The day

Sunday 16 March 2025

8 stories, biggest first.

1
NewsInsurgency in Balochistan
Eleven people are killed and 21 more are injured in a suicide bombing targeting a Frontier Corps convoy on a highway in Nushki, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility, claiming they killed 90 security personnel.
2
News
At least 16 people are killed and 18 others are injured when an unexploded ordnance from the Syrian civil war explodes and causes a building to collapse in Latakia, Latakia Governorate, Syria.
3
Politics
United States President Donald Trump signs an executive order shutting down multiple state-funded broadcasters, including Voice of America, Radio y Televisión Martí and Alhurra, and ceasing grants to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia.
4
NewsKočani nightclub fire
At least 59 people are killed and more than 152 others are injured after a fire breaks out in a nightclub during a concert in Kočani, North Macedonia.
5
NewsMarch 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
The Houthi health ministry announces that the death toll from yesterday's strikes by the U.S. in Yemen rose to 53, with 98 injured.
6
NewsRed Sea crisis
The Houthis claim that they targeted USS Harry S. Truman with 18 rockets and drones. No damage has been reported.
7
NewsTornado outbreak of March 13–16
The death toll from the tornadoes across several states in the U.S. increases to 40.
8
News
The Wilhelmina Tower in Valkenburg, Netherlands, built in 1906 and designated a Rijksmonument, collapses.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 16 March 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.