Armed conflicts and attacks

Ukraine launches 25 drones at Russian cities, hitting a major oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. (The Guardian)

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/12/russia-ukraine-war-live-latest-news-updates

Armed conflicts and attacks

Hezbollah launches more than 100 Katyusha rockets into northern Israel, targeting several Israeli military outposts. (The New York Times)

• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/world/middleeast/hezbollah-rockets-israel-lebanon.html

Law and crime

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. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/3/13/navalny-ally-leonid-volkov-attacked-with-hammer-near-lithuanian-home

Law and crime

Israeli Police kill a 13-year-old boy who allegedly fired fireworks at them in Shuafat, East Jerusalem. (Al Arabiya)

• https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/03/13/Israeli-border-police-shoots-dead-12-year-old-Palestinian-boy-in-east-Jerusalem/

Law and crime

Zimbabwean police arrest a self-proclaimed prophet and rescue 251 children from a compound operated by his followers. (The Guardian)

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/14/zimbabwe-police-arrest-apostolic-prophet-and-rescue-251-children-from-compound

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. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/march-12-presidential-contests-georgia-mississippi-washington-hawaii-97bc332080e9dd3563f14006d2a7e479

Politics and elections

Incumbent President Joe Biden officially surpasses the 1,968 delegate threshold needed to become the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for President. (The Washington Post)

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/12/election-2024-trump-biden-georgia-mississippi-washington-hawaii-primary/

Politics and elections

The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/march-12-presidential-contests-georgia-mississippi-washington-hawaii-97bc332080e9dd3563f14006d2a7e479