Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 

Thousands of prisoners escape from the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after it was stormed by armed gangs. (BBC News) (CNN) 

Haiti declares a state of emergency in response to the attacks on the country’s two largest prisons. (The Guardian) 

Russian special forces conduct a counter-terrorism operation in Karabaluk, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia, killing six militants. (Reuters) 

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley wins the Washington, D.C. primary, making it her first win in the Republican Party contest. (Axios) 

At least four people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a house party in King City, California, U.S.. Three suspects remain at large. (CNN) 

One woman killed and twelve others injured in a mass shooting at a night club in West Point, Mississippi, U.S. Suspect remain at large. (CNN) 

A rerun of the 2023 Belgrade election is called amid protests following reports of irregularities in the election. (AP) 

Shehbaz Sharif is elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan for a second term. (Reuters) 

Thirty-six people are killed and 50 others are injured across Pakistan during heavy rains that have swept across the country in the past 48 hours, causing landslides. (AP) 

Thirty-six people are killed and 50 others are injured across Pakistan by heavy rainfall, which has also caused landslides. (AP) 

Salvadorans elect all 44 mayors and municipal councils and all 20 deputies to the Central American Parliament. (El Mundo) 

Voters in Switzerland accept the referendum to increase monthly pensions but reject the referendum to increase the retirement age. (Swissinfo) 

Voters accept the initiative to increase monthly pensions, but reject raising the retirement age. (swissinfo) 

Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 

In an address to the nation, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declares that “democracy is under threat” from Islamism and far-right extremism following the election of George Galloway in the 2024 Rochdale by-election, and threats made against members of parliament over the war in Gaza. (The Independent) 

Yemen’s internationally-recognized government reports that the abandoned ship Rubymar that was struck by a Houthi anti-ship missile has sunk. (Reuters)

 Italian Navy destroyer Caio Duilio shoots down a Houthi drone in self-defence while in the Red Sea. (Reuters) 

Eight people, including two children, are killed and eight others are injured in a Russian drone strike on an apartment block in Odesa, Ukraine. (Ukrinform) 

Republican Party caucuses are held in Idaho, Michigan, and Missouri for the 2024 United States presidential election. Former president Donald Trump wins all three contests. (CBS News)

In Australia, Jodie Belyea retains the seat of Dunkley for the Australian Labor Party despite a notable swing towards the Liberal Party. (ABC News Australia) 

Four Mexican soldiers are killed by an improvised explosive device in a trap near Aguililla, Michoacán, Mexico. The soldiers were inspecting a camp, likely used by cartel members, when they stepped on an anti-personnel mine set in the underbrush. (AP) 

Friday,  March 1st, 2024 

The G9 gang launches an offensive within Port-au-Prince, with its leader Jimmy Chérizier announcing the aim of capturing Haiti’s cabinet officials and police chief. Four police officers are killed during a shooting outside a police station. (AP) 

Iranian Grammy winner Shervin Hajipour is sentenced to jail and ordered to write anti American music.(RFE/RL) 

An Israeli airstrike in Baniyas, Syria, kills three people, including an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps field commander. (Al Arabiya) 

Intense fighting between the Fano militia and the Ethiopian government breaks out in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara region, Ethiopia. (The East African) 

Kenyan president William Ruto announces an agreement with Haiti to deploy 1,000 police officers as part of a mission approved by the United Nations to combat gang violence in the Caribbean nation. (Reuters)

 At least eight people are injured when a suspected homemade bomb explodes in a cafe in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. (Reuters) 

Nineteen people, including six children, are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack in Szczecin, Poland. (Barron’s) 

A soldier kills four people during a spree shooting in the Scheeßel and Bothel rural areas in northern Germany, before being detained. (AP) 

Alexander Stubb takes office as the 13th President of Finland. (Reuters) 

The funeral of Russian politician and activist Alexei Navalny is held in Moscow. (AP) 

Parliamentary elections are being held in Iran. voting turnout is expected to be low following the trend of the last elections in 2020 being the lowest since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. (Al Jazeera) 

The End