump signs an executive order shutting down multiple state-funded broadcasters, including Voice of America, Radio y Televisión Martí and Alhurra, and ceasing grants to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 18TH RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to launch an offensive on Belgorod Oblast with five assaults before being stopped by Russian forces. The Russian Ministry of Defense characterizes the attacks as an attempt to discredit US President Donald Trump's peace negotiations >US 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 SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >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 war since the beginning of a ceasefire which came into effect on January 19th and ended on March 2nd WAR IN SOMALIA >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 MISC >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 >Three people are killed when a Extra EA-400 plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Samedan Airport near La Punt Chamues-ch, Grisons, Switzerland >A tourist dies on the stairs of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, causing a temporary closure of the monument >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 >The Hungarian parliament votes 136–27 to ban LGBTQ events in the country, including the annual Budapest Pride event >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 only eight days but were prevented from returning due to technical problems with their Boeing Starliner Calypso capsule |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 19TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >The Israeli military conducts multiple airstrikes on Rafah and Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, killing at least 60 Palestinians >The United Nations reports that a UN official is killed and five others are wounded in an Israeli strike on a guesthouse >The Israeli Defense Forces re-take the Netzarim Corridor, preventing the movement of Palestinians between the northern and southern sides of the Gaza Strip >The Israeli military intercepts a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis from Yemen at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia is attempting to discredit US President Donald Trump's peace negotiations after Russian Armed Forces launched drone attacks on Kyiv overnight after talks between the US and Russia >The Russian Ministry of Defense says Ukraine violated the energy infrastructure ceasefire reached by presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin by launching a drone attack on an oil depot in Krasnodar Krai KIVU WAR >M23 rebels enter Walikale, North Kivu, after overrunning Congolese Army positions north of the town MYANMAR CIVIL WAR >Bangladesh Police arrest Ataullah abu Ammar Jununi, the leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, a Rohingya insurgent group, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, accusing him of leading and carrying out attacks against the Tatmadaw since 2016 along with charges of illegal entry, murder, and sabotage TURKISH ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS >Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is also the main opposition figure against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is arrested by Turkish Police along with more than 100 other peopl broadly associated with the political opposition for alleged corruption and aiding terrorism >Protests accusing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government of democratic backsliding erupt in Istanbul, Turkiye, following the arrests MISC >Authorities begin demolishing façades of historic buildings, including those that survived the Battle of Arnhem, following a fire in the city in the Netherlands on March 6th >The Italian Coast Guard retrieves the bodies of six migrants, rescues 10 people, while 40 others remain missing after a dinghy carrying 56 people capsizes off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy, after departing from Sfax, Tunisia >US government sources reveal that President Donald Trump's letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei from two weeks ago contained a deadline of two months for reaching a new deal on Iran's nuclear program >A jury in North Dakota, United States, orders Greenpeace to pay at least $660 million to Energy Transfer Partners, the company responsible for the Dakota Access Pipeline, after ETP sued the organization for holding protests near Standing Rock Reservation concerning the violation of indigenous sovereignty of Native Americans >Nicholas Prosper, a 19-year-old who was convicted of killing three family members and plotting a school shooting in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, in 2024, is sentenced to minimum of 49 years in prison without parole |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 20TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Early morning attacks conducted by the Israel Defense Forces on the Gaza Strip kills at least 91 Palestinians, including children >Israel intercepts a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis from Yemen that targeted the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >Massive explosions are reported after the Ukrainian Armed Forces drone strike the Engels-2 airbase in Russia. Reports indicate that nearby houses are also damaged by the explosions >Russia launches a massive drone attack in Odesa, Ukraine, causing injuries among civilians and damaging civilian infrastructure KIVU WAR >Rwandan-backed M23 rebels capture the town of Walikale