Portal:Current events/2019 March 26

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March 26, 2019 (2019-03-26) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran–Israel proxy conflict,Gaza–Israel conflict,Iran and state-sponsored terrorism
- According toIsrael Today, a seniorHamas official, speaking on condition of anonymity, claimed thatIran's rulers ordered the rocket attack onMishmeret in centralIsrael on March 25, 2019, which injured seven Israelis. The rocket attack was carried out byIslamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, which is heavily financed by Iran. The Hamas official said that Hamas's goal was to hurt Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu's chances of getting reelected in theApril 9 elections.(The Jerusalem Post)(Israel National News)
Yemeni Civil War
- Anairstrike carried out in north-westYemen kills seven and injures eight others at a hospital. The airstrike occurred early when patients and staff members were arriving.(BBC News)(The Washington Post)

Arts and culture

The all-female board of Women Church World, a monthly supplement in theL'Osservatore Romano (theVatican City daily newspaper), resign citing a campaign to discredit them and put them "under the direct control of men".(BBC News)

Business and economy

U.S.-owned companyUber buysDubai-basedride-sharing companyCareem for $3.1 billion in order to further solidify its Middle Eastern presence.(CNBC)(CNN)
The U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission tells a judge in New York that she has the power to decide whether the CEO ofTesla,Elon Musk, violated the terms of his settlement with the SEC without holding a hearing, because there are no open issues of material fact.(SEC)

Disasters and accidents

2019 Jayapura flood and landslide
- The death toll of the floods and landslide inJayapura,Indonesia, rise to 113. At least 94 others are still missing.(CNN)
2019 Iran floods
- The death toll from aflash flood inIran rises to 21.(CBS News)

Health and environment

Health officials inRockland County, New York, declare a state of emergency due to an ongoingmeasles outbreak. The county is prohibiting unvaccinated children under the age of 18 from public areas for 30 days.(Ars Technica)

International relations

TheLima Group condemns the presence ofRussian military planes inVenezuela as a "provocation threatening peace and security in the region."(France24)

Law and crime

Foreign relations of North Korea
- The SpanishAudiencia Nacional reveals that an attack on theNorth Korean embassy inMadrid on February 22 was led by aMexican citizen residing in theUnited States who later offered theFBI data stolen during the incident.(Associated Press)(Euro news)(The New York Times)
Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
- TheEuropean Parliament approves two revisions to the controversialDirective on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. One resolution includes new requirements aimed at making companies pay licensing fees to publications such as newspapers whose work gets aggregated by online services. The second revision makes online platforms such asGoogle,Facebook andYouTube liable for the content posted on their services, meaning that all content providers must get permission from rights holders before uploading copyrighted material of any kind.(The Guardian)
All charges against American actorJussie Smollett for allegedly filing a false police report are dropped.(CNN)
Purdue Pharma reaches a $270 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. state ofOklahoma that claimed thepharmaceutical company'sopioids contributed to the deaths of thousands of people as part of theopioid epidemic.(The Washington Post)

Politics and elections

2019 Algerian protests
- Algeria'sChief of Staff of the People's National Army Ahmed Gaid Salah, the highest-ranked military official in the country, gives a televised address, calling onPresident Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign or be declared "unfit to serve" by thePeople's National Assembly.(BBC News)
Green New Deal
- TheUnited States Senate blocks theGreen New Deal, a progressiveclimate change resolution aiming to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. It has faced criticism from conservatives, as well as some Democrats, who found the resolution too broad and unspecific.(The Hill)
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies before a House appropriations subcommittee about this year's DoED budget request. The committee heavily criticized Secretary DeVos for the proposed budget cuts.(Yahoo! News)

Sports

Mixed martial artist Conor McGregor announces his retirement from the sport on Twitter. TheNew York Times reports that McGregor was arrested in January for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman inIreland. According to theNew York Times, he was released and is under investigation by authorities.(MMA Fighting)(New York Post)

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