## [2016-10-9](/feed/2016/10/9/index.md)

##### Thai
### [Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 88, the world's longest reigning monarch, is in unstable condition after a hemodialysis treatment. ](/feed/2016/10/9/thailand-s-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-88-the-world-s-longest-reigning-monarch-is-in-unstable-condition-after-a-hemodialy.md)
##### Communist Party Secretary
### [A court sentences former Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan province, Bai Enpei, to death for corruption and amassing wealth of unclear origin. ](/feed/2016/10/9/a-court-sentences-former-communist-party-secretary-of-yunnan-province-bai-enpei-to-death-for-corruption-and-amassing-w.md)
##### Lithuanian parliamentary election, 2016
### [Voters in Lithuania vote to elect representatives for the 141-seat parliament. ](/feed/2016/10/9/voters-in-lithuania-vote-to-elect-representatives-for-the-141-seat-parliament.md)
##### United States presidential election debates, 2016
### [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump hold the second presidential debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential election at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in a "town meeting" format. ](/feed/2016/10/9/hillary-clinton-and-donald-trump-hold-the-second-presidential-debate-of-the-2016-us-presidential-election-at-washingto.md)
##### 2016 Ethiopian protests
### [Ethiopia's government declares a six-month state of emergency amid continuing protests, especially in the restive Oromia Region. ](/feed/2016/10/9/ethiopia-s-government-declares-a-six-month-state-of-emergency-amid-continuing-protests-especially-in-the-restive-oromia.md)
##### Interstate 89
### [A man driving the wrong way on Interstate 89 in Williston, Vermont, kills five people, all local high school juniors. ](/feed/2016/10/9/a-man-driving-the-wrong-way-on-interstate-89-in-williston-vermont-kills-five-people-all-local-high-school-juniors.md)
##### Afghan forces
### [An Afghan Armed Forces Mi-17 helicopter crashes in northern Afghanistan with all seven people onboard, four crewmen and three passengers, dying. ](/feed/2016/10/9/an-afghan-armed-forces-mi-17-helicopter-crashes-in-northern-afghanistan-with-all-seven-people-onboard-four-crewmen-and.md)
##### Pope Francis
### [Pope Francis announces the upcoming creation of 17 new Cardinals; 13 of them will be under the age of 80 and thus able to vote in a future papal conclave to select the new Pope. ](/feed/2016/10/9/pope-francis-announces-the-upcoming-creation-of-17-new-cardinals-13-of-them-will-be-under-the-age-of-80-and-thus-able-t.md)
##### Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
### [The United States Navy's destroyer USS "Mason" comes under missile attack in the Red Sea, off the coast of Yemen. The two missiles, fired from Yemeni territory controlled by Iranian-backed Houthis, impacted the water well before reaching the ship, according to Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis. ](/feed/2016/10/9/the-united-states-navy-s-destroyer-uss-mason-comes-under-missile-attack-in-the-red-sea-off-the-coast-of-yemen-the-tw.md)
##### Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015–present)
### [A shooting takes place in Jerusalem that kills two people, including a police officer, injuring six others. The attack was carried out by a Palestinian gunman who opened fire from a vehicle on people waiting at a train station and then the nearby police headquarters in Jerusalem. Israeli police kill the gunman. ](/feed/2016/10/9/a-shooting-takes-place-in-jerusalem-that-kills-two-people-including-a-police-officer-injuring-six-others-the-attack-w.md)
##### Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
### [A suspected PKK car bomb kills at least 17 people, and injures 27 others in Turkey's southeast Hakkâri Province. ](/feed/2016/10/9/a-suspected-pkk-car-bomb-kills-at-least-17-people-and-injures-27-others-in-turkey-s-southeast-hakkari-province.md)
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