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Ongoing events

Cultural 2015 Iglesia ni Cristo leadership controversy Black Lives Matter New Zealand flag debate Economic 1Malaysia Development Berhad Greek government-debt crisis Puerto Rican government-debt crisis Chinese stock market crash Environmental Oklahoma earthquake swarms Health Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS Political Anti-corruption campaign in China Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger Lebanese presidential election 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

Recent deaths

July 31: Jalaluddin Haqqani (death reported on this date) 31: Billy Pierce 30: Lynn Anderson 30: Howard W. Jones 30: Yakub Memon 30: Roddy Piper 29: Buddy Emmons 29: Malik Ishaq 29: Peter O'Sullevan 29: Mike Pyle 29: Tamarillo (death announced on this date) 28: Jan Kulczyk 28: Rusty Nails 28: Edward Natapei 28: Olubuse II 28: Clive Rice 27: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 27: Ivan Moravec 27: Ann Rule 26: Richard Bass 26: Bobbi Kristina Brown 26: Vic Firth 26: Flora MacDonald 26: Vasili Pichul 25: R. S. Gavai 25: Robin Phillips 24: Corsino Fortes 24: Peg Lynch 23: William Wakefield Baum 23: John Russell Houser 22: Natasha Parry 21: Theodore Bikel 21: E. L. Doctorow 21: Dick Nanninga 21: Don Randall 21: James F. Rothenberg 20: Wayne Carson 20: Elio Fiorucci 20: Dieter Moebius 20: Tom Moore 19: Van Alexander 19: Josh Greenberg 19: Galina Prozumenshchikova 19: Carmino Ravosa 19: Gennadiy Seleznyov 18: Buddy Buie 18: George Coe 18: Alex Rocco 17: Andal Ampatuan Sr. 17: Bill Arnsparger 17: Jules Bianchi 17: Van Miller 16: Alcides Ghiggia 16: Brian Hall 16: V. Ramakrishna 15: Phil Cayzer 15: Wan Li 15: Aubrey Morris 14: Wolf Gremm 14: Marlene Sanders 14: Ildikó Schwarczenberger 14: Alby Schultz 14: M. S. Viswanathan 13: Philipp Mißfelder 13: Joan Sebastian 13: Gerhard Zwerenz 12: D'Army Bailey 12: JaJuan Dawson 12: Helen F. Holt 12: Chenjerai Hove 11: Claudia Alexander 11: Giacomo Biffi 11: Satoru Iwata 10: Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair 10: Roger Rees 10: Omar Sharif 10: Jon Vickers 9: Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 9: Christian Audigier 9: Caspar Bowden (death announced on this day) 9: Michael Masser 9: David M. Raup 9: Ken Stabler 8: Irwin Keyes 8: Harry Messel 8: Lucita Soriano 8: James Tate 7: Craig Norgate 6: John Maxtone-Graham 6: Jerry Weintraub 5: James Bonard Fowler 5: Philip Goodhart 5: Yoichiro Nambu 5: Amanda Peterson (body found on this date) 5: Burt Shavitz 4: Scot Breithaupt (body found on this date) 4: Carlo de Gavardo 4: Diana Douglas 3: Goran Gogić 3: Boyd K. Packer 3: Phil Walsh 2: David Aronson 2: Slavko Avsenik 2: Roy C. Bennett 2: Val Doonican 2: Charlie Sanders 2: John Whitman 2: Jacobo Zabludovsky 1: Cecil the lion 1: Lawrence Herkimer 1: Arthur Porter 1: James C. Weaver 1: Nicholas Winton

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 Communist insurgency Moro insurgency 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

Elections
Recent July 5: Greece, Referenda 14: Suriname, President (1st round) Ongoing: 21: Burundi, President Upcoming August 9: Haiti, Senate, Chamber of Deputies 17: Sri Lanka, Parliament

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, Ji Jianye, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake, Chen Baihuai, Zhou Yongkang 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 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 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, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo