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August 2015
Ongoing events
Economic
Chinese stock market crash
Greek government-debt crisis
Political
Anti-corruption campaign in China
Boko Haram
insurgency
in
Nigeria
,
Cameroon
and
Niger
Malaysian protests against corruption
Russian military intervention in Ukraine
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Second Libyan Civil War
Sinai insurgency
South China Sea disputes
Syrian
and
Iraqi
civil wars
Military intervention against ISIL
More details on
ongoing conflicts
below
edit sidebar
Recent deaths
August
31
:
Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
30
:
Wes Craven
30
:
Bart Cummings
30
:
Marvin Mandel
30
:
Oliver Sacks
29
:
Wayne Dyer
29
:
Luo Lan
29
:
Graham Leggat
28
:
Al Arbour
28
:
Kyle Jean-Baptiste
28
:
Nelson Shanks
28
:
Józef Wesołowski
27
:
Kazi Zafar Ahmed
27
:
George Cleve
27
:
Darryl Dawkins
27
:
Teresa Gorman
26
:
Vester Flanagan
26
:
Allison Parker
26
:
Amelia Boynton Robinson
26
:
Adam Ward
25
:
James "Red" Duke
25
:
Frank E. Petersen
25
:
Francis Sejersted
24
:
Cees van Kooten
24
:
Joseph F. Traub
24
:
Justin Wilson
23
:
Augusta Chiwy
23
:
Mark Costello
23
:
Guy Ligier
23
:
Paul Royle
22
:
Mariem Hassan
22
:
Arthur Morris
22
:
Merl Reagle
22
:
William L. Rowe
22
:
Ieng Thirith
22
:
Lou Tsioropoulos
21
:
Wang Dongxing
21
:
Anna Kashfi
21
:
Gerry Steinberg
20
:
Egon Bahr
20
:
Veronica Brady
20
:
Melody Patterson
19
:
George Houser
19
:
Doudou N'diaye Rose
19
:
Suharno
19
:
Sanat Mehta
18
:
Khaled al-Asaad
18
:
Suvra Mukherjee
18
:
Roger Smalley
18
:
William Jay Smith
18
:
Louis Stokes
18
:
Bud Yorkin
17
:
Yvonne Craig
17
:
Eduardo Guerrero
17
:
László Paskai
16
:
Jacob Bekenstein
16
:
Shuja Khanzada
16
:
Kitty McGeever
16
:
Mile Mrkšić
15
:
Julian Bond
15
:
Hamid Gul
15
:
Geoff McGivern
14
:
Agustín Cejas
14
:
Bob Johnston
14
:
Lavanam
14
:
Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano
13
:
Om Prakash Munjal
13
:
John A. Nerud
12
:
Jaakko Hintikka
12
:
Stephen Lewis
12
:
Chris Marustik
12
:
Ihor Yeremeyev
11
:
Nour El-Sherif
11
:
Harald Nielsen
11
:
Magomed Suleimanov
10
:
Buddy Baker
10
:
Boris Gostev
9
:
Frank Gifford
9
:
David Nobbs
9
:
John Henry Holland
9
:
Jonathan Ollivier
9
:
Susan Sheridan
8
:
Samuil Lurie
8
:
Ann McGovern
8
:
Gus Mortson
8
:
Sean Price
7
:
Sólveig Anspach
7
:
Manuel Contreras
7
:
Terrence Evans
7
:
Wei Jianxing
7
:
Frances Oldham Kelsey
7
:
Jerome G. Miller
7
:
Niloy Neel
7
:
Neville Neville
7
:
Louise Suggs
7
:
Uggie
6
:
Frederick R. Payne, Jr.
