Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2026 Iran war
  • Iraq in the 2026 Iran war
    • Seven fighters from Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces are killed and 13 others are injured in a United States airstrike on a base in the Al Anbar Governorate. (AFP via Gulf News)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Zaporizhzhia strikes, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine kill at least three people, including two in Poltava and one in Zaporizhzhia, injure several others. The attacks also damage residential buildings and infrastructure in the areas. (AFP via BSS)

Business and economy

• Australia–European Union relations
  • Australia and the European Union sign a free trade agreement after eight years of negotiations. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Danish general election
  • 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. (AP) (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • United States president Donald Trump says he is postponing his 48-hour ultimatum for five days before attacking the Iranian power plants as Iran and the U.S. have held "very good and productive conversations" on ending the war. Trump also claims that a "15-point plan" focused on Iran's renunciation of the nuclear weapon has been dealt. Iran denies any dialogue took place. (AA) (States Newsroom)
    • Iraq in the 2026 Iran war
      • Kata'ib Hezbollah says that it will extend its pause on strikes on the United States embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, for five more days. (AFP via Gulf News)
    • A person is killed and another is injured in a strike on a transmission site of the Persian Gulf Radio and Television Centre in southern Iran. (AFP via LBCI)
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war
      • At least one person is killed in an Israeli strike on Hazmieh, Greater Beirut, Lebanon. The Israeli military states that the attack targeted a member of the Iran's Quds Force in the area. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign
    • At least 15 people are killed and 23 others are injured in strikes on Lagawa District, West Kordofan, Sudan. The Rapid Support Forces attribute the attack to the Sudanese army. (AFP via Business Recorder)
  • The Sudan People's Liberation Movement calls for the United Nations Security Council to end the use of drones on Sudan citizens. (Sudan Tribune)

Business and economy

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • Brent crude futures fall 11%, trading just below US$100 a barrel for the first time in days, following the announcement by U.S. president Donald Trump about talks with Iran to end the war. (Reuters)
  • Slovenia becomes first EU country to introduce fuel rationing to cope with extra demand by drivers from neighboring countries. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Colombian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash
  • At least 66 people are killed when a military Lockheed C-130, carrying 125 people, crashes in Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
• At least one person is killed and several others are injured in an explosion in Kwara State, Nigeria. (AP)

Health and environment

• Climate crisis
  • In its annual State of the Climate report, the World Meteorological Organization states that Earth's energy imbalance and ocean heat content reached record levels in 2025, driven by rising greenhouse gas emissions. (AFP via CNA)

Law and crime

• Climate change in Germany, Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles
  • The Federal Court of Justice of Germany dismisses a lawsuit by Environmental Action Germany to ban BMW and Mercedes Benz from selling new combustion engine vehicles after 2030. (DW)
• Bill Cosby sexual assault cases
  • A U.S. civic court finds entertainer Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972. The woman is awarded $59.25 million. (AP) (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Italian constitutional referendum
  • In Italy, the constitutional amendment that proposed to select members of the High Council of the Judiciary through sortition is rejected by a 46% to 54% vote. (Reuters)
• Following the February 22 elections to the National Assembly of Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith is reelected as President of Laos and Sonexay Siphandone as Prime Minister. (Xinhua) (Xinhua)

Sports

• In American football, the Seattle Seahawks signs a four-year deal worth $168 million with wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, with at least $120 million guaranteed, making him the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history. (KUOW)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2026 Iranian strikes on Israel
      • Fifteen people are injured in central Israel in Iranian ballistic missile strikes. (Ynet Global)
    • Iran threatens to retaliate against the energy and water systems of the Gulf countries if United States president Donald Trump follows through with his 48-hours ultimatum to ​hit Iran's electricity grid. (Reuters)
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • 2026 Lebanon war
      • One person is killed after a rocket fired from Lebanon struck a vehicle near Israel's northern border, marking the first reported Israeli fatality from cross-border fire since hostilities with Hezbollah resumed earlier in March. (AFP via The Daily Star)
• Terrorism in the United Kingdom
  • Antisemitism in the United Kingdom
    • At least four Hatzalah ambulances are set ablaze and destroyed in an apparent anti-semitic arson attack in Golders Green, London, England. No casualties are reported. (The Jerusalem Post)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Cuban crisis
  • 2024–2026 Cuba blackouts
    • Cuba restores its power after the power grid collapsed the previous day. (CBS News)
• Air Canada Express Flight 8646
  • A Bombardier CRJ900LR operating as an Air Canada Express flight from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, collides with a firetruck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, United States. Both pilots are killed and 41 others are injured. (ABC News) (The Hindustan Times)
• One person is killed and 10 others are injured, including one critically, when a natural gas explosion collapses two residential buildings in Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey. (The Canadian Press)

Politics and elections

• 2026 French municipal elections
  • The second round of municipal elections takes place in France. (France 24)
• 2026 Italian constitutional referendum
  • Italians begin voting on a constitutional amendment that proposes separating the careers of judges and public prosecutors by splitting the High Court of the Judiciary into two bodies, while also establishing a High Disciplinary Court to oversee disciplinary proceedings. (Reuters)
• 2026 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
  • In Germany, the Social Democratic Party declines to second place in Rhineland-Palatinate for the first time since 1991. The Christian Democratic Union party becomes the largest in seats in the Landtag, while Alternative for Germany advances to third place. (Reuters)
• 2026 Slovenian parliamentary election
  • Slovenians vote for 90 seats in the National Assembly. A tight race is forecasted between the incumbent prime minister Robert Golob and his predecessor Janez Janša. (Reuters)
• Protests against the 2026 Iran war
  • Between 200 and 300 National Council of Resistance of Iran-alligned demonstrators of the Iranian opposition gather in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to protest the war and the Iranian government. (NL Times)
• Following the March 15 elections to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, Kim Jong Un is reelected chairman of the State Affairs Commission and Pak Thae Song is reappointed as premier. (KBS)