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March 27

Politics and elections

Lawmakers from the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference protest outside the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly to stand in solidarity with Iran and against the assassination of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei amidst ongoing US-Israel military action in Iran. Additionally, a major confrontation breaks out between INC lawmaker Irfan Hafiz Lone and BJP lawmaker Yudhvir Sethi during the protest.
Source: Times of India external link

March 26

Law and crime

The Catholic Church in Portugal agrees to compensate 57 victims of sexual abuse with a total of €1.61 million (US$1.86 million) following findings from an independent inquiry into abuse cases over several decades.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
Two people are killed, including the perpetrator, in a stabbing attack at a Pokémon Center at Sunshine City in Tokyo, Japan.
Source: CTV News external link

Business and economy

Norway's Storting passes a bill temporarily cutting petrol and diesel taxes in response to surging energy costs amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis.
Source: Reuters external link
Mauritius and South Sudan announce measures restricting electricity consumption due to the international energy crisis, with Juba's main electricity distributor saying the capital will start experiencing daily power cuts on a "rotational basis" from today.
Source: BBC News external link

International relations

Russia says the United Kingdom's decision to board and detain shadow fleet vessels is hostile and vows a "political, legal and asymmetric" response against the UK to protect Russian interests.
Source: Reuters external link
British Chief of the General Staff Roland Walker warns that the UK is now on an "inevitable collision course" with Russia and urges the government to prepare.
Source: MSN external link
South Africa says it is no longer invited to the upcoming G7 summit in Haute-Savoie, France, after an initial invitation, with differing statements from its officials on the reasons for the decision.
Source: Arab News external link
Australia announces a six-month ban on short-term visa applications from Iranian passport holders for tourism and work, citing concerns that some visitors may not depart Australia once their visas expire due to the Iran war. The new policy includes limited exemptions.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Belarus and North Korea sign a "friendship and cooperation" treaty after North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un welcomed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko to Pyongyang.
Source: The Guardian external link
France and the Philippines sign a visiting forces agreement allowing joint military exercises and cooperation in each other's territory.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: Kun.uz external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff confirms that the United States has shared a 15-point peace plan to Iran through the Pakistani government.
Source: Xinhua external link
Pakistani foreign minister Ishaq Dar confirms that indirect negotiations between Iran and the U.S. are taking place.
Source: The Hindu external link
U.S. president Donald Trump extends his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by ten days or "face further assassinations of senior officials".
Source: The Guardian external link
Nine people are injured in Israel after seven salvos of ballistic missiles by Iran.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Two people are killed and three others are injured by falling debris from an intercepted ballistic missile in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Source: Hindustan Times external link
Ugandan military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba says the country is ready to join the war "on the side of Israel" and says the Ugandan military will enter the war soon if Iranian attacks on Israel do not end soon.
Source: The New Arab external link
Israel claims to have assassinated Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
One person is killed and 11 are injured by Hezbollah rocket fire in Nahariya, Israel.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
Source: Reuters external link
Zimbabwe confirms that 15 of its citizens have been killed after being recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine, with more than 60 others still on the front line. Information minister Soda Zhemu alleges that most of them were lured to Russia through social media.
Source: BBC News external link

Politics and elections

Two days after the Danish election, Faroe Islanders vote to elect 33 members of the Løgting.
Source: Euractiv external link
The People's Party, led by Beinir Johannesen, wins the highest share of votes, receiving nine seats in the Løgting.
Source: DR external link

Arts and culture

A court in Chelyabinsk Oblast bans the distribution of the documentary film in Russia.
Source: The Guardian external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 14 people are killed and 27 others are injured when a private bus collides head-on with a tipper-truck in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Source: The Times of India external link
At least 10 people are killed and 35 others are injured when a bus collides with a truck and overturns in Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Source: Hindustan Times external link
Two people are killed, including a child, and at least 90 families are affected in flooding in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Source: ATN external link
Mexico's navy launches a search and rescue operation in the Caribbean Sea for two sailboats, which departed from Isla Mujeres with nine crew members, carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba after they failed to arrive in Havana as scheduled and lost communication.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

The Iranian sports ministry bans the men's national football team from travelling to "hostile countries", placing the team's participation in this year's FIFA World Cup tournament in doubt, which is being held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Sports minister Ahmad Donyamali previously stated that Iran will not play in this year's World Cup.
Source: Reuters external link
The International Olympic Committee announces that participation in women's events will be limited to athletes classified as female based on biological criteria, with eligibility determined through a one-time genetic test starting from the 2028 Olympic Games. The policy replaces previous rules that allowed individual sports federations to set their own criteria.
Source: AFP via ABS-CBN News external link

