October 9, 2016 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
- A suspected PKK car bomb kills at least 17 people, and injures 27 others in Turkey's southeast Hakkâri Province. (The Independent)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015–present)
- A shooting takes place in Jerusalem that kills two people, including a police officer, injuring six others. The attack was carried out by a Palestinian gunman who opened fire from a vehicle on people waiting at a train station and then the nearby police headquarters in Jerusalem. Israeli police kill the gunman. (BBC)
- Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
- The United States Navy's destroyer USS Mason comes under missile attack in the Red Sea, off the coast of Yemen. The two missiles, fired from Yemeni territory controlled by Iranian-backed Houthis, impacted the water well before reaching the ship, according to Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Pope Francis announces the upcoming creation of 17 new Cardinals; 13 of them will be under the age of 80 and thus able to vote in a future papal conclave to select the new Pope. (The Vatican Information Service)
Disasters and accidents
- An Afghan Armed Forces Mi-17 helicopter crashes in northern Afghanistan with all seven people onboard, four crewmen and three passengers, dying. (AFP via The Bangkok Post)
- A man driving the wrong way on Interstate 89 in Williston, Vermont, kills five people, all local high school juniors. (The Burlington Free Press), (AP via Fox News)
Law and crime
- 2016 Ethiopian protests
- Ethiopia's government declares a six-month state of emergency amid continuing protests, especially in the restive Oromia Region. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- United States presidential election debates, 2016
- Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump hold the second presidential debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential election at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in a "town meeting" format. (CBS News)
- Lithuanian parliamentary election, 2016
- Voters in Lithuania vote to elect representatives for the 141-seat parliament. (Bloomberg via The Chicago Tribune)
- A court sentences former Communist Party Secretary of Yunnan province, Bai Enpei, to death for corruption and amassing wealth of unclear origin. (The South China Morning Post)
- Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 88, the world's longest reigning monarch, is in unstable condition after a hemodialysis treatment. (Reuters), (Al Jazeera)