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CNBC 
March 24
Armed conflicts and attacks
Shrapnel from an Iranian ballistic missile wounds three people, including a two-month-old baby, in a Bedouin community in the Negev, Israel.
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The Jerusalem Post
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.
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AFP via BSS
Hezbollah rocket fire kills a woman and injures two others in northern Israel.
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The Jerusalem Post
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.
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The New York Times
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.
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AFP via BSS
A Russian Shahed drone strikes and severely damages the Bernardine Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Lviv, western Ukraine.
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Philippine Daily Inqurier
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.
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Al Jazeera
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.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
Space and technology
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.
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The Verge
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.
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The Witness
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.
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Reuters
Frederiksen's left-wing bloc wins the most seats but fails to secure a majority.
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Le Monde
Business and economy
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 .
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Reuters
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AP
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos declares a state of national energy emergency in response to risks to the fuel supply linked to the Iran war.
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Reuters
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.
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The Straits Times
Disasters and accidents
At least 84 people are killed in flash floods across Kenya, including in Kisumu, Uasin Gishu, and Tana River counties.
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The Star
March 23
Health and environment
In its annual report, the World Meteorological Organization states that Earth's energy imbalance and ocean heat content reached record levels in 2025, driven by rising greenhouse gas emissions.
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AFP via CNA
Business and economy
Brent crude futures fall 11%, trading just below US$100 a barrel for the first time in days, following the announcement by U.S. president Donald Trump about talks with Iran to end the war.
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Reuters
Disasters and accidents
At least 66 people are killed when a military Lockheed C-130, carrying 125 people, crashes in Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia.
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AFP via ABS-CBN News
At least one person is killed and several others are injured in an explosion in Kwara State, Nigeria.
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AP
Politics and elections
In Italy, the constitutional amendment that proposed to select members of the High Council of the Judiciary through sortition is rejected by a 46% to 54% vote.
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Reuters
Following the February 22 elections to the National Assembly of Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith is reelected as President of Laos and Sonexay Siphandone as Prime Minister.
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Xinhua
Law and crime
A U.S. civic court finds entertainer Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972. The woman is awarded $59.25 million.
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BBC News
The Federal Court of Justice of Germany dismisses a lawsuit by Environmental Action Germany to ban BMW and Mercedes Benz from selling new combustion engine vehicles after 2030.
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DW
Puerto Rican police seize $12 million worth of cocaine found on a drug smuggling boat off the island's northern coast. Three suspects are arrested.
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AP
Sports
In American football, the Seattle Seahawks signs a four-year deal worth $168 million with wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, with at least $120 million guaranteed, making him the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history.
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KUOW
Armed conflicts and attacks
U.S. president Donald Trump says he is postponing his 48-hour ultimatum for five days before attacking the Iranian power plants as Iran and the U.S. have held "very good and productive conversations" on ending the war. Trump also claims that a "major points of agreement" focused on Iran's renunciation of the nuclear weapon are being talked. Iran denies any dialogue took place.
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States Newsroom
Kata'ib Hezbollah says that it will extend its pause on strikes on the United States embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, for five more days.
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Gulf News
A person is killed and another is injured in a strike on a transmission site of the Persian Gulf Radio and Television Centre in southern Iran.
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AFP via LBCI
At least one person is killed in an Israeli strike on Hazmieh, Greater Beirut, Lebanon. The Israeli military states that the attack targeted a member of Iran's Quds Force in the area.
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AFP via Al Arabiya
At least 15 people are killed and 23 others are injured in strikes on Lagawa District, West Kordofan, Sudan. The Rapid Support Forces attribute the attack to the Sudanese army.
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Business Recorder
A Sudanese rebel faction led by Yasir Arman calls for the United Nations Security Council to end the use of drones on Sudanese citizens.
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Sudan Tribune
March 22
Politics and elections
Italians begin voting on a constitutional amendment that proposes separating the careers of judges and public prosecutors by splitting the High Court of the Judiciary into two bodies, while also establishing a High Disciplinary Court to oversee disciplinary proceedings.
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Reuters
In Germany, the Social Democratic Party declines to second place in Rhineland-Palatinate for the first time since 1991. The Christian Democratic Union party becomes the largest in seats in the Landtag, while Alternative for Germany advances to third place.
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Reuters
Slovenians vote for 90 seats in the National Assembly. A tight race is forecasted between the incumbent prime minister Robert Golob and his predecessor Janez Janša.
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Reuters
Between 200 and 300 National Council of Resistance of Iran-alligned demonstrators of the Iranian opposition gather in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to protest the war and the Iranian government.
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NL Times
Following the March 15 elections to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, Kim Jong Un is reelected chairman of the State Affairs Commission (head of State) and Pak Thae Song is reappointed as premier.
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KBS
Disasters and accidents
A Bombardier CRJ900LR operating as an Air Canada Express flight from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, collides with a firetruck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, United States. Both pilots are killed and 41 others are injured.
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The Hindustan Times
One person is killed and 10 others are injured, including one critically, when a natural gas explosion collapses two residential buildings in Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey.
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The Canadian Press
Armed conflicts and attacks
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Ynet Global
Iran threatens to retaliate against the energy and water systems of the Gulf countries if United States president Donald Trump follows through with his 48-hours ultimatum to hit Iran's electricity grid.
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Reuters
One person is killed after a rocket fired from Lebanon struck a vehicle near Israel's northern border, marking the first reported Israeli fatality from cross-border fire since hostilities with Hezbollah resumed earlier in March.
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The Daily Star
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AA
At least four Hatzalah ambulances are set ablaze and destroyed in an apparent anti-semitic arson attack in Golders Green, London, England. No casualties are reported.
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The Jerusalem Post