Health and environment

A 25-year-old Spanish woman from Barcelona, Catalonia, undergoes euthanasia after her request was approved by authorities and upheld through multiple legal challenges despite opposition from her family.
Source: CNN external link

March 25

Politics and elections

Kosovo's Constitutional Court rules that President Vjosa Osmani's decree to dissolve had no legal effect, giving the Kuvendi 34 more days to elect the next president before automatically moving to new elections within 45 days.
Source: Balkan View external link
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos signs into law a measure allowing the suspension or reduction of excises on petroleum products when global oil prices reach a specified threshold, subject to time limits and reporting requirements.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

Law and crime

A Chinese court sentences former Aviation Industry Corporation chairperson Tan Ruisong to death with a two-year reprieve after convicting him of corruption-related offenses, including bribery, embezzlement, and insider trading, during his tenure as chairperson.
Source: Reuters external link
The Indian enforcement directorate says that it has attached (US$200 million) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and has seized villas in the Burj Khalifa as part of the Mahadev online betting app money laundering investigation.
Source: The New Indian Express external link
Kuwaiti authorities arrest six individuals suspected of links to Hezbollah over an alleged plot to carry out assassinations targeting state officials.
Source: Arab News external link
A jury in California, United States, rules in favor of a woman who sued Google and Meta Platforms for her addictions to websites Instagram and YouTube as a child.
Source: CNBC external link

International relations

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko visits Pyongyang, North Korea, to meet with its supreme leader Kim Jong Un in a effort to improve relations between the two countries.
Source: AP external link
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán says Hungary will gradually suspend gas supplies to Ukraine until Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline resumes, citing disruptions to deliveries crossing Ukraine.
Source: AP external link
Source: Reuters external link
The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution proposed by Ghana recognizing the Atlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity and calling for dialogue on reparations, despite opposition and abstentions from Western countries.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

According to Press TV, Iran has rejected a United States proposal to end the war and sets out five conditions for a ceasefire.
Source: AP external link
A senior Iranian official says that Iran is still reviewing the proposal despite an initial response that was considered "negative".
Source: Reuters external link
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi states that Iran seeks to end the war "on its own terms" but does not plan to enter negotiations with the U.S. and will continue its current policy.
Source: Al-Ahram external link
Egyptian foreign minister Badr Abdelatty says that Egypt is ready to host negotiations aimed at ending the Iran war.
Source: Reuters via Al Arabiya external link
An Iranian cluster bomb wounds nine people, including six children and an elderly woman, in Bnei Brak, Israel.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Jordan's air force intercepts four missiles and one drone launched from Iran.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
A drone strikes a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport, causing a fire at the site.
Source: Reuters external link
Seven fighters are killed and 13 others are injured in a strike on a Popular Mobilization Forces base in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. The attack follows an American strike on the same base yesterday.
Source: Al-Ahram external link
Iran says it has received intelligence that the U.S. and an "unnamed regional country" are planning to invade and capture its Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf as thousands of U.S. Marines are due to arrive in the region in the coming days.
Source: The Telegraph external link
A stray Ukrainian drone strikes a power station in Auvere, Estonia, while another crashes in Latvia during a large-scale drone attack on Russia.
Source: BBC News external link
A Ukrainian drone strike kills two people in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, according to Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
Source: Reuters external link
The Sudan Doctors Network says that Rapid Support Forces have killed 16 civilians, including three women, in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
The United States Southern Command (Southcom) says its forces have struck a drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing four occupants. This brings the number of suspected narcoterrorists killed in Operation Southern Spear to 163 since U.S. strikes began.
Source: AP external link
A ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan collapses with resumed cross-border shelling killing two people in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, while Afghan forces claim to have destroyed three Pakistani military outposts along the border. Both sides accuse each other of breaking the ceasefire first.
Source: AP external link

Disasters and accidents

The International Organization for Migration reports that 922 migrants have died or went missing along the "Eastern Route" from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula in 2025, marking the deadliest year for Red Sea migration and a significant increase from 2024.
Source: The Daily Star external link
At least 26 people are killed, including seven children, 11 others survive and around 13 are reported missing when a passenger bus carrying around 50 people plunges into the Padma River in Goalanda Upazila, Rajbari District, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Source: Xinhua external link

Business and economy

COSCO Shipping resumes new container shipment bookings from the Far East to several Gulf countries after Iran allowed non-hostile vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since yesterday.
Source: The Straits Times external link
India purchases a shipment of liquefied petroleum gas from Iran for the first time since 2019 following a temporary easing of U.S. sanctions, with the cargo set to be distributed among state-run fuel companies, in response to supply disruptions caused by the Strait of Hormuz crisis.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: Gulf News external link

