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Reuters 
March 31
Disasters and accidents
Politics and elections
Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye approves a law increasing penalties for same-sex sexual acts to up to 10 years in prison and criminalizing the promotion or financing of such acts. The measure amends existing provisions in the penal code that already penalize these acts.
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Reuters
Business and economy
American Automobile Association reports that the United States national average gas price has reached $4.02 a gallon, the highest since 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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AP
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surges over 1,000 points and the Nasdaq increases to 3.4% after Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran has signaled it is willing to end the conflict if security guarantees and assurances are met.
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XTB
Stocks in the United States also rise following reports that president Donald Trump has told aides that he is willing to end the war without securing the Strait of Hormuz.
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Quartz
Law and crime
The U.S. Supreme Court overturns Colorado's ban on conversion therapy in an 8–1 decision, ruling that it infringed on the First Amendment, thereby invalidating similar bans in 22 other states.
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Colorado Public Radio
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirms that direct contacts, although "not negotiations", with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff are under way.
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Al Jazeera
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that the talks between the United States and Iran "are very real" but also states that the U.S. will "negotiate with bombs" until a ceasefire is reached.
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Time
The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation claims that oil tanker has been hit by an Iranian drone at a port in Dubai, causing a fire onboard and damage to the vessel. Dubai authorities say that the fire has been contained hours after the incident.
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The Guardian
The Israeli defense ministry halts sales of defense products to France following president Emmanuel Macron's decision not to allow U.S. aircraft to pass through French airspace en route to Israel.
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The Jerusalem Post
Italy denies the United States Air Force the use of the Sigonella base in Sicily for operations related to the Iran war.
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Reuters
Poland refuses a request by the United States to relocate its Patriot air defense systems to the Middle East for the Iran war.
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Politico
China and Pakistan releases a five-point peace plan for the Iran war following a meeting between the two countries' foreign ministers, Wang Yi and Ishaq Dar, respectively. The plan includes a ceasefire and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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Axios
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz announces that Israel will destroy "all houses" near the Israel–Lebanon border.
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Reuters
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The Jerusalem Post
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BBC News
March 30
Law and crime
The Iranian parliament security approves a series of measures to impose tolls on vessels that pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Lokmat Times
The Knesset passes a bill allowing for mandatory executions of Palestinians convicted of terrorist attacks that kill Israelis.
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The Guardian
One person is killed and eight others are injured in a school shooting in San Cristóbal, Santa Fe, Argentina. A 15-year-old suspect is taken into custody.
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AFP via ABS-CBN News
The Bahraini interior ministry says that three men have been arrested for allegedly trying to form a terrorist cell linked to Hezbollah.
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VINnews
Politics and elections
Myanmar military ruler Min Aung Hlaing steps down as Army chief to stand as a candidate for president in the upcoming presidential election, the first to be held since the 2021 coup.
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Reuters
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli leaders announce the "completion phase" of war and order the military to strike "economic" targets in Iran to damage the Iranian economy.
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The Times of Israel
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says that Iran has not started negotiations with the United States but also says that the U.S. have submitted a negotiation request.
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The Hill
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The Jerusalem Post
An Iranian attack on a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait kills an Indian worker and damages a building at the site.
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Al Jazeera
The Syrian Army says that drone attacks have targeted several of their bases near the Iraqi border. However, the Syrian Army also says that several of the drones were shot down and did not say where the drones came from.
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Reuters
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Reuters
Two Indonesian peacekeepers of the UNIFIL mission are killed in Southern Lebanon when a projectile hits their vehicle.
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BBC News
At least 10 people are killed, 25 others are injured and more than 45,000 displaced after Somalia's national army took control of Baidoa, the capital city of the South West state, two weeks after the state president Abdiaziz Laftagareen said that his administration was severing ties with the federal government and opposed constitutional amendments backed by the Somali federal government.
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BBC News Somali
India says it has ended the Naxalite insurgency after home minister Amit Shah reported that most of the remaining Naxal fighters had been killed, arrested, or had surrendered following intensified security operations.
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AFP via France 24
A human rights organization in Haiti claims that the death toll from the previous day's massacre in the Artibonite department was at least 70 people, higher than official reports.