in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the collapse of peace talks with the Congolese government TURKISH ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS >The Turkish government arrests dozens of civilians for posting "provocative" social media posts protesting the government's democratic backsliding following the arrest of opposition candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu MISC >Deutsche Bank, a German multinational investment bank and financial services company, announces it will downsize and cut 2,000 jobs in its retail banking division this year >Germany reopens its embassy in Syria after 13 years >At least two people die in flash floods in Constantina and one die in Córdoba in Andalusia, Spain >The Indonesian House of Representatives passes a law revision regarding the Indonesian Armed Forces which expands the amount of civilian positions an active officer can hold from ten to fourteen while also raising the retirement age for soldiers, prompting protests across the country fearing eroding civil control >Elon Musk's social media company X files a lawsuit against the government of India, alleging that the Indian government is censoring the social media platform along with other information >United States district judge for the District of Maryland, Ellen Lipton Hollander, temporarily blocks the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Social Security systems that cover the personal information of US citizens. Judge Hollander also orders the department to delete any previously-accessed personal identifiable information in their possession >US President Donald Trump signs an executive order that orders Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to start dismantling the US Department of Education, which is responsible for allocating federal funds to schools and disbursing financial aid >Vitold Fokin, the first prime minister of modern-day Ukraine, dies at age 92. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mourns him as "a sense of loss for all Ukrainians" >The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration orders a product recall of 46,000 Tesla Cybertrucks, nearly all active Cybertrucks on the roads, due to an issue with an exterior panel that can detach while driving due to an ineffective structural adhesive |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 21ST RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >A gas pumping and measuring station in Kursk Oblast, Russia, is set on fire after a major explosion occurs. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the attack >An explosion occurs at an oil depot in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, caused by a fire that has been burning since Tuesday from a Ukrainian drone strike. The fire spreads to another tank and increases to 10,000 square meters (110,000 sq ft), injuring two firefighters >The German Navy reportedly seizes the Panamanian-flagged oil tanker Eventin that is suspected to be part of the Russian shadow fleet, along with at least €43.3 million ($46 million) worth of cargo in the Baltic Sea SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Israeli Defense Minster Israel Katz orders the Israel Defense Forces to occupy new areas of the Gaza Strip, and threatens to annex sections of Gaza if Hamas refuses to release all its remaining Israeli hostages >Israel intercepts a ballistic missile that the Houthis in Yemen claim to have fired at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv SUDANESE CIVIL WAR >The Sudanese Armed Forces retakes the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after the Rapid Support Forces' withdrawal SAHEL INSURGENCY >44 people are killed and thirteen others are injured in a mosque attack in Kokorou, Niger commited by the Islamic State TURKISH ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS >Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters hold demonstrations in Istanbul, İzmir, Ankara, and several other cities in Turkey against the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, following its detention of over 100 opposition figures and crackdown on public gatherings and social media content MISC >A 19-year-old dies in the hospital from his injuries after a canopy collapsed in 2024 at the Novi Sad railway station in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia, which killed 15 others >According to the International Organization of Migration, a record 8,938 migrant deaths was recorded in 2024, over 200 more than 2023, the previous record year. Most deaths are attributed to Asia, the Mediterranean Sea, and Africa >Heathrow Airport in London, England, closes for most of the day due to a "significant power outage" resulting from a fire at an electrical substation in nearby Hayes. At least 1,351 flights are affected by the shutdown, with many diverted to alternative airports or returning to their origin airport >The Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano erupts, prompting at least 4,700 villagers to evacuate and causing at least seven outbound flights from Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia, to cancel >The United Arab Emirates commits to a US$1.4 trillion investment into the United States economy over ten years >Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is sworn in as the first female President of Namibia, suceeding Nangolo Mbumba >Tunisian president Kais Saied appoints Sara Zaafarani as the new Prime Minister. She succeeds Kamel Madouri, who has been sacked by Saied amid an economic and migration crisis >The United States announces a new air superiority sixth-generation fighter aircraft