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Portal:Current events/2018 March 22

March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22) (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
  • Somali Civil War (2009–present)
    • A car bomb blast in Mogadishu, near the Weheliye hotel in the Somali capital, kills at least 14 people and injures 10 others. Al-Shabab claims responsibility for the blast. (AP via MSN)
  • Syrian Civil War
    • Evacuations of 7,500 people from rebel-held Harasta, Eastern Ghouta begin. Rebels agree with the Syrian government and Russia for the displaced people to be exiled in Idlib Governorate. (The Guardian)
    • A market in the town of Harem, Idlib province, is reportedly struck by Russian aircraft, killing 35 people including 12 children. (NPR)
  • Yemeni forces launch a missile attack on Aramco's HQ in Najran, Saudi Arabia. (Press TV)
Arts and culture
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
International relations
Law and crime
Politics and elections
  • Protests against Emmanuel Macron
  • Cyprus dispute
    • Turkey announces it is to send a drilling boat to disputed waters claimed by both Cyprus and Northern Cyprus. (The Guardian)
  • Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
    • Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, wounded when he came to the aid of the poisoned Russian dissidents, is discharged from hospital. (BBC)
    • British Prime Minister Theresa May calls the incident "part of a pattern of Russian aggression against Europe" and promises to raise the matter at an upcoming European Union summit. (BBC)
    • An inquest is opened into the death of murdered Russian exiled dissident Nikolai Glushkov in London. (The Independent)
    • The Court of Protection hears the Skripals are unable to communicate and may have suffered lifelong brain damage. It rules blood samples can be taken from the pair for analysis by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and grants the group access to medical records. (The Independent)
  • Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
  • 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
    • Jordi Turull fails in the first vote to become President of the Generalitat. The next session will be held on Saturday, March 24. (La Vanguardia)
    • Marta Rovira, Carme Forcadell, ex-president of the Parliament and Dolors Bassa, ex-member of the dismissed government who was in prison accused of sedition, resigns as Deputy before the declaration in front of Supreme Court that will be held on March 23. (La Vanguardia)
  • Resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
    • A Peruvian court confirms it will consider a request to impose a travel ban on President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski if his resignation is confirmed by lawmakers, who are considering whether to accept it. Some politicians have vowed to resist the resignation in favour of instead impeaching Kuczynski. (The New Jersey Herald)
    • Peruvian Vice President Martín Vizcarra returns from Canada, where he is his nation's ambassador, in preparation to take over the Presidency. (CBC)
  • Presidency of Donald Trump
  • Antiguan general election, 2018
Science and technology
  • Human genetics
    • DNA tests confirm Ata, an unusual six-inch-long mummy found in Chile in 2003, to be the remains of a newborn human with genetic mutations. (BBC)
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