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.
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March 4, 2025 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
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.
The Houthis claim to have shot down an American MQ-9 UAV, stating that it was conducting "hostile missions" over Al Hudaydah. The U.S. Air Force later confirms a loss of contact with the drone.
An Israeli drone strike in Tyre, Lebanon, kills Haidar Hashem, the head of naval forces in Hezbollah's Radwan Force.
A Philippine Air Force FA-50PH fighter jet is reported missing during an overnight combat operation against insurgents in Bukidnon, Philippines. A search and rescue operation to locate the missing pilots is launched with both later being confirmed dead.
Business and economy
U.S. 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% amid an ongoing trade war.
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.
U.S. President Donald Trump announces the creation of the Office of Shipbuilding, as means to compete with China in the maritime transport industry.
Disasters and accidents
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 light aircraft crashes into a garden in Plettenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, killing the pilot on board.
International relations
Turkey summons Iran's chargés d'affaires in Ankara after Iran's foreign ministry summoned Turkey's ambassador.
Iran says Turkey'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".
Politics and elections
Citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia vote to elect ten of the fourteen members of Congress.
Science and technology
The roughly 3,500 km2 iceberg A23a, the world's largest, runs aground in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia in the Atlantic Ocean.
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