Arts and culture

Under the St Peter and Paul Church in Maastricht, Netherlands, the remains of French musketeer d'Artagnan are believed to be found.
Source: BBC News external link
Sarah Mullally is enthroned as the first female primate of the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury.
Source: BBC News external link

March 24

Science and technology

American technology company OpenAI says it will shut down its Sora app.
Source: NBC News external link
The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI's US$1 billion investment deal to allow Disney's intellectual properties to be used with Sora is also cancelled in midst of the shutdown.
Source: The Verge external link
NASA states that it plans to pause the Lunar Gateway project and redirect efforts toward developing infrastructure for sustained operations on the Moon's surface, including a future moonbase.
Source: The Witness external link

Politics and elections

Danes, Faroe Islanders, and Greenlanders vote to elect 179 seats of the Folketing. Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen seeks a third term in office during the aftermath of the Greenland crisis.
Source: Reuters external link
Frederiksen's left-wing bloc wins the most seats but fails to secure a majority.
Source: Le Monde external link

Law and crime

Two people are killed in a school shooting in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico. A 15-year-old suspect is arrested.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 84 people are killed in flash floods across Kenya, including in Kisumu, Uasin Gishu, and Tana River counties.
Source: The Star external link
At least nine people are killed, 266 others are rescued and 45 are reported missing in a shipwreck off Obock, Djibouti.
Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

Philippine president Bongbong Marcos declares a state of national energy emergency in response to risks to the fuel supply linked to the Iran war.
Source: Reuters external link
QatarEnergy ‌declares force majeure on some of ⁠its long-term LNG supply contracts for its customers worldwide.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
American video game company Epic Games announces that it will lay off more than 1,000 employees along with more than $500 million in savings from cuts to contracting and marketing amid a sharp decline in the number of people playing its flagship video game .
Source: Reuters external link
Australia and the European Union sign a free trade agreement after eight years of negotiations.
Source: AP external link
BMW Brilliance recalls nearly 180,000 vehicles in China due to a defect in the air conditioning wiring that may cause a short circuit and increase the risk of fire.
Source: The Straits Times external link

Arts and culture

Two concerts by Colombian singer Shakira in Doha, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, scheduled to be held in April are postponed due to safety concerns amidst the Iran war. The Abu Dhabi concert has been rescheduled for November.
Source: USA Today external link
The trailer for the upcoming superhero film Spider-Man: Brand New Day released on March 17 reaches 1 billion views on YouTube, becoming the first movie trailer to do so.
Source: People.com external link

International relations

The Lebanese foreign ministry declares the Iranian ambassador a and gives him until March 29 to leave the country, due to Iran's financial and military support of Shia paramilitary group Hezbollah.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Lebanese foreign ministry says that the decision to expel Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani as Iranian ambassador doesn't affect diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Source: Arab News external link
The Iranian foreign ministry states that vessels it classifies as non-hostile may pass through the Strait of Hormuz if they comply with its safety and security requirements, while excluding vessels linked to countries it accuses of involvement in the Iran war.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

reports that the United States has sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war.
Source: CNBC external link
Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif says that Pakistan is ready and willing to host Iran–U.S. talks to reach a comprehensive deal to end the war.
Source: Saudi Gazette external link
Shrapnel from an Iranian ballistic missile wounds three people, including a two-month-old baby, in a Bedouin community in the Negev, Israel.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
Fifteen fighters from Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), including a commander, are killed in an American airstrike on a PMF base in the Al Anbar Governorate.
Source: AFP via BSS external link
Hezbollah rocket fire kills a woman and injures two others in northern Israel.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz states that the military will control a "security zone" up to the Litani River in southern Lebanon until "the threat of Hezbollah" is removed, while also suggesting that Israel will remain in control of the area after the conflict is resolved.
Source: The New York Times external link
The Lebanese government reports that the death toll from Israeli attacks on the country since March 2 has risen to 1,039.
Source: AA external link
Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine kill at least three people, including two in Poltava and one in Zaporizhzhia, and injures several others. The attacks also damage residential buildings and infrastructure in the areas.
Source: AFP via BSS external link
A Russian Shahed drone strikes and severely damages the Bernardine Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Lviv, western Ukraine.
Source: Philippine Daily Inqurier external link
The death toll from the March 20 drone strike on the Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, rises to 70.
Source: Reuters external link
A coalition of Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North rebels capture the town of Kurmuk in the Blue Nile region near the Ethopian border.
Source: Arab News external link
Suspected Islamic State insurgents kill nine Nigerian troops, one police officer and a civilian during attacks in Kebbi State, Nigeria.
Source: AP external link