Portal:Current events/April 2014/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Disasters Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search efforts Economic Eurozone crisis Greek government-debt crisis Environmental 2014 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2014 Pacific typhoon season Health 2014 Guinea ebola outbreak Political Crimea crisis Russian military intervention in Ukraine Annexation of Crimea by Russia Pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine Garda Síochána phone-tapping scandal Global surveillance disclosures South Sudan conflict Thailand political crisis Venezuela protests More details on ongoing conflicts below

Recent deaths

April 30: Ian Ross 29: Al Feldstein 29: Bob Hoskins 29: Clayton Lockett 28: Jack Ramsay 28: Ryan Tandy 27: DJ E-Z Rock 26: DJ Rashad 26: Glen Stassen 25: Tito Vilanova 24: Hans Hollein 24: Tadeusz Różewicz 23: Connie Marrero 23: Mark Shand 21: Win Tin 20: Rubin Carter 20: Alistair MacLeod 20: Neville Wran 18: Derek Cooper 18: Dylan Tombides 17: Cheo Feliciano 17: Gabriel García Márquez 17: Karpal Singh 16: Gyude Bryant 15: Owen Woodhouse 14: Brian Harradine 13: Ernesto Laclau 13: Michael Ruppert 11: Edna Doré 11: Lou Hudson 11: Ron Pundak 11: Jesse Winchester 10: Jim Flaherty 10: Richard Hoggart 10: Sue Townsend 9: A. N. R. Robinson 8: Karlheinz Deschner 8: The Ultimate Warrior 7: Peaches Geldof 7: Zeituni Onyango 7: Royce Waltman 6: Mary Anderson 6: Mickey Rooney 6: Chuck Stone 5: Wayne Henderson 5: Peter Matthiessen 5: John Pinette 4: Kumba Ialá 4: Margo MacDonald 4: Anja Niedringhaus 4: Richard Small 3: Paul Salamunovich 3: Tommy Lynn Sells 3: Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith 2: Urs Widmer 1: Jacques Le Goff

Ongoing conflicts

Global War on Drugs War on Terror Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom Terrorist incidents in 2014 Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF – Horn of Africa OEF – Trans Sahara Central African Republic Civil conflict Egypt Post-coup unrest Sinai insurgency Libya Post-civil war interfactional fighting Nigeria Niger Delta conflict Islamist insurgency in Nigeria Somalia Civil war Sudan and South Sudan Sudan internal conflict South Sudan internal conflict Americas Colombian conflict Mexican Drug War Asia Afghanistan War Military operations Taliban insurgency India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Korea Korean maritime border conflict Pakistan Balochistan conflict North-West War Sectarian violence Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Russia North Caucasus insurgency Southeast Asia Cambodian–Thai border dispute Kachin conflict Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Europe Dissident Irish Republican campaign Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israel–Iran proxy conflict Iraqi insurgency Kurdistan Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian Civil War Yemen al-Qaeda crackdown Shia insurgency South Yemen insurgency

Elections

Recent: April 1: Malta, President (indirect) 5: Afghanistan, President (1st round) 6: Costa Rica, President (2nd round) 6: Hungary, Parliament 7: India, Parliament (1st phase) 9: India, Parliament (2nd phase) 9: Indonesia, Legislative 10: India, Parliament (3rd phase) 12: India, Parliament (4th phase) 13: Guinea-Bissau, President (1st round) and parliament 13: Macedonia, President (1st round) 17: Algeria, President 17: India, Parliament (5th phase) 23: Lebanon, President (indirect) 24: India, Parliament (6th phase) 27: Macedonia, President (2nd round) and parliament Upcoming: April 30: India, Parliament (7th phase) 30: Iraq, Parliament Upcoming: May 4: Panama, General 7: India, Parliament (8th phase) 7: South Africa, General 11: Lithuania, President (1st round) 12: India, Parliament (9th phase) 18: Guinea-Bissau, President (2nd round) 20: Malawi, General 22–25: European Union, Parliament 25: Belgium, Federal 25: Colombia, President 25: Denmark, Unified Patent Court referendum 25: Lithuania, President (2nd round) 25: Ukraine, President (1st round) 26–27: Egypt, President 28: Afghanistan, President (2nd round)

Trials

Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty China: Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Germany: Breno Borges Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY), Germain Katanga (ICC) Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, 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 United States: Noshir Gowadia, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, 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 Ongoing Brazil: Mensalão scandal Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak France: Church of Scientology Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe, Uli Hoeness, Bernie Ecclestone Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim Iran: Babak Zanjani Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Bongbong Marcos, Imelda Marcos, Jovito Palparan Russia: Platon Lebedev South Africa: Oscar Pistorius Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, Eddy Shah, Koo Stark, Max Clifford United States: Jodi Arias Upcoming France: Éric Raoult Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo Jordan: Abu Qatada Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Rolf Harris, Dave Lee Travis, Stuart Hall United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Bob McDonnell