- Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is recaptured six months after escaping from prison.
- North Korea conducts its fourth nuclear test, claiming to have used a hydrogen bomb.
- Saudi Arabia executes Nimr al-Nimr (portrait pictured) for his role in the 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests.
- A terrorist attack at India's Pathankot Air Force Station kills at least seven members of the security forces.
- Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay take their seats on the United Nations Security Council.
- Mass sexual assaults on women occur during New Year's Eve celebrations in Germany.
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