Disasters

• 2022–2023 monkeypox outbreak
• Climate crisis
• COVID-19 pandemic
• Opioid epidemic

Economics

• 2020–present global chip shortage
• 2021–2023 global energy crisis
• 2021–2023 inflation surge
• 2022–2023 food crises
• Argentine monetary crisis
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
• Pakistan economic crisis
• Sri Lankan economic crisis
• Turkish currency and debt crisis
• United Kingdom cost of living crisis

Politics

• Belarus−European Union border crisis
• Iranian protests
• Myanmar protests
• North Kosovo crisis
• Peruvian political crisis
• Qatargate
• Russia−European Union gas dispute
• Ukrainian refugee crisis
• United States abortion protests
• United States Tyre Nichols protests

Recent

• January

• 18: Antigua and Barbuda, House of Representatives
• 20: Sahrawi Republic, President (indirect)
• 20: Trinidad and Tobago, President (indirect)
• 21: Slovakia, Constitutional referendum
• 26: Tokelau, General Fono
• 27−28: Czech Republic, President (2nd)
• 29: Liechtenstein, Constitutional referendum
• 29: Tunisia, Assembly of the People's Representatives (2nd)

Upcoming

• February

• 5: Cyprus, President
• 5: Ecuador, Constitutional referendum
• 5: Monaco, National Council

Recently concluded

• Turkey: Ekrem İmamoğlu
• United States: Tory Lanez, Harvey Weinstein

Ongoing

• Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
• Guinea: Moussa Dadis Camara
• Indonesia: Ferdy Sambo
• Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
• Italy: Matteo Salvini
• Kosovo: Specialist Chambers
• Malta: Yorgen Fenech
• Philippines: Leila de Lima
• Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
• Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
• ICC: Ali Kushayb

• Association football

• 2022–23 UEFA Champions League
• 2022–23 UEFA Europa League
• 2022–23 Bundesliga
• 2022–23 La Liga
• 2022–23 Ligue 1
• 2022–23 Premier League
• 2022–23 Serie A

• American football

• 2022 NFL Season

• Basketball

• 2022–23 NBA season
• 2022–23 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
• 2022–23 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Season

• International cricket

• 2021–23 ICC World Test Championship
• 2020–23 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League
• 2019–23 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2

• Golf

• 2023 European Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2022–23 NHL season
• 2022–23 PHF season

• Tennis

• 2023 ATP Tour
• 2023 WTA Tour

• Other sports seasons

• 2022–23 curling season
• 2022–23 snooker season

January

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Angola

• Cabinda War

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
• Ituri conflict
• Kivu conflict
• Lord's Resistance Army insurgency

• Ethiopia

• Oromo conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency
• Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria

• Sahel

• Burkina Faso insurgency
• Mali War

• Senegal

• Casamance conflict

• Somali civil war

• U.S. intervention

• Sudan

• South Kordofan conflict
• War in Darfur

• Western Sahara

• Guerguerat crisis

Americas

• Colombia

• Colombian conflict

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

• Peru

• Internal conflict in Peru

Asia-Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
• Insurgency in Northeast India
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war
• Karen conflict
• Rohingya conflict

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• Communist rebellion
• Moro conflict
• Philippine drug war

• Thailand

• South Thailand insurgency

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Egypt

• Sinai insurgency

• Iran

• Iran–Baloch conflict
• Iran–Kurdish conflict

• Iraqi conflict

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel and Palestine

• Gaza–Israel conflict

• Nagorno-Karabakh

• Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis

• Syrian civil war

• Foreign involvement

• Turkish intervention
• U.S.–led intervention

• Turkey

• Kurdish–Turkish conflict

• Yemeni civil war

• Saudi Arabian–led intervention

• Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict