Portal:Current events/2024 March 3

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Haitian crisis
  • Thousands of prisoners escape from the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after it was stormed by armed gangs. (BBC News) (CNN)
  • Haiti declares a state of emergency in response to the attacks on the country's two largest prisons. (The Guardian)
• Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
  • Russian special forces conduct a counter-terrorism operation in Karabaluk, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia, killing six militants. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Pakistan floods
  • Thirty-six people are killed and 50 others are injured across Pakistan by heavy rainfall, which has also caused landslides. (AP)

Law and crime

• At least four people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a house party in King City, California, U.S.. Three suspects are arrested and unharmed.(CNN)
• One woman killed and twelve others injured in a mass shooting at a night club in West Point, Mississippi, U.S. Suspect(s) remains at large. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley wins the Washington, D.C. primary, making it her first win in the Republican Party contest. (Axios)
• 2024 Belgrade City Assembly election
  • A rerun of the 2023 Belgrade election is called amid protests following reports of irregularities in the election. (AP)
• 2024 Pakistani general election
  • Shehbaz Sharif is elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan for a second term. (Reuters)
• 2024 Salvadoran general election
  • Salvadorans elect all 44 mayors and municipal councils and all 20 deputies to the Central American Parliament. (El Mundo)
• 2024 Swiss referendums
  • Voters in Switzerland accept the referendum to increase monthly pensions but reject the referendum to increase the retirement age. (Swissinfo)