A Russian Aerospace Forces Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane with 15 people on board crashes in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.
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March 12, 2024 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Hezbollah launches more than 100 Katyusha rockets into northern Israel, targeting several Israeli military outposts.
The Freedom of Russia Legion, the Sibir Battalion, and the Russian Volunteer Corps enter Belgorod and Kursk oblasts. Russia claims to have repelled the attacks.
Ukraine launches 25 drones at Russian cities, hitting a major oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
Three people are killed and at least 36 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on apartment buildings in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Israeli Air Force jets launch airstrikes in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, striking "Hezbollah military command centers". Hezbollah says that two of its members were killed in the airstrikes.
The Sudanese Army says that it has taken control of the national television and radio broadcaster in Omdurman from the Rapid Support Forces.
About 20 armed pirates hijack a Bangladeshi bulk carrier in the Indian Ocean that was en route to the United Arab Emirates. The vessel is under the control of the pirates and is heading towards the coast of Somalia.
International relations
Argentina announces diplomatic actions against Venezuela after president Nicolás Maduro banned Argentina-licensed aircraft from entering Venezuelan airspace amid deteriorating relations between the two countries.
Law and crime
A court in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, overturns the death sentence of Yakuza Kudo-kai leader Satoru Nomura and sentences him to life in prison. Nomura had originally been sentenced to death for a 1998 murder.
A Romanian court rules that social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate can be extradited to the United Kingdom to face charges of sexual aggression.
Three Coptic Christian monks from Egypt are killed during a mass stabbing at a monastery in Cullinan, South Africa.
Zimbabwean police arrest a self-proclaimed prophet and rescue 251 children from a compound operated by his followers.
Israeli Police kill a 13-year-old boy who allegedly fired fireworks at them in Shuafat, East Jerusalem.
The opposition politician Leonid Volkov is attacked outside his home in Vilnius, Lithuania, apparently on orders by Vladimir Putin. The incident is being investigated as a terror crime.
Politics and elections
The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Georgia, Mississippi, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Washington. Democrats Abroad also concludes its primary.
The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington.
Former President Donald Trump officially surpasses the 1,215 delegate threshold needed to win his third consecutive Republican Party nomination for President, joining Richard Nixon as the only people in U.S. history to win the Republican nomination thrice.
Science and technology
A scientific expedition to the Bounty Trough off the coast of New Zealand reports the discovery of more than one hundred new species.
Sports
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund announces a $2 billion offer to buy both professional tennis tours, the ATP Tour and the WTA Tour.
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