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Topics in the news
- In the Estonian parliamentary election, the Reform Party, led by Kaja Kallas (pictured), wins the most seats in the Riigikogu.
- Cyclone Freddy leaves at least 23 people dead in Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
- Bola Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, is elected President of Nigeria.
- A train crash in Thessaly, Greece, kills at least 57 people.
- At least 67 migrants are killed in a shipwreck off the coast of Calabria, Italy.
March 7, 2023
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- At least six members of the Jenin Brigades are killed by Israeli soldiers during a raid in Jenin. Among those killed is the alleged killer of two Israeli settlers days ago. (AFP via France 24)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Micronesian parliamentary election
- Citizens in the Federated States of Micronesia head to the polls to elect the 14 members of the Congress. (RNZ)
March 6, 2023
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Five Palestinians are wounded as Israeli settlers attack a family on a street in Huwara, in the West Bank. Twenty-five Palestinians are injured by tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during the attack. (Al Jazeera)
- Insurgency in Balochistan; Terrorism in Pakistan
- Bolan suicide bombing
- At least nine police officers are killed and 16 other people are injured in Sibi District, Balochistan, Pakistan, when a separatist suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle rams a police vehicle. (DW)
- Bolan suicide bombing
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Serasan landslide
- Eleven people are killed and an estimated 50 others are missing when a landslide buries houses in Natuna Regency, Riau Islands, Indonesia. (Reuters)
International relations
- Japan–South Korea relations
- South Korea agrees to pay compensation to citizens who were forced to work in Japanese factories during World War II. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- A court in Belarus sentences five opposition politicians after a trial in absentia. Pavel Latushka is sentenced to 18 years, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years, and Maryya Maroz, Volha Kavalkova and Siarhei Dylevski to 12 years each. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 transport strike in the Philippines
- Operators of traditional public jeepneys and minivans that are opposed to the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program organize a weeklong nationwide strike in the Philippines. (Rappler)
March 5, 2023
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- Three Armenian police officers and two Azerbaijani soldiers are killed during border clashes near the Lachin Corridor. Both countries accuse the other of opening fire first. (DW)
- Yemeni civil war
- Jihadist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula acknowledges that a senior leader was killed in a recent airstrike by the United States Air Force in Yemen. (WION)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Kutupalong refugee camp fire
- More than 2,000 shelters are destroyed in a fire in Kutupalong refugee camp, Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh. (BBC)
- One person is killed and nine others are injured in a human stampede at a GloRilla concert in Rochester, New York, United States. (AP)
Politics and elections
March 4, 2023
(Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Bakhmut
- Heavy street fighting takes place between Russian and Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast. The city's deputy mayor Oleksandr Marchenko says that "not a single building" has remained untouched by fighting, and that the city is "almost destroyed". (BBC News)
- In a rare high-level visit to the Donbas, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is filmed inspecting troops in "the eastern military district in the south Donetsk direction". (The Guardian)
- Battle of Bakhmut
- Kivu conflict
- Burundi deploys 100 troops to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to help the country fight insurgencies by militias, including M23. (AFP via The East African)
Disasters and accidents
- Six people are killed and several others are injured in a fire and subsequent explosion at an oxygen plant in Sitakunda, Bangladesh. (Reuters)
- Twenty-one people are injured in a bus crash in Corps, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. (AP)
- A Norfolk Southern train derails in Clark County, Ohio, United States, with local residents advised to shelter in place. The derailment comes just over one month after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio. However, no hazardous materials are known to be involved in the Clark County derailment. (WDTN-TV)
International relations
- United Nations member states finalize the text of the High Seas Treaty, which aims to declare 30% of the world's oceans marine protected areas by 2030. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Nine people, including Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo, are killed by unknown gunmen in Degamo's home in Pamplona, Philippines. (AFP via The Bangkok Post) (SunStar)
March 3, 2023
(Friday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Plumpang oil depot fire
- Seventeen people are killed and fifty others are injured in a fire at a fuel storage station in Koja, Jakarta, Indonesia. (Reuters)
- Sixteen people are killed when a pipeline explodes in Emohua, Rivers State, Nigeria. (AP)
- One person is killed in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States, and more than 310,000 people are left without power across five states due to a system of storms affecting the area. (WAPT-TV) (CNN)
Law and crime
- A court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, sentences opposition figure Kem Sokha to 27 years in prison on charges of "collusion with foreigners" and treason. (The Guardian)
- A court in Minsk, Belarus, sentences human rights activist and 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison on charges of "financing actions violating public order" and smuggling. (AP)
March 2, 2023
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–23 Western Russia attacks
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the city of Zaporizhzhia kills three civilians and injures at least four others, according to Ukrainian police. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Six people are killed and five others are injured by a methane explosion in Harnai District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
- Twenty people are injured by severe turbulence on a Condor flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Mauritius. (AP)
International relations
- Brazil–Israel relations
- Israel criticizes the government of Brazil for allowing two Iranian warships to dock in Rio de Janeiro and urges Brazil to send the warships away calling it a "dangerous and regretful development". (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Vietnamese presidential election
- The National Assembly of Vietnam elects Võ Văn Thưởng as the country's new president, succeeding Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. (Nikkei Asia)
March 1, 2023
(Wednesday)
Disasters and accidents
- Two people are killed when a boat carrying around 30 migrants capsizes near the coast of Kos, Greece. (AP)
International relations
- Havana syndrome
- A two-year investigation by seven U.S. intelligence agencies concludes it is "very unlikely" that Russia or another country was responsible for the "Havana syndrome" that affected U.S. diplomats and spies. Instead, "medical, environmental and social factors can explain" many symptoms. (AP) (Reuters)
- Enlargement of NATO
- Finland–NATO relations
- The Finnish Parliament votes 184–7 to formally approve the country's accession to NATO, and to adopt the military alliance's founding documents. Hungary and Turkey have yet to approve Finland's membership. (Euractiv)
- Finland–NATO relations
Law and crime
- Disappearance of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon
- Constance Marten and Mark Gordon's baby's remains are found hidden in a shed two days after the couple were found and arrested. The couple are charged with gross negligence manslaughter. It is believed the baby was dead for some time before it was found. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Tempi train crash
- Greek Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigns in response to last night's train wreck in Tempi that killed more than 50 people. (ABC News)
Science and technology
- Thousands of users of Twitter worldwide report issues on using the social media platform including the inability to view new posts on their main timelines. (BBC News)
- Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă unveils an AI-run "honorary advisor" named Ion, which will synthesize submissions by Romanians relating to their "opinions and desires". Ciucă says that this makes Romania the first country in the world to have an AI government advisor. (Politico.eu)
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