Portal:Current events/March 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • An Israeli airstrike in Baniyas, Syria, kills three people, including an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official. (Al Jazeera)
• Mexican drug war
  • Four Mexican soldiers are killed by an improvised explosive device in a trap near Aguililla, Michoacán, Mexico. The soldiers were inspecting a camp, likely used by cartel members, when they stepped on an anti-personnel mine set in the underbrush. (AP)
• War in Amhara
  • Intense fighting between the Fano militia and the Ethiopian government breaks out in Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara Region. (The East African)
• At least eight people are injured when a suspected homemade bomb explodes in a cafe in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. (Reuters)

International relations

• Haitian crisis
  • The G9 gang launches an offensive in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with its leader Jimmy Chérizier announcing the aim of capturing Haiti's cabinet officials and police chief. Four police officers are killed in a shooting outside a police station. (AP)
  • Kenyan president William Ruto announces an agreement with Haiti to deploy 1,000 police officers as part of a mission approved by the United Nations to combat gang violence in the Caribbean nation. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• A soldier kills four people in a spree shooting in Scheeßel and Bothel, Lower Saxony, Germany, before being arrested. (AP)
• Nineteen people, including six children, are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack in Szczecin, Poland. (Barron's)
• Iranian Grammy winner Shervin Hajipour is sentenced to up to four years in jail and is ordered to write anti-American music. (RFE/RL)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Finnish presidential election
  • Alexander Stubb is sworn in as the 13th President of Finland. (Reuters)
• 2024 Iranian legislative election
  • Parliamentary elections are held in Iran. (Al Jazeera)
• Death and funeral of Alexei Navalny
  • The funeral of Russian politician and activist Alexei Navalny is held in Moscow, Russia. (AP)

Entertainment

• Death of Akira Toriyama
  • Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama has passed away at age 68. He is praised as one of the most influential and famous artists in the history of manga. He is most commended for the creation of the anime series, Dragon Ball.

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • The U.S. military begins airdropping humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. (BBC News)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • Yemen's internationally-recognized government reports that the abandoned ship Rubymar that was struck by a Houthi anti-ship missile has sunk. (Reuters) (Nederlands Dagblad)
    • Italian Navy destroyer Caio Duilio shoots down a Houthi drone in self-defence while in the Red Sea. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Bombing of Odesa
    • Eight people, including two children, are killed and eight others are injured in a Russian drone strike on an apartment block in Odesa, Ukraine. (Ukrinform)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • Republican Party caucuses are held in Idaho, Michigan, and Missouri for the 2024 United States presidential election. Former president Donald Trump wins all three contests. (CBS News) (AP)
• 2024 Dunkley by-election
  • In Australia, Jodie Belyea retains the seat of Dunkley for the Australian Labor Party despite a notable swing towards the Liberal Party. (ABC News Australia)

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)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Haitian crisis
  • Gangs exchange gunfire with police and soldiers in an attempt to seize control of Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • An Indian killed and seven injured in a Hezbollah missile strike on Margaliot resulted in seven injuries as well as the death of an Indian national.(Haaretz)

Disasters and accidents

• Four people are killed and 21 others are injured in a fire at a nursing home in Bedburg-Hau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. (AP)

Law and crime

• Trump v. Anderson
  • The US Supreme Court unanimously overturns the Colorado Supreme Court ruling removing former US President Donald Trump from the Colorado presidential primary ballot, based on the lack of authority of states to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution "against federal officeholders and candidates". (The New York Times)
• Argentine state news agency Télam is closed after 80 years and police surround its offices in Buenos Aires a week after president Javier Milei threatened to close the agency. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • The 2024 North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses are held. Donald Trump wins with 84.4% of the vote. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The Russian Navy patrol ship Sergey Kotov is sunk in the Black Sea after being struck by Ukrainian MAGURA V5 naval drones. (The Guardian)
• Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
  • Four Philippine Coast Guard sailors are injured in contested waters when watercannons are deployed by the Chinese Coast Guard. The vessels were escorting a resupply convoy to a Philippine outpost in disputed territory at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, claimed by several nations. (CNN)
  • The Tesla Volcano Group Shutdown (Vulkangruppe Tesla Abschalten) claimed an arson attack on a power pylon near Tesla's car factory outside Berlin. The fire caused production halt that is expected on various days.(Deutsche Welle)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Three civilians killed in an Israeli airstrike on Hula.(Arab News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Turbo Lance II crash
  • Five people, with 3 children including pilot killed in a plane crash on Interstate 40 near Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. (CBC)

International relations

• Enlargement of NATO
  • Sweden–NATO relations
    • Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok signs a bill formally authorizing the Foreign Ministry to ratify Sweden's accession to NATO. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine
    • The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Sergey Kobylash, the commander of the Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, and Viktor Sokolov, the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, for their involvement in Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure. (Reuters)
• An appeals court in Montenegro overturns a decision to extradite South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon to the United States on fraud charges. Kwon was arrested in March 2023 in Montenegro. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Super Tuesday
    • The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Alabama, American Samoa, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia. (ABC News)
    • The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia. (ABC News)
    • U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump win their respective contests on Super Tuesday with one-third of the delegates. Former U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley wins the Vermont primary, securing her first statewide victory in the Republican parties. Jason Palmer wins the American Samoa Democratic Presidential caucus. (The Washington Post)

Science and technology

• Meta Platforms experiences a large-scale outage of most of its services, including Facebook and Instagram. Isolated outages are also reported by users of Google, X, and Microsoft Teams. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Red Sea crisis
  • The Barbados-flagged bulk carrier True Confidence is hit by a Houthi ballistic missile in the Red Sea, killing three crew members and injuring six others. The vessel is subsequently abandoned. (Reuters) (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

