Armed conflicts and attacks
Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
A military operation leaves three Turkish soldiers dead and another three wounded in Hakkâri Province, Turkey. (Anadolu Agency) (Daily Sabah) (Reuters)
Second Libyan Civil War
At least eight are killed in clashes in Tripoli, Libya. (News 24), (The Daily Star)
Military intervention against ISIL
Business and economy
Ministers of the European Union have given the EU president a mandate to lower charges that mobile phone services can impose on one another for keeping each others' customers connected as the customers "roam," that is, travel about Europe. (Reuters)
United States President Barack Obama blocks China's Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund's acquisition of the U.S. semiconductor business of German-based Aixtron because of national security concerns. The German Economy Ministry withdrew its approval in October. (Reuters) (Bloomberg)