Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party and main opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) dominated the country's gubernatorial elections on March 18, with the APC winning 15 states, the PDP winning seven states and the Labour Party winning one state, Reuters reported on March 21.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, on a previously unannounced visit to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Reuters reported on March 21.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on March 20 that all sides of the Tigrayan war -- including the Ethiopian National Defense Force, the Eritrean Defense Forces, Amhara regional militias and Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) combatants -- committed war crimes during the two-year civil war, Reuters reported the next day.
Indonesia's House of Representatives voted to pass President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's emergency jobs decree into law, The Jakarta Post reported on March 21.
Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa announced a temporary state intervention in energy distribution company Edesur, which is privately owned by Italian company Enel, Deutsche Welle reported on March 20.
Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will unanimously vote against the U.K.-EU "Windsor Framework" that would end outstanding issues concerning post-Brexit trade arrangements between the European Union and the United Kingdom concerning Northern Ireland, Bloomberg reported on March 20.
Jordan's foreign minister summoned Israel's ambassador over Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's March 19 remarks that "there is no such thing as a Palestinian people," as well as his use of a banner that showed a far-right map of "Greater Israel," which included territory now controlled by Jordan, Axios reported on March 20.
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned there was a rapidly closing window for addressing climate change, saying global warming will likely exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius during the 2030s, AP reported on March 20.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a $2.9 billion bailout plan for Sri Lanka, BBC reported on March 20.
The French government survived two no-confidence motions following President Emmanuel Macron's decision to invoke article 49.3 of the French constitution to pass his unpopular pension reform plan through Parliament without a vote, Le Monde reported on March 20.
