March 20, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- A Russian missile strike kills at least five people and injures eight others in an industrial area of Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
- Three Jenin Brigades militants are killed during an airstrike against a vehicle by Israel in Jenin, Palestine. (Al Mayadeen)
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
- Gang war in Haiti
- Gangs attack the neighborhood of Pétion-Ville in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing at least five people. (The Washington Post)
- The United States evacuates its citizens by helicopter as fighting spreads. (The Guardian)
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Eight Balochistan Liberation Army gunmen are killed after trying to storm Gwadar's port in the Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Two security guards are also wounded in the gunfight, which lasted for two hours. (Al Jazeera)
- Mexican drug war
- Twelve bodies are found in Mexico, five inside a truck in the municipality of Villa Corona, Jalisco and seven in Sonora. (El Universal)
Disasters and accidents
- Twelve people are killed in an explosion at a mine in Harnai District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
- Eight people are killed, one is injured, and two are missing after the South Korean-flagged tanker Keoyoung Sun loaded with 980 tons of acrylic acid capsizes near Mutsure Island, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Argentina–Venezuela relations
- Argentina tells the International Civil Aviation Organization that Venezuela violated the Convention on International Civil Aviation when Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro banned Argentine aircraft from its airspace earlier this month. (Infobae)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Fine Gael leadership election
- Leo Varadkar announces his resignation as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael, triggering a leadership election. Varadkar will remain as Taoiseach until his successor as party leader is elected. (CNN)
- 2024 Indonesian general election
- The General Elections Commission announces that Prabowo Subianto had received the most votes in the presidential election, but the determination of the winner as president-elect is still waiting complaints from other candidates at the Constitutional Court. (Al Jazeera)