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Ongoing conflicts
	Africa[edit] Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency; ; Central African Republic Civil war; ; Democratic Republic of the Congo Kivu conflict; ADF insurgency; Katanga insurgency; Ituri conflict; Lord's Resistance Army insurgency; ; Libya Civil war; ; Mali Northern Mali conflict; ; Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger Boko Haram insurgency; ; Somalia Civil war; ; South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War; ; Sudan War in Darfur; South Kordofan conflict; ; Americas[edit] Colombian conflict; Internal conflict in Peru; Mexican War on Drugs; Asia[edit] Afghanistan Afghanistan War; ; China Xinjiang conflict; ; India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency; Insurgency in Northeast India; ; India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict; ; Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan; Balochistan conflict; ; Philippines CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion; Moro conflict Cross border attacks in Sabah; ; ; Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma; Papua conflict; South Thailand insurgency; ; Europe[edit] European Migrant Crisis; Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict; Georgian–Ossetian conflict; ; Chechen–Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency; ; Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; ; Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine; ; ; Middle East[edit] Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict; Israeli–Lebanese conflict; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; ; Egypt Sinai insurgency; ; Iran Iran–PJAK conflict; ; Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq; Iranian intervention in Iraq; ; Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria; Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War; Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon; ; Turkey Turkey–PKK conflict; Turkey–ISIL conflict; ; Yemeni Crisis Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen; ; Houthi rebellion; Al-Qaeda insurgency; South Yemen insurgency; ; edit sidebar

Recent deaths
	May[edit] 31: Jan Crouch; 31: Carla Lane; 30: Javare Gowda; 30: Tom Lysiak; 29: Don McNay; 28: Bryce Dejean-Jones; 28: Edward O'Hara; 27: Kai G. Henriksen; 27: Leroidesanimaux; 27: Petro Herkulan Malchuk; 26: Loris Francesco Capovilla; 26: Ted Dumitru; 26: Hedy Epstein; 26: Angela Paton; 26: Arturo Pomar; 25: Ian Gibson; 24: Burt Kwouk; 24: Mell Lazarus; 23: John Brophy; 23: Vera Henriksen; 22: Adolf Born; 22: Leonorilda Ochoa; 21: Gaston Berghmans; 21: Akhtar Mansour; 21: Nick Menza; 20: Patricia M. Derian; 20: Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo; 20: Kang Sok-ju; 19: Marco Pannella; 19: Morley Safer; 19: Alan Young; 18: Eduardo Castrillo; 18: Kornél Pajor; 18: Fritz Stern; 17: Seán Ardagh; 17: Guy Clark; 17: Huguette Dreyfus; 16: Romaldo Giurgola; 16: Emilio Navaira; 16: Deepak Shodhan; 15: André Brahic; 15: Cauby Peixoto; 14: Tony Barrow; 14: Darwyn Cooke; 14: Christy O'Connor Snr; 13: Sammy Ellis; 13: Rabbit Kekai; 12: Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia; 12: Julius La Rosa; 12: Del Latta; 12: Susannah Mushatt Jones; 12: Yukio Ninagawa; 11: Bobby Carroll; 11: Tony Cozier; 11: Katherine Dunn; 11: François Morellet; 11: Motiur Rahman Nizami; 11: Michael Ratner; 10: Mustafa Badreddine; 10: Cheng Chieh; 10: Louis van Gasteren; 10: Gene Gutowski; 10: Ilkka Hanski; 10: Mark Lane; 10: Kang Young-hoon; 9: Louisa Chase; 9: Chuck Curtis; 9: Walther Leisler Kiep; 9: John Warr; 8: John Bradshaw; 8: Reg Grundy; 8: William Schallert; 8: John Young; 7: Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh; 7: Bernardo Ribeiro; 6: Patrick Ekeng; 6: Margot Honecker; 6: Chris Mitchell; 5: Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad; 5: Isao Tomita; 4: Bob Bennett; 4: Jordan Parsons; 3: Ian Deans; 3: Kaname Harada; 3: Thomas W. Libous; 3: Roger Millward; 2: Basil Blackshaw; 2: Jonathan Cainer; 2: John Kaye; 2: Balraj Madhok; 2: Karel Pečko; 2: Afeni Shakur; edit sidebar

Ongoing events
	Business[edit] 2016 Bangladesh Bank heist; Panama Papers; Disasters[edit] 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire; Health[edit] Flint water crisis; Zika virus outbreak; Political[edit] War in Afghanistan; Boko Haram insurgency; Brazil protests; Burundian unrest; Commission on Elections data breach; European migrant crisis (timeline); Iraqi and Syrian Civil War Military intervention against ISIL; ; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; Lebanese political deadlock; Macedonia protests; Moldova protests; Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Armenian–Azeri border conflict; ; Nepal blockade; PKK rebellion; Second Libyan Civil War; Sinai insurgency; South China Sea disputes; Venezuelan protests State of emergency in Venezuela; ; War in Donbass; Yemeni Civil War; More details on ongoing conflicts below Sports[edit] 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup; 2016 Formula One season; 2016 NBA Playoffs; 2016 NHL Playoffs; 2015–16 UEFA Champions League; 2016 ATP World Tour; 2016 Major League Baseball season; 2016 WTA Tour; edit sidebar

Elections and Referendums
Recent [edit] May 9: Philippines, President, Senate, House of Representatives 15: Dominican Republic, President, Senate, Chamber of Deputies 22: Austria, President (2nd round) 22: Cyprus, House of Representatives 22: Tajikistan, Constitutional referendum 22: Vietnam, National Assembly Upcoming [edit] June 5: Macedonia, Assembly of the Republic 5: Peru, President (2nd round) 5: Switzerland, Referendums 23: United Kingdom, Referendum 26: Spain, Congress of Deputies, Senate edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded [edit] Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Ji Jianye, Li Chuncheng, Jiang Jiemin, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake, Chen Baihuai, Zhou Yongkang, Gu Junshan Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste, Mohamed Morsi Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Jordan: Abu Qatada Philippines: Janet Lim-Napoles, Joseph Scott Pemberton Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Dan Diaconescu Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Eston Kohver, Vladimir Kvachkov South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot, Adam Johnson United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Jesse Jackson Jr., Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Jodi Arias, Anas al-Libi, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Sheldon Silver International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir, Radovan Karadžić Ongoing [edit] China: Yao Mugen, Guo Youming, Zhu Zuoli Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Netherlands: Geert Wilders Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Jovito Palparan Romania: Darius Vâlcov, Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie, Cătălin Voicu, Relu Fenechiu, Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members Spain: Lionel Messi United States: Dean Skelos International ICTY: Ratko Mladić PCA: China Upcoming [edit] China: Wu Changshun, Ling Jihua Estonia: Edgar Savisaar Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi United Kingdom: Max Clifford, Rolf Harris, Ched Evans United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry, Bill Cosby International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo edit sidebar

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