Armed conflicts and attacks

Bahrain imposes a nighttime maritime curfew from 6:00 pm to 4:00 am to restrict sea traffic and strengthen coastal security following reported attacks attributed to Iran. (AFP via L'Orient Today)

• https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1501346/bahrain-announces-curfew-for-maritime-traffic-ministry.html

International relations

Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, remains in the country despite being declared persona non grata and ordered to leave. The expulsion order prompts opposition from Hezbollah and a cabinet boycott by its ministers and allies. (AFP via LBCI)

• https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/lebanon-news/919584/irans-ambassador-wont-leave-lebanon-despite-expulsion-diplomatic-sourc/en

Law and crime

At least eight people are killed and others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack at a market in Fangshan, Beijing, China. (Associated Press via Orillia Matters)

• https://www.orilliamatters.com/world-news/chinese-police-say-8-people-died-after-a-vehicle-hit-pedestrians-in-the-city-of-changsha-9277540

Armed conflicts and attacks

For the first time ever, Israeli police block the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during Palm Sunday. (Vatican News)

• https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-03/israeli-police-stop-latin-patriarch-of-jerusalem-from-entering.html