North Korea announces it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, triggering a magnitude 5.1 seismic event and international condemnation.

The International Criminal Court opened the trial of former Lord's Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen on charges including war crimes and crimes against humanity in Uganda.

The Swedish Academy awarded Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize in Literature, honoring the singer-songwriter for 'new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.'

The Chicago Cubs won the World Series in a dramatic Game 7 against the Cleveland Indians, ending a 108-year championship drought.