Editing 2018 (section)

=== March ===
* [[March 4]] 
** Former Russian double agent [[Sergei Skripal]] and his daughter, Yulia, are [[Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal|poisoned]] by the [[Novichok agent|Novichok]] [[nerve agent]] in [[Salisbury]], [[England]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43323847|title=Russian spy 'attacked with nerve agent'|date=2018-03-07|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-GB|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718010802/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43323847|url-status=live}}</ref> UK [[counter-terrorism]] police investigate amid speculation the [[Kremlin]] was behind the incident.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43297638|title=Ex-Russian spy collapsed with daughter|date=2018-03-06|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-03-07|language=en-GB|archive-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308003459/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43297638|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[2018 Salvadoran legislative election]] is held to elect all 84 members of the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Resultados de Asamblea Legislativa - TSE |url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/2018/escrutinio-final/asamblea/index.html |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=www.tse.gob.sv |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323153120/https://www.tse.gob.sv/2018/escrutinio-final/asamblea/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** The [[2018 Italian general election]] is held to elect all 315 members of the [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate of the Republic]] and all 630 members of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]].<ref name="interno1">{{cite web |title=Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT |url=https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Eligendo |language=it |archive-date=June 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611003624/http://elezioni.interno.it/europee/euro090607/prefEI5000000000.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-03-05 |title=Italy election: What does the result mean? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43291390 |access-date=2022-03-13 |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313085412/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43291390 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 6]] – [[2018 Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 crash]]: An [[Antonov An-26]] transport aircraft operated by the [[Russian Air Force]] crashes on approach to [[Khmeimim (air base)|Khmeimim air base]] in Syria, killing all 39 people on board. All of them were servicemen of the [[Russian Armed Forces]], including Major-General Vladimir Yeremeyev.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Latest: Russian general among dead in Syria plane crash |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3378932 |access-date=June 9, 2019 |agency=Associated Press |date=March 7, 2018 |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724172726/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3378932 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 9]]–[[March 18|18]] – The [[2018 Winter Paralympics]] are held in [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]], [[South Korea]].
* [[March 9]] 
**[[President of the United States]] [[Donald Trump]] accepts an invitation from [[Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea|North Korean leader]] [[Kim Jong Un]] for [[2018 North Korea–United States summit|a meeting]] in May to discuss the denuclearisation of North Korea.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43339901|title=Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un to hold 'milestone' meeting|work=BBC News|date=March 9, 2018|access-date=July 21, 2018|archive-date=June 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625012206/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43339901|url-status=live}}</ref> 
** Princess Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, a UAE princess, escaped Dubai with a group of other people. She was arrested by Indian and UAE authorities, a few kilometers off the coast of India. She was then taken back to the UAE.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56075528|title=Princess Latifa: 'Hostage' ordeal of Dubai ruler's daughter revealed|work=BBC News|date=February 16, 2021|access-date=July 17, 2023|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219070844/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56075528|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] 
** China's government approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting [[Xi Jinping]] the status of "[[President for Life]]". Xi is also the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] ([[paramount leader]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-43361276|title=China's Xi allowed to remain 'president for life' as term limits removed |work=BBC News|date=March 11, 2018|access-date=July 21, 2018|archive-date=March 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311051405/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-43361276|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[2018 Colombian parliamentary election]] is held to elect all 102 members of the [[Senate of Colombia]] and all 165 members of the [[House of Representatives (Colombia)|House of Representatives of Colombia]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-03-12 |title=Colombia election: Farc fails to win support in first national vote |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43367222 |access-date=2022-03-24 |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324184657/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43367222 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-12 |title=Peace deal backers suffer in Colombia congress elections |url=https://apnews.com/article/031774bc8e3e467e93e7ff631b82ece0 |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=AP NEWS |language=en |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324184657/https://apnews.com/article/031774bc8e3e467e93e7ff631b82ece0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 12]] – [[US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211|Flight BS211]] crashes and bursts into flames at [[Tribhuvan International Airport]], [[Nepal]], killing 51 of the 71 people aboard. The 20 surviving passengers were seriously injured from the impact and the fire.<ref>{{cite web |title=At least 50 killed after passenger plane crashes, bursts into flames in Nepal |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/passenger-plane-crashes-kathmandu-airport-least-50-killed-n855686 |website=NBC News |date=March 12, 2018 |access-date=July 13, 2018 |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722215435/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/passenger-plane-crashes-kathmandu-airport-least-50-killed-n855686 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 13]] – The [[2018 Grenadian general election]] is held to elect all 15 members of the [[House of representatives of grenada|House of Representatives of Grenada]], the lower chamber of the [[Parliament of Grenada]] and the [[New National Party (Grenada)|New National Party]] won all 15 seats for the second consecutive time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grenada General Election Results 2018 |url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/gd/elections/gd_results_2018.asp |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.caribbeanelections.com |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120030432/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/gd/elections/gd_results_2018.