Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- Mark Carney (pictured) succeeds Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada after winning the Liberal Party leadership election.
- In Pakistan, a train hijacking by the Balochistan Liberation Army leaves at least 71 people dead.
- Former president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte is arrested on the basis of an International Criminal Court warrant charging him with crimes against humanity.
- Intuitive Machines' Athena lands on the Moon at an incorrect angle and is unable to complete its mission.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Red Sea crisis
- United States President Donald Trump orders a series of airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. (Associated Press)
- Myanmar civil war
- At least 27 people are killed and 30 others are injured in an airstrike by the Myanmar Military in Let Pan Hla near Mandalay, Myanmar. (CTV News)
- Gaza war
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, Killing of journalists in the Gaza war
- Israeli airstrikes kill at least nine Palestinians, including several journalists, and injures several others in Beit Lahia, North Gaza Governorate, Gaza. (UPI)
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine
- UNICEF reports that 1-in-3 children in the North Gaza are malnourished due to the Israeli blockade stopping all humanitarian aid, describing the situation as "catastrophic". (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, Killing of journalists in the Gaza war
Disasters and accidents
- Dao Khanong Expressway Bridge collapse
- Seven people are killed, sixteen others are injured, and at least thirty people are missing after an elevated section under construction of the Dao Khanong Expressway Bridge collapses onto a section of the Chaloem Maha Nakhon Expressway in Bangkok, Thailand. (The Star)
- Tornado outbreak of March 14, 2025
- The death toll from the tornado outbreak in the United States rises to 17 people. (AP News)
- 16 people were injured after a roof collapsed at a St. Patrick's Day frat party near the University of Pittsburgh. (Hindustan Times)
International relations
- Thailand–United States relations, Persecution of Uyghurs in China
- United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces visa restrictions against former and current Thai officials who were involved in deporting at least 40 Uyghur men who were seeking asylum back to China, despite concerns that they could face persecution. (Nikkei Asia)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
- Hamas says that it has agreed to resume ceasefire talks and release American Israeli hostage Edan Alexander. This comes after a proposal from U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. (The Hill)
- 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
- War against the Islamic State
- Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
- Iraq announces that the deputy head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, was killed in the Al Anbar Governorate during a joint operation between Iraqi security forces and the United States. (Reuters) (AP)
- Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Four people, including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam district chief Maulana Abdullah Nadeem, are injured in a bombing at the Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque mosque in South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Indian Express)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024–2025 Cuba blackouts
- A failure at a central power plant cuts electricity in Cuba, leaving over ten million people without power. (CNN)
- 2025 Oklahoma wildfires
- Severe winds and dry conditions in the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas cause a series of wildfires, forcing evacuations and leaving thousands without power. (The New York Times)
- Tornado outbreak of March 14, 2025
- Three people are indirectly killed by storms as a regional risk for an outbreak of severe weather is outlined by the Storm Prediction Center over much of the United States. A rare high risk convective outlook is issued for tomorrow over the Deep South. (Storm Prediction Center)
- At least two people are killed and one other is injured in a landslide at a salt mine in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Aaj News)
International relations
- South Africa–European Union relations
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces that the European Union will invest €4.7 billion (US$5 billion) in aid and development projects in South Africa after the United States ended most of its USAID programs. (DW) (Reuters)
- South Africa–United States relations
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declares South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool persona non grata for his criticism of Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. (Al Jazeera)
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- U.S. President Donald Trump publicly asks Russian President Vladimir Putin to spare the lives of "thousands of Ukrainian soldiers" said to be surrounded in Kursk Oblast. (ABC News)
Law and crime
- Huawei lobbyists are banned from entering the European Parliament and its subsidiaries during an investigation on corruption in the European Parliament. (Euronews)
- The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration permanently restricts helicopter activity over the Helicopter Route near the site of the Potomac River mid-air collision. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
- Mark Carney is sworn in as the 24th Prime Minister of Canada. (CBC News)
Science and technology
- March 2025 lunar eclipse
- A total lunar eclipse occurs in the morning hours across the Western Hemisphere at night. (Space.com)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Western Syria clashes
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
- Spiritual leader of Syria's Druze community Hikmat al-Hajari rejects any deal with the new Ahmed al-Sharaa-headed transitional government, accusing it of being "extremist in every sense of the word" and refusing to "recognize a terrorist" in reference to the concurrent sectarian massacres of Syrian Alawites. (Rudaw) (The Jerusalem Post)
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
- Western Syria clashes
- War against the Islamic State
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Puntland forces claim to have killed a senior foreign ISIL 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)