• A Mexican Navy Eurocopter Panther helicopter crashes in the Pacific Ocean, killing three crew members and leaving two others missing. Three others are rescued. (AP)
• Five people are killed and two other passengers are injured after a private aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Diapaga Airport in Diapaga Department, Burkina Faso. (Africanews)

International relations

• Armenia–Russia relations
  • Armenia formally requests that Russia withdraws its troops from Zvartnots International Airport near Yerevan, saying that the airport must be served solely by the Armenian Border Guard. The airport has hosted a Russian military presence since 1992. (RFE/RL)

Law and crime

• Killing of the Wickramasinghe family
  • A Sri Lankan family, of four children and their mother, are killed with the father injured in a mass stabbing at a residence in the suburb of Barrhaven, in Ottawa, Canada. A young man is arrested. (CBOT-DT)
• The Supreme Court of Pakistan unanimously rules that former leader Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was denied a fair trial before his execution by hanging in April 1979. (Al Jazeera)
• Technological University of Guadalajara attack
  • Three people are killed and another one is injured in a stabbing attack at the Technological University of Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Mexico. ^[1]

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
    • Dean Phillips 2024 presidential campaign
      • U.S. Congressman Dean Phillips ends his campaign and endorses President Joe Biden. (ABC News)
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • Nikki Haley 2024 presidential campaign
      • Former South Carolina governor and U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley ends her presidential campaign. (The Washington Post) (The Hill)

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

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Gaza humanitarian crisis, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • U.S. president Joe Biden announces the construction of a temporary pier on the coast of the Gaza Strip to facilitate large-scale delivery of humanitarian aid. (The Guardian) (Reuters)

International relations

• Enlargement of NATO
  • Sweden–NATO relations
    • Sweden officially joins NATO, becoming its 32nd member. (Reuters) (NATO)
• Lithuania–Russia relations
  • Lithuania strips Russian ballerina Ilze Liepa of her Lithuanian citizenship after she openly shows her sympathies for President Vladimir Putin. (The Moscow Times)
• Ukraine–United Kingdom relations
  • Former Ukrainian Chief of Staff Valerii Zaluzhnyi is appointed Ukrainian ambassador to the United Kingdom by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Reuters)

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

• 2024 State of the Union Address
  • U.S. president Joe Biden delivers the 2024 State of the Union address to the 118th United States Congress. (NPR)

Disasters and accidents

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Gaza humanitarian crisis, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Five people are killed when an aid package airdropped from a C-17 aircraft into the Gaza Strip fails to deploy its parachute and subsequently crushes them. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty of drug trafficking charges in a federal court in New York, United States. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • Former president Donald Trump wins the 2024 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses. (ABC News)
• 2024 Turkish local elections
  • Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that the upcoming local elections in Turkey will be his last election as president as he will not run in the upcoming 2028 presidential election, bringing an end to his presidency. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
• 2024 United Kingdom local elections
  • Brenda Dacres is elected Mayor of Lewisham, becoming the first black woman directly elected mayor in England. (BBC News)
• A UN fact-finding mission probe finds that the government of Iran committed violations amounting to crimes against humanity during the Mahsa Amini protests. (Times of India)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Gaza humanitarian crisis, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Canada and Sweden resume funding for UNRWA, which had been suspended following the UNRWA October 7 controversy. (BBC News)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Three Hezbollah members and two civilians killed and nine injured in an Israeli strike on Khirbet Selm, southern Lebanon.(Le Monde)
  • Hezbollah fires 37 Katyusha rockets on Meron, Israel in northern Israel without injuries.(Times of Israel)

Disasters and accidents

• Twenty-six people are killed and eleven others are missing during flash floods in villages in the Pesisir Selatan Regency of West Sumatra province, Indonesia. (AP)
• Nine people are killed and one is injured after a van crashes into a semi truck in Wisconsin, United States. (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• March 2024 Irish constitutional referendums
  • Voters in Ireland reject two constitutional referendums on the family and care. (Sky News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Haitian crisis
  • The U.S. military airlifts non-essential personnel from the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, amid escalating violence in the country. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• 96th Academy Awards
  • Oppenheimer wins an Oscar for Best Picture. Director Christopher Nolan wins Academy Award for Best Director, and lead actor Cillian Murphy wins the Best Actor award. (The Guardian) (NBC News) (BBC News)
  • 20 Days in Mariupol (directed by filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov), a documentary that focuses on the siege of Mariupol during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, wins an Oscar for Best Documentary. (The Guardian)
• The painting Head of an Old Farmer's Wife in a White Hat by Vincent van Gogh is sold at auction for more than €4.5 million. (NOS)

Disasters and accidents

• Five people are killed after an IAI Astra 1125 private jet crashes near Hot Springs, Virginia, United States. (The Independent)
• One skier is killed and two others are injured after falling in Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States. (AP)

