March 28
Law and crime
Five police officers are killed and three others are injured in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer 
Nepal's former prime minister K. P. Sharma Oli is arrested over his alleged involvement in the crackdown on the 2025 protests.
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BBC News
International relations
Qatar and Ukraine sign a defense pact that includes cooperation on countering missile and drone threats.
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The News
Armed conflicts and attacks
Emirates Global Aluminium reports that one of its facilities in Abu Dhabi sustained significant damage and several injuries during missile and drone attacks attributed to Iran.
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The Times of Israel
An airstrike in Kirkuk, Iraq, hits a base of the Popular Mobilization Forces, killing one member and injuring four others.
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AFP via LBCI
The Houthis launch a ballistic missile from their territory in Yemen towards Israel, signifying the group's entrance in the war. The Israeli military says that the missile was successfully intercepted and no injuries were reported.
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The Times of Israel
Iran says it has dismantled a terrorist cell in the Golestan province and has arrested two suspects.
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Awaz the Voice
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Al Jazeera
Three journalists are killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike in Jezzine District, South Governorate, Lebanon.
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KGO-TV
Two people are killed and twelve more are injured in a nighttime Russian drone attack on Odesa. A maternity hospital is also damaged.
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BBC News
A man is detained and another is at large after trying to ignite an improvised explosive device near a Bank of America building in Paris, France. Anti-terrorism prosecutors are investigating.
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Sky News
Politics and elections
The third No Kings protests are held across the United States against the policies of president Donald Trump's administration including the Iran war, ICE operations, and the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti.
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Reuters
Exiled Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi urges the United States not to strike a deal or negotiate for peace with the Iranian regime and also calls for a resurgence in protests.
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Reuters
The South West House of Representatives re-elects incumbent president Abdiaziz Laftagareen for the second time amid tensions with the Somali federal government that resulted in the military being deployed to the Lower Shabelle, Bay and Bakool regions of Somalia.
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Hiiraan Online
Disasters and accidents
Twenty-two bodies are recovered from a vessel found adrift off the coast of Crete, Greece, according to the Greek coast guard. Twenty-six people are rescued by Frontex. Several survivors said some people were also thrown overboard into the Mediterranean Sea on the orders of a human trafficker during the journey.
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Reuters
Sports
In throughbred racing, American racehorse Magnitude wins the 30th Dubai World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, amidst the Iran war.
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ESPN
March 27
Law and crime
One person is killed and four others are injured in a mass stabbing at a school in Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile.
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ABC News
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iranian ambassador to the United Nations Ali Bahreini says that Iran will facilitate and expedite humanitarian aid to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
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AP
The foreign ministers of the G7 nations reach an agreement to protect passage through the Strait of Hormuz if the war ends.
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Euronews
One man is killed and several are injured by Iranian ballistic missile attacks on central and southern Israel.
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The Jerusalem Post
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CBS News
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates report that they have intercepted missile and drone attacks from Iran.
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AA
The Israeli Air Force strikes a uranium processing facility in Yazd, Iran. There were no casualties or radiation leaks, according to Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.
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Al Jazeera
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North reports that a Sudanese Army airstrike on a funeral gathering in the town of Al Sunut in South Kordofan has killed seven civilians and injured 39 others.
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Sudan Tribune
Business and economy
Brent crude oil surpasses US$110 per barrel after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy turned away three container ships and declared the Strait of Hormuz closed.
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UPI
A United States appeals court overturns a $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina related to the 2012 nationalization of oil company YPF, ruling that the shareholders' claims are not valid under Argentine law. The decision reverses a 2023 lower court ruling that had ordered compensation to minority investors.
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AFP via France 24
Disasters and accidents
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AP
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AP
Two children are killed and at least seven others are injured in a three-vehicle collision involving a dump truck, SUV and school bus on Tennessee State Route 70 in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States.
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AP
Politics and elections
Following his Rastriya Swatantra Party's landslide victory in the general election, Balendra Shah is sworn as Prime Minister of Nepal, succeeding interim prime minister Sushila Karki.
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Reuters
Russia designates filmmaker and teacher Pavel Talankin, the co-director and subject of the 2025 documentary film , as a foreign agent after authorities accuse him of spreading disinformation about the government and opposing the war in Ukraine.
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AFP via RFI
Lawmakers from the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference protest outside the legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, India, in solidarity with Iran and against the assassination of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei amidst the Iran war. Additionally, a major confrontation breaks out between INC lawmaker Irfan Hafiz Lone and BJP lawmaker Yudhvir Sethi during the protest.
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Times of India
In Mongolia, the State Great Khural accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar.
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AP
Sports
In her last performance before retiring, Japan's Kaori Sakamoto wins the gold medal in the women's singles event of the 2026 Figure Skating Championships.
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AFP via RFI
March 26
International relations
The European Parliament approves legislation to implement the EU-US trade deal adopted in 2025.
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BBC
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.
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Reuters
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.
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MSN
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.
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Arab News
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.
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The Times of Israel
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.
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The Guardian
France and the Philippines sign a visiting forces agreement allowing joint military exercises and cooperation in each other's territory.
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Reuters
Tajik president Emomali Rahmon and Uzbek president Shavkat Mirziyoyev inaugurate the Tajikistan embassy in Tashkent during Rahmon's state visit to Uzbekistan.
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Kun.uz
Politics and elections
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Euractiv
The People's Party, led by Beinir Johannesen, wins the highest share of votes, receiving nine seats in the Løgting.
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DR
Arts and culture
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The Guardian
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.
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The Times of India
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.
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Hindustan Times
Two people are killed, including a child, and at least 90 families are affected in flooding in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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ATN
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.
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Reuters
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.
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Reuters
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.
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AFP via ABS-CBN News
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.
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CNN
Business and economy
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.
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BBC News
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.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiationsPakistan in the 2026 Iran warPakistan–United States relations
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Xinhua
Pakistani foreign minister Ishaq Dar confirms that indirect negotiations between Iran and the U.S. are taking place.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiationsPakistan in the 2026 Iran warPakistan–United States relations
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The Hindu
U.S. president Donald Trump extends his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by ten days, until 6 April, or "face further assassinations of senior officials".
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The Guardian
Nine people are injured in Israel after seven salvos of ballistic missiles by Iran.
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The Times of Israel
Two people are killed and three others are injured by falling debris from an intercepted ballistic missile in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Hindustan Times
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.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warReactions to the 2026 Iran warIsrael–Uganda relations
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The New Arab
Israel claims to have assassinated Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
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Al Jazeera
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The Jerusalem Post
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. Cabinet minister Soda Zhemu says that most of them were lured to Russia through social media.
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BBC News
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.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
Two people are killed, including the perpetrator, in a stabbing attack at a Pokémon Center at Sunshine City in Tokyo, Japan.
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CTV News