Two people are killed and 19 people are injured following a mining incident in Samarkandek, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan.
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Gazeta 
March 8
Disasters and accidents
A fire occurs near the Glasgow Central railway station in Scotland, United Kingdom, destroying multiple buildings and businesses. The fire also causes the disruption and cancellation of many train services, with Glasgow Central promptly shutting down until further notice.
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BBC News
Business and economy
The price of oil surpasses US$100 per barrel for the first time in four years.
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CNBC
Armed conflicts and attacks
An Iranian drone hits and damages a desalination plant in Bahrain. In addition, falling missile debris injures three people and damages a university building in Manama.
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Asharq Al-Awsat
The Bahraini health ministry reports that an Iranian drone strike on the island of Sitra injured 32 civilians, including four with serious injuries.
Source:
The Times of Israel
The main building of the Public Institution for Social Security in Kuwait City suffers an airstrike. A large fire breaks out, but no injuries are reported.
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Arab Times
The United States Central Command confirms that a U.S. service member has died of wounds sustained after an Iranian attack on a base in Saudi Arabia on March 1, bringing the confirmed death toll among U.S. forces to seven since the start of the conflict.
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CNN
Joint airstrikes by Israel and the United States are carried out against oil facilities in Tehran and others Iranian cities, killing at least four truck drivers and causing large fires.
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Al Jazeera
According to Israeli sources, United Arab Emirates (UAE) warplanes carried out airstrikes against Iran, and purportedly struck a desalination plant. However, UAE officials denied any involvement in the attacks.
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Middle East Eye
Four people are killed and 10 more injured in an Israeli airstrike on a Ramada hotel in central Beirut.
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AFP via France 24
Health officials report that Israeli airstrikes and tank shelling targeting Hamas members in Gaza City and the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip killed six Palestinians, including two children.
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Reuters
Two Palestinians are shot dead by Israeli settlers in Abu Falah, in the occupied West Bank. Another Palestinian is killed after Israeli soldiers throw smoke grenades during the attack.
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Al Jazeera
The Saudi Civil Defense reports that a military projectile struck a residential area in Al-Kharj, Riyadh Province, killing two people and injuring 12 others.
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Oman Daily Observer
An explosion is reported at the American embassy in Oslo, Norway, causing minor damage; terrorism is suspected.
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Reuters
Civilians flee Akobo, South Sudan, after the military issued an evacuation order to prepare for a military operation.
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AP
Two perpetrators are arrested after throwing improvised explosive devices into the midst of an anti-Islam demonstration outside Gracie Mansion in New York City, United States.
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The Guardian
Sports
Diaspora protesters surround the team bus of the Iranian women's soccer team following their match against Australia amidst fears of their safety upon returning to Iran.
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ABC AU
Politics and elections
Colombians vote to elect 183 members of the Chamber of Representatives and 103 members of the Senate.
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AP
The Rastriya Swatantra Party wins 124 direct seats and leads in one more from 164 of 165 constituencies reported so far. The results from the Dhanusha 1 constituency are withheld pending an order from the Supreme Court.
Source:
The Himalayan Times
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AP
Swiss voters reject a referendum proposing to reduce the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation's annual licence fee from 335 francs to 200 francs, with interim results showing about 62 percent voting against the measure.
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Reuters
March 7
Politics and elections
Partial preliminary results in Nepal indicate that the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won 60 of 165 first-past-the-post seats, while also leading in 61 other consituencies. In Jhapa 5, RSP prime ministerial candidate Balen Shah defeats former prime minister K. P. Sharma Oli.
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The Himalayan Times
Guinea dissolves 40 political parties by decree, including the three main opposition groups—the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea, the Rally of the Guinean People, and the Union of Republican Forces—for failing to meet legal requirements, and orders the seizure of their assets.
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AFP via France 24
Business and economy
The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation announces a precautionary reduction in crude oil production and refining operations in response to Iranian attacks and threats to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Al-Ahram
Sports
Russia wins their first Winter Paralympics medal since 2014 after Varvara Voronchikhina and Alexey Bugaev each won a bronze medal in para alpine skiing.
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The Moscow Times
Health and environment
Sudan's health ministry announces that the country will launch a hepatitis B vaccine campaign for newborns in 10 states.
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Sudan Tribune
Law and crime
Child murderer Ian Huntley dies in a hospital nine days after being attacked by a fellow inmate at HM Prison Frankland in County Durham, England, United Kingdom.
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BBC News
An improvised explosive device is detonated during a protest outside the residence of New York City, United States mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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NBC News
Disasters and accidents
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Reuters
International relations
United States president Donald Trump meets with leaders from twelve American countries for the launching of a new multinational military cooperation initiative called Shield of the Americas, led by special envoy Kristi Noem. .
At the Shield of the Americas summit, U.S. president Trump says that the United States formally recognizes the Venezuelan government of Delcy Rodríguez.
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Euronews
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iranian ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali says that Iran is ready for normal talks but also rejects the current position by the United States.
