Portal:Current events/2017 March 20
March 20, 2017 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
- A car bomb in Baghdad's southwestern Hayy Al-A'amel neighborhood kills at least 23 people, and wounds 45 others. (AP via Fox News)
- Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian Civil War, March 2017 Israel–Syria incident
- The Syrian Army shoots down an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Skylark drone over Syria's Quneitra Governorate. (The Times of Israel)
Disasters and accidents
- A large tree falls into a pool at the base of the Kintampo waterfalls in Ghana, killing at least 18 people and injuring 22 others. (Al Jazeera)
- 2017 South Supreme Airlines Antonov An-26 crash
- An Antonov An-26 of South Supreme Airlines crashes upon landing at Wau Airport, South Sudan, the 43 people on board survived. (The Aviation Herald) (CNN)
Politics and elections
- East Timorese presidential election, 2017
- Elections are held in East Timor to vote for the nation's 4th President. Francisco Guterres, runner-up in the 2007 and 2012 elections, is expected to win due to the support of Xanana Gusmão. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
- The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence holds a hearing about Russian interference in the 2016 election and confirms that there is an ongoing investigation into ties between Trump's team and Russia. (The Washington Post)
- Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination
- The Senate Judiciary Committee begins hearings on the nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States. (CNN)
- Brexit
- British Prime Minister Theresa May announces that her government will trigger article 50, which begins the process of withdrawing from the European Union, on March 29. (The Guardian)