6
:
Orna Porat
5
:
George Cole
5
:
Tony Millington
5
:
Svetlana Boym
5
:
Ellen Vogel
4
:
Elsie Hillman
4
:
Chris Hyndman
4
:
Les Munro
4
:
Billy Sherrill
3
:
Robert Conquest
3
:
Mel Farr
3
:
Coleen Gray
3
:
Margot Loyola
3
:
Johanna Quandt
3
:
Giovanni Riggi
3
:
Arnold Scaasi
2
:
Forrest Bird
2
:
Cilla Black
2
:
Giovanni Conso
2
:
Sammy Cox
2
:
Tyler Drumheller
2
:
Piet Fransen
1
:
Stephan Beckenbauer
1
:
Bernard d'Espagnat
1
:
Chiara Pierobon
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Ongoing conflicts
Africa
Algeria
,
Tunisia
and
Niger
Maghreb insurgency
Central African Republic
Civil war
Democratic Republic of 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
Colombian conflict
Internal conflict in Peru
Mexican War on Drugs
Asia
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
Georgia
Abkhaz–Georgian conflict
Georgian–Ossetian conflict
Chechen-Russian conflict
North Caucasus insurgency
War in Ingushetia
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Ukraine
War in Donbass
Russian military intervention in Ukraine
Middle East
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
Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon
Turkey
Turkey-PKK conflict
Yemeni crisis
Houthi rebellion
Al-Qaeda insurgency
South Yemen insurgency
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Elections
Recent
August
9
:
Haiti
,
Senate, Chamber of Deputies
17
:
Sri Lanka
,
Parliament
20
:
Iraqi Kurdistan
,
President
Upcoming
September
1
:
Faroe Islands
,
Løgting
6
:
Guatemala
,
President (
1st round
), Congress
6
:
Poland
,
Referendum
7
:
Trinidad and Tobago
,
House of Representatives
11
:
Singapore
,
Parliament
20
:
Greece
,
Hellenic Parliament
27
:
Catalonia
,
Parliament
edit sidebar
Trials
Recently concluded
Australia
:
Brett Peter Cowan
,
Craig Thomson
,
Robert Hughes
Brazil
:
Mensalão scandal
Canada
:
Michael Thomas Rafferty
,
Luka Magnotta
China
:
Ji Jianye
,
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
,
Breno Borges
Iran
:
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Israel
:
Hussam Qawasmeh
Italy
:
Silvio Berlusconi
Jordan
:
Abu Qatada
Malaysia
:
Anwar Ibrahim
Romania
:
Liviu Dragnea
,
Dan Diaconescu
Russia
:
Leonid Khabarov
,
Vladimir Kvachkov
,
Pussy Riot
South Africa
:
Shrien Dewani
,
Oscar Pistorius
,
Chris Mahlangu
Turkey
:
Kenan Evren
,
Tahsin Şahinkaya
United Kingdom
:
Michael Adebolajo
and
Michael Adebowale
,
Ali Dizaei
,
Antoni Imiela
,
Brian Regan
,
Donna Air
,
Ched Evans
,
Clayton McDonald
,
Titus Bramble
,
Dan Penteado
,
John Terry
,
Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed
,
Asil Nadir
,
Justin Lee Collins
,
Kweku Adoboli
,
Tony McCluskie
,
Kevin Hutchinson-Foster
,
Chris Huhne
,
Nicola Edgington
,
Vicky Pryce
,
Derek Rose
,
Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley
,
Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw
,
Aggro Santos
,
Stuart Hazell
,
Mark Bridger
,
Andrew Lancel
,
Dale Cregan
,
Ray Wilkins
,
Michael Le Vell
,
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
United States
:
Abu Hamza al-Masri
,
Michael Grimm
,
Bob McDonnell
,
Vilma Bautista
,
George Huguely
,
Allen Stanford
,
Roger Clemens
,
Jerry Sandusky
,
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
International
ECCC
:
Nuon Chea
,
Khieu Samphan
ICC
:
Germain Katanga
,
Thomas Lubanga
ICTY
:
Momčilo Perišić
,
Mladen Markač
,
Ante Gotovina
,
Zdravko Tolimir
SCFSL
:
Charles Taylor
Ongoing
China
:
Jiang Jiemin
,
Yao Mugen
,
Li Chuncheng
,
Guo Youming
,
Zhu Zuoli
France
:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Germany
:
Beate Zschäpe
Iran
:
Babak Zanjani
Philippines
:
Andal Ampatuan Jr.
