On 1 March 1896 near the town of Adwa, the Ethiopian Empire under Emperor Menelik II defeated an invading Italian colonial force led by General Oreste Baratieri. Italy had tried to impose a protectorate by claiming that a treaty meant Ethiopia had accepted it, and Menelik responded with an army of perhaps 73,000 to over 100,000 men, many armed with modern rifles. Baratieri's smaller force was unfamiliar with the terrain and poorly informed, and it split into separate columns that could not support each other. Ethiopian forces attacked each isolated brigade, and the Italians were overwhelmed. Over 6,000 Italian and colonial troops were killed and around 3,800 captured. Italy then recognised Ethiopian sovereignty in the Treaty of Addis Ababa.

Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka handed his resignation to parliament after questions were raised about his eligibility for office and his academic credentials. Gibran is the son of former president Joko Widodo, and his resignation came as Widodo publicly backed the president, Prabowo Subianto. Gibran had been elected vice president in 2024 as Prabowo's running mate. His candidacy was made possible by a 2023 Constitutional Court ruling on the minimum age for candidates, which was itself controversial. Parliament will now consider the resignation.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.