2025-03-6 8d803a7c0845287d0a91ce010984a5b78eeee5e9 25 2025 in spaceflight 1 /wiki/2025%20in%20spaceflight Ariane 6 2 /wiki/ariane%206 CSO-3 37 /wiki/composante%20spatiale%20optique French Guiana 116 /wiki/french%20guiana French military 14 /wiki/french%20armed%20forces Guiana Space Centre 71 /wiki/guiana%20space%20centre expendable launch system 172 /wiki/expendable%20launch%20system 2025 in spaceflight Ariane 6 CSO-3 French Guiana French military Guiana Space Centre expendable launch system 2025 in spaceflight /feed/2025/03/6/an-ariane-6-rocket-launches-french-military-satellite-cso-3-from-guiana-space-centre-in-french-guiana-it-is-the-first-c AP 6 65d74fa169a5c83ee77395101d42f8442690d252 3 https://apnews.com/article/space-ariane-rockets-satellites-military-2ce8b2a7348997ecd22cd6467bc62c25 2025 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. 2025-03-6 484e616ac0b295e1eff78b3da8503d4964342d88 24 2025 in spaceflight 1 /wiki/2025%20in%20spaceflight Florida 172 /wiki/florida IM-2 ''Athena'' 14 /wiki/im-2 Intuitive Machines 2 /wiki/intuitive%20machines Kennedy Space Center 116 /wiki/kennedy%20space%20center Mons Mouton 37 /wiki/mons%20mouton lunar south pole 71 /wiki/lunar%20south%20pole 2025 in spaceflight Florida IM-2 ''Athena'' Intuitive Machines Kennedy Space Center Mons Mouton lunar south pole 2025 in spaceflight /feed/2025/03/6/intuitive-machines-space-probe-im-2-athena-lands-on-mons-mouton-near-the-lunar-south-pole-after-launching-from-kenned BBC News 6 351c405332fbccc45a3fbc9ade1c2867bc363296 3 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c871eeez0yzo 2025 Intuitive Machines' space probe IM-2 "Athena" lands on Mons Mouton near the lunar south pole after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S., on February 27. 2025-03-6 e971e07987ab6fb5a523bc13f08dfe8f2d4412d3 23 2025 in spaceflight 1 /wiki/2025%20in%20spaceflight Raptor 317 /wiki/spacex%20raptor SpaceX 2 /wiki/spacex Starbase 71 /wiki/spacex%20starbase Starship launch vehicle 37 /wiki/spacex%20starship Texas 116 /wiki/texas U.S. 172 /wiki/united%20states eighth test flight 14 /wiki/starship%20flight%20test%208 first stage 239 /wiki/spacex%20super%20heavy last flight test 406 /wiki/starship%20flight%20test%207 2025 in spaceflight Raptor SpaceX Starbase Starship launch vehicle Texas U.S. eighth test flight first stage last flight test 2025 in spaceflight /feed/2025/03/6/spacex-launches-its-eighth-test-flight-of-the-starship-launch-vehicle-from-starbase-in-texas-united-states-the-first-s Reuters 6 98214f6a5f40b0fbef3227ad41b3eaf23e7bddc4 3 https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/spacex-launches-eighth-starship-test-eyeing-ships-mock-satellite-deployment-2025-03-06/ 2025 SpaceX launches its eighth test flight of the Starship launch vehicle from Starbase in Texas, United States. 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. 2025-03-6 5aeee27b3cc22ecf18835b1c59a433b3a02ef055 21 Romania 115 /wiki/romania Russia 36 /wiki/russia coup d'état 70 /wiki/coup%20d'etat far-right 13 /wiki/far-right general 1 /wiki/romanian%20armed%20forces Romania Russia coup d'état far-right general General /feed/2025/03/6/six-individuals-including-retired-general-and-far-right-politician-radu-theodoru-are-arrested-on-accusations-of-being Politico 6 9cf90baac3c990d00774b3ed7c43551e02c3c324 3 https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-foils-revolution-pro-russia-group-featuring-101-year-old-man-holocaust-denying/ 2025 The Financial Times 6 2c1a04999d66192225c7778b3907b93d20d92d3d 3 https://www.ft.com/content/414d9140-05e1-4f80-83de-4d7421134f57 2025 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. 