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March 13, 2017 (Monday)

War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
- At least one person is killed and another eight are wounded after a suicide bomber attacks a bus carrying government employees in Kabul. (Al Jazeera)
War in Somalia (2009–present)
- A vehicle filled with explosives detonates near a hotel in Mogadishu, killing at least six people and wounding four others. (Al Jazeera)
Syrian Civil War
- According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the total number of people killed and missing in Syria's war is now 465,000. (Reuters)

2017 Dutch–Turkish diplomatic incident
- Turkey bans the Dutch ambassador, Cornelis Van Rij, from returning to the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ankara, and closes its airspace to Dutch diplomats in response to a Dutch ban on Turkish ministers speaking at pro-Erdoğan rallies. (The Guardian)

Proposed second Scottish independence referendum
- Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces she will seek a second referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom. (BBC)
United States immigration ban
- The state of Washington, joined by the states of California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Oregon, asks a federal judge to stop, on constitutional grounds, the revised federal immigration/refugee rules from taking effect on Thursday, March 16. The state of Hawaii files a separate, similar request. (Reuters)

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 *[[Proposed second Scottish independence referendum]]
 **[[Scotland]]'s [[First Minister of Scotland|First Minister]] [[Nicola Sturgeon]] announces she will seek a second referendum on [[Scottish independence]] from the [[United Kingdom]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-39255181 (BBC)]
+*[[Immigration policy of Donald Trump|United States immigration ban]]
+**The state of [[Washington]], joined by the states of [[California]], [[Maryland]], [[Massachusetts]], [[New York]], and [[Oregon]], asks a federal judge to  stop, on constitutional grounds, the revised federal immigration/refugee rules from taking effect on Thursday, March 16. The state of [[Hawaii]] files a separate, similar request. [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-idUSKBN16K264 (Reuters)]
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