🇺🇸🇮🇶❌🏴 #BREAKING Abdullah Maki Musleh al-Rifai (Abu Khadija), the leader of ISIS in Syria and Iraq, is reported to have been killed in a joint U.S.-Iraqi operation, as confirmed by Iraqi Prime Minister Al Sudani.

🇨🇦 - Mark Carney sworn-in as Canadian PM.

🇧🇦🇪🇺 - #BREAKING EUFOR is ready to assist in arresting Republic of Srpska leader Milorad Dodik if requested by the Bosnian police. In that case, the decision would be taken by Romanian EUFOR general Florin-Marian Barbu. In an emergency, the NATO headquarters in Sarajevo could also intervene.

— DerStandard

🇧🇦🇪🇺 - Dodik's arrest now depends entirely on the will of the EU and the U.S. Reports indicate that EUFOR Althea is prepared to assist the Bosnian police, while the general in charge is holding meetings with several ambassadors as reinforcements arrive. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet with the U.S. ambassador to Bosnia on March 19—the same day President Dodik is scheduled to travel to Moscow. Additionally, a major protest is set to take place in Serbia tomorrow.

🇫🇷🇹🇩 - RN leader Marine le Pen has arrived in N'Djamena, Chad. The reasons for this visit remain unknown for the moment.

🇹🇷🇸🇾 - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:

We discussed the agreement between the SDF and the Syrian government in Damascus and conveyed our concerns about the matter. We expect Damascus to grant the Kurds their rights, and inw return, the terrorist infrastructure in the region must be dismantled.

🇦🇱🇪🇺 - EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos says Albania could join the union by 2027.

🇬🇷💰- Moody upgrades Greece's credit score to Ba1, marking it a "positive prospect".

Effectively, this is the end of the Greek economical crisis.

>Greece got out of their catastrophic crisis
>Macron's magic financial skills plunged France in recession
>inb4 Greece's credit score is above France's

You could tell boomers back in 2017 that France's credit score would be overtaken by Greece in the mid 2020s because of Macron's bullshit and they'd still vote for him proudly.
More heatwaves please.

🇬🇧🇺🇦 - Keir Starmer is convening today a second meeting to discuss the war in Ukraine, without the US in attendance.

Unlike the first summit on March 2, this one will be conducted virtually.

- Euronews

🇨🇳 - A Chinese Air Force J-15 aircraft reportedly crashed during a training sortie, the pilot is reported to have ejected safely.

🇩🇪 - Germany's elected Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has reached an agreement to create a €500 billion infrastructure fund and abolish the "debt limit" [previously, the federal government was not allowed to take on debt exceeding 0.35% of GDP].