Environmental impact of the Red Sea crisis A large oil slick from the Houthi missile-damaged cargo ship Rubymar forms in the Gulf of Aden, threatening to become an environmental disaster. (Times of India)
Hezbollah launches rockets on Arab el Aramsha, Hanita, Shebaa Farms and Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel and the Golan Heights. (Jerusalem Post)
IDF launches strikes on Hezbollah outposts in Rab El Thalathine, Ayta ash Shab, Blida and on Redwans outposts in Baraachit, Jabal Blat and Rachaya Al Foukhar.(Jerusalem Post)
In Tanzania, 25 people are killed and 21 more injured on a road linking Arusha to Namanga, after a truck driver lost control of his vehicle causing a collision with three other vehicles. (Barron's)
Three Mobondo militiamen are arrested in the village of Kulungu, near Kwilu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Actualite)
2024 Belarusian parliamentary election Voting begins in elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, and local councils, with only four pro-government parties permitted to run. Opposition activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urges Belarusians to boycott the elections, stating that she will hold elections to the Coordination Council in May. (Politico)
Incumbent President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announces that he will run in the next Belarusian presidential election. (Reuters)
Voting begins in elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, and local councils, with only four pro-government parties permitted to run. Opposition activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urges Belarusians to boycott the elections, stating that she will hold elections to the Coordination Council in May. (Politico)
Dozens of people are killed during an attack at a mosque in Natiaobani. (Al Jazeera)
Fifteen people are killed and two more injured during an attack on a Catholic Church in the village of Essakane, Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso. (BBC News)
Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell An active-duty United States Air Force member sets himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. as a form of protest against the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and dies later that day. (BBC News) (NPR)
Israel–Hamas war protests Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell An active-duty United States Air Force member sets himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. as a form of protest against the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and dies later that day. (BBC News) (NPR)
Israel–Hamas war Red Sea crisis 2024 missile strikes in Yemen The U.S. military launches strikes against 18 Houthi targets in Yemen. (Politico) Israel–Hezbollah conflict Two Hezbollah members are killed by an Israeli strike in al-Qusayr, Syria. (Times of Israel)
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso Fifteen people are killed and two more injured during an attack on a Catholic Church in the village of Essakane, Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso. (BBC News) Dozens of people are killed during an attack at a mosque in Natiaobani. (Al Jazeera)
2024 EFL Cup final Liverpool defeat Chelsea 1–0 after extra time at Wembley Stadium to win the 2023–24 EFL Cup. (BBC Sport)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict Two Hezbollah members are killed by an Israeli strike in al-Qusayr, Syria. (Times of Israel)
Kurdish–Turkish conflict, Iraq–Turkey relations Turkey launches an airstrike in northern Iraq, killing 4 alleged PKK members. (Hürriyet Daily)
Liverpool defeat Chelsea 1–0 after extra time at Wembley Stadium to win the 2023–24 EFL Cup. (BBC Sport)
Nine people are killed and 17 others are injured in a bus crash near Paulpietersburg, South Africa. (AP)
Ten people are killed and five more injured after a ferry carrying workers sank in Monshat el-Kanater, Egypt. (Arab News)
Turkey launches an airstrike in northern Iraq, killing 4 alleged PKK members. (Hürriyet Daily)
Two Hezbollah members are killed by an Israeli strike in al-Qusayr, Syria. (Times of Israel)
2024 Hungarian presidential election The National Assembly selects Tamás Sulyok as the next President of Hungary. (Reuters)
Libya–Sudan relations Sudanese military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan meets with Libyan Government of National Unity prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Tripoli, Libya, to request help in the war in Sudan due to the involvement of Libyan mercenaries. (Sudan War Monitor)
Prime Minister of Palestine Mohammad Shtayyeh and the entirety of his government resign from office, amid public unpopularity and pressure from the United States government to reform during the Israel–Hamas war. (CNN)
Sudanese military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan meets with Libyan Government of National Unity prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Tripoli, Libya, to request help in the war in Sudan due to the involvement of Libyan mercenaries. (Sudan War Monitor)
2024 Tuvaluan general election Feleti Teo is elected unopposed as the new Prime Minister of Tuvalu. Incumbent prime minister Kausea Natano lost his bid for re-election during January's general election. (RNZ) (Reuters)
Enlargement of NATO, Sweden–NATO relations The Hungarian parliament approves Sweden's accession into NATO. (BBC News)
Feleti Teo is elected unopposed as the new Prime Minister of Tuvalu. Incumbent prime minister Kausea Natano lost his bid for re-election during January's general election. (RNZ) (Reuters)
RED-Tabara militants launch an attack in Buringa, Bubanza Province, Burundi, killing nine people and injuring five others. The local headquarters of the ruling CNDD–FDD party is also set on fire. (Actualite)
The Hungarian parliament approves Sweden's accession into NATO. (BBC News)
The National Assembly selects Tamás Sulyok as the next President of Hungary. (Reuters)
2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah clashes After Hezbollah shoots down a Hermes 450 drone, Israel conducts airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, marking Israel's deepest incursion into Lebanon since the outbreak of hostilities. (Reuters)
After Hezbollah shoots down a Hermes 450 drone, Israel conducts airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, marking Israel's deepest incursion into Lebanon since the outbreak of hostilities. (Reuters)
Iran–Israel relations The Israeli Air Force announces the establishment of a new department dedicated to monitoring the Iranian Armed Forces. (Jerusalem Post)
Presumed illegal loggers kill three forest rangers in the foothills of the Iztaccihuatl volcano in the Mexican state of Puebla. (AP) (El Sol de Puebla)
