March 31, 2024 (Sunday)

Eight people are killed and at least ten others are injured by armed gangs in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree for a larger than normal spring conscription campaign, calling up 150,000 citizens for military service.

The New York Times reports that private records for millions of AT&T customers have been affected by a data breach and leaked onto the dark web.

The town of Montmorillon in Nouvelle-Aquitaine is hit by severe flooding following heavy rains.

An ongoing severe drought in southern Africa causes around 20 million people to experience hunger.

In the largest heist in city history, $30 million is stolen from a GardaWorld money storage facility in Sylmar, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Voters in Turkey go to the polls for their local elections.

Ekrem İmamoğlu is re-elected as mayor of Istanbul.

Bulgaria and Romania partially join the Schengen Area, allowing travel by air and sea without border checks, Austria vetoed travel by land without border checks over fears that non-EU citizens could get easier access to the European Union.