produced by Boeing, the Boeing F-47 |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 22ND SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports that thousands of Syrian civilians are still missing following sectarian reprisal massacres committed by Syrian government-affiliated forces that killed at least 1,614 coastal civilians, including many Alawites and Christians >The SOHR also reports several efforts by pro-government forces to hide the scale of the atrocities by gathering unaccounted bodies into mass graves, through cremation, or retaining hundreds of unidentified corpses from families RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >An overnight Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, kills three people and wounds twelve others. Several apartments in residential areas are targeted during the attack >Russian artillery targets Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, killing three people and injuring one other person SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Six people, including a child, are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon in the heaviest exchange of fire since the ceasefire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah almost four months ago. The strikes were carried out in retaliation for rockets from Lebanon being fired into Israel >A ballistic missile disintegrates over Saudi Arabia after being fired by the Houthis from Yemen against Israel ETHIOPIAN CIVIL WAR >Ethiopian National Defense Forces claimed to have killed more than 300 fighters from the Fano armed group in two days of clashes in the northern Amhara region of Ethiopia SUDANESE CIVIL WAR >The Sudanese Armed Forces say that they seized control of the main headquarters of the central bank from Rapid Support Forces as it continues to make advances in the city WAR IN SOMALIA >At least 100 Al-Shabaab militant fighters were killed in an airstrike carried out by the Somali Air Force in the Lower Shabelle region of the South West State of Somalia SAHEL INSURGENCY >Niger declares three days of national mourning after the previous day's attack in which 44 people were killed in a mosque in Fambita TURKISH ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS >Anti-Erdoğan government protests spread to fifty-five of Turkiye's eighty-one provinces, with Republican People's Party leader Özgür Özel estimating that over half a million protesters are demonstrating in Istanbul alone. 343 protesters are arrested by Turkish police MISC >A de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo cargo plane en route from Dhobley Airport in Lower Juba, Jubaland, to Aden Adde International Airport in Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu, crashes in the Ceel Xabaaloow settlement in Lower Shabelle, South West State, killing all five crew members on board >Three firefighters and a civilian are killed after multiple wildfires sweep across a large forested area in South Korea >Three people are killed and fifteen others are injured in a mass shooting in a parking lot during a large gathering at Young Park in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States >Foreign ministers from Japan, China, and South Korea meet in Tokyo to discuss cooperation on shared challenges like aging populations and climate change, seeking to improve relations and prepare for a leaders' summit. Japan raises security concerns about North Korea while China criticizes protectionism and the politicization of science >The United States lifts a $10 million dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of Afghan warlord Sirajuddin Haqqani after the Taliban released an American citizen who had been kept in captivity for two years |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 23RD SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Hamas announces that an Israeli airstrike killed Salah al-Bardawil, a top member of the group's political bureau >Hamas said that an Israeli air strike killed Ismail Barhoum, a member of the group's political bureau; the strike bombed the operating room 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 >The Israel Defense Forces report that they intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis, which triggered sirens across central Israel >US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz says that the US wants the "full dismantlement" of Iran's nuclear program and that "all options are on the table." RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >Seven people are killed across Ukraine by overnight Russian drone strikes launched from Moscow >Ukraine recaptures the village of Nadiia, Luhansk Oblast WAR IN SOMALIA >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 TURKISH ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS >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 >A statement by social media company X (formerly Twitter) expresses that it objects to "multiple court orders" from the Government of Turkiye to block more than 700 accounts belonging to opposition political figures, journalists, news outlets, and student protesters |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 24TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >The US military launches airstrikes across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen overnight, killing at least four people and injuring 13 others in the capital city Sanaa >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 >One man was killed and another person was wounded in a combined ramming, stabbing and shooting attack by an assailant at a bus stop in Yokneam Illit, Israel RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >90 people are injured, including 17 children, in a Russian missile attack on a hospital, a school and a residential area in Sumy >A Ukrainian artillery strike kills six people, including several journalists from Russia's Izvestia newspaper and Zvezda state media network in the Lugansk People's Republic >The United States and Russia wrap up talks focusing on a ceasefire for the Black Sea between Kyiv and Moscow KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA INSURGENCY >Sixteen Pakistani Taliban gunmen are killed by soldiers in a shootout while attempting to enter into Ghulam Khan TURKISH ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS >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" MISC >British supermarket chain Morrisons announces that it will permanently close 52 cafes and 17 stores as part of cost-cutting measures with the loss of at least 365 jobs expected >American genetic testing company 23andMe files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announces plans to sell its assets >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" >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 |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 25TH RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >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 US to Ukraine to respect such a deal SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Thousands of Palestinians 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 SYRIAN CIVIL WAR >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 SUDANESE CIVIL WAR >At least 54 people are killed in a Sudanese military airstrike on a market in Tora village, Darfur, Sudan TURKISH ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS >Over 1,400 Turkish civilians, including several journalists, are detained for participating in anti-government protests MISC >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 >The Tokyo District Court orders the South Korean 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 >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. International election monitors declare the election as neither free nor fair |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 26TH SUDANESE CIVIL WAR >The Sudanese Armed Forces retakes Khartoum International Airport from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and seizes state institutions in Khartoum captured earlier in the war by the RSF >Sudanese military leader and Transitional Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan declares the liberation of Khartoum from RSF forces after two years of fighting SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >The Atlantic magazine releases the full text of a Signal group chat involving senior U.S. national security officials about recent strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. In the conversation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provides exact times of warplane launches, strike packages, and targets WAR IN SOMALIA >The US conducted airstrikes targeting Islamic state militants in the Golis Mountains as part of a coordinated operation led by AFRICOM. The strikes reportedly killed militants without causing civilian casualties in Islamic State hideouts located in the Golis Mountains of Puntland's Bari Region COLOMBIAN CONFLICT >A motocycle bomb explosion by a police station in Piendamó, Cauca, results in 18 civilian injuries MISC >US President Donald Trump announces a 25% tariff on all car imports to the US will take effect from April 2nd >Bolivia declares a national emergency after severe floods kill over fifty people and leave more than 100,000 people displaced from their homes >The death toll from the wildfires in Uiseong and Sancheong counties, South Korea, increases to 24, with 19 others injured >Three people are injured when two Alpha Jet planes from the French Air and Space Force aerobatics team Patrouille de France crash after a mid-air collision during rehearsals >Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte confirms the deaths of four American soldiers who went missing yesterday during training in Lithuania, close to the border of Belarus >The European Commission issues a new preparedness strategy for citizens of European Union member states to stockpile 72 hours of food, water and essentials for use in the event of an attack or natural disaster >Kenya formally recognizes Kosovo as an independent sovereign state >German Federal Police carry out raids in six states targeting 17 people suspected to be members of Brigade N'Hamedu, a group advocating against the government of Eritrea by causing violence and disruptions at Eritrean cultural events in Germany >The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil rules former president Jair Bolsonaro and seven others as defendants on charges for participating in the 2022 Brazilian coup plot >The High Court in Seoul, South Korea, clears Democratic Party of Korea leader Lee Jae-myung of charges of violating election laws, allowing him to run in the next South Korean presidential election |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 27TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Hamas announces that an Israeli airstrike has killed Abdel Latif al-Qanou, who served as Hamas' spokesman >Israel intercepts two ballistic missile fired by the Houthis from Yemen US TRADE WAR >Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says a 25% tariff on automotive imports to the United States is a "direct attack" on his country by the Trump administration and vows to respond >Japan confirms