NASA Two NASA astronauts at the International Space Station begin a series of spacewalks to replace a faulty ammonia coolant pump.
Yule goat Despite an anti-flammable liquid coating, the yearly giant Yule goat in Gävle, Sweden, is again destroyed in an arson attack.
Canadian Canadian-American billionaire Edgar M. Bronfman, who ran Seagram until 1994, dies in Manhattan at age 84.
V-22 Osprey Four U.S. personnel are wounded after the three CV-22 Osprey aircraft they were on were shot during an evacuation attempt of Americans from Bor, South Sudan.
Rutbah Eighteen Iraqi military officers and soldiers are killed and more than 30 others injured after an attack in Rutbah, in Iraq's western Anbar province. Among those killed is the commander of the elite Iraqi 7th Division Major General Mohammed al-Karawi, as well as 4 other officers.
The battle for Aleppo Battle of Aleppo: Rebel forces capture the Al-Kindi hospital after a huge suicide truck bombing destroys part of the building.