Portal:Current events/June 2014/Sidebar

Ongoing events

Disasters Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search efforts Economic Eurozone crisis Greek government-debt crisis Environmental 2014 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2014 Pacific typhoon season Health 2014 Guinea ebola outbreak Political Crimea crisis Russian military intervention in Ukraine Garda Síochána phone-tapping scandal Global surveillance disclosures Pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine South Sudan conflict Thailand political crisis Venezuela protests More details on ongoing conflicts below Sports June 12 – July 13: FIFA World Cup in Brazil June 23 – July 6: Wimbledon Championships in London, England

Recent deaths

June 30: Frank Cashen 30: Dermot Healy 29: Damian D'Oliveira 28: Meshach Taylor 27: Bobby Womack 26: Mary Rodgers 26: Julius Rudel 25: Howard Baker 25: Hubert Bourdy 25: Ana María Matute 24: Ramón José Velásquez 24: Eli Wallach 23: Paula Kent Meehan 22: Fouad Ajami 22: Felix Dennis 22: Steve Rossi 21: Gerry Conlon 21: Jimmy C. Newman 20: Michael Coetzee 20: Florica Lavric 20: Jaroslav Walter 19: Gerry Goffin 19: Avraham Shalom 18: Stephanie Kwolek 18: Horace Silver 17: Stanley Marsh 3 17: Larry Zeidel 16: Tony Gwynn 15: Casey Kasem 15: Daniel Keyes 15: Moise Safra 14: Isabelle Collin Dufresne 14: Sam Kelly 14: Francis Matthews 14: Rodney Thomas 13: Gyula Grosics 13: Jim Keays 13: Chuck Noll 13: Richard Rockefeller 12: Don Bennett 12: Enzo Pastor 12: Jimmy Scott 11: Ruby Dee 11: Mipham Chokyi Lodro 10: Gary Gilmour 9: Rik Mayall 9: Elsie Quarterman 9: Bob Welch 8: Alexander Imich 8: Yoshihito, Prince Katsura 7: Dora Akunyili 7: Fernandão 7: Jane Gray 6: Darío Barrio 6: Ado Bayero 6: Karen DeCrow 6: Eric Hill 5: Don Davis 5: Johnny Leach 4: Doc Neeson 4: Chester Nez 4: Nathan Shamuyarira 4: Don Zimmer 3: Svyatoslav Belza 3: Karl Harris 3: Gopinath Munde 2: Alexander Shulgin 1: Ann B. Davis 1: Yuri Kochiyama 1: Dhondutai Kulkarni

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 Post-coup unrest Sinai insurgency Libya Post-civil war interfactional fighting 2014 Libyan uprising 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 Russia North Caucasus 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 Pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine 2014 insurgency in Donetsk and Luhansk 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: June 3: Syria, President 8: Kosovo, Parliament 8: South Ossetia, Parliament 10: Israel, President (indirect) 12: Antigua and Barbuda, General 14: Afghanistan, President (2nd round) 15: Colombia, President (2nd round) 18: Lebanon, President (7th round; indirect) 21: Mauritania, President (1st round) 25: Libya, Parliament Upcoming: July 2: Lebanon, President (8th round; indirect) 5: Mauritania, President (2nd round) 9: Cook Islands, General 9: Indonesia, President 13: Slovenia, 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 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 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, Rolf Harris United States: Jodi Arias Upcoming France: Éric Raoult Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Dave Lee Travis, Tulisa Contostavlos, Gary Glitter 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