,
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
,
Janet Lim-Napoles
,
Jovito Palparan
,
Joseph Scott Pemberton
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
International
ICTY
:
Radovan Karadžić
,
Ratko Mladic
PCA
:
China
Upcoming
China
:
Wu Changshun
Libya
:
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
Spain
:
Lionel Messi
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
International
ICC
:
Laurent Gbagbo
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:
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Current events
|
August 2015
Ongoing events
Economic
Chinese stock market crash
Greek government-debt crisis
Political
Anti-corruption campaign in China
Boko Haram
insurgency
in
Nigeria
,
Cameroon
and
Niger
Malaysian protests against corruption
Russian military intervention in Ukraine
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Second Libyan Civil War
Sinai insurgency
South China Sea disputes
Syrian
and
Iraqi
civil wars
Military intervention against ISIL
More details on
ongoing conflicts
below
edit sidebar
Recent deaths
August
31
:
Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
30
:
Wes Craven
30
:
Bart Cummings
30
:
Marvin Mandel
30
:
Oliver Sacks
29
:
Wayne Dyer
29
:
Luo Lan
29
:
Graham Leggat
28
:
Al Arbour
28
:
Kyle Jean-Baptiste
28
:
Nelson Shanks
28
:
Józef Wesołowski
27
:
Kazi Zafar Ahmed
27
:
George Cleve
27
:
Darryl Dawkins
27
:
Teresa Gorman
26
:
Vester Flanagan
26
:
Allison Parker
26
:
Amelia Boynton Robinson
26
:
Adam Ward
25
:
James "Red" Duke
25
:
Frank E. Petersen
25
:
Francis Sejersted
24
:
Cees van Kooten
24
:
Joseph F. Traub
24
:
Justin Wilson
23
:
Augusta Chiwy
23
:
Mark Costello
23
:
Guy Ligier
23
:
Paul Royle
22
:
Mariem Hassan
22
:
Arthur Morris
22
:
Merl Reagle
22
:
William L. Rowe
22
:
Ieng Thirith
22
:
Lou Tsioropoulos
21
:
Wang Dongxing
21
:
Anna Kashfi
21
:
Gerry Steinberg
20
:
Egon Bahr
20
:
Veronica Brady
20
:
Melody Patterson
19
:
George Houser
19
:
Doudou N'diaye Rose
19
:
Suharno
19
:
Sanat Mehta
18
:
Khaled al-Asaad
18
:
Suvra Mukherjee
18
:
Roger Smalley
18
:
William Jay Smith
18
:
Louis Stokes
18
:
Bud Yorkin
17
:
Yvonne Craig
17
:
Eduardo Guerrero
17
:
László Paskai
16
:
Jacob Bekenstein
16
:
Shuja Khanzada
16
:
Kitty McGeever
16
:
Mile Mrkšić
15
:
Julian Bond
15
:
Hamid Gul
15
:
Geoff McGivern
14
:
Agustín Cejas
14
:
Bob Johnston
14
:
Lavanam
14
:
Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano
13
:
Om Prakash Munjal
13
:
John A. Nerud
12
:
Jaakko Hintikka
12
:
Stephen Lewis
12
:
Chris Marustik
12
:
Ihor Yeremeyev
11
:
Nour El-Sherif
11
:
Harald Nielsen
11
:
Magomed Suleimanov
10
:
Buddy Baker
10
:
Boris Gostev
9
:
Frank Gifford
9
:
David Nobbs
9
:
John Henry Holland
9
:
Jonathan Ollivier
9
:
Susan Sheridan
8
:
Samuil Lurie
8
:
Ann McGovern
8
:
Gus Mortson
8
:
Sean Price
7
:
Sólveig Anspach
7
:
Manuel Contreras
7
:
Terrence Evans
7
:
Wei Jianxing
7
:
Frances Oldham Kelsey
7
:
Jerome G. Miller
7
:
Niloy Neel
7
:
Neville Neville
7
:
Louise Suggs
7
:
Uggie
6
:
Frederick R. Payne, Jr.
