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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed two Indian-origin women, Anita Anand and Kamal Khera, to his cabinet. Anand oversees Innovation, Science, and Industry, reflecting Canada's commitment to diversity in leadership while Khera is the new Health Minister.

Massive fire at Club Pulse in Kocani, North Macedonia, has left at least 50 people dead, with many more feared injured. Emergency responders rushed to the scene after the blaze broke out in the early hours.

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who were supposed to stay on the International Space Station (ISS) for just eight days, have been stuck there for over nine months due to technical issues with their experimental spacecraft. A SpaceX rocket carrying a new crew has now reached the ISS as part of their long-awaited return plan. Their extended stay has sparked global interest in space mission challenges.

Chinese officials are considering stricter regulations on social media and screen time for youth, citing concerns about health and academic performance.

A man defaced a Tesla Cybertruck by painting a Swastika on it right in front of a journalist in New York's Brooklyn. Tesla chief Elon Musk reacted to the incident and called the accused “crazy”.

Mufti Munir Shakir, founder of Lashkar-i-Islam, was killed in a bomb blast near Peshawar. JUI-S chief Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq also died in a suicide attack at a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa seminary.

At least 13 people were killed in Missouri as a series of tornadoes hit the U.S. Midwest and Southeast overnight. Twenty-six tornadoes were reported but not confirmed to have touched down and have raked a path of destruction late on March 14.

A Pakistan army commander said, on March 15, that all militants at the site of a train hijacking in the country’s southwestern mountains had been 'neutralised'. Speaking during a media visit to the site, Brigadier Umar Altaf told reports that the army employed “precision targeting” during the operation to end the siege.

Israeli protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday (March 15) to demand the government to negotiate a hostage deal and ceasefire with Hamas. Thousands of protesters gathered near the army and Defence Ministry headquarters chanting slogans and carrying banners.

Baloch insurgents have claimed responsibility for the ambush on a Pakistani military bus in Noshki, Balochistan. While Pakistan confirmed 5 deaths, BLA claimed that at least 90 personnel were killed in the attack.