Giant panda The giant panda is removed from IUCN's endangered species list but is replaced by the Eastern gorilla.
Keith Vaz British MP Keith Vaz quits the Home Affairs Select Committee following allegations that he had engaged in sexual activity with male prostitutes.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2016 German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends her stance regarding the European migrant crisis despite her party losing in the key election.
Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations A judge in Pennsylvania schedules the dates for the trial of accused U.S. comedian Bill Cosby.
21st Century Fox 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News, settles a sexual harassment case by Gretchen Carlson for US$20 million.
2016 ASEAN Summit Barack Obama pledges US$90 million to clear Laos of unexploded ordnance dropped by the United States during the Vietnam War.
Isabelle Dinoire Isabelle Dinoire, who received the world's first face transplant, is reported to have died from cancer at the age of 49 in April 2016.
Typhoon Lionrock (2016) The death toll rises to at least 114 as 60 more people are killed in floods after the typhoon hits North Korea, displacing over 44,000 people. Fifteen people are also missing.
2016 Pacific hurricane season Hurricane Newton makes its way towards the resort town of Los Cabos, Mexico.
Warner Brothers Warner Brothers is accused of self-censorship after it tagged its own websites for copyright infringement through the search engine Google.
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant bans burqas in northern Iraq after a series of fatal attacks on its members by veiled women.
South Thailand insurgency A motorcycle bomb kills a father and daughter outside an elementary school in Narathiwat province.
War A suicide bomber attacks a charity in the Kabul suburb of Shāre Naw with the Taliban claiming responsibility.
Gunfire is heard in the Afghan capital Kabul with security forces looking for attackers with at least one person killed and six injured.
2016 Davao City bombing Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte declares a state of emergency in the whole country. In a warning to Abu Sayyaf, Duterte says "I will eat you alive."