Portal:Current events/October 2014/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Disasters Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search efforts Economic Eurozone crisis Greek government-debt crisis Environmental 2014 Atlantic hurricane season 2014 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2014 Pacific typhoon season Health Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa Political Global surveillance disclosures Hong Kong protests Military intervention against ISIS US-led intervention in Syria Pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine Russian military intervention in Ukraine South Sudanese Civil War More details on ongoing conflicts below

Recent deaths

October 30: Juan Flavier 30: Thomas Menino 29: Klas Ingesson 28: Galway Kinnell 28: Michael Sata 27: Daniel Boulanger 27: Shin Hae-chul 27: Leif Skiöld 27: Starke Taylor 26: Senzo Meyiwa 26: Gordy Soltau 26: Oscar Taveras 25: Jack Bruce 25: Marcia Strassman 24: Kim Anderzon 24: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 23: Ghulam Azam 23: Terry Keenan 23: Frank Mankiewicz 23: Alvin Stardust 22: John-Roger Hinkins 21: Ben Bradlee 21: Nelson Bunker Hunt 21: Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani 21: Gough Whitlam 20: René Burri 20: Oscar de la Renta 20: David Malcolm 20: Christophe de Margerie 19: Lynda Bellingham 19: Stuart Gallacher 19: John Holt 19: Gerard Parkes 19: Stephen Paulus 19: Peter Biaksangzuala 18: Paul Craft 18: Efua Dorkenoo 18: Edward Regan 17: Joanne Borgella 17: Masaru Emoto 17: Tom Shaw 16: Ioannis Charalambopoulos 16: Tim Hauser 16: John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough 15: Marie Dubois 15: Giovanni Reale 14: Isaiah "Ikey" Owens 14: Elizabeth Peña 13: Mark Bell 12: Ali Mazrui 11: Jennifer Laude 11: Bob Such 10: Pavel Landovský 10: Ed Nimmervoll 9: Jan Hooks 9: Carolyn Kizer 9: Ray Metzker 8: Morris Lurie 8: David D. Siegel 8: Zilpha Keatley Snyder 7: Walter Bockmayer 7: Cigar 7: Siegfried Lenz 6: Vic Braden 6: Bill Campbell 6: Andrew Kerr 6: Marian Seldes 5: Andrea de Cesaris 5: Geoffrey Holder 5: Yuri Lyubimov 5: Anna Przybylska 5: Misty Upham 4: Jean-Claude Duvalier 4: Paul Revere 3: Benedict Groeschel 3: Alan Henning (death reported on this date) 2: Robert Flower 1: Lynsey de Paul

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 Islamist unrest Sinai insurgency Libya Post-civil war interfactional fighting 2014 Libyan conflict Nigeria Niger Delta conflict Boko Haram 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 Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Insurgency in Northeast India Korea Korean maritime border conflict Pakistan Balochistan conflict North-West War Sectarian violence Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Cambodian–Thai border dispute Kachin conflict Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Europe North Caucasus insurgency Pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine War in Donbass Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israel–Iran proxy conflict Iraqi insurgency Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Kurdistan Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian Civil War Yemen al-Qaeda crackdown Shia insurgency South Yemen insurgency

Elections

Recent: October 4: Latvia, Parliament 5: Brazil, President (1st round) and parliament 5: Bulgaria, Parliament 9: Lebanon, President (13th round; indirect [aborted]) 10–11: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round) 12: Bolivia, General 12: Bosnia and Herzegovina, General 12: São Tomé and Príncipe, Legislative 15: Mozambique, General 17–18: Czech Republic, Senate (2nd round) 24: Botswana, General 26: Tunisia, Parliament 26: Ukraine, Parliament 26: Brazil, President (2nd round) 26: Uruguay, General 29: Lebanon, President (14th round; indirect [aborted]) Upcoming: November 2: Comoros, President (1st round) 2: Romania, President (1st round) 4: United States, House of Representatives and Senate (one third: Class II Senators) 16: Comoros, President (2nd round) 16: Lebanon, General 16: Romania, President (2nd round) 19: Lebanon, President (15th round; indirect) 19: Solomon Islands, General 22: Bahrain, General 23: Tunisia, President (1st round) 25: Tonga, General 29: Namibia, General 30: Moldova, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty China: Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Germany: Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada 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, Oscar Pistorius 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, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos 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, Abu Hamza al-Masri 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: Shrien Dewani South Korea: MV Sewol crew members Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias Upcoming France: Éric Raoult Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Gary Glitter, Andy Coulson, Chris Denning 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, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry