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Current events (Wikipedia Portal)

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Last update: 2024-03-21 20:06:02

March 21, 2024 (2024-03-21) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks


  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
      □ Bombing of Kharkiv
          ☆ A Russian missile kills five people and injures eight others in an
            industrial area of Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
      □ Bombing of Kyiv
          ☆ At least 13 people are injured as a result of Russian missile
            strike on Kyiv. (The New York Times)
      □ The Russian Ministry of Defence announces that its forces have occupied
        the Ukrainian village of Tonenke, Donetsk Oblast. (Al Arabiya)
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict:
      □ 2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing
          ☆ A suicide bomber kills three people and injures 12 others at the
            entrance of a private bank in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (TOLO News)
  • Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
      □ The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches drone attacks on Kiryat Shmona
        Airport and Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. (Mehr News Agency) (Islamic
        Republic News Agency)

Disasters and accidents


  • A capsized boat with 69 of Rohingya refugees is found off the coast of Aceh
    , Indonesia and they are rescued. The amount of people that are killed is
    unknown. (NOS)
  • The death toll of the capsized South Korean-flagged tanker Keoyoung Sun
    rises to nine with still one missing. (Reuters)

Law and crime


  • A court in Russia sentences the Volga Maniac serial killer to life in
    prison for the murders of 31 elderly women in Tatarstan between 2011 and
    2012. (Reuters)
  • Pope Francis laicized Belgium's bishops Roger Vangheluwe due to abuse.
    (NOS)

Politics and elections


  • Vietnamese anti-corruption campaign
      □ Vietnam's President Võ Văn Thưởng resigns after just over a year in
        office amid the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign, making him
        the shortest-serving president in Vietnamese history. (Reuters) (Al
        Jazeera English) (Bloomberg News)

March 20, 2024 (2024-03-20) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks


  • Gang war in Haiti
      □ Gangs attack the neighborhood of Petion-Ville in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
        killing at least five people. (The Washington Post)
      □ The United States evacuates citizens by helicopter as fighting spreads.
        (The Guardian)
  • Israel–Hamas war
      □ Three Jenin Brigades militants are killed during an airstrike against a
        vehicle by Israel in Jenin, Palestine. (Al Mayadeen)
  • Insurgency in Balochistan
      □ Eight Balochistan Liberation Army gunmen are killed after trying to
        storm Gwadar's port in the Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Two security
        guards are also wounded in the gunfight, which lasted for two hours.
        (Al Jazeera English)
  • Mexican Drug War
      □ Twelve bodies are found in Mexico, five in Jalisco and seven in Sonora.
        (Associated Press)

Disasters and accidents


  • Twelve people are killed in an explosion at a mine in Harnai District,
    Balochistan, Pakistan. (Associated Press)
  • Eight people are killed, one is injured, and two are missing after the
    South Korean-flagged tanker Keoyoung Sun loaded with 980 tons of acrylic
    acid capsizes near Mutsure Island, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. (Al Jazeera
    English)

International relations


  • Argentina–Venezuela relations
      □ Argentina announces a charge against Venezuela before the International
        Civil Aviation Organization for allegedly violating the Convention on
        International Civil Aviation after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
        banned Argentine aircraft from its airspace earlier this month amid
        traded accusations with Argentinian President Javier Milei. (Infobae)

Politics and elections


  • 2024 Fine Gael leadership election
      □ Leo Varadkar announces his resignation as Taoiseach and leader of Fine
        Gael, triggering a leadership election. Varadkar will remain as
        Taoiseach until his successor as party leader is elected. (CNN
        International)
  • 2024 Indonesian general election
      □ The General Elections Commission announces that Prabowo Subianto had
        received the most votes in the presidential election, but the
        determination of the winner as president-elect is still waiting
        complaints from other candidates at the Constitutional Court. (Al
        Jazeera English)

March 19, 2024 (2024-03-19) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks


  • Gang war in Haiti
      □ Four armed men storm the Bank of the Republic of Haiti in
        Port-au-Prince, Haiti, injuring a security guard. All the attackers are
        killed in the ensuing shootout with police. (The Haitian Times)
  • Israel–Hamas war
      □ Israel announces the death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa,
        following an airstrike on a tunnel complex last week, making Issa the
        highest ranking Hamas official killed in the war so far. (BBC News)
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
      □ Russia claims to have captured the village of Orlivka in Donetsk Oblast
        , Ukraine. (Anadolu Agency)
  • Somali Civil War
      □ Two Somali National Army airstrikes kill 39 alleged al-Shabaab
        militants in Afgooye, Somalia. (Horseed Media)

Disasters and accidents


  • A bus crashes into a tunnel wall on an expressway in Linfen, China, killing
    14 people. (AP)

Law and crime


  • Rankin County torture incident
      □ Former Mississippi sheriff's deputy Hunter Elward is sentenced to 20
        years imprisonment for his role in torturing two men in January 2023.
        (CBS News)
  • Founder of Chinese property developer Evergrande Group Hui Ka Yan is fined
    47 million yuan ($6.53 million) and barred from the securities market for
    life after the China Securities Regulatory Commission accused the group of
    inflating its revenue. (Reuters)
  • The pro-Beijing Legislative Council of Hong Kong unanimously passes the
    local enaction bill on national security, which had been tasked by Article
    23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law. (Reuters)
  • Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is indicted over accusations of
    lying about his COVID-19 vaccination status. (AP)

International relations


  • Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
      □ Armenia begins a process of border demarcation with Azerbaijan in the
        Tavush Province, amid Azerbaijiani demands that Armenia withdraw its
        forces from the disputed villages of Bağanis Ayrum, Aşağı Əskipara,
        Xeyrimli, and Qızılhacılı. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says
        that failure to compromise could result in war "by the end of the
        week". (Reuters) (RFE/RL)

Politics and elections


  • 2024 United States presidential election
      □ 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
          ☆ The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in
            Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio. (The Hill)
      □ 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
          ☆ The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in
            Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio. (The Hill)
  • Haitian crisis
      □ CARICOM and United Nations officials appoint seven seats out of eight
        of a presidential council to address the political crisis in Haiti.
        Once the council is installed, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry will
        resign. (Miami Herald)