Health and environment

• Following a laboratory investigation, eight children and one adult in Zanzibar are found to have died of chelonitoxism after consuming sea turtle meat, a local delicacy. Another 78 people were hospitalized. (NOS)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Portuguese legislative election
  • Citizens in Portugal vote for the 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic. (DW)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Haitian crisis
  • Gang war in Haiti
    • The European Union evacuates all diplomatic staff from Haiti. (Politico)
    • The Caribbean Community holds an emergency summit in Kingston, Jamaica, in response to the deteriorating security situation in Haiti. (Al Jazeera)
    • Haitian prime minister Ariel Henry agrees to resign when a transitional presidential council is formed. (AP)
• Red Sea crisis
  • Houthi officials say that at least 17 U.S. and British airstrikes across western Yemen, including in Al Hudaydah, have killed eleven people and injured 14 others. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• LATAM Airlines Flight 800
  • A LATAM Airlines Boeing 787-9 enroute between Sydney and Auckland loses altitude due to a technical issue, injuring 50 passengers and crew. (BBC News)
• Five skiers are found dead after they went missing two days ago while travelling from the town of Zermatt to the village of Arolla in Switzerland. A sixth skier is still missing. (AP)
• Two New Zealand skiers are killed and another is injured during an avalanche on Mount Yotei in Hokkaido, Japan. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• A man fatally stabs his wife and three children then himself in Manoa of Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Former Conservative Party deputy chairman and Ashfield MP Lee Anderson defects to Reform UK, becoming the party's first member of parliament. Anderson was suspended by the Conservatives after claiming that London mayor Sadiq Khan was "controlled" by radical Islamists. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2024 Western Russia incursion
      • The Freedom of Russia Legion, the Sibir Battalion, and the Russian Volunteer Corps enter Belgorod and Kursk oblasts. Russia claims to have repelled the attacks. (The Guardian)
    • Ukraine launches 25 drones at Russian cities, hitting a major oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. (The Guardian)
  • 2024 Ivanovo Ilyushin Il-76 crash
    • A Russian Aerospace Forces Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane with 15 people on board crashes in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. (The Guardian)
  • Bombing of Kryvyi Rih
    • Three people are killed and at least 36 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on apartment buildings in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Two Hezbollah militants and killed and six injured in Israeli airstrikes on "Hezbollah military command centers" in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. (Reuters)
  • Hezbollah launches more than 100 Katyusha rockets into northern Israel, targeting several Israeli military outposts. (The New York Times)
• Piracy off the coast of Somalia
  • About 20 armed pirates hijack a Bangladeshi bulk carrier in the Indian Ocean that was en route to the United Arab Emirates. The vessel is under the control of the pirates and is heading towards the coast of Somalia. (The National News)
• War in Sudan
  • The Sudanese Army says that it has taken control of the national television and radio broadcaster in Omdurman from the Rapid Support Forces. (Reuters)

International relations

• Argentina–Venezuela relations
  • Argentina announces diplomatic actions against Venezuela after president Nicolás Maduro banned Argentina-licensed aircraft from entering Venezuelan airspace amid deteriorating relations between the two countries. (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Law and crime

• Lithuania and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The opposition politician Leonid Volkov is attacked outside his home in Vilnius, Lithuania, apparently on orders by Vladimir Putin. The incident is being investigated as a terror crime. (Al Jazeera)
• Israeli Police kill a 13-year-old boy who allegedly fired fireworks at them in Shuafat, East Jerusalem. (Al Arabiya)
• Capital punishment in Japan
  • A court in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, overturns the death sentence of Yakuza Kudo-kai leader Satoru Nomura and sentences him to life in prison. Nomura had originally been sentenced to death for a 1998 murder. (The Mainichi)
• Three Coptic Christian monks from Egypt are killed during a mass stabbing at a monastery in Cullinan, South Africa. (Reuters)
• A Romanian court rules that social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate can be extradited to the United Kingdom to face charges of sexual aggression. (BBC News)
• Zimbabwean police arrest a self-proclaimed prophet and rescue 251 children from a compound operated by his followers. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
    • The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Georgia, Mississippi, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington. Democrats Abroad also concludes its primary. (AP)
    • Incumbent President Joe Biden officially surpasses the 1,968 delegate threshold needed to become the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for President. (The Washington Post)
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington. (AP)
    • Former President Donald Trump officially surpasses the 1,215 delegate threshold needed to win his third consecutive Republican Party nomination for President, joining Richard Nixon as the only people in U.S. history to win the Republican nomination thrice. (NBC News)

Science and technology

• A scientific expedition to the Bounty Trough off the coast of New Zealand reports the discovery of more than one hundred new species. (The New York Times)

Sports

• Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund announces a $2 billion offer to buy both professional tennis tours, the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour. (The Telegraph)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukraine launches a wave of drone strikes in Russia for a second consecutive day, causing a fire at a Rosneft oil refinery in Ryazan Oblast, while a Ukrainian drone is reportedly shot down near Kirishi refinery in Leningrad Oblast. Russian President Vladimir Putin says the attacks are an attempt to disrupt the upcoming presidential election. (Reuters)
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Two people are killed and at least eight others are injured in a Russian drone attack on an apartment building in Sumy. (The Kyiv Independent)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The European Union agrees to provide an additional €5 billion to their Ukrainian military aid fund. (Reuters)
• Piracy off the coast of Somalia
  • Operation Atalanta
    • The European Union's counter-piracy mission says that one of its warships is currently shadowing the hijacked Bangladeshi bulk carrier Abdullah as it sails toward the coast of Somalia. At least 23 crew members are being held hostage by pirates on the ship. (AP)
• Haitian crisis
  • The United States deploys a Marine Corps Security Force Regiment platoon to secure the U.S. embassy complex in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (NBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Seven people are killed and 27 others are injured in an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak at a restaurant in Langfang, Hebei Province, China. (China Daily) (China Daily)
• Sixteen SWAT officers are injured in an explosion at a training center in Orange County, California, United States. (ABC News)

Law and crime

• The British government announces that it will ban foreign state ownership of newspapers amid a controversial bid by a United Arab Emirates-led consortium to take over the Telegraph Media Group, which publishes The Daily Telegraph. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2023–2024 Dutch cabinet formation
  • Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders abandons his bid to become the next Prime Minister of the Netherlands citing a lack of support from other political parties in coalition formation talks. Wilders led his party to a surprise victory in the 2023 Dutch general election with 37 seats. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A civilian is killed and three others are injured by airstrikes launched by Ukraine in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (TASS)
  • Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
    • Russian-installed officials at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine, say that shelling has hit critical infrastructure at the plant and that "such attacks are unacceptable". (Reuters)
• War in Sudan
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • The Sudanese Army captures the Wad al-Bashir bridge in Omdurman. (Sudan Tribune)
    • Sudanese forces capture several South Sudanese mercenaries fighting for the RSF in Omdurman. (Sudan Tribune)
  • Several civilians are killed after fighting breaks out in Ibtenki refugee camp in eastern Chad. (Radio Dabanga)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • March 2024 Kuwait Roundabout attacks
    • At least 20 people are killed and 155 are injured at a food distribution point in the Kuwait Roundabout. (CNN)
• Somali civil war
  • 2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege
    • An al-Shabaab member blows himself up outside a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing three guards and two security forces. Six gunmen then stormed the hotel in 13-hour siege, causing a gunfight with the army in which three soldiers and the six attackers are killed. Twenty-seven other people are wounded. (Al Jazeera) (NDTV)
• Western Sahara conflict
  • Western Saharan clashes
    • The SPLA reportedly attacked Moroccan army headquarters in the Al-Mahbas sector. (Sahrawi Press Service)

International relations

• Russia–United Kingdom relations
  • A Royal Air Force plane carrying UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and several journalists has its GPS signals jammed while flying near Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. Mobile phone signals were also jammed during the flight. The Russian military is suspected of being behind the jamming. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Iraq's National Security Council formally bans the Kurdistan Workers' Party following a high-level meeting between Iraqi and Turkish officials in Baghdad, Iraq. (Al Monitor)
• Police in Angola report that around 50 people have died after being forced to drink a toxic concoction to prove they are not witches. (CBS News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Croatian parliamentary election
  • The Croatian government votes to dissolve the parliament, thereby requiring that a parliamentary election be held within the next two months. The parliamentary election was originally scheduled to be held on September 22. (Reuters)
• Conscription in Denmark
  • Denmark announces plans to extend military conscription to women for the first time and to also increase the standard service time. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 3
  • SpaceX successfully launches the first Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, at Starbase in Texas, United States, after two previous failed attempts. The rocket reached an altitude of more than 200 kilometres (120 mi), but was destroyed during re-entry. (Al Jazeera)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Rafah offensive
      • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he has approved a military operation to capture Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip amid international pressure to stop the offensive. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Odesa strikes
    • At least 20 people are killed and at least 73 others are injured in a Russian double tap missile strike in Odesa, Ukraine. (CNN)

Business and economy

• The Netherlands awards a contract to French defense firm Naval Group to build its Orka-class submarines. The new submarines will replace the aging Walrus-class submarine fleet. (Le Monde)

Disasters and accidents

• At least three people are killed by tornadoes in Logan County, Ohio, United States. (AP)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo lifts the 2003 moratorium on the death penalty in an attempt to reduce the level of violence in the country. (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Russian presidential election
  • Voters elect the next president of Russia. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin is seeking a fifth term in office. (TASS)
• War in Sudan
  • The Sudanese National Forces Coordination, a coalition of pro-SAF armed groups led by vice president Malik Agar, declares its support politically and militarily for the SAF. (Radio Dabanga)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russia says that two civilians have been killed by Ukrainian shelling in the city of Belgorod. (AP)

Law and crime

• Storming of the Legislative Council Complex
  • A court in Hong Kong sentences 12 people, including actor Gregory Wong and activists Ventus Lau and Owen Chow, to prison terms ranging from four to seven years in prison for storming the Legislative Council Complex in July 2019. (Reuters)
• Three people are fatally shot in Levittown, Pennsylvania, United States with the gunman fleeing to Trenton, New Jersey by commandeering a car to his house. A standoff involving several hostages ends with the gunman's arrest. (NBC News) (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Welsh Labour leadership election
  • Vaughan Gething is elected leader of Welsh Labour with 51.7% of the vote, making him the first Black First Minister of Wales upon taking office. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• The Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, to Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan, is completed. (NHK)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Northern Ukraine skirmishes
    • Ukraine says that three Russian sabotage groups have been intercepted in Sumy Oblast. (The Kyiv Independent)
• Transnistria conflict
  • A drone reportedly hits a military base in Transnistria, destroying an Mi-8 helicopter. (The Kyiv Independent)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 21 people are killed and 38 others are injured in a traffic accident in Grishk District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (AP)

