Editing 2016 (section)

=== January ===
* [[January 3]] &ndash; Following [[2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran|the fallout]] caused by the [[Nimr al-Nimr#Execution and reaction against|execution of Nimr al-Nimr]], [[Saudi Arabia]] and several other countries end their [[Iran–Saudi Arabia relations|diplomatic relations]] with [[Iran]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=AFP|author=AFP news agency|number=683742509407801346|date=January 3, 2016|title=#BREAKING Saudi Arabia severs ties with Iran, foreign minister says}}</ref>
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán|Joaquín Guzmán]], widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum-security prison in Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35275070|title='El Chapo': Sean Penn interviewed Guzman before recapture|date=2016-01-10|work=BBC News|access-date=2016-01-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110081340/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35275070|archive-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] &ndash; English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor [[David Bowie]] dies in his [[New York City]] apartment from [[liver cancer]].<ref name="Gallagher  2016">{{cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Paul |title=A friend of David Bowie says the singer died from liver cancer |website=The Independent |date=2016-01-14 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/david-bowie-died-from-liver-cancer-he-kept-secret-from-all-but-handful-of-people-friend-says-a6806596.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112001315/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/david-bowie-died-from-liver-cancer-he-kept-secret-from-all-but-handful-of-people-friend-says-a6806596.html |archive-date=2016-01-12 |url-status=live |access-date=2024-06-13}}</ref>
* [[January 12]] &ndash; Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in [[January 2016 Istanbul bombing|a bombing]] near the [[Blue Mosque, Istanbul|Blue Mosque]] in [[Istanbul]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-01-12 |title=Turkey: 'IS suicide bomber' kills 10 in Istanbul Sultanahmet district |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35290760 |access-date=2025-04-27 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] 
** The [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] announces that Iran has adequately dismantled [[Iran and weapons of mass destruction|its nuclear weapons program]], allowing the [[United Nations]] to lift sanctions immediately.<ref>{{cite news|title=Iran nuclear deal: 'New chapter' for Tehran as sanctions end|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35336707|date=2016-01-17|access-date=2016-01-17|work=BBC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117063353/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35336707|archive-date=January 17, 2016}}</ref>
** 30 people are killed and 56 injured in [[2016 Ouagadougou attacks|terrorist attacks]] in [[Ouagadougou]], [[Burkina Faso]], targeting a hotel and a nearby restaurant. A siege occurs and 176 hostages are released afterwards, by government forces.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hinshaw |first1=Drew |last2=Wonogo |first2=Zoumana |date=2016-01-16 |title=Al Qaeda Attacks in Burkina Faso Kill at Least 30 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/operation-ends-at-burkina-faso-hotel-seized-by-al-qaeda-1452936866 |access-date=2025-04-27 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
** In the [[2016 Taiwanese general election|general election of the Republic of China (Taiwan)]], the Democratic Progressive Party, led by [[Tsai Ing-wen]], secured a majority in the Legislative Yuan, resulting in the first majority by a non-KMT party and the first majority won by the DPP. Tsai became the 14th President for [[Republic of China|Taiwan]], and also became the first female leader in China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/09/16/2003627834|title=Shih Ming-te fails to meet threshold, ends candidacy|work=taipeitimes.com|date=September 16, 2015|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-date=January 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115075857/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/09/16/2003627834|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 28]] &ndash; The [[World Health Organization]] announces an [[2015–16 Zika virus epidemic|outbreak]] of the [[Zika virus]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/28/health/zika-virus-global-response/index.html|title=Zika virus spreading explosively|last=Botelho|first=Greg|date=2016-01-28|access-date=2016-01-28|work=CNN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128131150/http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/28/health/zika-virus-global-response/index.html|archive-date=January 28, 2016}}</ref>