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March 20

Law and crime

American actor Kevin Spacey settles out of court with three men at the High Court of Justice in London, England, who accused Spacey of sexually assaulting them between 2000 and 2013.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran confirms the death of IRGC spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini by an Israeli airstrike in Tehran.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Polish defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announces the withdrawal of Polish forces from Iraq, stationed there as part of the CJTF–OIR joint task force against the Islamic State, citing the regional threat from Iran.
Source: Devdiscouse external link
Government forces arrest three men suspected of participating in the February attacks and mass abductions in two villages in Kaiama, Kwara State, Nigeria. The suspects are cooperating with authorities to locate the kidnapping victims.
Source: The Punch external link

March 19

Law and crime

Iran executes three men arrested during protests last January by hanging.
Source: Euronews external link
An Iranian man and a woman whose nationality is unknown are arrested by Police Scotland for attempting to enter Royal Navy base HMNB Clyde.
Source: BBC News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iranian Shahed drones strike two oil refineries in Kuwait and cause large fires, according to the Kuwait National Petroleum Company.
Source: The Telegraph external link
A U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter jet is hit in Iranian airspace forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing at a regional U.S. airbase.
Source: The Independent external link
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) reports its forces have destroyed a factory in Karaj, Iran, which assembled surface-to-surface missiles for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Source: BBC News external link
The Chadian government announces that 17 people have been killed at a funeral late Wednesday in the border town of Tiné following a drone attack orginating from Sudan.
Source: The EastAfrican external link
A raid kills eleven members of the Sinaloa Cartel in Sinaloa, Mexico, with a senior cartel leader being captured along with many weapons.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

The National Assembly of Thailand re-elects Anutin Charnvirakul as prime minister following his Bhumjaithai Party's victory in the recent election.
Source: AFP via CBS 19 News external link

Disasters and accidents

Seventeen bodies are recovered from a boat that washed ashore in the Comoros. The victims are believed to be migrants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Source: Reuters external link

Arts and culture

The King Charles III England Coast Path, the world's longest coastal footpath, is formally opened by Charles III.
Source: BBC News external link

International relations

The Rafah Border Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip reopens for limited movement, allowing a restricted number of Palestinian patients to enter Egypt for medical treatment and some people to return to Gaza under coordinated security procedures, following its closure as a security measure amid the 2026 Iran war.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
Germany drops out of defending Israel in South Africa's International Court of Justice genocide case against Israel, citing their need to defend themselves in a separate case launched against them by Nicaragua.
Source: Haaretz external link

March 18

International relations

Qatar declares Iran's military and security attachés and their staff and orders them to leave the country within 24 hours following an attack on Ras Laffan Industrial City.
Source: Vanguard News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel strikes the South Pars natural gas field in the Persian Gulf and its neighboring refineries in Iran. Iran announces it will retaliate against regional energy infrastructure.
Source: Oil Price external link
A foreign worker from Thailand is killed by an Iranian cluster bomb in Moshav Adanim, central Israel.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Iran launches a missile attack on Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, the world's largest LNG export facility, causing "extensive damage" according to QatarEnergy.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Saudi Arabia's air defenses intercept and destroy multiple drones targeting gas and energy facilities in the Eastern Province, with no damage reported.
Source: Saudi Gazette external link
Kata'ib Hezbollah says that it will cease attacks in Iraq if certain conditions are met including for Israel to halt their military operations in Beirut, making it the first time an Iranian-backed militia group said it is open to ceasing attacks since the US-Israel strikes began on February 28.
Source: Jerusalem Post external link
The U.S. Air Force uses GBU-72 bunker buster bombs for the first time in combat to destroy underground Iranian anti-ship cruise missile sites used to target ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: TWZ external link
Israel assassinates Iranian intelligence minister Esmaeil Khatib in an overnight airstrike in Tehran.
Source: Reuters external link
Four Palestinians are killed and six others are injured when falling Iranian missile fragments strike a beauty salon in Beit Awwa, West Bank, Palestine.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
At least 20 people are killed and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike on a building in Beirut, Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
A drone strike attributed to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) kills at least 16 people near the border town of Tine, Chad.
Source: Arab News external link
In response to the drone strike, Chad president Mahamat Déby orders the military to retaliate against Sudanese belligerents, including the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
The Sudan Doctors Network says that 12 civilians were killed by the RSF in North Kordofan state.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
The Sudanese Armed Forces says that they have shot down a Bayraktar drone from Ethiopia near North Kordofan.
Source: Ethiopanorama external link
Over 60 Boko Haram and Islamic State insurgents are killed in an operation by the Nigerian Army in Abadam, Borno State, Nigeria.
Source: The Punch external link

