Portal:Current events/2024 March 25

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Seven Chadian soldiers conducting a patrol near Lake Chad are killed in an IED bombing. Chadian president Mahamat Déby accuses jihadist group Boko Haram of being behind the attack. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Antipas highway collision
  • Seventeen people are killed and another is injured when a passenger van collides with a dump truck and catches fire in Antipas, Cotabato, Philippines. (AFP via Barron's)

Health and environment

• Puerto Rico declares an epidemic of dengue fever following an increase in cases. (AP)

International relations

• Israel–Hamas war
  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 2728
    • The UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages held by Hamas, with the United States abstaining. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancels a planned visit to the U.S. in response to the abstention. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• An investigation by Humo magazine and the website Apache reveals that Belgian Vlaams Belang politician Filip Dewinter worked as a "senior political advisor" for China for several years. (NOS)