Portal:Current events/2024 March 7

March 7, 2024 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
  - The Kachin Independence Army launches a large offensive against junta outposts near Laiza and on the highway between Bhamo and Myitkyina. Five outposts are seized with fighting ongoing at five other outposts. (ABC News)
  - Local People's Defence Force groups capture the town of Kani in Sagaing Region. (The Irrawaddy)
Haitian crisis
- Haiti's main seaport Port international de Port-au-Prince suspends operations after being attacked and looted by armed gangs. The national state of emergency is also extended for another month amid ongoing civil unrest. (BBC News)
Iran–United States relations
- Iran confiscates the cargo of the American oil tanker Advantage Sweet in response to U.S.-led sanctions restricting the sale of medication for epidermolysis bullosa to Iran. (Barron's)
Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- The Alliance of Sahel States, composed of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, announces the creation of a joint force to combat jihadist groups in the three countries. (Africanews)
Nigerian bandit conflict
- Gunmen kidnap at least 287 school children in Kaduna State, Nigeria. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

International relations

Law and crime

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul deploys 750 national guard troops to the New York City subways to counter crime and a recent spike in violent assaults. (Reuters) (The Washington Post) (WNBC-TV)
An attack inside the Tecnologic University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, left two woman employees dead and other injured, and hours later other woman were killed in a motel in the same city. The attacker was not a student or the institution, and the motives of the attack could be copycat crime of other school massacres. (El Occidental)

Politics and elections