2026 Faroese general election Two days after the Danish election, Faroe Islanders vote to elect 33 members of the Løgting.
Stabbing Two people are killed, including the perpetrator, in a stabbing attack in a Pokémon Center at the Sunshine City building in Tokyo, Japan.
Tajikistan–Uzbekistan relations During a state visit to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev officially inaugurates the Tajikistan embassy in Tashkent.
Foreign relations of Belarus 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.
Australia–Iran relations 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.
Chhindwara district At least nine people are killed and around 30 others are injured when a bus collides with a truck and overturns in Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Collides head-on At least 13 people are killed and 28 others are injured when a private bus collides head-on with a truck in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Middle Eastern crisis One person is killed and 11 are injured by Hezbollah rocket fire in Nahariya, Israel.
Two people are killed and three others are injured by falling debris from an intercepted ballistic missile in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Israel claims to have assassinated Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
Pakistani Foreign Minster Ishaq Dar confirms that indirect negotiations between the United States and Iran are taking place.
Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff confirms that the United States has shared a 15-point peace plan to Iran through the Pakistani government.
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2026 Philippine energy crisis Philippine president Bongbong Marcos signs into law a measure allowing the suspension or reduction of excises on petroleum products when global oil prices reach a specified threshold, subject to time limits and reporting requirements.
2026 Kosovan presidential election Kosovo's Constitutional Court rules that President Vjosa Osmani's decree to dissolve had no legal effect, giving the Kuvendi 34 more days to elect the next president before automatically moving to new elections within 45 days.
Terrorism in Kuwait Kuwaiti authorities arrest six individuals suspected of links to Hezbollah over an alleged plot to carry out assassinations targeting state officials.
Mahadev Betting App Case The Indian enforcement directorate says that it has attached 1700 c in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and has seized villas in the Burj Khalifa as part of the Mahadev online betting app money laundering investigation.
Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping A Chinese court sentences former Aviation Industry Corporation chairperson Tan Ruisong to death with a two-year reprieve after convicting him of corruption-related offenses, including bribery, embezzlement, and insider trading, during his tenure as chairperson.
United Nations The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution proposed by Ghana recognizing the Atlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity and calling for dialogue on reparations, despite opposition and abstentions from Western countries.
Russia–United Kingdom relations British prime minister Keir Starmer authorizes the military to board Russian shadow fleet vessels used by the Russian government to evade international sactions.
Hungary–Ukraine relations Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán says Hungary will gradually suspend gas supplies to Ukraine until Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline resumes, citing disruptions to deliveries crossing Ukraine.
Foreign relations of Belarus Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko visits Pyongyang, North Korea, to meet with its supreme leader Kim Jong Un in a effort to improve relations between the two countries.
Passenger bus At least 26 people are killed, including seven children, 11 others survive and around 13 are reported missing when a passenger bus carrying around 50 people plunges into the Padma River in Goalanda Upazila, Rajbari District, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
International Organization for Migration The International Organization for Migration reports that 922 migrants have died or went missing along the "Eastern Route" from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula in 2025, marking the deadliest year for Red Sea migration and a significant increase from 2024.
Jury A jury in California, United States, rules in favor of a woman who sued Google and Meta Platforms for her addictions to websites Instagram and YouTube as a child.
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war Gold prices in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, rise after a 15-day drop amidst potential diplomacy to end the Iran war.
India purchases a shipment of liquefied petroleum gas from Iran for the first time since 2019 following a temporary easing of U.S. sanctions, with the cargo set to be distributed among state-run fuel companies, in response to supply disruptions caused by the Strait of Hormuz crisis.
COSCO Shipping resumes new container shipment bookings from the Far East to several Gulf countries after Iran allowed non-hostile vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since yesterday.
Sarah Mullally Sarah Mullally is enthroned as the first female primate of the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury.
Maastricht Under the St Peter and Paul Church (Maastricht) in Maastricht, Netherlands, the remains of French musketeer d'Artagnan are believed to be found.
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict A ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan collapses with resumed cross-border shelling killing two people in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, while Afghan forces claim to have destroyed three Pakistani military outposts along the border. Both sides accuse each other of breaking the ceasefire first.
Sudanese civil war The Sudan Doctors Network says that Rapid Support Forces have killed 16 civilians, including three women, in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan.
Russo-Ukrainian war A Ukrainian drone strike kills two people in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, according to Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
A stray Ukrainian drone strikes a power station in Auvere, Estonia, while another crashes in Latvia during a large-scale drone attack on Russia.
