The edition of
Tuesday 18 March 2025
9 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
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 Gaza war since the beginning of a ceasefire which came into effect on 19 January.
The Israeli military intercepts a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis from Yemen at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to launch an offensive on Belgorod Oblast with five assaults before being stopped by Russian forces, characterizing the alleged attacks as an attempt to discredit U.S. President Donald Trump's peace negotiations.
U.S. 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.
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.
Politics
The Hungarian parliament votes 136–27 to ban LGBTQ events in the country, including the annual Budapest Pride event.
The Law
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.
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.
Science
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 eight days but their return was delayed due to technical problems with their Boeing Starliner Calypso capsule.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 18 March 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.