Re-elected Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declines to run for a third term in the upcoming election. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has previously advised Ahmadinejad to not seek the presidency next year.
International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court sentences Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi to nine years in jail for leading the destruction of nine of Timbuktu's mausoleums and the centuries-old door of the Malian city's Sidi Yahya Mosque.
Obama administration The Obama administration through the United States Department of Labor sues Peter Thiel's Palantir Technologies for alleged discrimination against Asians in its hiring practices.
Cuba–United States relations President Barack Obama nominates Jeffrey DeLaurentis as the first United States Ambassador to Cuba since 1961.
Measles The WHO announces that measles has been eliminated throughout the Americas, the first time this virus has been eradicated in an entire region. The hemisphere’s last endemic case of measles — one which did not spring from an imported strain — was in 2002.
2015–16 Zika virus epidemic Thailand authorities investigate what could be the first cases of Zika virus-linked microcephaly in Southeast Asia.
World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) states that 92% of the world's population lives in air pollution levels surpassing the organization's limits.
Nepal A bus skids off a mountain road in central Nepal, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than a dozen others.
2016 Pacific typhoon season Taiwan authorities close schools and offices as Typhoon Megi approaches the island.