Portal:Current events/June 2015/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Cultural New Zealand flag debate Economic Greek government-debt crisis Puerto Rican debt crisis Environmental Oklahoma earthquake swarms South Asian heat waves Indian heat wave Pakistani heat wave Health Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea Political Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Russian military intervention in Ukraine Lebanese presidential election South China Sea disputes More details on ongoing conflicts below

Recent deaths

June 29: Hisham Barakat 29: Glenn Ford 29: Jackson Vroman 28: Jack Carter 28: Wally Stanowski 28: Ben J. Wattenberg 27: Chris Squire 26: Damion Cook 26: Richard Matt 26: Yevgeny Primakov 26: Chris Thompson 26: Donald Wexler 25: Patrick Macnee 25: Alejandro Romay 24: Mario Biaggi 24: Walter Browne 24: Marva Collins 23: Norm Berryman 23: Nirmala Joshi 23: Magali Noël 23: Harvey Pollack 23: Dick Van Patten 23: Chris Woodhead 22: Laura Antonelli 22: Carlinhos 22: James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife 22: Albert Evans 22: Donald Featherstone 22: James Horner 22: Buddy Landel 22: Tama 21: Juan José Estrada 21: Darryl Hamilton 21: Tony Longo 21: Walter Scheib (body found on this day) 21: Gunther Schuller 20: Esther Brand 20: Harold Feinstein 20: Miriam Schapiro 20: Takeover Target 19: Phil Austin 19: Harold Battiste 19: H. M. Knight 19: Paul Quinn 19: James Salter 18: Jack Rollins 17: Ron Clarke 17: Süleyman Demirel 17: Nelson Doubleday, Jr. 17: James B. Lee, Jr. 17: Clementa C. Pinckney 16: Kirk Kerkorian 15: Jesús Moroles 15: Blaze Starr 14: Mokhtar Belmokhtar 14: John Carroll 14: Qiao Shi 13: Magnus Härenstam 13: Junix Inocian 13: David Oniya 13: Mike Shrimpton 13: George Winslow 12: Nasir al-Wuhayshi 12: Monica Lewis 12: Nek Chand Saini 11: Jim Ed Brown 11: Ornette Coleman 11: Jack King 11: Ron Moody 11: Dusty Rhodes 10: Bonecrusher 10: Robert Chartoff 9: Igor Kostin 9: James Last 9: Vincent Musetto 9: Pumpkinhead 9: Peter Williams 8: Paul Bacon 8: Mervin Field 8: Chea Sim 7: Christopher Lee 7: Peter Petherick 7: Gwilym Prichard 7: Vasili Zhupikov 6: Aarthi Agarwal 6: Vincent Bugliosi 6: Ronnie Gilbert 6: Richard Johnson 6: Victoria Siegel 6: Ludvík Vaculík 5: Tariq Aziz 5: Alan Bond 5: Jerry Collins 5: Colette Marchand 5: Irving Mondschein 5: Manuel Camacho Solís 5: Lecretia Seales 5: Roger Vergé 4: Wayne Harris 4: Marguerite Patten 4: Leonid Plyushch 4: Hermann Zapf 3: Horst Brandstätter 3: Bevo Francis 3: Margaret Juntwait 3: Eugene Kennedy 3: Tiffany Two 2: Fernando de Araújo 2: Irwin Rose 1: Charles Kennedy 1: Joan Kirner 1: Jacques Parizeau 1: Jean Ritchie 1: Dolores Richard Spikes May 31: Nico Castel 31: Will Holt 31: Karl Wlaschek 30: Jim Bailey 30: Beau Biden 30: Joël Champetier 30: Julie Harris 30: Tony McNamara 30: Lennie Merullo 30: Cornell Moss 30: L. Tom Perry 30: Azmat Rana

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 and Cameroon Boko Haram 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 Dissident Irish Republican campaign 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 June 5: Burundi, National Assembly 7: Luxembourg, Referenda 7: Mexico, Congress 7: Turkey, National Assembly 8: British Virgin Islands, House of Assembly 14: Switzerland, Referenda 18: Denmark, Parliament Upcoming July 5: Greece, Referenda 15: Burundi, President

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 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 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