2025-03-6 d9cd74c40734cf6665a93685339ff540db0f2ab3 20 Czechia 115 /wiki/czechia Estonia 316 /wiki/estonia European Court of Justice 1 /wiki/european%20court%20of%20justice European Union 36 /wiki/european%20union Germany 13 /wiki/germany Hungary 171 /wiki/hungary Luxembourg 238 /wiki/luxembourg whistleblowers 70 /wiki/whistleblowers Czechia Estonia European Court of Justice European Union Germany Hungary Luxembourg whistleblowers European Court of Justice /feed/2025/03/6/the-european-court-of-justice-fines-germany-euro-34-million-us-367-million-for-failing-to-implement-a-european-uni DW 6 e5c80e04069f5d6b67c7ef46cedb0473e0e7889a 3 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-fined-34-million-for-late-whistleblower-protection/a-71843936 2025 The European Court of Justice fines Germany {{Euro}}34 million (US$36.7 million) for failing to implement a European Union law to protect whistleblowers by 2021. The Court also fines Czechia {{Euro}}2.3 million, Hungary {{Euro}}1.5 million, and Luxembourg and Estonia {{Euro}}500,000 each for the same reason. 2025-03-6 7ab978b4a26f58b1f319c1df648b616aa95f16ea 19 Darfur 317 /wiki/darfur International Court of Justice 37 /wiki/international%20court%20of%20justice Masalit people 239 /wiki/masalit%20people Rapid Support Forces 116 /wiki/rapid%20support%20forces Sudan 406 /wiki/sudan Sudanese civil war 1 /wiki/sudanese%20civil%20war United Arab Emirates 71 /wiki/united%20arab%20emirates genocidal acts 172 /wiki/genocide government of Sudan 2 /wiki/government%20of%20sudan lawsuit 14 /wiki/lawsuit publicity stunt 506 /wiki/publicity%20stunt Darfur International Court of Justice Masalit people Rapid Support Forces Sudan Sudanese civil war United Arab Emirates genocidal acts government of Sudan lawsuit publicity stunt Sudanese civil war /feed/2025/03/6/the-government-of-sudan-files-a-lawsuit-in-the-international-court-of-justice-against-the-united-arab-emirates-for-its-a Al Jazeera 6 a11ae0f7c4bc1f370f101ca6c9a88075f9f23158 3 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/6/sudan-files-case-against-uae-at-top-un-court-over-complicity-in-genocide 2025 Middle East Eye 6 19923d633d50f613107e9202d90f95524c9f5fb1 3 https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-launches-case-against-uae-icj-over-complicity-genocide 2025 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". 2025-03-6 3f525dee501c14f7afd0823874aebc036f81a897 18 Just Energy Transition Partnership 1 /wiki/just%20energy%20transition%20partnership emerging countries 13 /wiki/emerging%20market fossil fuels 70 /wiki/fossil%20fuels non-renewable energy sources 36 /wiki/non-renewable%20resource Just Energy Transition Partnership emerging countries fossil fuels non-renewable energy sources Just Energy Transition Partnership /feed/2025/03/6/the-united-states-withdraws-from-the-just-energy-transition-partnership-a-program-that-helps-emerging-countries-transit DW 6 865ab3350bec846b52b47960ef806dc29b075464 3 https://www.dw.com/en/us-exits-93-billion-climate-deal-with-developing-nations/a-71847744 2025 Reuters 6 ca33c2a7ee34ffe3357fd3c0f10b1c17ffb2079c 3 https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/us-withdrawing-plan-help-major-polluters-move-coal-sources-2025-03-05/ 2025 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. 2025-03-6 69b9f64f6de5e80cee3d4bec7e781462ccea82a4 17 France 37 /wiki/france France–Ukraine relations 1 /wiki/france-ukraine%20relations French defense Minister 2 /wiki/minister%20of%20the%20armed%20forces%20(france) Russian invasion of Ukraine 116 /wiki/russian%20invasion%20of%20ukraine Sebastien Lecornu 14 /wiki/sebastien%20lecornu Ukraine 71 /wiki/ukraine France France–Ukraine relations French defense Minister Russian invasion of Ukraine Sebastien Lecornu Ukraine France–Ukraine relations /feed/2025/03/6/french-defense-minister-sebastien-lecornu-says-france-will-continue-sharing-military-intelligence-to-ukraine-regarding-t AP 6 99bb67a822f15be5990033914a983e146502fbe7 3 https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-military-intelligence-france-lecornu-kyiv-96e3838b673270ccd38917d853031114 2025 French defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu says France will continue sharing military intelligence to Ukraine regarding the Russian invasion. 