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
- 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 and sexual assault 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)
- Palestinian genocide accusation, Gaza genocide
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 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)
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–United States relations
Business and economy
- British 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)
- Qatar begins supplying natural gas to Syria via Jordan to increase production at the Deir Ali power plant in Rif Dimashq Governorate, which will provide electricity to Damascus and other major cities. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- American expansionism under Donald Trump
- 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)
- Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland
- During a meeting at the White House with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte, U.S. President Donald Trump refuses to rule out the U.S. annexation of Greenland when questioned. (Sky News)
- Panama–United States 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
- Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon sign a deal to formally end the border dispute between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Railways, roads, and air transport resumes between both countries. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2025 United States federal mass layoffs
- U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California orders the U.S. departments of agriculture, energy, interior, veterans affairs, and the Treasury to reinstate probationary workers who were fired by the Office of Personnel Management. (Reuters)
- Corruption in Belgium
- Federal Police searches Huawei's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on suspicion of bribery. (Euronews)
Politics and elections
- Union State
- Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russian citizens permanently residing in Belarus will be able to vote and run in local elections in Belarus, and that Belarusian citizens permanently residing in Russia will be able to vote and run in local elections in Russia. (Belsat)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
- 2025 Beledweyne hotel attack
- Somali security forces end the 24-hour siege at a hotel in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia, with at least fifteen civilians and all six Al-Shabaab attackers killed. (BBC News) (AP)
- Following the attack, over 100 Somali parliament members urge President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to resign, citing leadership failures amid worsening security and governance crises. (Idil News) (Garowe Online)
- 2025 Beledweyne hotel attack
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
- Syrian civil war
- Western Syria clashes
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documents three further reprisal massacres of Alawite minority communities on 12 March in which 158 civilians were killed, totaling 1,383 civilian deaths as a result of fifty separate massacres conducted in western Syria since March 6. (Barron's)
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
- Western Syria clashes
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- 2025 Jaffar Express hijacking
- Security forces rescue all surviving passengers and security personnel from yesterday's hijacking of the Jaffar Express passenger train in Pakistan by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). Officials confirm the deaths of all 33 BLA militants, as well as 29 passengers, and 8 soldiers. (News 24) (Al Jazeera)
- 2025 Jaffar Express hijacking
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kursk offensive
- Russian troops, backed by close air support, enter the town of Sudzha in Kursk Oblast, ending seven months of Ukrainian occupation. (MSN) (Reuters)
- Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov says that remaining Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast are entirely surrounded. (Proto Thema)[unreliable source?]
- Kursk offensive
Business and economy
- 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico, Canada–United States relations
- Canadian finance minister Dominic LeBlanc announces retaliatory tariffs on CAD$29.8 billion (US$20.7 billion) of goods from the United States after U.S. president Donald Trump announced additional tariffs on Canadian metals. (DW)
International relations
- Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
- Angola confirms that peace talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement will begin on 18 March, after the DRC previously insisted on solely negotiating with Rwanda. (DW)
- Iran–United States relations
- Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei rejects negotiations with the U.S. regarding Iran's nuclear program, stating that Iran is "not interested in nuclear weapons". (BBC News)
- Red Sea crisis
- The Houthi movement in Yemen announces it will resume targeting Israeli ships because its deadline for Israel to resume aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip has passed. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- The City Court in Tbilisi, Georgia, convicts former president Mikheil Saakashvili of embezzlement and sentences him to nine years in prison. The court also fines the former head of the Special State Protection Service, Teimuraz Janashia, ₾300,000 (€99,936) in connection to the case. (DW)
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. The ruling party is re-elected by 26 seats to 5. (Breaking Belize News) (Jamaica Observer)
- The Syrian presidential office announces the creation of the National Security Council as a means of confronting national and internal security problems. (Reuters)
- 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)
Sports
- 2024–25 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
- Norwegian ski jumpers Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang are suspended by FIS and will not participate in Raw Air due to an ongoing investigation involving the manipulation of ski equipment. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali civil war
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
- 2025 Beledweyne hotel attack
- At least ten people are killed after five Al-Shabaab militants detonate a car bomb and attack a hotel in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia. (BBC News) (First Post)
