2016 United States presidential election recount and audit The Clinton campaign announces it will participate in efforts to push for recounts by Jill Stein's campaign in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
2016 Kuwaiti general election Kuwait, where citizens make up around 30 percent of the emirate's 4.4 million population, votes in a snap election following parliament's dissolution on 16 October amid the impact of falling oil prices. This is the first election the opposition has not boycotted in nearly four years.
2016 South Korean protests South Koreans take to the streets en masse demanding the resignation of President Park Geun-hye amidst a corruption scandal. Around 1.5 million people rallied in the capital Seoul, while another 400,000 people demonstrated in provincial cities.
Iraq The Iraqi parliament passes a law recognizing Shia paramilitary units as a government entity, complete with salaries and pensions that mirror those of the military and the police.
Semnan–Damghan train collision Iran arrests three railway officials in connection with yesterday's deadly train crash in Semnan that killed 45 and injured 103 people.
2016 influenza A virus subtype H5N8 outbreak Avian flu virus H5N8 outbreaks are reported in birds in India, Germany, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and several other European nations. The World Health Organization advised on 17 November that human infection is possible, but unlikely, based on information available.
Kaipara Harbour At least seven people are dead, one person is missing and three others are rescued after a chartered fishing boat capsizes due to large waves in Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand.
Shell The chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, Ben van Beurden, denies the claim that his company's balance sheet contains any assets that will be "stranded," that is that will have to be written off, due to the Paris Climate Accord.
Syrian civil war Government forces have captured most of Hanano, the largest rebel-controlled district in eastern Aleppo, and have begun pushing into neighboring 'Ard Al-Hamra and Jabal Badro districts.
Terrorist Four suicide bombers and two soldiers are killed in a failed attack on the Ghalani camp in the Mohmand tribal distrct. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims responsibility.