International relations

• Alliance of Sahel States
  • Niger–United States relations
    • Niger's military junta revokes a military accord with the United States that allowed U.S. Defense Department personnel on its soil. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Russian presidential election
  • Russian president Vladimir Putin is reelected to a fifth term in office with 87% of the vote. External observers widely consider he had "no real opposition". (Reuters)
  • The Noon Against Putin protest occurs. (The Washington Post)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Gaza City
    • Dozens of people are killed in an Israeli attack on the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The Israeli military claims that twenty Hamas militants were killed, including a senior figure of the group. (NOS) (BBC News)
    • Al Jazeera Arabic reporter Ismail al-Ghoul is arrested by Israeli forces at Al-Shifa hospital, with the network joined by journalist advocacy groups in denouncing his arrest. (Al Jazeera)
• Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
  • Afghanistan claims five women and three children are killed in two Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan, following accusations that attacks in Pakistan were masterminded in Afghanistan, which the Taliban authorities deny. In response, Taliban forces open mortar fire on Pakistani troops at the border. (Reuters)
• Gang war in Haiti
  • The bodies of at least twelve people are discovered in the neighborhood of Pétion-Ville, in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. The perpetrators of the killings are unknown. (Al Jazeera)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • Around 80 people are kidnapped by unknown bandits near Kajuru Station, Kaduna State, Nigeria. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Schools across South Sudan close for the day, as an extreme heat wave is expected to hit the country. (Firstpost)

Law and crime

• A police officer is killed and two others are injured during a shooting, over a search at a home for suspected drug trafficking, in Charleroi, Belgium. The suspect was shot and killed by police. (DeMorgen)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Cuban protests
  • Hundreds of people protest in eastern Cuba against ongoing food shortages and power outages. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gang war in Haiti
  • Four armed men storm the Bank of the Republic of Haiti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, injuring a security guard. All the attackers are killed in the ensuing shootout with police. (The Haitian Times)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel announces the death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa, following an airstrike on a tunnel complex last week, making Issa the highest ranking Hamas official killed in the war so far. (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia claims to have captured the village of Orlivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Anadolu Agency)
• Somali Civil War
  • Two Somali National Army airstrikes kill 39 alleged al-Shabaab militants in Afgooye, Somalia. (Horseed Media)

Disasters and accidents

• A bus crashes into a tunnel wall on an expressway in Linfen, China, killing 14 people. (AP)

Law and crime

• Rankin County torture incident
  • Former Mississippi sheriff's deputy Hunter Elward is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for his role in torturing two men in January 2023. (CBS News)
• Founder of Chinese property developer Evergrande Group Hui Ka Yan is fined 47 million yuan ($6.53 million) and barred from the securities market for life after the China Securities Regulatory Commission accused the group of inflating its revenue. (Reuters)
• The pro-Beijing Legislative Council of Hong Kong unanimously passes the local enaction bill on national security, which had been tasked by Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law. (Reuters)
• Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is indicted over accusations of lying about his COVID-19 vaccination status. (AP)

International relations

• Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
  • Armenia begins a process of border demarcation with Azerbaijan in the Tavush Province, amid Azerbaijiani demands that Armenia withdraw its forces from the disputed villages of Bağanis Ayrum, Aşağı Əskipara, Xeyrimli, and Qızılhacılı. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says that failure to compromise could result in war "by the end of the week". (Reuters) (RFE/RL)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
    • The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio. (The Hill)
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio. (The Hill)
• Haitian crisis
  • CARICOM and United Nations officials appoint seven seats out of eight of a presidential council to address the political crisis in Haiti. Once the council is installed, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry will resign. (Miami Herald)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kharkiv strikes
    • A Russian missile strike kills at least five people and injures eight others in an industrial area of Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Three Jenin Brigades militants are killed during an airstrike against a vehicle by Israel in Jenin, Palestine. (Al Mayadeen)
• Gang war in Haiti
  • Gangs attack the neighborhood of Pétion-Ville in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing at least five people. (The Washington Post)
  • The United States evacuates its citizens by helicopter as fighting spreads. (The Guardian)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Eight Balochistan Liberation Army gunmen are killed after trying to storm Gwadar's port in the Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Two security guards are also wounded in the gunfight, which lasted for two hours. (Al Jazeera)
• Mexican drug war
  • Twelve bodies are found in Mexico, five inside a truck in the municipality of Villa Corona, Jalisco and seven in Sonora. (El Universal)

Disasters and accidents

• Twelve people are killed in an explosion at a mine in Harnai District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
• Eight people are killed, one is injured, and two are missing after the South Korean-flagged tanker Keoyoung Sun loaded with 980 tons of acrylic acid capsizes near Mutsure Island, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Argentina–Venezuela relations
  • Argentina tells the International Civil Aviation Organization that Venezuela violated the Convention on International Civil Aviation when Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro banned Argentine aircraft from its airspace earlier this month. (Infobae)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Fine Gael leadership election
  • Leo Varadkar announces his resignation as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael, triggering a leadership election. Varadkar will remain as Taoiseach until his successor as party leader is elected. (CNN)
• 2024 Indonesian general election
  • The General Elections Commission announces that Prabowo Subianto had received the most votes in the presidential election, but the determination of the winner as president-elect is still waiting complaints from other candidates at the Constitutional Court. (Al Jazeera)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Russian Ministry of Defence announces that its forces have captured the Ukrainian village of Tonenke in Donetsk Oblast. (Al Arabiya)
  • Kyiv strikes
    • Russia launches a massive attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region with ballistic and cruise missiles, injuring at least 17 people. (CNN)
  • Mykolaiv strikes
    • At least one civilian is killed and four others are injured in a Russian ballistic missile attack on Mykolaiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • 2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing
    • A suicide bomber kills 21 people and injures 50+ at a New Kabul Bank in Kandahar, Afghanistan. ISIS-K claims responsibility. (TOLO News)
• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
  • The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches drone attacks on Kiryat Shmona Airport and Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. (Mehr News Agency) (Islamic Republic News Agency)

Disasters and accidents

• A capsized boat carrying Rohingya refugees is found off the coast of Aceh, Indonesia, with 69 refugees rescued. (NOS)
• The death toll of the capsized South Korean-flagged tanker Keoyoung Sun increases to nine with one person still missing. (Reuters)

