Major World Events by Evening of March 29
▪Putin became the first world leader to congratulate Congo's Denis Sassou Nguesso on his re-election, expressing confidence that the new term would strengthen bilateral ties and mutually beneficial cooperation;
▪Egypt has reportedly secured a deal to import 1.2 million barrels of oil monthly from Libya's National Oil Corporation to offset the complete loss of Kuwaiti crude supplies;
▪Madagascar marked its 79th Martyrs' Day with solemn ceremonies honoring the 1947 anti-colonial uprising against French rule under the theme "Struggle for Freedom: Renewing Patriotism";
▪Global South nations must forge stronger unity and influence to navigate today's geopolitical shifts, the secretary-general of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States said at the 79-member body's 50th-anniversary summit in Malabo;
▪Israeli forces conducted their first-ever cross-border operation from the Syrian Golan Heights into the Lebanon-Syria junction area to prevent Hezbollah entrenchment and neutralize security threats, the IDF said;
▪Netanyahu proclaimed an expanded "security zone" in southern Lebanon, claiming Israel's control of the territory would prevent "invasion threats" and "keep missile fire" away from Israel's borders;
▪Iran’s aerospace force struck the US airbase Prince Sultan in Saudi Arabia, destroying a US E-3 aircraft equipped with an airborne warning and control system, the IRGC press service said.
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