2026 Iran war Iran says it has received intelligence that the U.S. and an "unnamed regional country" are planning to invade and capture its Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf as thousands of U.S. Marines are due to arrive in the region in the coming days.
Seven fighters are killed and 13 others are injured in a strike on a Popular Mobilization Forces base in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. The attack follows an American strike on the same base yesterday.
An Iranian cluster bomb wounds nine people, including six children and an elderly woman, in Bnei Brak, Israel.
Egyptian foreign minister Badr Abdelatty says that Egypt is ready to host negotiations aimed at ending the Iran war.
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi states that Iran seeks to end the war "on its own terms" but does not plan to enter negotiations with the U.S. and will continue its current policy.
A senior Iranian official says that Iran is still reviewing the proposal despite an initial response that was considered "negative".
According to Press TV, Iran has rejected a United States proposal to end the war and sets out five conditions for a ceasefire.
Artemis program NASA states that it plans to pause the Lunar Gateway project and redirect efforts toward developing infrastructure for sustained operations on the Moon's surface, including a future moonbase.
AI boom The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI's US$1 billion investment deal to allow Disney's intellectual properties to be used with Sora is also cancelled in midst of the shutdown.
Danes, Faroe Islanders, and Greenlanders vote to elect 179 seats of the Folketing. Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen seeks a third term in office during the aftermath of the Greenland crisis.
2026 Lázaro Cárdenas school shooting Two people are killed in a school shooting in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico. A 15-year-old suspect is arrested.
2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis The Iranian foreign ministry states that vessels it classifies as non-hostile may pass through the Strait of Hormuz if they comply with its safety and security requirements, while excluding vessels linked to countries it accuses of involvement in the Iran war.
Iran–Lebanon relations The Lebanese foreign ministry says that the decision to expel Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani as Iranian ambassador doesn't affect diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The Lebanese foreign ministry declares the Iranian ambassador a "persona non grata" and gives him until March 29 to leave the country, due to Iran's financial and military support of Shia paramilitary group Hezbollah.
Shipwreck At least nine people are killed, 266 others are rescued and 45 are reported missing in a shipwreck off Obock, Djibouti.
2026 Kenya floods At least 84 people are killed in flash floods across Kenya, including in Kisumu, Uasin Gishu, and Tana River counties.
BMW Brilliance BMW Brilliance recalls nearly 180,000 vehicles in China due to a defect in the air conditioning wiring that may cause a short circuit and increase the risk of fire.
Australia–European Union relations Australia and the European Union sign a free trade agreement after eight years of negotiations.
2022–2026 video game industry layoffs American video game company Epic Games announces that it will lay off more than 1,000 employees along with more than $500 million in savings from cuts to contracting and marketing amid a sharp decline in the number of people playing its flagship video game "Fortnite".
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war QatarEnergy declares force majeure on some of its long-term LNG supply contracts for its customers worldwide.
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos declares a state of national energy emergency in response to risks to the fuel supply linked to the Iran war.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day The trailer for the upcoming superhero film Spider-Man: Brand New Day film released on March 17 reaches 1 billion views on YouTube, becoming the first movie trailer to do so.
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war Two concerts by Colombian singer Shakira in Doha, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, scheduled to be held in April are postponed due to safety concerns amidst the Iran war. The Abu Dhabi concert has been rescheduled for November.
War in the Sahel Suspected Islamic State insurgents kill nine Nigerian troops, one police officer and a civilian during attacks in Kebbi State, Nigeria.
Sudanese civil war A coalition of Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North rebels capture the town of Kurmuk in the Blue Nile region near the Ethopian border.
The death toll from the March 20 drone strike on the Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, rises to 70.
Russo-Ukrainian war A Russian Shahed drone strikes and severely damages the Bernardine Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Lviv, western Ukraine.
Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine kill at least three people, including two in Poltava and one in Zaporizhzhia, and injures several others. The attacks also damage residential buildings and infrastructure in the areas.
Middle Eastern crisis The Lebanese government reports that the death toll from Israeli attacks on the country since March 2 has risen to 1,039.
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz states that the military will control a "security zone" up to the Litani River in southern Lebanon until "the threat of Hezbollah" is removed, while also suggesting that Israel will remain in control of the area after the conflict is resolved.
Fifteen fighters from Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), including a commander, are killed in an American airstrike on a PMF base in the Al Anbar Governorate.
Shrapnel from an Iranian ballistic missile wounds three people, including a two-month-old baby, in a Bedouin community in the Negev, Israel.
Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif says that Pakistan is ready and willing to host Iran–U.S. talks to reach a comprehensive deal to end the war.