6
:
Orna Porat
5
:
George Cole
5
:
Tony Millington
5
:
Svetlana Boym
5
:
Ellen Vogel
4
:
Elsie Hillman
4
:
Chris Hyndman
4
:
Les Munro
4
:
Billy Sherrill
3
:
Robert Conquest
3
:
Mel Farr
3
:
Coleen Gray
3
:
Margot Loyola
3
:
Johanna Quandt
3
:
Giovanni Riggi
3
:
Arnold Scaasi
2
:
Forrest Bird
2
:
Cilla Black
2
:
Giovanni Conso
2
:
Sammy Cox
2
:
Tyler Drumheller
2
:
Piet Fransen
1
:
Stephan Beckenbauer
1
:
Bernard d'Espagnat
1
:
Chiara Pierobon
edit sidebar
Ongoing conflicts
Africa
Algeria
,
Tunisia
and
Niger
Maghreb insurgency
Central African Republic
Civil war
Democratic Republic of 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
Colombian conflict
Internal conflict in Peru
Mexican War on Drugs
Asia
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
Georgia
Abkhaz–Georgian conflict
Georgian–Ossetian conflict
Chechen-Russian conflict
North Caucasus insurgency
War in Ingushetia
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Ukraine
War in Donbass
Russian military intervention in Ukraine
Middle East
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
Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon
Turkey
Turkey-PKK conflict
Yemeni crisis
Houthi rebellion
Al-Qaeda insurgency
South Yemen insurgency
edit sidebar
Elections
Recent
August
9
:
Haiti
,
Senate, Chamber of Deputies
17
:
Sri Lanka
,
Parliament
20
:
Iraqi Kurdistan
,
President
Upcoming
September
1
:
Faroe Islands
,
Løgting
6
:
Guatemala
,
President (
1st round
), Congress
6
:
Poland
,
Referendum
7
:
Trinidad and Tobago
,
House of Representatives
11
:
Singapore
,
Parliament
20
:
Greece
,
Hellenic Parliament
27
:
Catalonia
,
Parliament
edit sidebar
Trials
Recently concluded
Australia
:
Brett Peter Cowan
,
Craig Thomson
,
Robert Hughes
Brazil
:
Mensalão scandal
Canada
:
Michael Thomas Rafferty
,
Luka Magnotta
China
:
Ji Jianye
,
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
,
Breno Borges
Iran
:
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Israel
:
Hussam Qawasmeh
Italy
:
Silvio Berlusconi
Jordan
:
Abu Qatada
Malaysia
:
Anwar Ibrahim
Romania
:
Liviu Dragnea
,
Dan Diaconescu
Russia
:
Leonid Khabarov
,
Vladimir Kvachkov
,
Pussy Riot
South Africa
:
Shrien Dewani
,
Oscar Pistorius
,
Chris Mahlangu
Turkey
:
Kenan Evren
,
Tahsin Şahinkaya
United Kingdom
:
Michael Adebolajo
and
Michael Adebowale
,
Ali Dizaei
,
Antoni Imiela
,
Brian Regan
,
Donna Air
,
Ched Evans
,
Clayton McDonald
,
Titus Bramble
,
Dan Penteado
,
John Terry
,
Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed
,
Asil Nadir
,
Justin Lee Collins
,
Kweku Adoboli
,
Tony McCluskie
,
Kevin Hutchinson-Foster
,
Chris Huhne
,
Nicola Edgington
,
Vicky Pryce
,
Derek Rose
,
Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley
,
Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw
,
Aggro Santos
,
Stuart Hazell
,
Mark Bridger
,
Andrew Lancel
,
Dale Cregan
,
Ray Wilkins
,
Michael Le Vell
,
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
United States
:
Abu Hamza al-Masri
,
Michael Grimm
,
Bob McDonnell
,
Vilma Bautista
,
George Huguely
,
Allen Stanford
,
Roger Clemens
,
Jerry Sandusky
,
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
International
ECCC
:
Nuon Chea
,
Khieu Samphan
ICC
:
Germain Katanga
,
Thomas Lubanga
ICTY
:
Momčilo Perišić
,
Mladen Markač
,
Ante Gotovina
,
Zdravko Tolimir
SCFSL
:
Charles Taylor
Ongoing
China
:
Jiang Jiemin
,
Yao Mugen
,
Li Chuncheng
,
Guo Youming
,
Zhu Zuoli
France
:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Germany
:
Beate Zschäpe
Iran
:
Babak Zanjani
Philippines
:
Andal Ampatuan Jr.
,
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
,
Janet Lim-Napoles
,
Jovito Palparan
,
Joseph Scott Pemberton
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
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