Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- The Haitian government declares a state of emergency after gangs storm two prisons and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry (pictured).
- Following the general election, Shehbaz Sharif is appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- Former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney dies at the age of 84.
- Following the general election, Feleti Teo is appointed Prime Minister of Tuvalu.
March 6, 2024
(Wednesday)
March 5, 2024
(Tuesday)
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)
International relations
- Enlargement of NATO
- Sweden–NATO relations
- Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok signs a bill formally approving Sweden's membership bid to join NATO as its 32nd member. (Reuters)
- Sweden–NATO relations
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. (Reuters)
- International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine
- 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 wins 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)
- Super Tuesday
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)
March 4, 2024
(Monday)
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)
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 84.6% of the vote. (AP)
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
March 3, 2024
(Sunday)
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, United States. (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 Republican Party presidential primaries
- 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)
March 2, 2024
(Saturday)
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)
- Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- 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)
- Bombing of Odesa
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 Republican Party presidential primaries
- 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)
March 1, 2024
(Friday)
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)
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- 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)
- In an address to the nation, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claims that "democracy is under threat" from both Islamism and far-right extremism following the election of George Galloway in the 2024 Rochdale by-election, and threats made against members of parliament over the war in Gaza. (The Independent)
February 29, 2024
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Al-Rashid humanitarian aid incident
- At least 112 people are killed and 760 others are injured in Gaza City while receiving aid. The Gaza Health Ministry claims the Israel Defense Forces indiscriminately opened fire into a crowd, while Israeli officials claim that most of the deaths were caused by a stampede resulting from Israeli warning shots. (AP) (The Washington Post) (BBC News)
- Al-Rashid humanitarian aid incident
- Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 Eli shooting
- Two Israelis are shot and killed in an attack at a gas station near Eli in the West Bank. (Times of Israel)
- 2024 Eli shooting
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Dhaka Bailey Road fire
- Forty-six people are killed and 75 more injured during a fire at a seven-storey shopping mall in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (BBC News)
- A Sikorsky S-92 helicopter crashes six kilometers off the coast of Bergen, Norway, killing one person and injuring five others. (NU.nl)
- The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle grows to become the largest wildfire in the history of Texas. (AP)
International relations
- Colombia–Israel relations
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro announces that Colombia will suspend the purchase of armament from Israeli manufacturers. Petro also declares the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip to be a genocide. (W Radio)
- Israel–European Union relations
- The European Parliament votes in favor of a non-binding resolution calling for an unconditional ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war. (The Brussels Times)
Law and crime
- Dutch international footballer Quincy Promes is detained in Dubai while on trip with Spartak Moscow and faces extradition to the Netherlands after having been recently convicted in absentia of drug trafficking and sentenced to six years in prison by the Dutch court. (Telecom Asia)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Rochdale by-election
- Residents in Rochdale, England, vote to elect a new Member of Parliament in a controversial by-election overshadowed by the Israel–Hamas war. (The Guardian)
- Workers Party of Britain candidate George Galloway wins the by-election with 12,335 votes. (BBC News)
- Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney dies at the age of 84. (Al Jazeera)
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