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News As Facts
03-30-2026 22:00 UTC
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This world news was downloaded with permission from www.newsasfacts.com
and formatted for BBS by Andrew K4EXA.
== Financial Markets ==
S&P 500 -0.39% $6,343 BTC +0.63% $66,754 OIL (WTI) + $102
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
Spain closes its airspace to U.S. aircraft involved in military action
against Iran. (BBC News) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy368j1e3lo
Kosovo approves the deployment of troops to Gaza as part of an
international peacekeeping force. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/kosovo-approves-troops-gaza-
under-us-backed-scheme-2026-03-30/
India says it has ended the Naxalite insurgency after home minister Amit
Shah reported that most of the remaining Naxal fighters had been killed,
arrested, or had surrendered following intensified security operations.
(AFP via France 24) https://www.france24.com/en/live-
news/20260330-india-declares-victory-over-maoist-insurgency
A missile barrage from Iran and Lebanon causes a fire at BAZAN oil
refinery in Haifa. (The Jerusalem Post) https://www.jpost.com/israel-
news/article-891624
An Iranian attack on a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait
kills an Indian worker and damages a building at the site. (Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/30/iranian-attack-damages-kuwait-
power-and-desalination-plant-kills-worker
At least 10 people killed, 25 others injured and more 45.000 displaced
after Somalia's national army took control Baidoa, capital city in South
West state, later the state president Abdiaziz Laftagareen two weeks
after his administration said it was severing ties with the federal
government and opposed constitutional amendments backed by the Somali
federal government. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/somali-national-army-takes-control-
part-biggest-city-south-west-state-2026-03-30/
== Business and economy ==
Brent crude oil passes US$116 per barrel, the highest it has been since
the start of the war. (UPI)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/03/30/crude-oil-trump-
sends-3500-troops-iran/8301774879238/
The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority rules that around 12
million people are entitled to financial compensation after being mis-
sold motor finance agreements between 2014 and 2024. The compensation
scheme will see each motorist awarded around £829, costing car finance
lenders a total of £9.1bn. (BBC News)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vlm2ggrwlo
== Disasters and accidents ==
Five people are killed and three are injured after a car crashes between
Hopefield, South Africa and Langebaanweg in the Western Cape. (SABC
News) https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/western-cape-crash-claims-five-
lives/
== International relations ==
A Russian shadow fleet tanker carrying 100,000 tonnes of crude oil
arrives in Cuba, defying a U.S. blockade of the island. (BBC News)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrevyx28z2o
The United States resumes operations at its embassy in Caracas after a
seven-year closure, aiming to restore direct diplomatic engagement with
Venezuela under Delcy Rodríguez's de facto presidency. (AFP via Channels
TV) https://www.channelstv.com/2026/03/30/us-embassy-resumes-operations-
in-venezuela-after-seven-years/
== Law and crime ==
The Knesset passes a bill allowing for mandatory executions of
Palestinians convicted of terrorist attacks that kill Israelis. (The
Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/30/israel-passes-
law-death-penalty-palestinian-convicted-terrorists
One person is killed and eight others are injured in a school shooting
in San Cristóbal, Santa Fe, Argentina. A 15-year-old suspect is taken
into custody. (AFP via ABS-CBN News) https://www.abs-
cbn.com/news/world/2026/3/31/school-shooting-in-argentina-leaves-one-
dead-eight-wounded-0053
== Politics and elections ==
Myanmar military ruler Min Aung Hlaing steps down as Army chief to stand
as a candidate for president in the upcoming presidential election, the
first to be held since the 2021 coup. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-leader-
nominated-presidential-vote-by-mp-2026-03-30/
== Science and technology ==
NASA begins the countdown for the launch of Artemis II, set to be the
first crewed flyby of the Moon since Apollo 8, and scheduled for 1
April. (The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/countdown_artemis_2/
== End News As Facts 03-30-2026 22:00 UTC ==
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