2025-03-6 72a89f5120880f59ea4d39838de5c64b4990005a 16 Science 13 /wiki/science%20(journal) academic journal 1 /wiki/academic%20journal butterflies 36 /wiki/butterflies Science academic journal butterflies Academic journal /feed/2025/03/6/according-to-a-report-in-the-academic-journal-science-the-population-of-the-554-recorded-species-of-butterflies-in-th NPR 6 27ee19aa4168e684ce9184250f3f384def0dfea8 3 https://www.npr.org/2025/03/06/nx-s1-5317535/butterfly-numbers-have-fallen-by-nearly-a-quarter-since-2000 2025 According to a report in the academic journal "Science", the population of the 554 recorded species of butterflies in the U.S. have declined by 22% since 2000. 2025-03-6 f0bed8b96aad13b7429144ae519453402b3c9a65 15 African migrants 1 /wiki/emigration%20from%20africa Arab Gulf states 13 /wiki/arab%20gulf%20states Djibouti 70 /wiki/djibouti International Organization for Migration 171 /wiki/international%20organization%20for%20migration Yemen 36 /wiki/yemen Yemeni 115 /wiki/yemenis African migrants Arab Gulf states Djibouti International Organization for Migration Yemen Yemeni African migrants /feed/2025/03/6/at-least-two-people-are-killed-and-186-others-are-missing-after-four-boats-carrying-african-migrants-heading-towards-the Al Jazeera 6 5bb8539cb673b92afa7a3381b84212fbaa5640f3 3 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/7/two-dead-186-missing-after-four-boats-sink-off-yemen-and-djibouti-un 2025 At least two people are killed and 186 others are missing after four boats carrying African migrants heading towards the Arab Gulf states capsize off the coast of Yemen and Djibouti. Two Yemeni crew members are rescued by the International Organization for Migration. 2025-03-6 8942357b63b83b4707621e2bfa071185194b2c93 14 2025 Pocheon bombing 1 /wiki/2025%20pocheon%20bombing Gyeonggi Province 116 /wiki/gyeonggi%20province KF-16 14 /wiki/general%20dynamics%20f-16%20fighting%20falcon MK82 bombs 37 /wiki/mark%2082%20bomb Pocheon 71 /wiki/pocheon South Korean Air Force 2 /wiki/republic%20of%20korea%20air%20force 2025 Pocheon bombing Gyeonggi Province KF-16 MK82 bombs Pocheon South Korean Air Force 2025 Pocheon bombing /feed/2025/03/6/two-south-korean-air-force-kf-16-jets-erroneously-release-eight-mk82-bombs-over-home-territory-in-pocheon-gyeonggi-prov Reuters 6 c6e94193ddf28c687d97de84ed6e6fff6cf0e8f0 3 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/seven-hurt-south-korea-after-shell-lands-civilian-area-during-military-drills-2025-03-06/ 2025 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. 2025-03-6 0392416710391a3af15d99d457fbca6963e77dd1 13 Bitcoin 13 /wiki/bitcoin executive order 1 /wiki/executive%20order forfeiture 36 /wiki/asset%20forfeiture Bitcoin executive order forfeiture Executive order /feed/2025/03/6/us-president-donald-trump-signs-an-executive-order-creating-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-funded-exclusively-with-bitcoi CNBC 6 c3be28d7b4e0d94750155e634434bbbfcafdf5bd 3 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/06/trump-signs-executive-order-for-us-strategic-bitcoin-reserve.html 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve funded exclusively with bitcoin seized in criminal and civil forfeiture cases. 