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TASS
Dubai International Airport suspends operations after an aerial interception near the airport during Iranian drone and missile attacks in the region. Airport operations later partially resume as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues responding to the aerial threats.
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The Daily Star
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian apologizes for Iran's attacks on its Middle Eastern neighbors and states that the Interim Leadership Council had agreed not to attack them "unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries". The military later continues the strikes. The governments of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE report attacks targeting their territories.
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Reuters
The United States embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, is attacked with four rockets. Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani orders the security forces to pursue the perpetrators of the "terrorist act".
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Al Jazeera
The Lebanese health ministry reports that Israeli airstrikes on multiple locations in southern Lebanon killed eight people, including six in Kherbet Selem and two in Kfar Reman.
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Middle East Eye
Kharkiv Oblast governor Oleh Syniehubov says that Russia has launched a barrage of drones and missiles on residential areas in Kharkiv, Ukraine, killing ten people, including two children and injuring ten, as well as damaging the city's power grids.
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BBC News
At least four people are killed, including two policemen, and more than 35 others are injured, including three seriously, in two separate bombings targeting a police patrol van and a market in Wana and Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Arab News
At least 33 people are injured, including three minors and five others seriously, in a bombing at a nightclub in Trujillo, La Libertad Department, Peru. No group has yet claimed responsibility.
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AP
At least 45 bandits and three military personnel are killed in a clash between Nigerian troops and armed bandits in Dan Musa, Katsina State, Nigeria.
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Reuters
March 6
Health and environment
The Japanese agriculture ministry confirms a H5N1 bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm in Abira, Hokkaido.
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MENAFN
Politics and elections
Exiled Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi, son of the late former shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, says he is ready to lead a potential transition if the Iranian government falls.
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Naijan News
Kosovan president Vjosa Osmani dissolves the Kuvendi, attempting to set new parliamentary elections within 45 days. The Vetëvendosje party maintains that the constitution allows parliament 60 more days to try to elect a president, seeking to challenge Osmani's decree at the Constitutional Court.
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RKS
Science and technology
Indonesia announces that it will prohibit social media access for users under the age of 16 and begin deactivating accounts belonging to minors on several major platforms as part of a phased policy intended to address risks such as internet fraud and excessive internet use.
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AFP via CNA
Law and crime
Police in Moscow, Russia, detain Iranian nationals who celebrated the killing of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei in public.
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The Moscow Times
A United States appeals court declines to allow Donald Trump's administration to end temporary protected status for more than 350,000 Haitian nationals, leaving in place a lower court order that blocks the policy while the case proceeds.
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Reuters
Sports
The opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo is held in Verona Arena, Verona, Italy.
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AP
Armed conflicts and attacks
United States president Donald Trump calls for the "unconditional surrender" of Iran, saying there will be no deal or further talks. This comes after Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that several countries have initiated mediation efforts to end the war.
Source:
BBC News
The Qatari government announces that its military had intercepted nine Iranian drones, while one drone struck an uninhabited area.
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Gulf Times
The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority partially reopens the country's airspace through designated contingency routes with limited capacity. Operations initially included evacuation flights for stranded passengers and air cargo services.
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Deccan Chronicle
The Bahraini military announces that its air defence continue to intercept successive waves of Iranian attacks, with 84 missiles and 147 drones destroyed since the onset of hostilities.
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Emirates News Agency
Drones hit a hotel in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Iraqi News
An Iranian ballistic missile strikes Prince Sultan Air Base in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi defense ministry says air defenses intercepted three missiles launched to the base, as well as four drones east of the province.
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Saudi Gazette
Azerbaijan's State Security Service affirms it has thwarted a terror attack plotted by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including possible strikes against the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
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Euronews
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Aviation Safety Network
U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters launch air-to-surface missiles at Popular Mobilization Forces positions near Mosul, Iraq.
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Shafaq
The Iranian Red Crescent Society reports the death toll from the Israeli and American air campaign in Iran has risen to 1,332.
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Turkiye Today
At least 41 people are killed, including three soldiers, and 40 more injured in Israeli air and ground raids on Al-Nabi Shayth, Beqaa Valley. The Israeli commandos tried unsuccessfully to locate and take away the remains of missing pilot Ron Arad.
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The Guardian
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France 24
The U.S. defense department says its military has carried out airstrikes on narcoterrorists in Ecuador at the request of the Ecuadorian government, targeting a camp belonging to a faction of the FARC dissidents at the border with Colombia.
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Reuters
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports at least 100,000 civilians have now been displaced from their homes due to the fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan, while Afghan forces say they have destroyed 14 more Pakistani military outposts along the border and downed a drone.
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Sky News
The Sudanese military recaptures the town of Barah in North Kordofan, Sudan, following a ground assault backed by airstrikes against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), reportedly inflicting heavy losses on the RSF and destroying 32 RSF combat vehicles.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Disasters and accidents
A wave of severe weather, and a related tornado outbreak, kill at least eight people and cause widespread damage in the central United States.
Source:
CNN