October 30, 2016 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sinai insurgency
- A military operation in North Sinai Governorate left 4 soldiers and 6 insurgents dead. (Al-Ahram)
Business and economy
- One Belt, One Road
- The Dubai based Abraaj Group agreed to sell its majority shares in K-Electric to China’s state-backed Shanghai Electric Power Company with a transaction of US $ 1.77 billion. (Geo TV) (Dawn News)
Disasters and accidents
- October 2016 Central Italy earthquakes
- A 6.6 magnitude earthquake occurs in Central Italy 68 kilometres east southeast of Perugia. Many buildings are reported as having been destroyed. (Reuters via ABC Online), (BBC)
- The 14th century Basilica of St. Benedict in the town of Norcia is destroyed. (The Guardian)
Health
- Zika virus outbreak timeline
- Vietnam reports its first microcephaly case likely to be linked to the Zika virus. (ABC Online)
International relations
- Canada–European Union relations
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and EU officials sign the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). (BBC)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- The United Nations and Nigeria come to an agreement to release 876 children being held due to suspicions that they are tied to Boko Haram. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- The United States orders all civilian staff family members to leave its consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, due to increasing threats from terrorist organizations. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2016 Turkish purges
- Turkey dismisses another 10,000 civil servants and closes 15 more media outlets for alleged ties to terrorist organizations and cleric Fethullah Gülen. (Reuters)
- Former Agricultural Bank of China chief executive Jiang Chaoliang is appointed Communist Party Secretary of Hubei province, filling the vacancy left by Li Hongzhong. (China Daily)
- Moldovan presidential election, 2016
- Voters in Moldova go to the polls for a presidential election. A run off election will be held on November 13 between Igor Dodon and Maia Sandu after no candidate achieved a majority of votes. (AP via Fox News)
- Icelandic parliamentary election, 2016
- Iceland’s incumbent, centre-right Independence Party surprised pollsters by winning 29 percent of the vote (21 seats), thereby putting leader Bjarni Benediktsson in position to organize another coalition government. The Progressive Party, the current ruling partner, garnered 11.5% and eight positions, a loss of 11 seats. The new Pirate Party didn't perform as predicted with 14.5% of the ballots, though it did get 10 seats, an increase of seven more positions in the 63-seat parliament (Althing). (NBC News) (Bloomberg) (The Guardian) (Iceland Review)
- Prime Minister Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, leader of the Progressive Party, resigns. (The Independent)
- Icelandic voters elect 30 women to parliament, the most ever for the island nation. Voter turnout was under 80 percent, the lowest ever. (NPR) (New York)
Sport
- 2016 World Series
- The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians 3 runs to 2 at Illinois' Wrigley Field in Game 5 of the 2016 World Series to avoid elimination and force a Game 6 with the series standing at 3 games to 2 in favor of the Cleveland Indians. It is the Cubs' first-ever win of a World Series game at the stadium since October 1945. (MLB)