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Shehbaz Sharif
- Following the general election, Shehbaz Sharif (pictured) is appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan, forming a coalition government between the PML-N and the PPP.
- Former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney dies at the age of 84.
- Following the general election, Feleti Teo is appointed Prime Minister of Tuvalu.
- Dahomey wins the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
March 4, 2024 (Monday)
March 3, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in the North Caucasus
- Russian special forces conduct a counter-terrorism operation in Karabaluk, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia, killing six militants. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Thirty-six people are killed and 50 others are injured across Pakistan during heavy rains, which have also caused landslides. (AP)
Law and crime
- Haitian crisis
- Thousands of prisoners escape from the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after it was stormed by armed gangs. (BBC News) (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Belgrade City Assembly election
- A rerun of the 2023 Belgrade election is called amid protests following allegations of irregularities in the election. (AP)
- 2024 Pakistani general election
- Shehbaz Sharif is elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan for a second term. (Reuters)
- 2024 Salvadoran general election
- Salvadorans elect all 44 mayors and municipal councils and all 20 deputies to the Central American Parliament. (El Mundo)
- 2024 Swiss referendums
- Voters in Switzerland accept the referendum to increase monthly pensions but reject the referendum to increase the retirement age. (Swissinfo)
- Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke says that the government may consider renewing the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with the assistance of Ocean Infinity. (AP)
March 2, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Red Sea crisis
- Yemen's internationally-recognized government reports that the abandoned ship Rubymar that was struck by a Houthi anti-ship missile has sunk. (Reuters) (Nederlands Dagblad)
- Italian Navy destroyer Caio Duilio shoots down a Houthi drone in self-defence while in the Red Sea. (Reuters)
- Red Sea crisis
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Bombing of Odesa
- Eight people, including two children, are killed and eight others are injured in a Russian drone strike on an apartment block in Odesa, Ukraine. (Ukrinform)
- Bombing of Odesa
Politics and elections
- 2024 United States presidential election
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Republican Party caucuses are held in Idaho, Michigan, and Missouri for the 2024 United States presidential election. Former president Donald Trump wins all three contests. (CBS News) (AP)
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
- 2024 Dunkley by-election
- In Australia, Jodie Belyea retains the seat of Dunkley for the Australian Labor Party despite a notable swing towards the Liberal Party. (ABC News Australia)
March 1, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Mexican drug war
- Four Mexican soldiers are killed by an improvised explosive device in a trap near Aguililla, Michoacán, Mexico. The soldiers were inspecting a camp, likely used by cartel members, when they stepped on an anti-personnel mine set in the underbrush. (AP)
- War in Amhara
- Intense fighting between the Fano militia and the Ethiopian government breaks out in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara region, Ethiopia. (The East African)
- At least eight people are injured when a suspected homemade bomb explodes in a cafe in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. (Reuters)
International relations
- Haitian crisis
- The G9 gang launches an offensive in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with its leader Jimmy Chérizier announcing the aim of capturing Haiti's cabinet officials and police chief. Four police officers are killed in a shooting outside a police station. (AP)
- Kenyan president William Ruto announces an agreement with Haiti to deploy 1,000 police officers as part of a mission approved by the United Nations to combat gang violence in the Caribbean nation. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- A soldier kills four people in a spree shooting in Scheeßel and Bothel, Lower Saxony, Germany, before being arrested. (AP)
- Nineteen people, including six children, are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack in Szczecin, Poland. (Barron's)
- Iranian Grammy winner Shervin Hajipour is sentenced to up to four years in jail and is ordered to write anti-American-Agression music. (RFE/RL)
Politics and elections
- 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)
- Death and funeral of Alexei Navalny
- The funeral of Russian politician and activist Alexei Navalny is held in Moscow, Russia. (AP)
- In an address to the nation, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed that "democracy is under threat" from both far-left extremism and far-right extremism following the election of George Galloway in the 2024 Rochdale by-election, and threats made against members of parliament over the war in Gaza. (The Independent)
February 29, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Al-Rashid humanitarian aid incident
- At least 112 people are killed and 760 others are injured in Gaza City while receiving aid. The Gaza Health Ministry claims the Israel Defense Forces indiscriminately opened fire into a crowd, while Israeli officials claim that most of the deaths were caused by a stampede resulting from Israeli warning shots. (AP) (The Washington Post) (BBC News)
- Al-Rashid humanitarian aid incident
- Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 Eli shooting
- Two Israelis are shot and killed in an attack at a gas station near Eli in the West Bank. (Times of Israel)
- 2024 Eli shooting
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Dhaka building fire
- At least 44 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 person and injuring five others. (NU.nl)
- The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle grows to become the largest wildfire in the history of Texas. (AP)
International relations
- Colombia–Israel relations
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro announces that Colombia will suspend the purchase of armament from Israeli manufacturers. Petro also declares the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip to be a genocide. (W Radio)
- Israel–European Union relations
- The European Parliament votes in favor of a non-binding resolution calling for an unconditional ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war. (The Brussels Times)
Law and crime
- Dutch international footballer Quincy Promes is detained in Dubai while on trip with Spartak Moscow and faces extradition to the Netherlands after having been recently convicted in absentia of drug trafficking and sentenced to six years in prison by the Dutch court. (Telecom Asia)
Politics and elections
- 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. (The Guardian)
- Workers Party of Britain candidate George Galloway wins the by-election with 12,335 votes. (BBC News)
- Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney dies at the age of 84. (Al Jazeera)
February 28, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- The Chadian government announces that an overnight attack on Chad's security services headquarters in N'Djamena has resulted in the deaths of several individuals, accusing the Socialist Party without Borders of carrying out the attack. In response the Chadian Army besieges the party's headquarters with several people killed including its president Yaya Dillo Djérou amid internet restrictions around the capital. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera English) (The Washington Post)
Disasters and accidents
- 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)
- At least 17 people are killed after two buses collide in San Juan de Opoa, Copán Department, Honduras. (Reuters)
International relations
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
Law and crime
- Federal prosecution of Donald Trump
- The United States Supreme Court agrees to decide whether former President Donald Trump can claim immunity in special counsel Jack Smith's 2020 presidential election subversion case. Arguments are scheduled to begin in April. (The New York Times)
- 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)
Politics and elections
- Megxit
- In the United Kingdom, High Court of Justice Judge Peter Richard Lane rejects a legal challenge from Prince Harry against the government's decision to take away the prince's automatic right to police protection when he is in the country. (Sky News)
- U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell announces that he will step down as Senate minority leader in November, having served as the Senate GOP leader since 2007. (ABC News)
Sports
- 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)
February 27, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 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)
- Operation Aspides
- 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)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
Business and economy
- 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)
Disasters and accidents
- 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)
- The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas panhandle continues to spread, with almost 200,000 acres currently on fire. (CNN)
Law and crime
- 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)
- 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)
- Russian human rights activist Oleg Orlov is sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison for "repeatedly discrediting" the Russian military. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
- Michigan holds its Republican and Democratic primaries. Former President Donald Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden are the respective winners. (VOA) (The New York Times)
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