On March 18, municipal council elections are taking place in the Netherlands, with voting held in 340 municipalities where citizens are electing local government representatives. For the first time, a Ukrainian candidate – Vita Kovalenko, representing the Democrats 66 (D66) party – is running for a seat on the city council in Dordrecht.

Archaeologist Alexander Butyagin is accused of conducting illegal excavations in Crimea - Ukraine’s peninsula annexed by Russia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has positively assessed the decision of the Warsaw District Court to extradite Russian archaeologist Aleksander Butyagin to Ukraine, where he is suspected of conducting illegal excavations in temporarily occupied Crimea.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for joint action by the United States and Europe to increase pressure on Russia in order to achieve a just peace in Ukraine.

An elderly couple was killed after a bomb flew into their apartment in central Israel and exploded.

Moroccans feel justice has been done but the Senegalese are angry after being stripped of the title.

Venezuela won its first-ever World Baseball Classic title, defeating the United States 3–2 in the championship game.

Charles Hittler, mayor of Arcis-sur-Aube, has always faced jokes about his name but now he faces a rival with another unlikely name.

Russia suffered approximately 1,282,570 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and March 18, 2026, with 1,710 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.

The Iran war has already rattled LPG users. Will India’s piped gas network face the next squeeze?