Friday

The people of 27 March

5 people in 5 stories, 20 deaths recorded, 2026

Ali Khamenei

Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026

  1. Lawmakers from the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference protest outside the legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, India, in solidarity with Iran and against the assassination of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei amidst the Iran war. Additionally, a major confrontation breaks out between INC lawmaker Irfan Hafiz Lone and BJP lawmaker Yudhvir Sethi during the protest.

    Politics · 27 Mar · with Irfan Hafiz Lone, Yudhvir Sethi

Balendra Shah

Prime Minister of Nepal since 2026

  1. Following his Rastriya Swatantra Party's landslide victory in the general election, Balendra Shah is sworn as Prime Minister of Nepal, succeeding interim prime minister Sushila Karki.

    Politics · 27 Mar · with Sushila Karki

Pavel Talankin

Russian teacher and documentary filmmaker (born 1991)

  1. Russia designates filmmaker and teacher Pavel Talankin, the co-director and subject of the 2025 documentary film Mr Nobody Against Putin, as a foreign agent after authorities accuse him of spreading disinformation about the government and opposing the war in Ukraine.

    Politics · 27 Mar

Gombojavyn Zandanshatar

Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2025 to 2026

  1. In Mongolia, the State Great Khural accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar.

    Politics · 27 Mar

Kaori Sakamoto

Japanese figure skater (born 2000)

  1. In her last performance before retiring, Japan's Kaori Sakamoto wins the gold medal in the women's singles event of the 2026 Figure Skating Championships.

    Sport · 27 Mar

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