Portal:Current events/2025 March 14

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 following a proposal from U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. (The Hill)
• 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)
• 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) (Michał Szesnastki Wiki) (EclipseWise)