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US reportedly to blame for strike at Iran girls’ school, Senegal cracks down on same-sex acts, Mexico wealth inequality, Verdict for mass shooting in Moscow

​Participants hold placards during a protest to condemn the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and commemorate students killed in a strike on a girls' primary school in Minab in southern Iran on February 28, in front of the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, March 12, 2026.

Participants hold placards during a protest to condemn the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and commemorate students killed in a strike on a girls' primary school in Minab in southern Iran on February 28, in front of the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, March 12, 2026.

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175: The number of people killed at an Iranian girls’ school in a strike on Feb. 28. Initial intelligence reports suggest that the US was to blame for the strike, per the New York Times, after the military used a now-defunct set of coordinates to deploy the hit. The White House hasn’t claimed responsibility and said the investigation is ongoing.

10: The new maximum punishment, in years, for same-sex sexual acts in Senegal – double the previous amount – after the National Assembly passed an anti-LGBTQ law on Wednesday. Its passage comes as other governments in western Africa, like Burkina Faso and Ghana, criminalize or consider cracking down on same-sex relations.

40: The percentage of Mexico’s wealth owned by just 1% of the country, according to a new report from Oxfam Mexico. In a country where nearly 19 million people struggle to afford food, the report found that the fortunes of the country’s 22 billionaires doubled in the last five years.

19: The number of people jailed on Thursday over a March 2024 attack at a concert hall near Moscow that killed 149 people and injured more than 500. It was the deadliest mass shooting in Russia in two decades. Russia is blaming Ukraine, an accusation Kyiv denies, but an Islamic State-affiliated group claimed responsibility.

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