2025-03-6 3ba05af3d07ed67515f36054612c75cab5ee0fcc 12 2020s European re-armament 1 /wiki/2020s%20european%20re-armament GDP 71 /wiki/gross%20domestic%20product Pedro Sánchez 14 /wiki/pedro%20sanchez Spain 37 /wiki/spain Spanish Prime Minister 2 /wiki/prime%20minister%20of%20spain 2020s European re-armament GDP Pedro Sánchez Spain Spanish Prime Minister 2020s European re-armament /feed/2025/03/6/spanish-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-announces-that-spain-will-accelerate-defense-spending-to-2-of-its-gdp-in-four-year El Mundo 6 3ba93015f56d3d8c0d79cbdee79923477410afce 3 https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2025/03/07/67c9f301e9cf4ad2698b45b3.html 2025 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces that Spain will accelerate defense spending to 2% of its GDP in four years. 2025-03-6 ed8749fc6c6842baf72998be2498441a3c23accd 11 Canadian 239 /wiki/canada Canadian Prime Minister 116 /wiki/prime%20minister%20of%20canada Claudia Sheinbaum 71 /wiki/claudia%20sheinbaum Donald Trump 14 /wiki/donald%20trump Justin Trudeau 172 /wiki/justin%20trudeau Mexican President 37 /wiki/president%20of%20mexico Mexico 317 /wiki/mexico President 2 /wiki/president%20of%20the%20united%20states U.S. 406 /wiki/united%20states cross-border 617 /wiki/mexico-united%20states%20border fentanyl 739 /wiki/fentanyl migration 506 /wiki/immigration%20policy%20of%20the%20united%20states tariffs 1 /wiki/second%20trump%20tariffs Canadian Canadian Prime Minister Claudia Sheinbaum Donald Trump Justin Trudeau Mexican President Mexico President U.S. cross-border fentanyl migration tariffs Tariffs /feed/2025/03/6/following-phone-calls-between-united-states-president-donald-trump-mexican-president-claudia-sheinbaum-and-canadian-pr ABC News 6 99df10280e3707f497b4fdcf4e7f18682eb725c1 3 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-2nd-term-tariffs-ukraine/?id=119377651 2025 CBC 6 3e6b6f7dabb3579accec806b80b3c482d0a973b3 3 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-trump-trade-war-deal-1.7476311 2025 DW 6 47a54bb4e9beadae1ca23083818ee9a678eda63c 3 https://www.dw.com/en/us-updates-trump-delays-most-tariffs-on-mexico/live-71850905 2025 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. 2025-03-6 9369497bcadc37d63b447e191eca7c22bd2880eb 9 Aden Adde airport 37 /wiki/aden%20adde%20international%20airport Mogadishu 71 /wiki/mogadishu Qatar Airways 14 /wiki/qatar%20airways Somali Civil War 1 /wiki/somali%20civil%20war Somalia 116 /wiki/somalia Turkish Airlines 2 /wiki/turkish%20airlines United States embassy 172 /wiki/embassy%20of%20the%20united%20states,%20mogadishu Aden Adde airport Mogadishu Qatar Airways Somali Civil War Somalia Turkish Airlines United States embassy Somali Civil War /feed/2025/03/6/turkish-airlines-and-qatar-airways-temporarily-suspend-flights-to-aden-adde-international-airport-in-mogadishu-somalia AeroTime 6 53fc1da3d39c6d9bd44ea89e3beac1cd926af340 3 https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/turkish-airlines-qatar-airways-somalia-mogadishu 2025 Hiiraan Online 6 20451b64937f9743db3b8a1b986bd197d992c9f3 3 https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2025/Mar/200547/u_s_embassy_warning_triggers_flight_cancellations_by_turkish_airlines_and_qatar_airways_to_mogadishu.aspx 2025 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. 2025-03-6 2ba58df1af489bb99d001501947651d5062db66b 8 Rohingya genocide 1 /wiki/rohingya%20genocide Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh 71 /wiki/rohingya%20refugees%20in%20bangladesh United Nations 2 /wiki/united%20nations World Food Programme 14 /wiki/world%20food%20programme emergency food rations 37 /wiki/emergency%20rations Rohingya genocide Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh United Nations World Food Programme emergency food rations Rohingya genocide /feed/2025/03/6/the-united-nations-world-food-programme-announces-that-it-will-reduce-the-emergency-food-rations-for-rohingya-refugees-i Al Jazeera 6 d897d4dd54c310054438f17d36df985af821d757 3 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/6/un-to-halve-rohingya-food-aid-in-bangladesh-amid-funding-crunch 2025 The United Nations World Food Programme announces that it will reduce the emergency food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from US$12.50 to $6 per person. 