International relations

• Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union
  • The European Council agrees to open talks on Bosnia and Herzegovina's membership of the European Union days after the recommendation by the European Commission. (AP)

Law and crime

• A court in Russia sentences the Volga Maniac serial killer to life in prison for the murders of 31 elderly women in Tatarstan in 2011 and 2012. (Reuters)
• Pope Francis laicizes Belgian bishop Roger Vangheluwe due to allegations of abuse. (NOS)
• The Dutch Royal Marechaussee arrests three British soldiers of the HMS Prince of Wales after multiple incidents in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (NOS)
• Filipino former legislator Arnolfo Teves Jr. is arrested in Dili, East Timor, after being placed in the Interpol Red Notice in connection with his role in the 2023 massacre in Negros Oriental, Philippines. (AFP via Barron's)

Politics and elections

• President of Vietnam Võ Văn Thưởng resigns after just over a year in office amid the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign, making him the shortest-serving president in Vietnamese history. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) (Bloomberg)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • March 2024 Ukraine missile strikes
      • Russia launches dozens of ballistic missiles at Ukrainian cities for a second consecutive day with reports of power outages in Kharkiv after critical infrastructure was damaged. At least eight missile strikes on Zaporizhzhia are reported, while a "critical infrastructure object" is damaged in Vinnytsia. More than a million people are left without power across Ukraine due to the strikes, with five people killed and dozens more reportedly injured. (BBC News) (U.S. News & World Report)
      • The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station in Zaporizhzhia is hit by a missile causing extensive damage and a large fire. A trolleybus initially reported as carrying civilians was destroyed in the attack, later confirmed to have been empty apart from the driver who was killed. Shelling also damages one of the two power lines connected to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. (The Guardian) (The Kyiv Independent)
  • The Russian government states in a press conference that the invasion of Ukraine is now a "war" and is no longer a "special military operation", the official term used for the war by the Russian government. In another press conference later in the day, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov tells reporters that although the invasion is a de facto war, the Russian government is not currently planning to change the invasion's de jure status as a "special military operation". (NOS) (Reuters) (Meduza)
• Crocus City Hall attack
  • At least 135 people, including two attackers, are killed and more than 140 others are injured in a mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia, with the building subsequently catching on fire following an explosion. The perpetrators remain at large after escaping in a vehicle. (Baza) (Meduza) (Baza 2) (Reuters)
  • The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack in a statement issued by its official Amaq News Agency. (CNN)
  • The Freedom of Russia Legion claims that the Russian government committed the attack. (Ukrainska Pravda)
  • The Russian government claims that the Ukrainian government committed the attack. This was denied by them, who instead claim that the attack was a false flag attack by the Russian government designed to provoke public opinion in Russia against Ukraine and allow the Russian Army to mobilize more troops in its invasion of Ukraine. (Anadolu Agency)
• Jihadist insurgency in Niger
  • At least 23 Nigerien soldiers are killed, 17 are injured, and 34 others are missing after an ambush in Teguey, Tillabéri Region, Niger, by unknown jihadists. The Nigerien junta states that 30 jihadists were also killed. (Sahara Reporters)
• Moro conflict
  • The Philippines announces that Islamic terrorist group Abu Sayyaf has been "fully dismantled", bringing an end to the decades-long jihadist insurgency. Twenty members of the group remain in Sulu and Basilan provinces, and negotiations are ongoing for their surrender. (Atlas News) (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • Fourteen people are rescued from kidnappers by Nigerian forces and local vigilante groups in Katsina State, Nigeria. (Channels TV)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 East Java earthquakes
  • A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Bawean, East Java, Indonesia, causing severe damage. (Detik)
• The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that at least 65 bodies have been discovered at a mass grave in the Libyan Desert. The IOM says the bodies are those of migrants who were being smuggled towards Europe. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Cannabis in Germany
  • The Bundesrat approves a partial legalization of cannabis in Germany, which is expected to come into effect on April 1. (DW)
• Gang war in Haiti
  • Prominent Haitian gang leader Ti Greg, who escaped from prison earlier this month, is shot dead by police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Sky News)

