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Ongoing conflicts
	Africa[edit] 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[edit] Colombian conflict; Internal conflict in Peru; Mexican War on Drugs; Asia[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] 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; Turkey–ISIL conflict; ; Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion; Al-Qaeda insurgency; South Yemen insurgency; ; edit sidebar

Recent deaths
	April[edit] 29: Renato Corona; 29: Erediauwa; 28: Conrad Burns; 28: Jenny Diski; 28: Joe Durham; 27: Willie Williams; 26: Winston Hill; 26: Lucy Kibaki; 26: Ozzie Silna; 26: Harry Wu; 25: Mei Baojiu; 24: Zafar Ishaq Ansari; 24: Ron Brace; 24: Martin Gray; 24: Inge King; 24: Tommy Kono; 24: Benjamin Manglona; 24: Billy Paul; 24: Papa Wemba; 24: George Alexis Weymouth; 23: Bill Sevesi; 23: Madeleine Sherwood; 23: Banharn Silpa-archa; 22: Phife Dawg; 22: Ariffin Mohammed; 22: Dene Smuts; 21: Lonnie Mack; 21: Ferenc Paragi; 21: Prince; 20: Chyna; 20: Velda González; 20: Guy Hamilton; 20: Leonie Kramer; 20: Attila Özdemiroğlu; 20: Qi Benyu; 20: Giannis Voglis; 20: Dwayne Washington; 20: Victoria Wood; 19: Ken Aldred (death announced on this date); 19: Patricio Aylwin; 19: Estelle Balet; 19: Ronit Elkabetz; 19: Walter Kohn; 19: Mehrdad Oladi; 19: Milt Pappas; 18: Brian Asawa; 18: William Campbell; 17: Bruce Mansfield; 17: Doris Roberts; 16: Ron Bonham; 16: Miloud Chaabi; 16: Rod Daniel; 16: William M. Gray; 16: Charlie Hodge; 16: Maurice Kenny; 15: Frederick Mayer; 15: A. A. Raiba; 15: Richard Smith; 14: Fred Hayman; 14: David J. C. MacKay; 14: Malick Sidibé; 13: Manouchehr Sotodeh; 13: Srinivas Aravamudan; 13: Kurtis Haiu; 13: Mariano Mores; 13: Rex Patterson; 13: Gareth Thomas; 13: Ray Thornton; 13: Nera White; 12: Hector A. Cafferata, Jr.; 12: Paul Carey; 12: Gianroberto Casaleggio; 12: David Gest; 12: Balls Mahoney; 12: Arnold Wesker; 11: Ruth Gilbert; 11: Ed Snider; 10: Howard Marks; 9: Arthur Anderson; 9: Duane Clarridge; 9: Tony Conrad; 9: Will Smith; 8: Wei Chueh; 8: David Dore; 8: Charles Hirsch; 7: Freda Briggs; 7: Frank E. Denholm; 7: Vladimir Kagan; 7: Blackjack Mulligan; 6: Merle Haggard; 6: Robert MacCrate; 6: Ogden Mills Phipps; 6: Murray Wier; 5: Zyta Gilowska; 5: Roman Gribbs; 5: Mick Sullivan; 4: Carlo Mastrangelo; 4: Mike Sandlock; 5: Barbara Turner; 3: Abu Firas al-Suri; 3: Erik Bauersfeld; 3: Joe Medicine Crow; 3: Bob Ellis; 3: Lars Gustafsson; 3: Cesare Maldini; 2: Gato Barbieri; 2: Amber Rayne; 1: Tom Coughlin; 1: Artur Górski; 1: Denise Robertson; March[edit] 31: Béla Biszku; 31: Ronnie Corbett; 31: Hans-Dietrich Genscher; 31: Zaha Hadid; 31: Imre Kertész; 31: Douglas Wilmer; 30: Shirley Hufstedler; 30: John King; 30: Andy "Thunderclap" Newman; edit sidebar

Ongoing events
	Business[edit] 2016 Bangladesh Bank heist; Panama Papers; Health[edit] Flint water crisis; Zika virus outbreak; Political[edit] War in Afghanistan; Boko Haram insurgency; Brazil protests; Burundian unrest; Iraqi Civil War Military intervention against ISIL American-led; Iranian; ; ; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; Lebanese political deadlock; Macedonia protests; Moldova protests; Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Armenian–Azeri border conflict; ; Nepal blockade; PKK rebellion; Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention; ; Second Libyan Civil War; Sinai insurgency; South China Sea disputes; Syrian Civil War American-led intervention; Russian military intervention; ; Venezuelan protests; War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine; ; More details on ongoing conflicts below Sports[edit] 2015–16 La Liga season; 2016 NBA Playoffs; 2016 NHL Playoffs; 2015–16 Premier League season; 2015–16 UEFA Champions League; 2016 ATP World Tour; 2016 Major League Baseball season; 2016 WTA Tour; edit sidebar

Elections and Referendums
Recent[edit] April 6: Netherlands, EU referendum 8: Djibouti, President (1st round) 10: Chad, President (1st round) 10: Comoros, President (2nd round) 10: Peru, President, Congress 11: Sudan, Darfur status referendum 13: South Korea, National Assembly 13: Syria, People's Council 17: Italy, Oil drilling referendum 24: Austria, President (1st round) 24: Equatorial Guinea, President 24: Serbia, National Assembly Upcoming[edit] May 9: Philippines, President, Senate, House of Representatives 15: Dominican Republic, President, Senate, Chamber of Deputies 22: Cyprus, House of Representatives 22: Tajikistan, Constitutional referendum 22: Vietnam, National Assembly edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded[edit] 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: 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[edit] China: Yao Mugen, Guo Youming, Zhu Zuoli Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Netherlands: Geert Wilders Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, 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 United Kingdom: Rolf Harris United States: Dean Skelos International ICTY: Ratko Mladić PCA: China Upcoming[edit] China: Wu Changshun, Ling Jihua Estonia: Edgar Savisaar Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Max Clifford 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 International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo edit sidebar

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