2026 Formula One World Championship In auto racing, Mercedes-Benz's Kimi Antonelli becomes the youngest driver to lead the World Championship at 19 years and 216 days old after winning the Japanese Grand Prix.
2026 New Democratic Party leadership election Avi Lewis is elected leader of Canada's New Democratic Party.
2026 Beijing ramming attack An unknown number of casualties are reported when a loader is intentionally driven into a crowded market in Fangshan, Beijing, China. A man in his 50s is arrested.
Iran–Lebanon relations Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, remains in the country despite being declared "persona non grata" and ordered to leave. The expulsion order prompts opposition from outlawed Iran-armed group Hezbollah and a cabinet boycott by its ministers and allies.
Nightclub A nightclub burns down in Kehl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. All 750 people inside were evacuated, three of whom are treated for shock.
Hailin Seven people are killed and two others are injured after a building partially collapses in Hailin, Heilongjiang, China.
The country At least 45 people are killed and 74 others are injured after five days of severe weather across parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Police For the first time ever, Israel Police block the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during Palm Sunday, citing heightened risk in the Old City during the Iran war.
South Sudan South Sudanese vice president Riek Machar reports that at least 73 miners were killed and 25 others were seriously injured by unknown gunmen over the weekend after a mining dispute near Juba.
Haitian conflict At least 16 people are killed and 10 others are injured by the Gran Grif gang in Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite, Haiti, during a gun fight with a vigilante group. Human rights activists allege that more than 30 people were killed and dozens were missing.
Communal conflicts in Nigeria Twelve people are killed by unknown gunmen at a bar in Angwan Rukuba, Plateau State, Nigeria. A mob kills ten additional people in retaliation to the attack.
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict One person is killed and at least 15 others, including children, are injured in a Pakistani artillery strike in Asadabad, Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
Sudanese civil war At least 14 people are killed and 23 others are injured in a drone strike on Dilling, South Kordofan, Sudan.
Gaza war Ten Palestinians are killed, including a 15-year-old boy, and 18 others are injured in artillery fire and airstrikes by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza City, Palestine.
Russo-Ukrainian war Three people are killed and thirteen others are injured in a Russian glide bomb attack on Kramatorsk, Ukraine.
Several unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are detected across southeastern Finland. One of the UAVs is identified as Ukrainian after it crashes near Kouvola.
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