Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Belarus–United States relations
        • Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismisses the US-proposal for the ceasefire in Ukraine, accusing them of having "no plan" in Ukraine. (The Moscow Times)
      • Russia–United States relations
        • Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the U.S. proposal for the ceasefire in Ukraine would depend on Russia's conditions being met, and that there will be further discussions. (Euronews) (Politico)
• Syrian civil war
  • Western Syria clashes
    • 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
      • 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 6. (SOHR)
• War against the Islamic State
  • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
    • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
      • Puntland forces claim to have killed a senior foreign ISIS 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. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)
• Gaza war
  • Palestinian genocide accusation, Gaza genocide
    • The United Nations Human Rights Council accuses Israel of committing genocidal acts and other war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, including committing gender-based violence 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". (DW) (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 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. (BBC News)

International relations

• Armenia–Azerbaijan relations
  • Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on a peace treaty to formally end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and establish a mutually agreed border between both countries. (Reuters)
• Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan relations
  • 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. (Reuters)
• Panama–United States relations
  • The Trump administration reportedly orders the U.S. military to plan options to expand the presence of American troops in Panama and potentially try to reclaim the Panama Canal. (NBC News)

Law and crime

• 2025 United States federal mass layoffs
  • U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California orders the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department of Interior, and the Treasury Department to reinstate workers who were fired by President Donald Trump. (Reuters)
• The Nugaal regional first instance court finds a security guard guilty and sentences him to four years in prison and a $1,500 fine for assaulting an eight-year-old Yemeni refugee child in Garowe, Puntland. (Hiiraan Online) (Idil News) (Garowe Online)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Belizean general election
  • 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. (Breaking Belize News)
• 2025 Swiss Federal Council election
  • 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. (Reuters) (Radio SRF)