Portal:Current events/August 2017/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Business 1MDB scandal Fat Leonard scandal Panama Papers Disasters Atlantic hurricane season Oklahoma earthquake swarms Pacific typhoon season Politics Brexit Doklam standoff European migrant crisis (timeline) North Korean crisis Philippine Drug War Purges in Turkey Qatar diplomatic crisis South China Sea disputes Venezuelan protests (timeline) More details – ongoing conflicts

Sport

Association football 2017–18 UEFA Champions League 2017–18 UEFA Europa League 2017–18 Premier League 2017–18 La Liga 2017–18 Serie A 2017–18 Bundesliga 2017–18 Ligue 1 2018 FIFA World Cup qual. Tennis 2017 ATP World Tour 2017 WTA Tour 2017 US Open Cycling 2017 UCI World Tour 2017 Vuelta a España 2017 UCI Europe Tour Motorsport 2017 Formula One season 2017 MotoGP season 2017 World Rally Championship 2017 NASCAR Cup Series 2017 IndyCar Series Rugby union 2017–18 Top 14 Sports seasons 2017 AFL season 2017 LPGA Tour 2017 MLB season 2017 MLS season 2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs (PGA Tour) 2017 WNBA season 2017–18 snooker season More details – current sports events

Elections and referendums

Recent August 4: Rwanda, President 5: Mauritania, Constitutional referendum 8: Kenya, President, Senate, National Assembly 23: Angola, National Assembly Upcoming September 11: Norway, Storting 17: Macau, Legislative Assembly 23: New Zealand, House of Representatives 23: Singapore, President 24: Germany, Bundestag 24: Switzerland, Referendum 25: Iraqi Kurdistan, Independence referendum October 1: Catalonia, Independence referendum

Recent deaths

August 2017 31: Richard Anderson 30: Skip Prokop 30: Rollie Massimino 29: David Tang 28: Mireille Darc 28: Tsutomu Hata 27: Ebrahim Yazdi 26: Tobe Hooper 24: Cecil D. Andrus 24: Jay Thomas 24: Amelyn Veloso 23: Joe Klein 23: Fiona Richardson 21: Thomas Meehan 20: Wilhelm Killmayer 20: Jerry Lewis 20: Colin Meads 19: Dick Gregory 18: Arthur J. Finkelstein 18: Bruce Forsyth 18: Zoe Laskari 18: Liz MacKean 17: Sonny Landham 17: Mohamed Refaat El-Saeed 17: Fadwa Soliman 15: Gunnar Birkerts 15: Kasatka 14: Frank Broyles 14: Franklin Cleckley 13: Joseph Bologna 12: Bryan Murray 11: Segun Bucknor 11: Yisrael Kristal 10: Ruth Pfau 8: Barbara Cook 8: Glen Campbell 8: Ken Kaiser 8: Rius 7: Don Baylor 7: Chantek 7: Haruo Nakajima 6: Betty Cuthbert 6: Darren Daulton 6: Dick Locher 6: Martin Roth 5: Dionigi Tettamanzi 5: Mark White 5: Ernst Zündel 3: Robert Hardy 2: Judith Jones 2: Ara Parseghian 1: Jeffrey Brotman

Trials

Recently concluded Cambodia: Sam Rainsy China: Wan Qingliang, Wu Changshun, Zhao Liping Kazakhstan: Mukhtar Ablyazov Netherlands: Geert Wilders Philippines: Nur Misuari, Joel Villanueva Romania: Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae Spain: Spanish Royal House United Kingdom: Chris Denning, Ched Evans, Thomas Mair, Fred Talbot, Rolf Harris United States: Pedro Hernandez, Paul Anthony Ciancia, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Bill Cosby, Ng Lap Seng, Martin Shkreli Ongoing China: Bai Enpei, Pan Yiyang, Yang Weize Germany: Beate Zschäpe Greece: Siemens bribery scandal Indonesia: Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Mary Jane Veloso Pakistan: Waseem Azeem, Mufti Abdul Qawi Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Leila de Lima, Jovito Palparan, Maria Lourdes Sereno Romania: Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita Russia: Alexei Navalny, Alexey Ulyukaev South Korea: Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil Spain: Gürtel case, Bárcenas affair, Operación Lezo, Ángel María Villar, Jordi Pujol, Case ERE, 2017 Catalonia attacks United Kingdom: Barry Bennell International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo ICTY: Ratko Mladić Upcoming Australia: George Pell Egypt: Mohamed Morsi Estonia: Edgar Savisaar Israel: Faina Kirschenbaum Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Philippines: Benigno Aquino III, Alan Purisima, Getulio Napeñas United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Bill Cosby

Ongoing conflicts

Africa Algeria and Tunisia Maghreb insurgency ISIL insurgency in Tunisia Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria Boko Haram insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of the Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Somalia Civil war South Sudan Ethnic violence (South Sudanese Civil War) Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Sudanese nomadic conflicts Americas Mexico Mexican War on Drugs Peru Internal conflict in Peru Asia Afghanistan Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Moro conflict Cross border attacks in Sabah Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Papua conflict Myanmar Internal conflict in Myanmar Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion Thailand South Thailand insurgency Europe Armenia and Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Russia Chechen–Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Egypt Sinai insurgency Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Arab–Israeli conflict Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraq American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Iraq and Syria (map) Military intervention against ISIL Israel and Lebanon Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israel and Palestine Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Syria American-led intervention in Syria Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War Turkish military intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey–PKK conflict Yemen Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Al-Qaeda insurgency