Portal:Current events/2016 October 16
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Turkey–ISIL conflict
- A suicide bomber kills three ISIL safehouse. (Reuters)
- A suicide bomber kills three
- Syrian Civil War
- ISIL militants. (NBC News)
- War in Donbass
- A bomb placed in an elevator shaft kills Pro-
Arts and culture
- The Simpsons, the longest-running American, prime time, scripted television series, airs its 600th episode. (CNN)
- Pope Francis declares seven new saints. (Vatican Radio)
Disasters and accidents
- The collapse of a Bali, Indonesia, leaves 9 dead and 30 injured. (The New York Times)
International relations
- Yemeni Crisis
- The airstrikes, based on bad information, that killed around 140 people. (Reuters), (The Guardian)
- The
Law and crime
- An Nazi Republicans get out of town or else." (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Montenegrin parliamentary election, 2016
- With over 95 percent of votes counted, Prime Minister Milo Đukanović's Democratic Party of Socialists receives the most votes in this quadrennial election, but, by five seats, fails to gain an absolute majority. Djukanovic says he will seek a coalition with parties of national minorities. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- ExoMars project
- The
Sports
- Anthony Foley, coach of Irish rugby union team Munster, dies suddenly at the age of 42 in a hotel near Paris. Officials postpone Munster's European Rugby Champions Cup match against Racing 92. (BBC)