Politics and elections

• Catherine, Princess of Wales announces that she was diagnosed with cancer following recent abdominal surgery and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • The Ukrainian Air Force launches a wave of airstrikes across Crimea, with several explosions reported in Sevastopol. Russian officials say at least ten missiles have been shot down over the peninsula, and that at least two civilians have been injured. (NDTV)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Russian military states that it has captured the town of Ivanivske in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Barron's)
• Crocus City Hall attack
  • The death toll from yesterday's terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia, increases to at least 137 people. Russian authorities report that 11 suspects, including the four assailants, have been arrested. (Reuters) (The Moscow Times)
• Red Sea crisis
  • A Houthi missile hits Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned and operated oil tanker Huang Pu. It suffers minimal damage and a fire on board is quickly extinguished. No casualties are reported, and the vessel resumes its course. (X) (Newsweek) (Marine Log)
• Somali civil war
  • 2024 Busley army base attack
    • Al-Shabaab insurgents storm a Somali military base in Lower Shabelle, killing seven soldiers, including the commander of the base, while ten al-Shabaab fighters are reportedly killed in the ensuing shootout. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• The Safeguarding National Security Ordinance law, passed by the Legislative Council, comes into effect in Hong Kong. The new law allows for a pre-charge detention of up to 16 days, and restricts legal rights for suspects, including their access to lawyers. (Hong Kong Free Press)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Tasmanian state election
  • The Liberal Party win a plurality of seats in the state. (ABC News Australia)
• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Primary elections are held for the Republican and Democratic parties in Louisiana and for the Democratic Party in Missouri. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • March 2024 Polish airspace violation
    • A Russian cruise missile violates NATO airspace over Poland, prompting the activation of aircraft from the Polish Air Force. (Reuters) (Sky News)
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia launches major airstrikes on Kyiv and Lviv in Western Ukraine using Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and drones with strikes damaging ground level infrastructure at Ukraine's main gas storage site. (Reuters)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • Kuriga kidnapping
    • The pupils kidnapped on March 7 from schools in Kuriga, Chikun, Kaduna State, are freed. (BBC News)
• 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
  • Brigitte García, the youngest mayor in Ecuador, and one of her advisors are found shot dead in Manabí Province, western Ecuador. (Reuters)
• Crocus City Hall attack
  • Four Tajik men are charged with terrorism. They are brought to Basmanny District court in Moscow, where they are ordered to be held in pre-trial detention until at least May 22. (BBC)
• Salvadoran gang crackdown
  • Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announces the beginning of a blockade of four municipalities in northern El Salvador, mobilizing 5,000 soldiers and 1,000 police officers to arrest suspected gang members. (El Mundo)
• Three gunmen attack the police headquarters in Yerevan, Armenia. Two of the attackers are injured by their grenades, all three gunmen are detained. No casualties are reported. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 East Sepik earthquake
  • A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit a remote part of western Papua New Guinea, killing five people and causing extensive damage to around 1,000 homes. (VOA)
• Twenty-three people are killed in a rainstorm in Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro states, Brazil. (ABC News)
• A rally car veers off the road and crashes into a group of spectators during the Esztergom-Nyerges Rally between the towns of Lábatlan and Bajót in northwest Hungary, killing four people and injuring eight others. (AP)

Law and crime

• Assassination of Marielle Franco
  • The Brazilian Federal Police arrests three men, including federal deputy Chiquinho Brazão and his brother Domingos, for ordering and planning the assassination of Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco in 2018. (G1) (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Fine Gael leadership election
  • Irish education minister Simon Harris is elected as Leader of Fine Gael following the resignation of Leo Varadkar. At age 37, Harris will become Ireland's youngest ever Taoiseach upon taking office. (AP)

Sports

• Dutch female darts players Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graaf, leave the Netherlands National Team to protest trans athlete Noa-Lynn van Leuven playing on the team. (NOS)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Seven Chadian soldiers conducting a patrol near Lake Chad are killed in an IED bombing. Chadian president Mahamat Déby accuses jihadist group Boko Haram of being behind the attack. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Antipas highway collision
  • Seventeen people are killed and another is injured when a passenger van collides with a dump truck and catches fire in Antipas, Cotabato, Philippines. (AFP via Barron's)

Health and environment

• Puerto Rico declares an epidemic of dengue fever following an increase in cases. (AP)

International relations

• Israel–Hamas war
  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 2728
    • The UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages held by Hamas, with the United States abstaining. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancels a planned visit to the U.S. in response to the abstention. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• An investigation by Humo magazine and the website Apache reveals that Belgian Vlaams Belang politician Filip Dewinter worked as a "senior political advisor" for China for several years. (NOS)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 2024 Shangla bombing
    • A suicide bomber attacks a bus in Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing five Chinese workers and their Pakistani driver. (AP)
• Syrian civil war
  • Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • The Israeli Air Force bombs Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, killing an Iranian Quds Force officer and 15 other militants. (AP)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Israeli warplanes launch airstrikes against Hezbollah targets near the towns of Ras Baalbek and Hermel in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon, killing at least three Hezbollah members. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
  • The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, collapses after the container ship Dali strikes a bridge column, causing multiple vehicles to fall into the water below. (CBS News)
  • President Joe Biden says that the federal government will pay for the full cost of rebuilding the bridge. (WMAR-TV)

Law and crime

• Abortion in the United States
  • The US Supreme Court announces that it will hear oral arguments on whether to restrict access to mifepristone, a commonly-used abortion pill. (BBC News)
• The United Kingdom's High Court of Justice grants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a stay of extradition to the United States, and demands that the US not consider the death penalty against Assange if he is sent to the US to face espionage charges. (AP)
• Former Kyrgyzstan deputy Raimbek Matraimov is detained in Baku, Azerbaijan, and is extradited to Kyrgyzstan. (AKIPress)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign
    • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces while campaigning that his Vice Presidential pick will be attorney Nicole Shanahan. (NBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Bombing of Kharkiv
    • One person is killed, and sixteen others are injured, by Russian guided bomb strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Seven killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah paramedic center in Hebbariye. Hezbollah claims that the casualties were civilian staff.(BBC)

Disasters and accidents

• Leipzig FlixBus highway accident
  • Four people are killed and 35 others are injured after a double-decker FlixBus overturns and crashes on the Bundesautobahn 9 near Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. (BBC News)
• At least four people are killed by several wildfires across the State of Mexico, Mexico. (Reuters)

International relations

• Argentina–Venezuela relations
  • Argentina orders the deployment of at least two gendarmerie to the Argentine embassy in Venezuela, where allies of opposition leader María Corina Machado have taken refuge amid increased tensions between the two countries. (Infobae)

