Herald section
The latest world reporting from The Belfast Herald.
Ukraine and Russia conduct a prisoner swap for soldiers who fought in Bakhmut, with 130 Ukrainian soldiers returning and an unknown amount of Russian soldiers returning.
Israel launched airstrikes on Syrian territory in response to multiple rockets fired toward the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, with strikes targeting military installations and rocket launchers.
Three British Israelis are killed in a drive-by shooting near the Hamra settlement in the West Bank.
Israeli police storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem in response to rioting, injuring seven Palestinians and resulting in clashes in the West Bank and in Gaza, where nine rockets were launched.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Poland on 5 April 2023, receiving the Order of the White Eagle from President Andrzej Duda during his first official visit to Warsaw since the full-scale war began.
Yevgeny Prigozhin asserts legal control over Bakhmut, while Ukrainian officials confirm ongoing presence in western districts. The claim follows a video statement and a flag hoisting with a tribute to a slain pro-war blogger.
Pirates hijacked a Danish-owned tanker in the Gulf of Guinea, abducted six crew members, and abandoned the vessel near São Tomé and Príncipe, where the remaining crew were rescued.
Six people were killed and several others injured in a suicide attack near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 27 March 2023.