Referendum Referendum voters in Colombia narrowly fail to ratify a peace deal between the Government of Colombia and FARC.
Brazil municipal elections, 2016 Brazilian voters cast ballots in the nationwide election of mayors and city councils in 5,568 municipalities. Pollsters predict that the Workers' Party will fair poorly. This is the country's first election since the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff.
Hungarian migrant quota referendum, 2016 Voters in Hungary go to the polls for a referendum on whether to accept mandatory European Union quotas on relocating migrants. While an overwhelming majority of voters reject the EU's migrant quotas, turnout was too low to make the poll valid.
Japan Authorities arrest a Japanese man for killing as many as 48 elderly patients at the Oguchi Hospital in Yokohama.
Aftermath of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announces March 2017 as the deadline for triggering Article 50 and says that her government will introduce a "Great Repeal Bill" that will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 once the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.
2016 Ethiopian protests Police allegedly attack Oromo protestors at a religious festival in Bishoftu, Ethiopia causing a stampede which kills dozens of people.
2016 Atlantic hurricane season Weather forecasters issue hurricane warnings for eastern Cuba, from Las Tunas to Guantánamo provinces.
Hurricane Matthew, at Category 4 strength with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km-h), temporarily stalls as it heads towards Jamaica and Haiti. Weather forecasters expect tropical storm conditions today with landfall tomorrow. Further, they expect rainfall of 20 inches, with up to 40 inches in some parts of southern Haiti.
Second Libyan Civil War An ISIL sniper in Sirte, Libya, shoots dead Dutch photographer and war correspondent Jeroen Oerlemans.