Ukraine deploys its Dassault Mirage 2000 jets against Russian forces for the first time, with the jets intercepting several Russian cruise missiles with air-to-air missiles.
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March 7, 2025 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
A Syrian war monitor reports that Syrian security forces executed 52 Alawite men in Latakia province after clashes broke out the day prior against the new Syrian regime.
The Federal Government of Somalia bans most weapons and armored vehicles at Mogadishu Airport following U.S. warnings of Al-Shabaab threats to Mogadishu.
Al Shabaab militants carry out several attacks in Middle Shabelle, Hiiraan regions of Hirshabelle and Lower Shabelle region from South West State of Somalia. The group's main goal is to capture Mogadishu.
A UNMISS helicopter operator and approximently 27 South Sudanese soldiers are killed after being fired on by a local militia group while evacuating Nasir, South Sudan.
Egyptair joins Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines in suspending flights to Mogadishu's Aden Adde airport following a U.S. warning about a potential imminent terrorist attack on the airport.
At least 22 people are killed after rival factions of the Los Tiguerones drug trafficking syndicate shoot at each other in Guyaquil, Ecuador.
The United States Army stationed in Puntland maintains its operations and declare will not pull out of the region in response to double ongoing operations in the fight against ISIL in Puntland's Bari Region.
Business and economy
Hudson's Bay, Canada's oldest department store, files for creditor protection and intends to restructure.
Disasters and accidents
All trains running through the Gare du Nord railway station in Paris, France, including Eurostar trains from London and Brussels, are canceled due to the discovery of a World War II-era unexploded ordnance containing 200 kg (440 lb) of explosives near the rail tracks near the station.
At least ten people are killed in floods caused by heavy rain in BahÃa Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Health and environment
Organized demonstrations and walkouts of scientists take place across 30 cities in the United States and France in protest of the Donald Trump administration's grant budget and employment cuts to several government scientific agencies.
International relations
Law and crime
Bosnian Serb police begin removing state police from their posts in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in a move aimed at implementing separatist legislation signed into law by Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik.
The Seoul Central District Court lifts the arrest warrant for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol after his initial detention period expired.
Convicted murderer Brad Sigmon is executed by firing squad at Broad River Correctional Institution in South Carolina, United States. He is the first inmate to be executed via firing squad since June 2010.
Twelve people are injured in a mass shooting at a pub in Toronto, Canada. Three suspects are at large.
The Native American Rights Fund, on behalf of five Indigenous American students and three tribes, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, and the Pueblo of Isleta, file a lawsuit against the United States Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) for alleged wrongful dismissals of BIE schoolteachers.
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