Portal:Current events/2023 March 17

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Slovakia announces that it will donate its MiG-29 fighter jets, and supply part of its Kub air-defense system to Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • The Taliban kill several Islamic State – Khorasan Province insurgents and seize weapons and ammunitions during raids at hideouts in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province. (Xinhua)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Turkish floods
  • The death toll from the floods in Şanlıurfa and Adıyaman, Turkey, increases to 18. (A News)
• Fourteen people are killed and at least 12 others are injured by a roof collapse at a cold storage warehouse in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Metro)
• Ten people are killed and three others are injured by a house fire in Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)

International relations

• Enlargement of NATO
  • Finland–Turkey relations
    • Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces that Turkey will begin the process of ratifying Finland's membership of NATO without Sweden, which Turkey accuses of supporting the PKK. (Yle)
  • Finland–Hungary relations
    • Hungary announces that a vote on Finland's membership application will take place on March 27. Fidesz parlimentary group leader Máté Kocsis says that Sweden's application will be considered at a later date. (AFP via Barron's)

Law and crime

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • ICC arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova
    • The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, presidential commissioner for children's rights, for alleged war crimes involving the abduction and forced adoption of children from Ukraine. (AP)

Science and technology

• Censorship of TikTok, Internet censorship in New Zealand
  • New Zealand bans the use of Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok on all government devices. (The Guardian)

Sports

• 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
  • 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Purdue men's basketball game
    • No. 1 seed Purdue is defeated 58–63 by No 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson, only the second time a 16 seed has defeated a 1 seed in the tournament's history and the first time since 2018. (USA Today)