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Vladimir Putin
- Vladimir Putin (pictured) is announced as the winner of the Russian presidential election, securing a fifth term.
- In Portugal, the Democratic Alliance wins the most seats in a snap legislative election.
- At the Academy Awards, Oppenheimer wins seven awards, including Best Picture.
- Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama, author of Dragon Ball, dies at the age of 68.
March 19, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israel announces the death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa, following an airstrike on a tunnel complex the previous week, making him the highest ranking Hamas official killed in the war yet. (BBC)
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)
- 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
March 18, 2024 (Monday)
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)
- Siege of Gaza City
- Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
- 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 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 Petion-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)
March 17, 2024 (Sunday)
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)
- Northern Ukraine skirmishes
- 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)
- Niger–United States relations
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)
March 16, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Law and crime
- 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)
March 15, 2024 (Friday)
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)
- Rafah offensive
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 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)
- Odesa strikes
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)
March 14, 2024 (Thursday)
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)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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)
- Battle of Khartoum
- 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)
- March 2024 Kuwait Roundabout attacks
- 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)
- 2024 Mogadishu SYL Hotel attack and siege
- Western Sahara conflict
- Western Saharan clashes
- The SPLA reportedly attacked Moroccan army headquarters in the Al-Mahbas sector. (Sahrawi Press Service)
- Western Saharan clashes
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)
March 13, 2024 (Wednesday)
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)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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)
- Operation Atalanta
- 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)
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