Friday,  March 24th, 2023  

A United States contractor is killed and five others are injured when a drone hits a U.S. base near Al-Hasakah in northern Syria. The United States responds with airstrikes on Iranian-linked targets, killing eleven people. (Al Jazeera) 

A rocket attack targets a U.S. military base in Syria in retaliation for retaliatory airstrikes from the United States hours earlier. No damages or casualties are reported. (Al Arabiya) 

Fifteen people are killed and 40 others are kidnapped in Hama Governorate during an ambush on truffle hunters by Islamic State members. (UCA News) 

At least 23 people are killed after a series of violent tornadoes impact the U.S. state of Mississippi. (BBC News) 

Seven people are killed and many others are injured after an explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. (The Guardian) 

A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen pleads guilty to three murder-related charges in a court in the United States over his role in the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse. (Reuters) 

Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 

A police raid in a favela in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, results in the deaths of 13 people and the capture of two Comando Vermelho gang leaders from the northern states of Pará and Sergipe. (Barron’s) 

Riots occur across France a day after President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech on pension reform. The entrance to City Hall in Bordeaux is set on fire. (Le Monde) 

Former Indian National Congress president Rahul Gandhi is sentenced to two years in prison for defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a campaign rally in April 2019. (BBC News) 

A 28-year-old Muslim man is charged by West Midlands Police with attempted murder for immolating two elderly Muslim men outside of mosques in London and Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 27 February and 20 March. (Al Jazeera) 

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Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 

Indian politician Rahul Gandhi is sentenced to two years in prison for defamation for asking in a 2019 speech: “Why do all these thieves have Modi as their surname? Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi, Narendra Modi.” (BBC) 

Mohammed Abbkr, 28, is charged with attempting to murder two elderly men in the United Kingdom, setting them on fire on 27 February and 20 March while leaving mosques in London and Birmingham. (Al Jazeera) 

A Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the city of Zaporizhzhia kills a civilian and injures 25 others. (AP) 

A Russian drone strike in Rzhyshchiv kills at least nine civilians. (Reuters) 

Argentine mathematician Luis Caffarelli wins this year’s Abel Prize “for his seminal contributions to regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations including free-boundary problems and the Monge–Ampère equation“. He becomes the first Latin American to win this prize. (The Guardian) 

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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence says that a Russian shipment of Kalibr cruise missiles was blown up as it was being transported by rail in Dzhankoi, Crimea. At least one person is reportedly injured. (Reuters) 

Ten Yemeni soldiers are killed by Houthi Islamists in Harib District, Marib Governorate, despite a truce reached between the government and the rebels on Monday. (AFP via France 24) 

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government survives a second vote of no confidence presented by far-right party Vox with independent Ramón Tamames as its candidate. (El Periódico) 

The United Kingdom confirms that it will provide Ukraine with depleted uranium armour-piercing shells, alongside its Challenger 2 main battle tanks, saying that there is a “low risk” of radiation contamination. (BBC News) 

Tuesday,  March 21^st,  2023 

The United Nations reports that 187 people have been killed in a wave of violence in Haiti in the past eleven days during clashes between gangs. Since the beginning of the year, 531 people have been killed in the country. (France24) 

Scientists discover a pearling town near Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates. The town is considered to be the oldest ever found in the country, dating back to the 6th century. (Khaleej Times) 

An earthquake strikes Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province, killing at least 13 people and injuring over 300, mostly in neighboring Pakistan. (Reuters) 

Tanzania reports that five people have died from an outbreak of Marburg virus. The Health Ministry added that three others are being treated and that 161 people are being tracked by authorities, although the ministry stated that this is not of serious concern for the country. (AFP via Al Arabiya) 

The parliament of Uganda approves a bill with harsher provisions against homosexual relationships. The bill includes the charges of “aggravated homosexuality” and “attempted homosexuality” with sentences of up to 10 years in prison. (AP) 

Monday,  March 20th, 2023 

Chinese president Xi Jinping visits Russia in his first international trip since being re-elected, meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow. (Reuters) 

The European Union approves a €2 billion plan to supply 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine.  (Kyiv Post) 

 North Korea conducts drills simulating a nuclear counterattack in response to joint amphibious landing exercises by the United States and South Korea. (Reuters) 

Michael Boatwright, Trayvon Newsome, and Dedrick Williams are found guilty of first-degree murder for the 2018 shooting of rapper XXXTentacion. (The New York Times) 

South Africa prepares for a “nationwide shutdown” as the military is deployed ahead of protests by the Economic Freedom Fighters. (The Independent) 

The British government bans far-right Danish activist Rasmus Paludan from entering the United Kingdom over a threat to burn a Quran in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. (BBC News) 

Explosive devices disguised as USB flash drives are sent to least five news organizations in Ecuador; one journalist at Ecuavisa in Guayaquil suffers minor injuries. (The Guardian) 

A 41-year-old Australian former soldier is arrested and charged with the murder of an Afghan man while he was deployed in Afghanistan, becoming the first Australian military member to be charged following the release of the report. (CNN) 

More than 100 Sikh separatists are arrested during a three-day hunt by police in Punjab, India. The group’s leader is still wanted. (Al Jazeera) 

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At least 19 people are killed and 25 others are injured when their bus falls into a ditch in Madaripur District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. (WION) 

Sunday, March 19th, 2023 

Russian president Vladimir Putin visits Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, in Russian-occupied Ukraine, for the first time since the invasion began. (AP) 

Nine Chinese nationals are killed and two others are injured when suspected rebels storm the Chinese-run Chimbolo gold mine in Ouaka, Central African Republic. (AP) 

UBS Group AG, supported by the Swiss government, reaches a deal to merge with Credit Suisse as the latter faces imminent insolvency. (BBC News) 

Incumbent president Milo Đukanović wins the first round and will face Jakov Milatović in the runoff on 2 April. (Reuters) 

Ruling party Amanat wins the election to the Mäjilis. (Reuters) 

Saturday, March 18th, 2023 

Russian forces shell Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, with cluster munitions, killing at least two civilians and injuring five others. (Ukrinform) 

A 6.8 earthquake strikes the Ecuadorian province of Guayas, damaging buildings and killing at least sixteen people, including one in neighboring Peru. (The Guardian) 

A court in Iran sentences two men to death over the October 2022 mass shooting at the Shah Cheragh mosque in Shiraz, which killed 15 people. (Al Arabiya) 

Slovakia announces that it will donate its MiG-29 fighter jets, and supply part of its Kub air-defense system to Ukraine. (Reuters) 

The Taliban kill several Islamic State – Khorasan Province insurgents and seize weapons and ammunitions during raids at hideouts in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province. (Xinhua) 

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