- 2025 Beledweyne hotel attack
- 2025 Shabelle offensive
- Syrian civil war
- Western Syria clashes
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the killings of 132 Alawite civilians, totaling 1,225 civilian deaths as a result of forty-seven separate massacres in western Syria since 6 March. (BBC News)
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
- Western Syria clashes
- War against the Islamic State
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
- Around 2,500 rural families who depend on frankincense harvesting have been displaced by ongoing War between Puntland forces and Islamic State militants in Cal Miskaad mountain ranges of Bari Region, Puntland. (Hiiraan Online)
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine launches a massive drone attack on Moscow, the largest inside Russia since the start of the war. At least three people are killed and 18 others are injured. Multiple fires are reported throughout the city and flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport are suspended. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- Russia claims its air defences have shot down at least 337 Ukrainian drones overnight across 10 oblasts. (The Journal)
- Kursk offensive
- Russia announces that the Russian military in the previous several days retook multiple villages in Kursk Oblast up to the outskirts of Sudzha, the main town occupied by the Ukrainian military, as Ukrainian forces withdraw to avoid encirclement. (Reuters) (Al Arabiya)
- Odesa strikes
- A Russian missile strike on a cargo ship carrying a shipment of grain to Algeria at the Port of Odesa, kills four crew members and severely damages the vessel. (Trade Winds News)
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The United States government lifts its suspension on sharing intelligence and military aid to Ukraine. (AP)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- 2025 Jaffar Express hijacking
- The Jaffar Express passenger train traveling from Quetta to Peshawar in Pakistan is hijacked by the Balochistan Liberation Army, with over 440 people being taken hostage. The BLA claims it killed more than 30 Pakistan Army personnel. (News18) (ARY News)
- 2025 Jaffar Express hijacking
Business and economy
- 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
- U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he will raise tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium imports from 25% to 50%. (BBC News)
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford suspends planned surcharges on electricity in the US. Trump backs off afterwards, though his original plan to impose 25% tariffs will go as planned. (AP)
- Trump's trade counselor Peter Navarro says that 50% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum won't take effect on Wednesday. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- A bus overturns on a highway in Johannesburg, South Africa, killing at least 16 people and injuring 35 others, including 11 critically. (Euronews) (AP)
- At least three people are killed and eleven others are injured when a tram-train collides with a tank truck at a level crossing in Zeutern, Ubstadt-Weiher, Germany. (CTV News)
International relations
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Coalition of the willing (Russo-Ukrainian War)
- The military chiefs of all European NATO countries meet in Paris, France, to discuss a potential European peacekeeping force in Ukraine, alongside Ukrainian representatives. The U.S. was not involved in the meeting. (RFE/RL)
- Ukraine–United States relations
- The U.S. and Ukraine announce their intention to seek a 30-day ceasefire with Russia after talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, involving U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Ukrainian presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak. (CBS News)
- Coalition of the willing (Russo-Ukrainian War)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
- Angola announces it will mediate peace talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed rebel group March 23 Movement (M23), following a visit by Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi to discuss a potential peace process with Angolan president João Lourenço. (The Independent) (The Star)
Law and crime
- International Criminal Court investigation in the Philippines, Philippine drug war
- Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte
- Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is arrested by the Philippine National Police through the Interpol at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila after being served an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court upon arriving from Hong Kong. Duterte was later transferred and later extradited to The Hague, Netherlands on a chartered flight by the Philippine government. (The New York Times)
- Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte
- 2025 Romanian presidential election
- The Romanian Constitutional Court upholds the decision to ban far-right presidential candidate Călin Georgescu from running in the 2025 presidential election after he appealed the decision last week. He is under investigation for campaign finance violations and allegations of being supported by Russia. (DW)
Politics and elections
- 2024–present Serbian anti-corruption protests
- As protests against the Serbian government continue across Serbia, hundreds of students form a blockade around the headquarters of the Radio Television of Serbia in Belgrade, accusing the state television station of being biased towards President Aleksandar Vučić. At least one police officer is injured. (DW)
- 2025 Greenlandic general election
- Greenlanders and other citizens of Greenland vote to elect the 31 members of the Inatsisartut between 213 candidates from six parties. (DW)
- The centre-right opposition Demokraatit wins a plurality while the centre-left ruling Inuit Ataqatigiit–Siumut coalition loses their majority. (CNN)
- Next Portuguese legislative election
- Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's minority government falls after a motion of confidence is passed in the Assembly of the Republic. Early elections are called. (Reuters)
- United States District Judge for the District Court of the District of Columbia Amir Ali orders the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion (€1.84 billion) in unpaid funds for promised USAID programs that the administration ended. (DW)
Science and technology
