Portal:Current events/August 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 West Africa Ebola outbreak Political Garda Síochána phone-tapping scandal Global surveillance disclosures Israel–Gaza conflict Pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine Russian military intervention in Ukraine South Sudanese Civil War U.S. intervention in Iraq More details on ongoing conflicts below

Recent deaths

August 30: Bipan Chandra 29: Björn Waldegård 28: Glenn Cornick 28: Hal Finney 28: Bill Kerr 28: Jack Kraft 28: John Anthony Walker 27: Victor J. Stenger 27: Sandy Wilson 26: Chūsei Sone 25: William Greaves 25: Karl Molitor 24: Richard Attenborough 23: Albert Ebossé Bodjongo 23: Philippine de Rothschild 22: John Sperling 22: John S. Waugh 21: Gerry Anderson 21: Helen Bamber 21: Robert Hansen 21: Steven R. Nagel 21: Jean Redpath 21: Albert Reynolds 21: Edmund Szoka 20: B. K. S. Iyengar 19: Simin Behbahani 19: James Foley (death reported on this date) 19: Sam Foster 19: Dinu Patriciu 19: Deborah Sussman 18: James Alexander Gordon 18: Jim Jeffords 18: Hashim Khan 18: Don Pardo 17: Wolfgang Leonhard 16: Vsevolod Nestayko 16: Fernand St. Germain 15: Licia Albanese 15: John Blake, Jr. 15: Jan Ekier 15: Jerry Lumpe 14: Jay Adams 14: Stephen Lee 14: Rick Parashar 13: Eduardo Campos 12: Lauren Bacall 12: Arlene Martel 11: Pierre Ryckmans 11: Robin Williams 10: Kathleen Ollerenshaw 9: Charles Keating 8: Menachem Golan 8: David Rosand 8: Peter Sculthorpe 7: Víctor Fayad 7: Henry Stone 6: Smita Talwalkar 6: Dharmesh Tiwari 5: Marilyn Burns 5: Harold J. Greene 5: Chapman Pincher 5: Yoshiki Sasai 5: Pran Kumar Sharma 5: Jesse Leonard Steinfeld 4: James Brady 4: Jake Hooker 3: Edward Clancy 2: Eroni Kumana 2: Barbara Prammer 2: Pete van Wieren 1: Michael Johns 1: Mike Smith

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 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 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 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 Kurdistan Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian Civil War Yemen al-Qaeda crackdown Shia insurgency South Yemen insurgency

Elections
Recent: August 10: Turkey, President (1st round) 12: Lebanon, President (10th round; indirect [aborted]) 24: Abkhazia, President 29: Sint Maarten, General Upcoming: September 2: Lebanon, President (11th round; indirect) 14: Sweden, General 17: Fiji, General 20: New Zealand, General

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 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 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: Oscar Pistorius 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 United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Dave Lee Travis, 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