Portal:Current events/2024 March 7
March 7, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
- The Kachin Independence Army launches a large offensive against junta outposts near Laiza and on the highway between Bhamo and Myitkyina. Five outposts are seized with fighting ongoing at five other outposts. (ABC News)
- Local People's Defence Force groups capture the town of Kani in Sagaing Region. (The Irrawaddy)
- Operation 1027
- Haitian crisis
- Haiti's main seaport Port international de Port-au-Prince suspends operations after being attacked and looted by armed gangs. The national state of emergency is also extended for another month amid ongoing civil unrest. (BBC News)
- Iran–United States relations
- Iran confiscates the cargo of the American oil tanker Advantage Sweet in response to U.S.-led sanctions restricting the sale of medication for epidermolysis bullosa to Iran. (Barron's)
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- The Alliance of Sahel States, composed of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, announces the creation of a joint force to combat jihadist groups in the three countries. (Africanews)
- Nigerian bandit conflict
- Gunmen kidnap at least 287 school children in Kaduna State, Nigeria. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- Israel–Hamas war
- Gaza humanitarian crisis, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
- U.S. president Joe Biden announces the construction of a temporary pier on the coast of the Gaza Strip to facilitate large-scale delivery of humanitarian aid. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
- Gaza humanitarian crisis, Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
International relations
- Enlargement of NATO
- Lithuania–Russia relations
- Lithuania strips Russian ballerina Ilze Liepa of her Lithuanian citizenship after she openly shows her sympathies for President Vladimir Putin. (The Moscow Times)
- Ukraine–United Kingdom relations
- Former Ukrainian Chief of Staff Valerii Zaluzhnyi is appointed Ukrainian ambassador to the United Kingdom by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- New York State Governor Kathy Hochul deploys 750 national guard troops to the New York City subways to counter crime and a recent spike in violent assaults. (Reuters) (The Washington Post) (WNBC-TV)
Politics and elections
- 2024 State of the Union Address
- U.S. president Joe Biden delivers the 2024 State of the Union address to the 118th United States Congress. (NPR)