it has asked the U.S. for an exemption from the new automotive tariffs, saying the 25% tariff on vehicle imports would have a massive negative impact on its automotive industry. Japan is one of the largest exporters of cars to the United States >The United States suspends financial contributions to the World Trade Organization HAITAN CRISIS >A Kenyan police officer deployed in Haiti as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission is killed in a suspected gang ambush, according to Haitian authorities. Kenya has confirmed that the officer is missing but has not yet verified his death MISC >Ongoing climate-exacerbated wildfires in South Korea develop into the worst natural fire disaster in the nation's history after doubling in size over the course of 24 hours, killing at least 26 people and destroying much of the ancient Gounsa temple site >At least 6 people are killed and 39 others rescued after the Sindbad submarine carrying Russian tourists sinks off the Red Sea coast of Hurghada, Egypt >Two people are killed, including alpine skier Berkin Usta, and four others are injured in a fire at a ski resort in Uludağ, Turkiye >British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil announces they will end all civil resistance, direct action, and vandalism-related protests immediately and disband by April after the British government announced it will halt the granting of oil and gas permits >The European Union announces that they have expanded sanctions against Belarus to include the Central Election Commission of Belarus for political repression in the country >Five people are wounded in a mass stabbing at Dam Square in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The suspect is arrested by police >The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina issues an international arrest warrant for Milorad Dodik, the President of Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, accusing him of repeatedly taking actions that could violate the Dayton Accords >South Sudanese vice president Riek Machar is detained by security forces following an arrest warrant on "unclear charges", according to his spokesperson. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition says Machar's arrest has effectively ended the 2018 peace agreement which ended the civil war |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 28TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >The Israel Defense Forces launch airstrikes on southern Beirut, Lebanon, for the first time since November 2024, after projectiles were fired from Lebanon >At least seven people are injured by US military airstrikes in the Yemeni capital Sanaa RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >A Russian drone attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, kills four people and wounds 19 others. Multiple buildings on the city are reported to be ablaze, including a hotel, resort, a restaurant complex and numerous apartments MYANMAR EARTHQUAKE >A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Sagaing, Myanmar, with significant damages reported as far away as Bangkok, Thailand. Over 1,000 people are killed in Myanmar and ten more in Thailand. A state of emergency is declared by the ruling military junta in Myanmar >The Ava Bridge in Mandalay Region, Myanmar, partially collapses as a result of the earthquake >An under-construction government office skyscraper collapses in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least six people and leaving more than 101 others missing and trapped under the rubble TURKISH ANTI-GOVENRMENT PROETSTS >Turkish authorities detain Mehmet Pehlivan, a lawyer representing opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu in the ongoing investigation, and later releases him MISC >Russian authorities claim that the previous day's sinking of the Sindbad submarine in Hurghada, Egypt, killing six Russians, happened already during boarding and not due to a collision as reported >US Vice President JD Vance and several other senior Trump administration officials visit the Pituffik Space Base, a United States Space Force facility in Greenland >The home of Luis Villanueva, leader of the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP), is damaged by an explosive device. Business associations condemned the attack on Thursday, and increased demands on the government to strengthen the fight against organized crime |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 29TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >The Israeli Defense Forces launch a new ground offensive on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip >One person was killed and four are injured by US military airstrikes in the Saada Governorate, Yemen MISC >A SOCATA TBM-700 crashes into an unoccupied house in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States, killing everyone on board >One person is killed and four others are injured in an explosion at a factory in Izmir, Turkiye >Four people are injured in a stabbing attack in Trondheim, Norway, with the perpetrator being arrested >Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announces the creation of a new transitional government, following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 30TH SIMCHAT TORAH WAR >Israel intercepts a ballistic missile fired from Yemen in the eighth Houthi attack since the IDF resumed the war in Gaza. The Houthis claim to have launched three attacks with drones, missiles, and naval forces against the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman in the past 24 hours >Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran