March 17, 2023 (Friday)
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)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- 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
- 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 parliamentary group leader Máté Kocsis says that Sweden's application will be considered at a later date. (AFP via Barron's)
- Finland–Turkey relations
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)
- ICC arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova
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)
- 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Purdue men's basketball game