September 16, 2023 (Saturday)

Fourteen people are killed in a plane crash in Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil.

Hurricane Lee weakens into a post-tropical cyclone before making landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada.

A military plane crashes near Turin, Piedmont, Italy, killing a 5-year-old child and injuring four people, including the pilot.

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 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.

Libya's top prosecutor announces a probe into the dam collapses which led to the floods that killed more than 11,000 people.

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.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is acquitted by the Texas Senate in his impeachment trial.

Human rights organizations say that Iranian police have arrested the father of Mahsa Amini on the first anniversary of her death.