The Israeli Air Force announces the establishment of a new department dedicated to monitoring the Iranian Armed Forces. (Jerusalem Post)
German Navy warship Hessen shoots down two drones launched by Houthi forces in Yemen as part of the European Union's mission to protect international shipping in the Red Sea. (Reuters)
Operation Aspides German Navy warship Hessen shoots down two drones launched by Houthi forces in Yemen as part of the European Union's mission to protect international shipping in the Red Sea. (Reuters)
Red Sea crisis Operation Aspides German Navy warship Hessen shoots down two drones launched by Houthi forces in Yemen as part of the European Union's mission to protect international shipping in the Red Sea. (Reuters)
1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing The identity of a deceased man is confirmed by a DNA test to be Satoshi Kirishima, who participated in a 1974 bombing. (BBC News)
Eastern Ukraine campaign The Ukrainian military withdraws from the villages of Sieverne and Stepove near Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, following the announcement of its withdrawal from the nearby village of Lastochkyne on February 26. (Reuters)
In the Netherlands, the Marengo trial concludes after six years. Of the 17 prosecuted people, three people, including Ridouan Taghi and Saïd Razzouki, are sentenced to life imprisonment for their role in ten murders. (NOS)
Japanese technology company Sony announces it will cut 900 jobs across its global workforce and has also proposed the closure of London Studio as part of the restructuring. (Sony Interactive Entertainment press release)
Multiple tornadoes spawn from a very rare late season tornado outbreak. (February 27-28, 2024 Tornadoes)
Russian human rights activist Oleg Orlov is sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison for "repeatedly discrediting" the Russian military. (AP)
Russian invasion of Ukraine Eastern Ukraine campaign The Ukrainian military withdraws from the villages of Sieverne and Stepove near Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, following the announcement of its withdrawal from the nearby village of Lastochkyne on February 26. (Reuters)
The identity of a deceased man is confirmed by a DNA test to be Satoshi Kirishima, who participated in a 1974 bombing. (BBC News)
The Ukrainian military withdraws from the villages of Sieverne and Stepove near Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, following the announcement of its withdrawal from the nearby village of Lastochkyne on February 26. (Reuters)
Thirty-one people are killed and ten more injured after a bus en route from Mali to Burkina Faso crashes on a road in Koumantou. (AP)
Two people are killed in Conakry, Guinea, during protests related to an ongoing nationwide strike. (Reuters)
LGBT rights in Ghana The Parliament of Ghana passes a bill making the promotion or advocacy of LGBT rights punishable by five years in prison. (Reuters)
Officials in the Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria, internationally recognised as a part of Moldova, appeal to the Russian Duma for more intervention in Transnistria amid increasing tension with the government of Moldova. (Associated Press)
Oil begins to wash ashore on Bonaire, Leeward Antilles, believed to have originated from the ship Gulfstream with around 35,000 barrels of oil on board that capsized near Tobago earlier this month. (BBC News)
The Canadian government releases its report into the high-profile firings of two scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 2021, stating that the pair worked closely and covertly with the Chinese government. (National Post)
The Parliament of Ghana passes a bill making the promotion or advocacy of LGBT rights punishable by five years in prison. (Reuters)
At least 17 people are killed after two buses collide in San Juan de Opoa, Copán Department, Honduras. (Reuters)
China urges the world's largest nuclear states to negotiate a "no first use" treaty. China and India are currently the only two nuclear powers to formally maintain a no first use policy. (Reuters)
Red Bull Formula One leader Christian Horner is cleared of wrongdoing in an internal probe looking into allegations of "inappropriate" behavior made by a female staffer. Horner will remain in the position of team leader. (NBC News)
Russia announces that it will take retaliatory "military-technical" steps in response to Sweden joining NATO. (Al Arabiya)
Russia–NATO relations Russia announces that it will take retaliatory "military-technical" steps in response to Sweden joining NATO. (Al Arabiya)
2024 Rochdale by-election Residents in Rochdale, England vote to elect a new Member of Parliament in a controversial by-election overshadowed by the Israel–Hamas war. (Guardian)
Residents in Rochdale, England vote to elect a new Member of Parliament in a controversial by-election overshadowed by the Israel–Hamas war. (Guardian)
Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip Flour massacre At least 112 people are killed and 760 others are wounded in Gaza City after Israeli forces fire on civilians receiving humanitarian aid. (AP) (Washington Post) (BBC) Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) Two Israelis are shot and killed in an attack at a gas station near Eli, West Bank. (Times of Israel)
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announces that Colombia suspends the purchase of armament from Israeli manufacturers and declared the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip as a genocide. (W Radio)
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) Two Israelis are shot and killed in an attack at a gas station near Eli, West Bank. (Times of Israel)
Two Israelis are shot and killed in an attack at a gas station near Eli, West Bank. (Times of Israel)
2024 Dhaka building fire At least 43 people are killed in a building fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (BBC News)
A Sikorsky S-92 helicopter crashes six kilometers off the coast of Bergen, Norway, killing one and injuring five others. (NU.nl)
At least 43 people are killed in a building fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (BBC News)
2024 Finnish presidential election Alexander Stubb is sworn in as the 13th President of Finland. (Reuters)
2024 Iranian legislative election Parliamentary elections are held in Iran. (Al Jazeera)
Parliamentary elections are held in Iran. (Al Jazeera)
War in Amhara Intense fighting between the Fano militia and the Ethiopian government breaks out in Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara Region. (The East African)
Alexander Stubb is sworn in as the 13th President of Finland. (Reuters)
