At least 145 people are injured after a gas pipeline owned by Petronas explodes and ignites a fire in Putra Heights, Selangor, Malaysia.
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CNA 
April 1
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
Seismic activity increases near Grindavík, Iceland, with the Icelandic Meteorological Office reporting that a volcanic eruption has occurred.
Source:
The Watchers
Armed conflicts and attacks
Four people are killed and seven injured after an Israeli airstrike on a building in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Bdeir, an high-ranking Hezbollah official, is among the fatalities.
Source:
Al Jazeera
The Russian ministry of defence says that Russian forces have captured Rozlyv in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Source:
Al Arabiya
The Houthis announce that they shot down an MQ-9 Reaper drone of the U.S. military in the Marib Governorate, Yemen.
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AP News
International relations
The Chinese Navy and Air Force conduct large-scale military exercises around Taiwan. At least 19 Chinese warships are deployed, including the aircraft carrier , marking its closest approach to the island.
Source:
Financial Times
March 31
International relations
The Royal Australian Air Force deploys a long-range maritime patrol aircraft P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, to monitor North Korean maritime activities in the Yellow Sea, including weapons shipments prohibited under international sanctions.
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NK News
Brazilian police arrest a Syrian consulate employee in Brazil after discovering over 600 smuggled electronic devices and other luxury goods valued at over US$700,000 in his diplomatic vehicle during a highway inspection in Ponta Porã.
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G1
The United States announces sanctions on six Chinese and Hong Kong officials, including head of the national security office Dong Jingwei, accusing them of "transnational oppression and undermining Hong Kong autonomy".
Source:
DW
The Moldovan foreign affairs ministry expels three Russian diplomats and declares them after accusing the Russian embassy in Chișinău of helping Alexandr Nesterovschi, a pro-Russia politician convicted of corruption, escape to Transnistria.
Source:
The Kyiv Independent
Newly elected Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen rules out Greenland joining the United States while he is in office.
Source:
AP
Disasters and accidents
The State Administration Council declares a period of national mourning in Myanmar to last until April 6 as the death toll from the earthquake last week rises to over 3,050 people.
Source:
Barron's
The recovery operation of the U.S. Army M88 vehicle that sank in Lithuanian swamps on Pabradė Training Area finishes after five days. Lithuanian president Gitanas Nauseda says that 3 out of 4 missing Americans are found dead, with the last person still missing.
Source:
LRT
Business and economy
Law and crime
Supporters of former King of Nepal Gyanendra clash with riot police in Kathmandu, Nepal, leaving two people dead and several others injured.
Source:
AP
A court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, sentences three people to death for killing Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Zvi Kogan in 2024. A fourth accomplice who aided in the murder receives a life sentence.
Source:
AP
National Rally politician Marine Le Pen is convicted of embezzlement and banned from running for political office for five years, meaning she cannot stand in the next French presidential election.
Source:
France24
Armed conflicts and attacks
The bodies of fourteen aid workers killed on March 23 are recovered from a mass grave in southern Gaza. One body had previously been recovered and one more is believed to remain buried. Of the sixteen workers, nine are members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, six are civil defense workers, and one is a UN agency employee.
Source:
CNN
Six Russian drones hit Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv, Ukraine, damaging several buildings and injuring three people.
Source:
Ukrainska Pravda
The Iranian IRGC Navy seizes two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and is towing the vessels to the country's Bushehr port, claiming they are part of a "fuel-smuggling network". It is currently unknown what countries the vessels belong to.
Source:
Al Arabiya
March 30
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israel intercepts a ballistic missile fired from Yemen in the eighth Houthi attack since the Israeli Defense Force resumed the Gaza war. The Houthis claim to have launched three attacks with drones, missiles, and naval forces against the aircraft carrier USS in the past 24 hours.
Source:
The Times of Israel
Law and crime
A bus driver shoots and kills two passengers on a Miami-Dade Transit bus in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States.
Source:
AP
International relations
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran will not have direct negotiations with the U.S. on its nuclear program, but is open for indirect talks to rebuild trust, after U.S. president Donald Trump threatened "bombing" if Iran does not agree to a new nuclear deal.
Source:
Reuters
Science and technology
The uncrewed German-built Spectrum orbital rocket is launched in Andøya, Norway, becoming the first orbital rocket to launch from mainland Europe. The rocket stays in the air for just over half a minute before striking the ground and exploding.
Source:
VG
Disasters and accidents
The count of the total amount of destroyed ancient pagodas and religious buildings in Myanmar rises to 61, including the previously unreported Four-Storied Monastery in Inwa, Mandalay Region.
Source:
NP
Three children are killed and three other people are injured after a tree hits their vehicle near Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Source:
AP
A 7.0 M earthquake strikes near the island country of Tonga with a 6.1 M aftershock. A tsunami warning is issued and later lifted.
Source:
AP
March 29
Politics and elections
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announces the creation of a new transitional government, following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
Source:
Reuters
Armed conflicts and attacks
Source:
Al Jazeera
One person is killed and four more are injured by U.S. military airstrikes in the Saada Governorate, Yemen.
Source:
Yahoo News
A Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine, kills two people and injures 30 others, including five children. A shopping centre, multi-story residential buildings, a medical facility, and an office building were among those targeted.
Source:
Ukrainska Pravda
Ten civilians are killed in an alleged anti-insurgents security operation in Katlang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Pakistani government reports that circumstances will be investigated.
Source:
AP
Law and crime
Protests are held at Tesla dealerships across the United States, Canada, and Europe to protest against DOGE chief and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's role in the second Trump administration.
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AP
Four people are injured in a stabbing attack in Trondheim, Norway, with the perpetrator being arrested.
Source:
Euro Weekly News
Disasters and accidents
A SOCATA TBM-700 crashes into an unoccupied house in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States, killing everyone on board.
Source:
FOX9 News