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Business
2016 Bangladesh Bank heist
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2016 Fort McMurray wildfire
Health
Flint water crisis
Zika virus outbreak
Political
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
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
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Recent deaths
May
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
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Ongoing conflicts
Africa
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
Colombian conflict
Internal conflict in Peru
Mexican War on Drugs
Asia
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
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
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
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Elections and Referendums
Recent
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
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
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Trials
Recently concluded
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
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
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
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:
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
Portal:Current events
|
May 2016
Ongoing events
Business
2016 Bangladesh Bank heist
Panama Papers
Disasters
2016 Fort McMurray wildfire
Health
Flint water crisis
Zika virus outbreak
Political
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
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
Recent deaths
May
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 conflicts
Africa
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
Colombian conflict
Internal conflict in Peru
Mexican War on Drugs
Asia
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
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
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
Elections and Referendums
Recent
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
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
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
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
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
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