Business and economy
Saudi Arabia tells its partners in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries that it will not attend a planned November 28 meeting in Vienna, out of unhappiness about intransigence from Iraq and Iran with regard to production cuts. (Reuters)
Legality of cannabis
Legal sales of recreational-use marijuana, authorized by Alaska ballot measure 2 in 2014, begin in Juneau, the state capital of Alaska. (Juneau Empire)
Disasters and accidents
Heavy rains lead to widespread flooding across northern Italy as several rivers have overflowed. One person is missing, presumed drowned. (Al Jazeera) (EuroNews)
2016 Pacific typhoon season
Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila announces the cancellation of 20 flights due to bad weather in the Philippines caused by Tropical Storm Marce. (GMA Network)
Semnan–Damghan train collision
Two passenger trains collide in Iran's Semnan Province resulting in at least 44 deaths and 100 people injured. (Reuters) (New York Times) (AP via Daily Mail)
European migrant crisis
Two people are killed and two others injured after a fire breaks out in a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The cause is currently under investigation, although some believe the fire was deliberately started in protest of poor living conditions, after a 66-year-old woman and a six-year-old child were killed in a gas explosion. (The Telegraph) (The Guardian)
Protesters clash with police and gendarmerie members at the Harmanli refugee camp in Bulgaria following a quarantine placed on the camp amid fears of a disease outbreak. Prime Minister Boyko Borisov says five detainees would immediately be deported as a threat to national security. (Deutsche Welle) (FOX News)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
At least 20 people have died of extreme cold weather in the Darzab District of Afghanistan's Jozjan Province. All of the victims were displaced as a result of the ongoing civil conflict. (AP)