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NATO countries with Sweden highlighted
- Sweden (highlighted) becomes the thirty-second member state of NATO.
- The Haitian government declares a state of emergency after gangs storm two prisons and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
- Following the general election, Shehbaz Sharif is appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- A building fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 46 people.
March 9, 2024 (Saturday)
March 8, 2024 (Friday)
Disasters and accidents
- Gaza humanitarian crisis
- 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
- 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)
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)
- Operation 1027
- 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)
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)
- Gaza humanitarian crisis, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
International relations
- Enlargement of 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) (MSN) (NBC New York)
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)
March 6, 2024 (Wednesday)
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
- 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)
- Killing of the Wickramasinghe family
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)
- Dean Phillips 2024 presidential campaign
- 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)
- Nikki Haley 2024 presidential campaign
- 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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)
- 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)
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)
- 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, for their involvement in Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure. (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 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)
- 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 84.4% 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, U.S.. Three suspects remain at large. (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 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)
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