Trump administration U.S. President Donald Trump signs a revised version of Executive Order 13769 eliminating Iraq from the order and reducing the indefinite suspension of Syrian refugees to 120 days. The order will be in effect on March 16, 2017.
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction According to the Japanese Government, three of them came down in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone.
South Korea claims that North Korea has fired several missiles from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station into the Sea of Japan.
2016–17 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season Intense, Category 4 Cyclone Enawo is intensifying, as it closes in on the northern tip of Madagascar.
Insurgent According to the government of Myanmar, at least 30 people are killed in an attack on various police, military, and government installations by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army in Laukkai. Four police officers were also taken hostage.