Friday,  March 17th, 2023 

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) 

Poland announces that it will deliver four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, becoming the first NATO member state to send warplanes to Ukraine. (Sky News) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

New Zealand bans the use of Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok on all government devices. (The Guardian) 

Thursday, March 16th, 2023 

The Moldovan parliament approves a law that formally declares the country’s official language as Romanian. (Reuters) 

The Libyan National Army says that it has found about two and a half tonnes of uranium ore contained in ten drums, near the border with Chad, that was reported missing by the International Atomic Energy Agency. (BBC News) 

Two police officers are killed by a 16-year-old gunman while responding to a domestic dispute call at an apartment complex in Inglewood, Edmonton, Canada. The perpetrator kills himself after seriously wounding his mother. (CBC News) 

Over 220 Brazilian National Guardsmen are deployed to the northeastern states of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba after riots caused by imprisoned gang members result in three deaths and class cancellations in both states. (AP) 

The British government bans the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on all government devices, citing security concerns. (Sky News) 

Four people including including Islamic Jihad and Hamas commanders are killed and five more injured during a raid by Israeli security forces in the Jenin refugee camp, in the West Bank. (The Jerusalem Post)

Eight miltants and two civilian children are killed during a military operation by the Pakistani military in Zinghara, South Waziristan. (Xinhua) 

The death toll from Cyclone Freddy has increased to over 300. Most of the deaths occurring in Malawi. (Al Jazeera) 

French President Emmanuel Macron invokes a Constitutional amendment allowing him to circumvent the National Assembly in order to pass a controversial reform bill raising the retirement age in the country from 62 to 64, without the law going to a vote. (New York Times) 

The End