Haitian presidential election, 2016–17 Voters in Haiti go to the polls for the first round of a presidential election.
Last month's presidential election The Republicans hold a primary election to select a candidate for next year's election. Partial results indicate that a second round of voting will occur with François Fillon and Alain Juppé as the two candidates in the second round.
2016 South Korean political scandal An interim report by South Korean prosecutors implicates President Park Geun-hye in a political scandal involving her close friend Choi Soon-sil. Three people have been indicted in relation to the scandal. President Park cannot be indicted due to a constitutional provision preventing a sitting President being indicted except for treason or insurrection.
2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season Storm Angus brings strong winds and heavy rain to southern England and the Channel Islands.
Pukhrayan train derailment Rescue efforts continue as dozens of people are still trapped in carriages.
At least 142 people are killed and over 200 injured as the Indore–Patna Express derails near Pukhrayan in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Second Libyan Civil War At least 16 people are killed and 50 others are wounded in clashes between rival tribes in Sabha, Libya after a monkey attacks a girl and pulls off her headscarf.
Turkish military intervention in Syria A Turkish Army soldier is killed and two others injured in an ISIL bombing near the Syrian city of al-Bab.
Insurgent At least 8 people are killed and more than a dozen others are injured following an attack on Tatmadaw checkpoints, police outposts and the 105th Mile Trade Center by several insurgent groups in Muse, Shan State. The State Counselor's office issues a statement claiming that the Kachin Independence Army, Ta'ang National Liberation Army and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army were involved in the attack.