Law and crime

• 2024 Rockford stabbings
  • Four people are killed and seven others are injured during a stabbing spree in Rockford, Illinois, United States. (AP)
• Capital punishment in Tunisia
  • A court in Tunisia sentences four people to death and two others to life in prison for the 2013 murder of politician Chokri Belaid. (Al Jazeera)
• First Liberian Civil War
  • The French judiciary sentences the former leader of the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy Kunti Kamara to 30 years in prison on charges of committing "crimes against humanity". (Barron's)
• Recognition of same-sex unions in Thailand
  • The Thai House of Representatives approves a bill to legalize same-sex marriage by a vote of 400–10, with five abstentions. (AP via MSN News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Lithuanian presidential election
  • A Special Investigative committee of the Seimas releases its findings, accusing President Gitanas Nausėda of receiving illegal support from the head of the State Security Department and for recruiting members of the Belarusian and Russian security services for his election campaign. Nauseda rejects the findings, accusing them of being politically motivated. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Belarusian Service)
• 2024 Maltese presidential election
  • Myriam Spiteri Debono is unanimously elected by the Maltese Parliament as the next President of Malta. (Times of Malta)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 0307
    • The Kachin Independence Army captures the town of Lweje and its nearby border crossings in Kachin State, Myanmar, after junta forces abandoned their posts and fled across the border into China. (Irrawaddy)

Business and economy

• Coal phase-out
  • Slovakia's Slovenské elektrárne shuts down operations at its Vojany Power Station, the last coal-fired power plant in the country. (Euronews)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023–24 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
  • Cyclone Gamane makes landfall in Madagascar, killing at least eleven people and causing widespread flooding, according to local officials. (AP)
• Mamatlakala highway accident
  • A bus carrying Christian pilgrims from Botswana crashes in Limpopo, South Africa, killing 45 people. (Reuters)
• A Russian Sukhoi Su-35 crashes into the Black Sea off Sevastopol, Crimea. The pilot is reported to have safely ejected. (Reuters)

International relations

• Israel–Hamas war
  • South Africa v. Israel
    • The International Court of Justice, in a unanimous decision, orders Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip unimpeded, warning that famine is already occurring. (Reuters) (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• United States v. Bankman-Fried
  • A federal court in the United States sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion in a cryptocurrency fraud. (Reuters)
• Russian interference in European politics
  • The Czech information service reveals that Russia paid hundreds of thousands of euros through its "Voice of Europe" website to European politicians in order to influence European elections. (Parool)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Telegraph reports Russia has captured approximately 195 square miles (510 km²) and is taking around 1,000 casualties per day since the start of the Second Russian winter campaign in October 2023. (The Telegraph)
  • Russia strikes several power plants in Ukraine. (The Washington Post)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict, Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
  • An Israeli airstrike targeting Aleppo International Airport in Syria kills 38 Syrian soldiers, seven Hezbollah fighters and seven Iran-backed militiamen. The incident marks the deadliest Israeli attack on Syria since 2021. (SOHR)

Arts and culture

• Harvard University removes the binding of human skin from the 19th-century book Des destinées de l'âme by Arsène Houssaye, which has been kept in its library since 1934. (BBC News)

International relations

• Japan–North Korea relations
  • North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui says that North Korea will not hold any talks with Japan on any issue, including the issue of Japanese abductees in North Korea. This follows an announcement by Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida in which he stated his desire to meet with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un "without any preconditions". (Reuters)
• North Korea–Russia relations, North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • Russia vetoes the continued monitoring of United Nations sanctions on the North Korean nuclear weapons program. (AP)

Law and crime

• Polish President Andrzej Duda signs a law suspending the country's participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. (TVP World)
• Pouria Zeraati, an Iranian dissident journalist working for IITV, is injured in a stabbing in London. He is hospitalized in stable condition. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • 2024 Azaz bombing
    • At least seven people are killed and 30 others are injured by a car bombing in Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, near the Turkish border. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict, Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
  • Three UN observers and a translator are injured by a shell in southern Lebanon. (Reuters)
• Haitian crisis
  • Gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier says that if armed groups under his command are included in talks for a future transitional government, then they would consider ceasing hostilities. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• Japanese officials search a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in Osaka after five deaths possibly linked to its dietary supplements. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• A nightclub in Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands is evacuated of 150 patrons when a man claiming to be a suicide bomber hostages four people for seven hours. The suspect is arrested at the scene. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• Peruvian political crisis
  • Peruvian President Dina Boluarte says that she will not resign following accusations of illicit enrichment after her residence was raided by police. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
  • Eight people are killed and at least ten others are injured by armed gangs in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (NOS)
• Haitian crisis
  • Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti. (CBC News)
• Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree for a larger than normal spring conscription campaign, calling up 150,000 citizens for military service. (CNBC) (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The New York Times reports that private records for millions of AT&T customers have been affected by a data breach and leaked onto the dark web. (The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 France floods
  • The town of Montmorillon in Nouvelle-Aquitaine is hit by severe flooding following heavy rains. (Sky News)
• An ongoing severe drought in southern Africa causes around 20 million people to experience hunger. (AP) (The Independent)

Law and crime

• In the largest heist in city history, $30 million is stolen from a GardaWorld money storage facility in Sylmar, Los Angeles, California, United States. (Los Angeles Times) (KABC-TV) (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Turkish local elections
  • 2024 Istanbul mayoral election
    • Ekrem İmamoğlu is re-elected as mayor of Istanbul. (The New York Times)
  • Voters in Turkey go to the polls for their local elections. (France 24)
• Visa policy of the Schengen Area
  • Bulgaria and Romania partially join the Schengen Area, allowing travel by air and sea without border checks, Austria vetoed travel by land without border checks over fears that non-EU citizens could get easier access to the European Union. (France 24)