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DW
International relations
The United States resumes operations at its embassy in Caracas after a seven-year closure, aiming to restore direct diplomatic engagement with Venezuela under Delcy Rodríguez's presidency.
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AFP via Channels TV
Science and technology
NASA begins the countdown for the launch of Artemis II, set to be the first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, with liftoff scheduled for 1 April.
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The Register
Disasters and accidents
Five people are killed and three others are injured after a car crashes between Hopefield and Langebaanweg in Western Cape, South Africa.
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SABC News
At least 28 people are killed in Afghanistan and 17 in Pakistan after heavy rainfall causes severe flooding.
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Al Jazeera
Business and economy
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UPI
United States crude oil settles above US$100 per barrel for the first time in four years.
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CNN
The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority rules that around 12 million people are entitled to financial compensation after being mis-sold motor finance agreements between 2014 and 2024. The compensation scheme will see each motorist awarded around £829, costing car finance lenders a total of £9.1bn.
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BBC News
Sports
FIFA President Gianni Infantino insists that the Iranian soccer team will play in the upcoming FIFA World Cup despite the conflict.
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ESPN
March 29
International relations
Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, remains in the country despite being declared and ordered to leave. The expulsion order prompts opposition from outlawed Iran-armed group Hezbollah and a cabinet boycott by its ministers and allies.
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AFP via LBCI
Sports
In auto racing, Mercedes-Benz's Kimi Antonelli becomes the youngest driver to lead the World Championship at 19 years and 216 days old after winning the Japanese Grand Prix.
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AFP via RFI
Law and crime
An unknown number of casualties are reported when a loader is intentionally driven into a crowded market in Fangshan, Beijing, China. A man in his 50s is arrested.
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FTV News
Politics and elections
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BBC
Arts and culture
For the first time ever, Israel Police block the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during Palm Sunday, citing heightened risk in the Old City during the Iran war.
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The Jerusalem Post
Disasters and accidents
At least 45 people are killed and 74 others are injured after five days of severe weather across parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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AP via CTV News
Seven people are killed and two others are injured after a building partially collapses in Hailin, Heilongjiang, China.
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Xinhua
Armed conflicts and attacks
The foreign ministers of Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, meet in Islamabad to express their "full support" for potential Iran–United States talks hosted by Pakistan.
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AFP via France 24
United States president Donald Trump tells that the U.S. could seize Kharg Island and "take the oil" in Iran, although "a deal could be made fairly quickly".
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Xinhua
Bahrain imposes a nighttime maritime curfew from 6:00pm to 4:00am to restrict sea traffic and strengthen coastal security following reported attacks attributed to Iran.
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L'Orient Today
An Iranian missile hits the Makhteshim chemical plant in southern Israel. A warning for the leakage of hazardous materials is issued for the immediate vicinity of the site.
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Reuters
Ten Kuwaiti soldiers are injured in a new wave of missile and drone attacks on Kuwait.
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Saudi Gazette
An Indonesian peacekeeper of the UNIFIL mission is killed and a second one is critically injured when a projectile explodes at their position near Aadshit al-Qusayr, Nabatieh Governorate.
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Times of Israel
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Reuters
Several unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are detected across southeastern Finland. One of the UAVs is identified as Ukrainian after it crashes near Kouvola.
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Yle
Three people are killed and thirteen others are injured in a Russian glide bomb attack on Kramatorsk, Ukraine.
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The Guardian
Ten Palestinians are killed, including a 15-year-old boy, and 18 others are injured in artillery fire and airstrikes by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza City, Palestine.
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Haaretz
At least 14 people are killed and 23 others are injured in a drone strike on Dilling, South Kordofan, Sudan.
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Xinhua
At least 16 people are killed and 10 others are injured by the Gran Grif gang in Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite, Haiti, during a gun fight with a vigilante group. Human rights activists allege that more than 30 people were killed and dozens were missing.
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ABC News
One person is killed and at least 15 others, including children, are injured in a Pakistani artillery strike in Asadabad, Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
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The Afghan Times
Twelve people are killed by unknown gunmen at a bar in Angwan Rukuba, Plateau State, Nigeria. A mob kills ten additional people in retaliation to the attack.
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BBC News
South Sudanese vice president Riek Machar reports that at least 73 miners were killed and 25 others were seriously injured by unknown gunmen over the weekend after a mining dispute near Juba.
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FMT