South Korean presidential election, 2017 United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and liberal candidate Moon Jae-in plan to contest the position vacated by Park Geun-hye.
Presidential transition of Donald Trump President-elect Donald Trump names RNC Communications director Sean Spicer as White House Press Secretary, and Jason Miller as the White House Communications Director.
President-elect Donald Trump names his former presidential campaign manager Kellyanne Conway as his Counselor to the President.
Barack Obama U.S. president Barack Obama scraps the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), a registration system for Muslim immigrants.
Philippine drug war The Commission on Human Rights launches an investigation into alleged murders committed by current Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte.
HM Prison Swaleside As many as 80 inmates take over a section of HM Prison Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
Donald Trump U.S. president-elect Donald Trump calls President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, who then agrees to postpone a United Nations resolution regarding Israel.
Pinos Puente Residents of the economically struggling town of Pinos Puente in Granada, Spain, win the El Gordo lottery.
Yemeni civil war Seven Pakistani crew members on Iranian cargo ship MV "Joya", sailing from Egypt to Dubai, UAE, are killed in a rocket attack off Yemen's coast.
Syrian civil war The Syrian Army says it is now in full control of the city of Aleppo following the evacuation of the last group of rebels to the Idlib Governorate.