Health and environment

Rollouts of the meningococcal vaccine begin at the University of Kent in England in the wake of a recent meningococcal outbreak that killed two people amidst a rise in cases.
Source: The Standard external link

Politics and elections

Venezuelan president Delcy Rodríguez appoints General Gustavo González López as Minister of Defense, replacing General Vladimir Padrino López who has served since 2014.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

Seven people are killed and three others are critically injured in an explosion and fire at a residential building in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Source: NDTV external link
One person is killed when a cable car cabin crashes down a snowy mountainside in Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland.
Source: CNN external link

Business and economy

Aramco restarts operations at Ras Tanura oil refinery, the largest in Saudi Arabia, following a 16-day closure.
Source: Oil Price external link

Arts and culture

Cesar Chavez Day celebrations are cancelled in many communities across the United States after late labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez was accused by dozens of women and girls, including labor leader Dolores Huerta, of child grooming, sexual assault, and rape.
Source: NBC News external link

Science and technology

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Sports

In basketball, the WNBA and its players' union reach a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement that, if ratified by the league and union, will increase average player salaries and the team salary cap more than fourfold.
Source: ESPN external link

Law and crime

Swedish foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenergard says that Iran has executed a Swedish citizen who was arrested in Iran last June.
Source: Reuters external link

March 17

Arts and culture

Patriarch Ilia II, head of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1977, dies at the age of 93.
Source: Reuters external link

Health and environment

Source: La Nación external link

Politics and elections

Provisional results announced by interior minister Raymond Mboulou reported that incumbent president of Congo-Brazzaville Denis Sassou Nguesso will be re-elected with 94.82% of the vote.
Source: AP external link
U.S. National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent resigns in protest of the war with Iran, saying that "Iran posed ​no ​imminent ⁠threat to our ⁠nation" and alleged the U.S. entered into the war due to pressure from Israel and its American lobby.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: The Rio Times external link

Sports

In association football, the Confederation of African Football formally overturns the result of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final in which Senegal won 1–0 over hosts Morocco due to a controversial walk-off by Senagalese players during extra-time. Morocco are awarded the title with a 3–0 win, their second title win.
Source: BBC Sport external link
In baseball, Venezuela defeats the United States 3–2 in the championship game to win their first World Baseball Classic.
Source: Yahoo! Sports external link

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed following a fire at the Dos Bocas Refinery in Paraíso, Tabasco, Mexico.
Source: New Zealand Herald external link

Business and economy

The United Arab Emirates' offshore Shah gas field suspends operations following a drone attack.
Source: Forbes external link

Law and crime

A court in Brussels, Belgium, orders former diplomat Étienne Davignon to stand trial on charges of participation in war crimes in connection with the 1961 killing of former Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba. Davignon is the only surviving individual among those accused by Lumumba’s family of involvement in the case.
Source: The Caledonian-Record external link
A Vatican appeals court orders a retrial of Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, who was convicted of embezzlement in 2023, citing procedural errors in the original proceedings. The court maintains his previously imposed prison sentence pending the outcome of the new trial.
Source: AFP via GMA News external link
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador votes 59–1 to approve a constitutional amendment to permit courts to issue sentences of life imprisonment to individuals convicted of murder, rape, or terrorism where the limit was previously 60 years.
Source: Reuters external link
One person is killed and another is injured in a shooting at Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States.
Source: CBS News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

An Iranian Khorramshahr missile strikes Ramat Gan in central Israel, killing two people.
Source: Ynet News external link
An oil tanker near Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, is struck by an unknown projectile.
Source: Forbes external link
Israeli forces assassinate both Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Larijani and Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani in two separate airstrikes in Tehran. Iran later confirms their deaths.
Source: Reuters external link
reports that Russia is actively sharing military intelligence with Iran, including satellite images of United States military bases and locations of potential targets, as well as improved drone technology.
Source: The Wall Street Journal external link
Three Lebanese soldiers are killed and four more are injured during Israeli airstrikes in the Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon.
Source: L'Orient Today external link
Three people, including a child, are killed and 14 more are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Al-Mawasi, Gaza.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
The Ecuadorian government deploys 75,000 soldiers and police officers to four provinces to enforce a nightly curfew. Officials say 253 people have already been detained for breaking curfew, which lasts from 11 pm to 5 am local time.
Source: AP external link
Colombian president Gustavo Petro accuses the Ecuadorian military of being the perpetrator of an airstrike two days ago inside Colombia, killing 27 people, and orders the deployment of its troops to the border in response.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least 18 people are killed and several others are injured in an attack by armed bandits in a village in Jibia, Katsina State, Nigeria.
Source: The Punch external link