A passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 12, killing 49 people. The plane veered off of the runway during landing and caught on fire. The flight was operated by US-Bangla Airlines, out of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The cause of the accident was still being investigated as of press time. Reportedly, a recording of the conversation between the pilot and ground control immediately before the crash indicates that there was a miscommunication between the two...

A suspected suicide bombing on March 21 in Kabul, Afghanistan, killed at least 31 people and injured more than 60. The bombing occurred at the Sahki shrine during Nowruz, a New Year festival. The Islamist militant group Daesh (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack.

The shrine, one of the largest shrines in Afghanistan, is popular with Shia Muslims (Daesh is a Sunni group) and has been targeted two times in the past. In October 2016, at least 14 people were killed by a Daesh...

On March 23, a heavily armed man hijacked a car in the French town of Carcassonne, killing a passenger and injuring the driver, before shooting and injuring an off-duty policeman. The gunman then drove to the town of Trébes, where he entered a supermarket, killed two people and took others hostage.

During negotiations, the man allowed one hostage to be exchanged with a police officer. Soon after the exchange, the gunman shot the police officer, mortally wounding him, which caused...