Portal:Current events/2015 March 26

Current events of March 26, 2015 (2015-03-26) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Aftermath of the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état
  • 2015 military intervention in Yemen
    • The Saudi Arabian Air Force launches airstrikes on Sana'a International Airport and Yemen's al Dulaimi military airport resulting in at least 17 deaths. (Reuters), (Al-Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• Exhumation of Richard III of England
  • Leicester Cathedral reburies the remains of King Richard III of England. (ABC News Australia)

Disasters and accidents

• A scaffolding collapses in Hà Tĩnh Province in Vietnam, killing at least fourteen people and leaving around thirty others injured. (AP), (Reuters)
• Germanwings Flight 9525
  • French prosecutors claim that evidence supports the conclusion that the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately crashed the plane. (The Guardian)
• A building explosion and pancake floor collapse in New York City's East Village causes at least two deaths and multiple injuries. (CBS Local) (USA Today)
• Two passenger trains collide in Ayutthaya, Bangkok, injuring 22 people. (AP via News24)
• A Vietnam People's Air Force military helicopter crashes on Phú Quý island due to strong winds during the landing, with all eight crew members saved. (Thanh Nien News)

Law and crime

• The city council of Kalmar, Sweden, outlaws elephants in its public spaces after a series of incidents during visits by traveling circus venues. (The Local Europe)
• After the recent March 17 DOS attack on Chinese website GreatFire (See March 19), a massive distributed denial-of-service attack from China occurs against GitHub, a leading online coding platform, with the Github-hosted GreatFire contents being the main target. (The Verge)