will not have direct negotiations with the US on its nuclear program, but is open for indirect talks to rebuild trust, after US president Donald Trump threatened "bombing" if Iran does not agree to a new nuclear deal >Nigerian security forces open fire at a pro-Palestine march, organized by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, in Abuja, Nigeria, killing five people and arresting 19 more. A policeman is killed in the subsequent clashes KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA INSURGENCY >Ten civilians are killed in a security operation in Katlang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The government reports that circumstances will be investigated MEXCIAN DRUG WAR >Two off duty police officers were killed and other kidnapped after were ambushed while traveling on Federal Highway 180D, Cardel-Nautla, in the municipality of Vega de Alatorre. Another member was captured during the ambush MISC >The count of the total amount of destroyed ancient pagodas and religious buildings in Myanmar from the earthquake rises to 61, including the previously unreported Four-Storied Monastery in Inwa >Severe weather and tornadoes break out in the areas between south Indiana and north east Texas, United States >A 7.0 earthquake strikes near the island country of Tonga with a 6.1 aftershock. A tsunami warning is issued and later lifted >Tanzania hits Kenya with eggs, sausage, milk taxes >A state of emergency is declared in Slovakia due to foot-and-mouth disease >Protests are held at Tesla dealerships across the United States, Canada and Europe to protest against DOGE chief and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's role in the second Trump administration >The un-crewed German-built Spectrum orbital rocket is launched in Andøya, Norway, becoming the first orbital rocket to launch from mainland Europe. The rocket stays in the air for just over half a minute before striking the ground and exploding >Scientists discover Mongolian dinosaur Duonychus tsogtbaatari |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
| MARCH 31ST RUSSO-UKRAINE WAR >Six Russian drones hit Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv, Ukraine, damaging several buildings and injuring three people MISC >The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy seizes two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and is towing the vessels to the country’s Bushehr port, claiming they are part of a "fuel smuggling network". It is currently unknown what countries the vessels belong to >Japanese restaurant chain Sukiya orders the temporary closure of almost all of its nearly 2,000 locations in the country after finding a rat and a cockroach in its food >The State Administration Council declares a period of national mourning in Myanmar to last until April 6th as the death toll from the earthquake last week rises to over 3,050 people >The recovery operation of the US Army M88 vehicle that sank in Lithuanian swamps on Pabradė Training Area finishes after five days. Lithuanian president Gitanas Nauseda says that 3 out of 4 missing Americans are found dead, with the last person still missing >Five people are killed and four are injured after an explosion at a coal mine in Degaña, Asturias, Spain >Three children are killed and three other people are injured after a tree hits their vehicle near Kalamazoo, Michigan >A bus driver shoots and kills two passengers on a Miami-Dade Transit bus in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States >The Royal Australian Air Force deploys a long-range maritime patrol aircraft P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, to monitor illegal North Korean maritime activities in the Yellow Sea, including weapons shipments prohibited under international sanctions >Brazilian police arrest a Syrian consulate employee in Brazil after discovering over 600 smuggled electronic devices and other luxury goods valued at over US$700,000 in his diplomatic vehicle during a highway inspection in Ponta Porã >The Moldovan foreign affairs ministry expels three Russian diplomats and declares them persona non grata after accusing the Russian embassy in Chișinău of helping a Moldovan pro-Russia parliament member escape to Transnistria >Newly elected Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen rules out Greenland joining the United States while he is in office >Supporters of former King of Nepal Gyanendra clash with riot police in Kathmandu, Nepal, leaving two people dead and several others injured >A court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, sentences three people to death for killing Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Zvi Kogan in 2024. A fourth accomplice who aided in the murder receives a life sentence >National Rally politician Marine Le Pen is convicted of embezzlement and banned from running for political office for five years, meaning she cannot stand in the next French presidential election |
Mao said: If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! |
More topics from this board
» Israel declaring the state of war ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )removed-user - Oct 6, 2023 |
253 |
by vasipi4946
»»
5 hours ago |
|
» President Trump Thread ( 1 2 3 )vasipi4946 - Dec 23, 2024 |
135 |
by vasipi4946
»»
Yesterday, 2:44 PM |
|
» Trump Tariff Warsvasipi4946 - Feb 2 |
17 |
by vasipi4946
»»
Yesterday, 1:51 PM |
|
» South Korean Political Crisis General ThreadMalchikRepaid - Dec 18, 2024 |
26 |
by MalchikRepaid
»»
Yesterday, 10:18 AM |
|
» American Egg Prices Threadvasipi4946 - Jan 23 |
38 |
by WaffleMaster89
»»
Mar 31, 8:32 PM |