• Internal conflict in Myanmar
  • 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. (Anadolu)
• Syrian Civil War
  • Six people are killed in a suspected chlorine gas attack in Aleppo, Syria. (CNN) (Reuters) (FOX News)
• 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. (Reuters via LBC)
• 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. (Reuters), (FOX News)

• Pukhrayan train derailment
  • 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. (The New York Times) (Indian Express) (Fox News) (The Telegraph) (Reuters)
  • Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu orders an inquiry. (Hindustan Times)
  • Rescue efforts continue as dozens of people are still trapped in carriages. (CNN)
• 2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season
  • Storm Angus brings strong winds and heavy rain to southern England and the Channel Islands. (BBC)

• 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. (Yonhap) (CNN)
• Four policemen are killed in Brazil after their helicopter is shot down by a "gang". (BBC) (Reuters)

• French presidential election, 2017
  • 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. (BBC) (Reuters)
• Haitian presidential election, 2016–17
  • Voters in Haiti go to the polls for the first round of a presidential election. (AP)

• Craig Reedie is elected for a second term as President of the World Anti-Doping Agency. (BBC)
• 2016 ATP World Tour Finals – Singles
  • In tennis, Andy Murray defeats Novak Djokovic 6–3, 6–4 in the final of the 2016 ATP World Tour finals and finishes the year as the world's number 1. (The Guardian)
• 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
  • In motorsport, Jimmie Johnson wins the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship with a victory in the final race of the season. It is his 7th Cup championship, which ties the all-time record set by Richard Petty in 1979 and Dale Earnhardt in 1994. (USA Today)