Portal:Current events/December 2016/Sidebar

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; Turkey–ISIL conflict; ; Yemen Yemeni Civil War; Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen; Al-Qaeda insurgency; ;

Recent deaths
	December 30: Allan Williams; 30: Tyrus Wong; 28: Gregorio Conrado Álvarez; 28: Anthony Cronin; 28: Michel Déon; 28: Debbie Reynolds; 27: Carrie Fisher; 27: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake; 26: George S. Irving; 26: Seth J. McKee; 26: Barbara Tarbuck; 25: George Michael; 25: Vera Rubin; 24: Richard Adams; 24: Rick Parfitt; 24: Liz Smith; 22: Franca Sozzani; 20: Michèle Morgan; 19: Lionel Blue; 19: Dick Latessa; 18: Zsa Zsa Gabor; 18: China Machado; 17: Lawrence Colburn; 17: Henry Heimlich; 15: Craig Sager; 13: Thomas Schelling; 13: Alan Thicke; 12: E. R. Braithwaite; 12: Anne Deveson; 12: Shirley Hazzard; 12: Javier Echevarría Rodríguez; 12: Walter Swinburn; 10: Ken Hechler; 10: Bill Dineen; 10: A. A. Gill; 8: John Glenn; 8: Joseph Mascolo; 8: Peter van Straaten; 7: Warren Allmand; 7: Cho Ramaswamy; 7: Paul Elvstrøm; 7: Junaid Jamshed; 7: Greg Lake; 6: Rashaan Salaam; 6: Peter Vaughan; 5: Jayalalithaa; 3: Rémy Pflimlin; 2: Sammy Lee; 1: Don Calfa; 1: Joe McKnight;

Ongoing events
	Business Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena bankruptcy; Disasters Flint water crisis; UK and Ireland windstorm season; Law Philippine Drug War; Timor Gap PCA hearings; Political Brexit aftermath; European migrant crisis (timeline); Presidential transition of Donald Trump; South China Sea disputes; More details on ongoing conflicts below Sport 2016 NFL season; 2016–17 Bundesliga; 2016–17 La Liga; 2016–17 NBA season; 2016–17 NHL season; 2016–17 Premier League; 2016–17 Serie A;

Elections and Referendums
Recent December 1: Gambia, President 4: Austria, President (2nd round) 4: Italy, Constitutional referendum 4: Uzbekistan, President 7: Ghana, President, Parliament 11: Kyrgyzstan, Referendum 11: Macedonia, Assembly of the Republic 11: Romania, Chamber of Deputies, Senate 15: Turks and Caicos, House of Assembly 18: Côte d'Ivoire, National Assembly

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara Cambodia: Sam Rainsy China: Wan Qingliang, Ling Jihua, Zhoi Bin, Guo Boxiong Iran: Babak Zanjani Netherlands: Geert Wilders Philippines: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Nur Misuari, Joel Villanueva Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Chris Denning, Adam Johnson, Ched Evans United States: Bob McDonnell, Paul Anthony Ciancia International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić Ongoing China: Bai Enpei, Pan Yiyang, Yang Weize Germany: Beate Zschäpe Indonesia: Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Mary Jane Veloso Pakistan: Waseem Azeem, Mufti Abdul Qawi Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Leila de Lima, Rodrigo Duterte, Jovito Palparan Romania: Darius Vâlcov, Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie, Cătălin Voicu Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil Spain: Gürtel case, Spanish Royal House, Bárcenas affair United States: Etan Patz United Kingdom: Rolf Harris International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo ICTY: Ratko Mladić Upcoming China: Wu Changshun Egypt: Mohamed Morsi Estonia: Edgar Savisaar Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Rick Perry, Bill Cosby

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