Monday, March 16, 2026 • Legible News

Armed conflicts and attacks

Scores of people are killed and injured in bombings at three locations, including the Monday Market and University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. No group has claimed responsibility. (AP)

At least four members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) are killed and three others are injured in an airstrike on a checkpoint at the entrance to Al-Qa'im, Al Anbar Governorate. A PMF official attributes the strike to the United States. (AFP via LBCI)

The Israeli Air Force strikes the Iranian Space Research Center in central Tehran and completely destroys it, saying that it was being used for potential space warfare activities against Israeli satellites. (Iran Wire)

Several NATO allies of the United States, including Germany, Italy and Spain rule out sending warships to lift the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz following a request from U.S. president Donald Trump. (Reuters)

At least seven people, including four children, are injured by Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel. (The Times of Israel) (The Jerusalem Post)

The European Union imposes sanctions against nine Russian individuals over their role in the atrocities committed during Russia’s occupation of Bucha during the initial 2022 invasion of Ukraine. (Kyiv Post)

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi says that the Kenyan government has identified two prisoners of war from Kenya that have been detained by authorities in Ukraine after being involved in Russia's special military operations. (The Star Kenya)

Five Pakistani soldiers are killed and several others are injured in a roadside bombing in Duki District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (CNN-News18)

Cuba announces that citizens living abroad will be permitted to invest in and own businesses in the country as the government seeks to expand commercial activity amid an economic crisis. (AFP via Indo Premier)

A roof collapses at a shop in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan, killing eight people and injuring more than 50 others. (AP)

At least four people are killed and four others are injured in a building collapse in Nairobi, Kenya. (CTV News)

Cuba reports a nationwide power outage following a total electrical grid collapse. (AP)

The European Union imposes sanctions against 16 individuals and three entities for their role in suppressing protests earlier this year. (Shafaq)

A molten ocean is discovered on the exoplanet L 98-59 d, a dwarf star of L 98-59 that orbits a red dwarf star 34-light years away from Earth. (Reuters) (Nature)

In association football, the Premier League fines Chelsea F.C. £10.75 million and gives them a two-year suspended transfer ban for making secret payments worth £47 million to unregistered agents and third-parties between 2011 and 2018. (BBC Sport)

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