- NASA launches the SPHEREx near-infrared space observatory on a Falcon 9 Block 5 spacecraft from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The SPHEREx mission will perform a survey of and map approximately 450 million galaxies across the sky in color. (NBC News) (DW)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Western Syria clashes
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
- The number of civilians reported by one war monitor to be killed in extrajudicial massacres in western Syria rises to 1,068, the majority of whom are Alawites with some Christians reportedly caught in the violence. (France 24)
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
- Western Syria clashes
Business and economy
- 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces that the province will charge 25% more for electricity supplied to the United States, which includes the states of Michigan, Minnesota, and New York. (AP)
- British Columbia Premier David Eby announces that the province will ban all U.S.-imported alcohol within government-operated liquor stores. (CBC News)
- Economy of the United States
- U.S. stocks experience a relatively steep drop as the Nasdaq Composite falls 4% and the S&P 500 falls 2.7%. Economists attribute the drop to recent all-time highs, recession fears, and concerns about a potential U.S. government shutdown and the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 North Sea ship collision
- An oil tanker is reportedly on fire in the North Sea off the coast of Kingston upon Hull, England, after colliding with a cargo ship. Thirty-seven crew members are rescued by search and rescue boats, with 32 injured and one hospitalized when brought to shore. (BBC News) (DW)
- Thirty-two people are killed and at least 12 others are injured in two bus crashes in Mexico. (The Daily Observer)
- Three people, including two hospital workers, are killed when a medical transport helicopter crashes in a forested area near Tupelo, Mississippi, United States. (Irish Star)
International relations
- 2025 Organization of American States Secretary General election
- The Organization of American States elects Albert Ramdin of Suriname to serve as its secretary general for the 2025–2030 period. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2024 Spanish floods
- A court charges the dismissed Valencian regional minister Salomé Pradas and the former regional secretary of Emergencies for the management of emergency warnings during the floods that caused 228 deaths in October 2024 in the Valencian Community. (El País)
Politics and elections
- Syrian peace process
- The Syrian transitional government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sign a ceasefire and a deal to integrate the SDF into state institutions and bring the Rojava region under government control. (Al Jazeera) (France24)
Science and technology
- Twitter under Elon Musk
- X suffers from multiple global system outages, as owner Elon Musk claims that the site is being targeted in a "massive cyberattack". (AP)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Western Syria clashes
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
- One war monitor says that over 1,300 Syrians are killed within 72 hours amid ongoing clashes between the transitional government and pro-Assad forces, including at least 973 Alawites, Christians, and civilians of other religious minorities killed in reprisal massacres by fighters associated with the Syrian Transitional Government. (NPR) (BBC News)
- 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites, March 2025 Western Syria clashes
- Western Syria clashes
- Gaza war
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
- The Israeli military cuts off the electric power distribution supply for the Gaza Strip, affecting over 2 million Palestinians and causing a desalination plant that supplies drinking water to reduce its water output. (AP)
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine, France–Ukraine relations, France–Russia relations
- French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu says that France will use €195 million in interest from Russian assets to fund a military aid package to Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Military aid to Ukraine, France–Ukraine relations, France–Russia relations
- War against the Islamic State
- Kivu conflict, 2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- Nine people are killed by Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic Forces rebels in Lubero Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
- Kivu conflict, 2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
Business and economy
- More than 40,000 passengers at Hamburg Airport in Hamburg, Germany, are affected and flights are cancelled after a worker protest organized by the trade union ver.di. (CTV News)
Disasters and accidents
- A Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft carrying five people crashes in a retirement community in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania, United States, shortly after taking off from Lancaster Airport. (CNN) (LNP)
- The death toll from floods in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, increases to 16. (La Nación)
Law and crime
- Reactions to the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student who played a prominent role during pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, and revoke his green card and student visa. (BBC News)
- The United States Secret Service shoots and arrests an armed man outside the White House in Washington, D.C. following a confrontation with law enforcement. (NBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
- Mark Carney wins a landslide victory in the Liberal Party leadership election, with 86.85% of the vote, becoming prime minister–designate of Canada, replacing Justin Trudeau. (CBC News)
- 2025 Romanian presidential election
- Nationalist candidate Călin Georgescu, the first-round winner in the 2024 election, is barred from running in the 2025 election by the Central Electoral Bureau. (G4 Media)
- In Bucharest, Romania, protests erupt in front of the Electoral Bureau with clashes with the police. (AP)
Sports
- In American football, Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett becomes the highest paid non-quarterback in the National Football League after agreeing to a deal with the Browns that totals his salary at $40 million per year. (ESPN)
- In international cricket, India wins the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy by defeating New Zealand in the final. (AP)