Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy seizes two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and is towing the vessels to the country’s Bushehr port, claiming they are part of a "fuel smuggling network". It is currently unknown what countries the vessels belong to. (Al Arabiya)

• https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/03/31/iran-s-irgc-seizes-two-foreign-tankers-carrying-smuggled-diesel-fuel

Armed conflicts and attacks

Six Russian drones hit Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv, resulting damages of a buisness area, a kindergarten and three appartment buildings and injuring three local residents. (Ukrainska Pravda)

• https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/03/31/7505286/

International relations

Brazilian police arrest Márcio Hanna Hanasi Youssef, the Syrian vice-consul in Brazil, after discovering over 600 smuggled electronic devices and other luxury goods valued at over USD 700.000 in his diplomatic vehicle during a highway inspection in Mato Grosso do Sul.(G1)

• https://g1.globo.com/ms/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/2025/03/28/vice-consul-da-siria-e-preso-com-mais-de-600-aparelhos-eletronicos-contrabandeados-em-ms.ghtml

Disasters and accidents

The State Administration Council declares a period of national mourning in Myanmar to last until April 6 as the death toll from the earthquake last week rises to over 3,050 people. (AFP via Barron's)

• https://www.barrons.com/news/myanmar-junta-declares-a-week-of-national-mourning-after-quake-faee3b34

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed and four are injured after an explosion at a coal mine in Asturias, Spain. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9dj1dx0y78o