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[March 14]] – In response to gun violence in the United States, and particularly triggered by the [[Stoneman Douglas High School shooting]] in Parkland, Florida, thousands of high school students across the country participate in an organized protest they called the National School Walkout.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/school-walkout.html|title=National School Walkout: Thousands Protest Against Gun Violence Across the U.S|access-date=July 3, 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2018-03-14 |last1=Yee |first1=Vivian |last2=Blinder |first2=Alan |archive-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701230906/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/school-walkout.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] – In the [[2018 Russian presidential election|Russian presidential election]], [[Vladimir Putin]] is elected for a fourth term.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43452449|title=Russia election: Vladimir Putin wins by big margin|work=BBC News|date=March 18, 2018|access-date=March 18, 2018|archive-date=March 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318181549/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43452449|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 19]] – The world's last male [[northern white rhinoceros]] dies in Kenya, making the subspecies [[Functional extinction|functionally extinct]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43468066|title=Rhino dies: Sudan was the last male northern white|work=BBC News|date=March 20, 2018|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=March 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320065417/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43468066|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/20/africa/last-male-white-rhino-dies-intl/index.html|title=World's last male northern white rhino dies|publisher=CNN|date=March 20, 2018|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726071524/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/20/africa/last-male-white-rhino-dies-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 21]] – The [[2018 Antiguan general election]] is held to elect all 17 members of the [[House of Representatives (Antigua and Barbuda)|House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda]], the [[Lower house|lower chamber]] of the [[Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda]] and the governing [[Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party]] win 15 out of 17 seats.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abec.gov.ag/elections_2018/votesbyconstituency.php |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.abec.gov.ag |title=General Elections 2018: Votes by Constituency |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415075820/http://www.abec.gov.ag/elections_2018/votesbyconstituency.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Antigua and Barbuda General Election Results 2018 |url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/ag/elections/ag_results_2018.asp |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.caribbeanelections.com |archive-date=April 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402024408/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/ag/elections/ag_results_2018.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[March 23]] – [[Carcassonne and Trèbes attack|An Islamic terrorist attack in Carcassonne and Trèbes]], [[France]], kills five people, including the perpetrator.<ref name=Parisien1>{{cite news|title=Attaques terroristes dans l'Aude : au moins trois morts|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/direct-coups-de-feu-sur-un-crs-et-prise-d-otages-dans-un-super-u-de-l-aude-23-03-2018-7624818.php|access-date=March 23, 2018|work=[[Le Parisien]]|date=March 23, 2018|language=fr|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018145327/https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/direct-coups-de-feu-sur-un-crs-et-prise-d-otages-dans-un-super-u-de-l-aude-23-03-2018-7624818.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – In over 900 cities internationally, people participate in [[Demonstration (protest)|demonstrations]] against [[gun violence]] and [[mass shooting]]s, calling for stronger gun control in the "[[March for Our Lives]]".
* [[March 25]]
** [[Qantas]] launches direct non-stop [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]] flights between [[Perth|Perth Airport]] and [[London|Heathrow Airport]], making it the first commercially non-stop service between [[Australia]] and the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/25/world/europe/uk-qantas-australia-britain.html| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| access-date=March 26, 2018| date=March 25, 2018| title=A First in Flight: Australia to the U.K., in 17 Hours| first=Yonette| last=Joseph| archive-date=November 9, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109042659/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/25/world/europe/uk-qantas-australia-britain.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2018 Kemerovo fire]]: At least 60 people are killed and 79 others injured in a fire at the Winter Cherry shopping mall and entertainment complex in [[Kemerovo]], Russia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43531684|title=Russia fire: Children killed in Kemerovo shopping centre blaze|work=BBC News|date=March 26, 2018|access-date=March 26, 2018|archive-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325235757/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43531684|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 26]] – More than 100 Russian diplomats are expelled by more than 20 countries in the wake of the [[poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43545565 | title = Spy poisoning: Russian diplomats expelled across US and Europe | work = BBC News | access-date = March 26, 2018 | date = March 26, 2018 | archive-date = March 26, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180326130555/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43545565 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[March 28]]
** North Korean supreme leader [[Kim Jong Un]] [[Kim–Xi meetings|meets]] Chinese paramount leader [[Xi Jinping]], leaving the country for the first time since assuming office in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/north-korea-s-kim-jong-un-visited-china-state-media-n860596|title=North Korea's Kim Jong Un visited China's Xi, state media says|work=NBC News|date=March 28, 2018|access-date=March 28, 2018|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130125046/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/north-korea-s-kim-jong-un-visited-china-state-media-n860596|url-status=live}}</ref>
** At least [[2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire|78 people die in a fire]] in the police headquarters of [[Valencia, Carabobo|Valencia, Venezuela]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/five-inmates-die-in-venezuela-prison-riot/news-story/556f2dc0e7a37793910b2557dfc3b2fc|title= At least 78 dead in Venezuela jail fire|last= Herenandez|first= Juan|date= March 29, 2018|website= CNET|access-date= March 29, 2018|archive-date= April 2, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180402185135/http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/five-inmates-die-in-venezuela-prison-riot/news-story/556f2dc0e7a37793910b2557dfc3b2fc|url-status= dead}}</ref>