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Luís Montenegro
- In Portugal, the Democratic Alliance (leader Luís Montenegro pictured) wins a narrow plurality of seats in the 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.
- Sweden becomes the thirty-second member state of NATO.
March 15, 2024 (Friday)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Russian presidential election
- Voters head to the polls to elect the next President of Russia. Incumbent President Vladimir Putin is standing for reelection to a sixth term in office. (TASS)
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
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)
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
- Two people are killed and 26 others are injured in an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak at a restaurant in Langfang, Hebei Province, China. (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)
March 12, 2024 (Tuesday)
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 Western Russia incursion
- 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)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Israeli Air Force jets launch airstrikes in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, striking "Hezbollah military command centers". Hezbollah says that two of its members were killed in the airstrikes. (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 hate crime. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 Jerusalem unrest
- 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)
- 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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)
March 11, 2024 (Monday)
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)
- Gang war in Haiti
- 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 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. (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)
March 10, 2024 (Sunday)
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)
March 9, 2024 (Saturday)
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)
- Gaza humanitarian crisis, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
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)
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