September 16, 2023 (Saturday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Lee weakens into a post-tropical cyclone before making landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada. (NBC News)
- 2023 National Aerobatic Team Aermacchi MB-339 crash
- A military plane crashes near Turin, Piedmont, Italy, killing a 5-year-old child and injuring four people, including the pilot. (NOS)
- 2023 Manaus Aerotaxi Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash
- Fourteen people are killed in a plane crash in Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil. (BBC News)
- A major fire at the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta causes extensive damage, including the collapse of roof and outer wall. An unknown number of pre-colonial artifacts are damaged or destroyed. (The Diplomat)
International relations
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Alliance of Sahel States
- The military governments of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso sign a mutual defence pact named the Alliance of Sahel States in case of internal rebellion or external military aggression. (Reuters)
- Alliance of Sahel States
Law and crime
- Mahsa Amini protests
- Human rights organizations say that Iranian police have arrested the father of Mahsa Amini on the first anniversary of her death. (Reuters)
- Mexican drug war
- Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, is extradited to the United States from Mexico on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. (Reuters)
- Storm Daniel
- Libya's top prosecutor announces a probe into the dam collapses which led to the floods that killed more than 11,000 people. (AP)
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is acquitted by the Texas Senate in his impeachment trial. (Texas Tribune)