2025-03-6 5f23668ccd082b69a6ab267c34247b893b07babf 7 Dick Schoof 14 /wiki/dick%20schoof Dutch Prime Minister 2 /wiki/prime%20minister%20of%20the%20netherlands Norwegian 172 /wiki/norway Polish 239 /wiki/poland Russo-Ukrainian War 1 /wiki/russo-ukrainian%20war US$ 37 /wiki/united%20states%20dollar Ukraine 71 /wiki/ukraine drone attacks 116 /wiki/drone%20warfare Dick Schoof Dutch Prime Minister Norwegian Polish Russo-Ukrainian War US$ Ukraine drone attacks Russo-Ukrainian War /feed/2025/03/6/dutch-prime-minister-dick-schoof-announces-us-38-billion-in-national-military-funding-for-ukraine-in-2026-including-7 ABC News 6 ec689c59e0f3d4a1682e43c6a56a5c1695688c1c 3 https://abcnews.go.com/International/zelenskyy-arrives-emergency-europe-summit-amid-pressure-us/story?id=119503760 2025 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 military aid for Ukraine. 2025-03-6 25e6ab886fe9413ca292b96fee1bdaf70230c9ce 5 Save the Children 2 /wiki/save%20the%20children Syrian civil war 1 /wiki/syrian%20civil%20war landmines 14 /wiki/landmines overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad 71 /wiki/fall%20of%20the%20assad%20regime unexploded ordnance 37 /wiki/unexploded%20ordnance Save the Children Syrian civil war landmines overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad unexploded ordnance Syrian civil war /feed/2025/03/6/save-the-children-says-that-landmines-and-unexploded-ordnance-in-syria-have-killed-or-injured-at-least-188-children-sinc Al Arabiya 6 44b17457f3392b19482832a661273d8587aa8419 3 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/03/06/syria-leftover-explosives-kill-and-injure-over-180-children-ngo 2025 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. 2025-03-6 98a4267a737bd09cce8a9670b7c2e5801ca683a3 4 Jordanian border 2 /wiki/jordan-syria%20border Syria 14 /wiki/syria Syrian civil war 1 /wiki/syrian%20civil%20war Jordanian border Syria Syrian civil war Syrian civil war /feed/2025/03/6/four-smuggling-suspects-are-killed-in-clashes-between-jordanian-border-forces-and-armed-groups-attempting-to-cross-from The New Arab 6 6224b3bae8337788a79e3a03782b08ebeb2e54cd 3 https://www.newarab.com/news/jordanian-forces-clash-smugglers-syria-border 2025 Four smuggling suspects are killed in clashes between Jordanian border forces and armed groups attempting to cross from Syria. 2025-03-6 ab999be62d30b881fad91f0db4eebf60a9bf370a 3 Assad 14 /wiki/bashar%20al-assad Latakia Governorate 116 /wiki/latakia%20governorate Syria 172 /wiki/syria Syrian civil war 1 /wiki/syrian%20civil%20war Syrian security forces 2 /wiki/syrian%20armed%20forces ambush 37 /wiki/ambush shootout 71 /wiki/shootout Assad Latakia Governorate Syria Syrian civil war Syrian security forces ambush shootout Syrian civil war /feed/2025/03/6/at-least-16-members-of-the-security-forces-and-28-assad-loyalists-are-killed-in-a-series-of-ambushes-and-shootouts-in-la Al Arabiya 6 d197c9f85f16da8587cff444a8ddc2aa225875dd 3 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/03/06/syria-forces-say-clashing-with-gunmen-affiliated-with-an-al-assad-era-commander 2025 France 24 6 3094ae92b24ff0b5c8524460937d9989114191bb 3 https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250306-deadly-clashes-erupt-between-syrian-forces-and-remnants-of-assad-s-militias 2025 At least 16 members of the security forces and 28 Assad loyalists are killed in a series of ambushes and shootouts in Latakia Governorate, Syria.