2025-03-11 event: The UN says it has verified the killing of 111 civilians in Syria’s coastal region while a monitoring group puts the wider death toll at 1,225.
After a militant assault on the Jaffar Express in Balochistan, Pakistani officials said dozens of hostages were rescued and security forces killed 16 attackers.
Christian families on Syria's coast say they are living in fear after more than 1,000 mostly Alawite civilians were killed in violence that also claimed Christian victims, according to AFP reporting carried by France 24.
Witnesses in Banias described executions, looting and families hiding from armed factions as interim authorities struggled to contain clashes and revenge attacks.
Al-Shabaab says it recaptured parts of Middle Shabelle after a deadly assault in Boos-Hareeri, while Somali forces and local fighters mobilize to hold back further advances.
Reporting from Mepa News said Al Shabaab expanded attacks across Middle Shabelle, Hiiraan and Lower Shabelle, with forces pushed back in several areas.
Ukraine’s newly delivered Mirage 2000 jets have been used against Russian forces for the first known time, according to a BBC live report that also described fresh strikes across Ukraine on the same day.
A war monitor says clashes in Syria's coastal region have killed more than 200 people, with fighting, retaliatory killings and reinforcements all concentrated around Latakia and nearby towns.
The World Food Programme says severe funding shortfalls will force it to cut monthly food vouchers for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $12.50 to $6 starting on 2025-03-06, deepening pressure on camps already facing hardship.
Jordan said border troops repelled armed smuggling groups crossing from Syria in dense fog, seizing drugs and weapons after four traffickers were killed.
Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways suspended service to Mogadishu after a U.S. security alert warned of a possible imminent attack involving the Somali capital’s main airport.
Washington has withdrawn from the Just Energy Transition Partnership, leaving other donors in place but complicating projects in South Africa and Indonesia.