United Kingdom by-elections Labour's Gareth Snell holds off UKIP's leader Paul Nuttall to win the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, while Conservative Party candidate Trudy Harrison wins the Copeland by-election, the first gain for a governing party since 1982.
Philippine A Philippine court orders the arrest of Duterte critic and Liberal senator Leila de Lima. She later voluntarily turned herself in the next day
2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season The Met Office issues travel warnings for parts of Wales, Scotland and England as Storm Doris, described as a “weather bomb”, brings gales, heavy rain and snow to the United Kingdom. At least one person is killed.
Dakota Access Pipeline protests The protestors in the area of the Dakota Access Pipeline are evicted, clearing the way for the oil pipeline through Canada and the United States to be built.
Battle of Mosul (2016–17) Iraqi Police forces enter the Mosul International Airport and capture the runway from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
War in North-West Pakistan At least six people are killed in a bomb blast in the Pakistani city of Lahore.