PORTAL:CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 2015 SIDEBAR

Ongoing conflicts
	Global War on Drugs; War on Terror Operation Active Endeavour; Operation Enduring Freedom; Terrorist incidents in 2015; ; Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency; Maghreb insurgency; OEF – Horn of Africa; OEF – Trans Sahara; Central African Republic Civil conflict; ; Egypt Sinai insurgency; ; Libya 2014 Libyan Civil War; ; Nigeria Boko Haram; ; Somalia Civil war; ; Sudan and South Sudan War in Darfur; Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile; South Sudanese Civil War; ; Americas Colombian conflict; Internal conflict in Peru; Mexican War on Drugs; Paraguayan People's Army insurgency; Asia Afghanistan War Military operations; Taliban insurgency; ; India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency; Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir; Insurgency in Northeast India; ; Korea Korean maritime border conflict; ; Pakistan Balochistan conflict; North-West War; Sectarian violence; ; Philippines Communist insurgency; Moro insurgency; ; Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma; Kachin conflict; Papua conflict; South Thailand insurgency; Territorial disputes in the South China Sea; ; Europe Abkhaz–Georgian conflict; Georgian–Ossetian conflict; North Caucasus insurgency; War in Donbass; Dissident Irish Republican campaign; Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict; Israeli–Lebanese conflict; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; ; Israel–Iran proxy conflict; Iraq War; Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant; Kurdistan Kurdish–Iranian conflict; ; Syrian Civil War; Yemen al-Qaeda crackdown; Shia insurgency; South Yemen insurgency; ; edit sidebar

Recent deaths
	January 31: Richard von Weizsäcker; 30: Carl Djerassi; 30: Zhelyu Zhelev; 29: Colleen McCullough; 29: Rod McKuen; 29: Kel Nagle; 29: Israel Yinon; 28: Mala Aravindan; 28: Yves Chauvin; 28: Jaswant Singh Rajput; 27: Wilfred Agbonavbare; 27: Warren Hill; 27: David Landau; 27: Joseph Rotman; 27: Charles Hard Townes; 26: R. K. Laxman; 26: Lee Spick; 26: Marwan; 26: Tom Uren; 25: Richard McBrien; 25: Bill Monbouquette; 25: Demis Roussos; 24: Toller Cranston; 24: Joe Franklin; 24: Arafat Rahman; 23: Abdullah of Saudi Arabia; 23: Ernie Banks; 23: Pedro Lemebel; 22: Wendell Ford; 21: Marcus Borg; 21: Leon Brittan; 20: Edgar Froese; 20: Anatol Hrytskievich; 20: Waldemar Kmentt; 20: Hitoshi Saito; 19: Justin Capra; 19: Anne Kirkbride; 19: Reies Tijerina; 19: Peter Wallenberg; 18: Paul O'Grady; 18: Dallas Taylor; 18: Tony Verna; 17: Joseph Brannigan; 17: Faten Hamama; 17: Don Harron; 17: Rebecca D. Lockhart; 17: Greg Plitt; 16: Yao Beina; 16: Stuart Loory; 16: Ray Lumpp; 15: Ervin Drake; 15: Kim Fowley; 15: Ethel Lang; 15: Ray Nagel; 15: Chikao Ōtsuka; 15: Bob Wilson; 14: Bob Boyd; 14: Lotte Hass; 14: Darren Shahlavi; 13: Jack Hayward; 13: Robert White; 13: Keith Wright; 12: Paul Morgan; 11: Doriemus; 11: Tim Drummond; 11: Anita Ekberg; 11: Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle; 10: Walter Berns; 10: Yoko Nagae Ceschina; 10: Brian Clemens; 10: George Dickerson; 10: Junior Malanda; 10: Taylor Negron; 10: Francesco Rosi; 10: Robert Stone; 9: Samuel Goldwyn Jr.; 9: Robert Kinoshita; 9: Frans Molenaar; 9: Bud Paxson; 9: Roy Tarpley; 9: Abdul Rahman Ya'kub; 8: Andraé Crouch; 8: Kep Enderby; 8: Patsy Garrett; 8: Richard Meade; 7: Cabu; 7: Charb; 7: Rod Taylor; 7: Tignous; 7: Georges Wolinski; 7: Julio Scherer García; 7: Bernard Maris; 7: Arch A. Moore Jr.; 7: J. P. Parisé; 7: Jethro Pugh; 6: Vlastimil Bubník; 6: Joan Peters; 5: Jean-Pierre Beltoise; 5: Khan Bonfils; 5: Milton Hebald; 4: Pino Daniele; 4: Chitresh Das; 4: Gasan Magomedov; 4: Stu Miller; 4: Hank Peters; 4: Stuart Scott; 4: He Zhenliang; 3: Martin Anderson; 3: Edward Brooke; 3: Allie Sherman; 2: Abu Anas al-Libi; 1: Mario Cuomo; 1: Donna Douglas; 1: Omar Karami; ; edit sidebar

Ongoing events
	Economic Eurozone crisis; Financial crisis in Russia; Health Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa; Political Military intervention against ISIL American-led intervention in Syria; American-led intervention in Iraq; Iranian intervention in Iraq; ; Russian military intervention in Ukraine; South Sudanese Civil War; More details on ongoing conflicts below Sports January 9 – 31: AFC Asian Cup in Australia; January 17 – February 8: CAN Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea; edit sidebar

Elections
Recent: January 4: Uzbekistan, Legislative Chamber (2nd round) 7: Lebanon, President (17th round) 8: Sri Lanka, President 11: Croatia, President (2nd round) 20: Zambia, President 25: Comoros, Assembly of the Union (1st round) 25: Greece, Parliament 28: Lebanon, President (18th round) 29– 31: Italy, President (1st–4th rounds) Upcoming: February 7: Slovakia, Referendum 14: Nigeria, General 18: Lebanon, President (19th round) 22: Comoros, Assembly of the Union (2nd round) 28: Lesotho, National Assembly edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste 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 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 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, Crystal Mangum International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing Egypt: Mohamed Morsi Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Jodi Arias International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo edit sidebar

Economic

Health

Political

Sports

January

Global

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Middle East

Recent: January

Upcoming: February

Recently concluded

Ongoing

Upcoming

Economic

Health

Political

Sports

January

Global

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Middle East

Recent: January

Upcoming: February

Recently concluded

Ongoing

Upcoming

Videos

Websites

Encyclopedia

Facebook