Cross-strait relations The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy and People's Liberation Army Air Force conduct large-scale military exercises around Taiwan. At least 19 Chinese warships are deployed, including the aircraft carrier "Shandong", marking its closest ever approach to the island.
2025 Putra Heights pipeline fire At least 305 people are injured after a gas pipeline owned by Petronas explodes and ignites a fire in Putra Heights, Selangor, Malaysia.
2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions Seismic activity increases near Grindavík, Iceland, with the Icelandic Meteorological Office reporting that a volcanic eruption has occurred and a earthquake is being registered. People visiting the Blue Lagoon are being evacuated rapidly.
Russian invasion of Ukraine The Russian ministry of defence says that Russian forces have captured Rozlyv (Волноваський район) in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Red Sea crisis The Houthis claim that they shot down a U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper drone in Marib Governorate, Yemen.
Israel–Hezbollah conflict Four people are killed, including Hassan Bdeir, a high-ranking Hezbollah official, and seven others are injured by an Israeli airstrike on a building in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon.
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National Rally assistants affair 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.
Killing of Zvi Kogan 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.
2025 Nepalese pro-monarchy protests Supporters of former King of Nepal Gyanendra clash with riot police in Kathmandu, Nepal, leaving two people dead and several others injured.
Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland Newly elected Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen rules out Greenland joining the United States while he is in office.
Moldova–Russia relations The Moldovan foreign affairs ministry expels three Russian diplomats and declares them "personae non gratae" after accusing the Russian embassy in Chișinău of helping Alexandr Nesterovschi, a pro-Russia politician convicted of corruption, escape to Transnistria.
China–United States relations The United States announces sanctions on six Chinese and Hong Kong officials, including head of the national security office Dong Jingwei, accusing them of "transnational oppression and undermining Hong Kong autonomy".
Brazil–Syria relations 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.
Australia–North Korea relations 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 North Korean maritime activities in the Yellow Sea, including weapons shipments prohibited under international sanctions.
Multiple-vehicle collision Three people are killed in a multiple-vehicle collision involving a bus and a car near Heathrow Airport in Greater London, England.
Coal mine Five people are killed and four are injured after an explosion at a coal mine in Degaña, Asturias, Spain.
U.S. Army The recovery operation of the U.S. 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.
2025 Myanmar earthquake The State Administration Council declares a period of national mourning in Myanmar to last until April 6 as the death toll from the earthquake last week rises to over 3,050 people.
Caribbean guilder The Caribbean guilder becomes legal tender in Curaçao and Sint Maarten, which will co-circulate alongside its predecessor, the Netherlands Antillean guilder, until 1 July 2025.
Japan 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.
Middle Eastern crisis The Iranian IRGC 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.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Six Russian drones hit Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv, Ukraine, damaging several buildings and injuring three people.
Gaza war The bodies of fourteen aid workers killed on March 23 are recovered from a mass grave in southern Gaza. One body had previously been recovered and one more is believed to remain buried. Of the sixteen workers, nine are members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, six are civil defense workers, and one is a UN agency employee.
German space programme The uncrewed 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.
Bus driver A bus driver shoots and kills two passengers on a Miami-Dade Transit bus in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States.
Middle Eastern crisis Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran will not have direct negotiations with the U.S. on its nuclear program, but is open for indirect talks to rebuild trust, after U.S. president Donald Trump threatened "bombing" if Iran does not agree to a new nuclear deal.
Mw A 7.0 Mw earthquake strikes near the island country of Tonga with a 6.1 Mw aftershock. A tsunami warning is issued and later lifted.
Severe weather Severe weather and tornadoes break out in the areas between south Indiana and north east Texas, United States.
2025 Myanmar earthquake The count of the total amount of destroyed ancient pagodas and religious buildings in Myanmar rises to 61, including the previously unreported Four-Storied Monastery in Inwa, Mandalay Region.
Red Sea crisis Israel intercepts a ballistic missile fired from Yemen in the eighth Houthi attack since the Israeli Defense Force resumed the Gaza war. 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.