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Martin Winterkorn A stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage at Mecca, Saudi Arabia, kills more than 700 people and injures at least 800 others. Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn (pictured) resigns after company officials admit widespread rigging of diesel emissions test results. A U.S. federal judge rules that the copyright to "Happy Birthday to You", claimed by Warner/Chappell Music, is invalid. More than 100 people are killed in a series of bombings across Borno State, Nigeria. Syriza wins a plurality in the Greek legislative election. Japan's upper chamber of parliament approves legislation allowing use of Japanese military forces outside Japan for the first time since World War II. Ongoing events: Southeast Asian haze European migrant crisis Recent deaths: Yogi Berra Jagmohan Dalmiya Jackie Collins

Current events of September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25) (Friday) Business and economy The People's Republic of China will launch a cap and trade policy creating a carbon market in 2017. (The Guardian) Ukraine selectively bans certain Russian airlines such as Aeroflot and Transaero from flying to and through Ukraine. (Ukraine Today) Disasters and accidents 2015 Hajj stampede King Salman of Saudi Arabia orders an investigation into the stampede near Mecca which has claimed over 700 lives and caused 800 injuries. (AFP/BBC via ABC News Australia) 2015 Southeast Asian haze Singapore closes its primary and secondary schools as smoke from the Indonesian fires raises air pollution to hazardous levels. (CNN) Health The BBC reports that Nigeria will be removed from the list of countries where polio is endemic. (BBC) Law and crime 2015 FIFA corruption case The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland opens criminal proceedings against the President of FIFA Sepp Blatter. (CNN) International relations European migrant crisis Croatia reopens its border with Serbia. (Reuters) Politics and elections Hakubun Shimomura resigns as Japan's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology due to the design for the stadium for the 2020 Summer Olympics being abandoned. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) John Boehner will resign both his seat and the position of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives at the end of October, according to The New York Times. (New York Times) Current events of September 24, 2015 (2015-09-24) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) At least 29 people are killed in a bombing of a mosque in the Yemeni capital Sanaa during prayers for Eid al-Adha. (CNN) Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The government of Armenia claims that Azerbaijani forces shelled Tavush Province resulting in three deaths. (AFP via France 24) Arab–Israeli conflict Israel's security cabinet issues a three-year temporary order that sets a four-year minimum sentence for adult stone- and firebomb-throwers. In addition, new rules of engagement allow police to open fire when the life of a third party is under threat. (NBC News), (Haaretz), (Newsweek) 2015 Burkinabé coup d'état The coup is reversed. Interim President Michel Kafando and interim Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida are reinstalled, and government soldiers are returned to their stations. Coup leader Gen. Gilbert Diendéré apologizes for the coup and the week-long unrest that killed at least 10 people. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suggests that elections, originally scheduled for Oct. 11, be held Nov. 22, and that candidate eligibility rules be more inclusive. (AP via Washington Post), (Reuters), (Big News Network) Arts and culture Pope Francis' visit to the United States Pope Francis becomes the first Pope ever to address a Joint Session of the United States Congress. Afterwards, he greets onlookers at the National Mall. He addresses many issues: abortion and the sanctity of life, the importance of the family and of marriage, climate change, immigration and the refugee crises caused by global unrest, proper business conduct, and worldwide abolition of capital punishment. (AP via MSN), (CNN), (Washington Post), (Time), (Vatican) Disasters and accidents 2015 Hajj stampede At least 719 people are dead and 863 people injured in a stampede near Mecca during the Hajj pilgramage in Saudi Arabia. (BBC), (The New York Times), (Washington Post) At least four people are killed and 12 critically injured after a charter bus, a Ride the Ducks tour vehicle, and two smaller vehicles crash on the Aurora Bridge in the U.S. city of Seattle, Washington. (King 5) International relations European migrant crisis Ten thousand migrants enter Hungary, mostly from Croatia, despite efforts by the Hungarian government and military to stop them. (AFP via Yahoo! News) Croatia and Serbia restrict cross-border traffic. (Reuters/AFP via ABC News Australia) Luhansk People's Republic officials in Donetsk told U.N. agencies and several other international NGOs to leave the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine. Despite the Minsk Protocol and Minsk II peace agreements low intensity fighting and shelling continued non-stop in the region for over a year. There are fears that full-scale war will start because the breakaway regions plan on holding local elecion without approval from the Ukrainian government. (AP via ABC News) Current events of September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Colombian conflict (1964–present) The President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos and the leader of FARC Timoleón Jiménez will announce a deal on justice for crimes committed in the fifty-year-long conflict. (BBC) Arts and culture Pope Francis' visit to the United States Pope Francis makes his first ever visit to the U.S. and becomes the third Pope to visit the White House. He was received in an official welcome ceremony by President and Mrs. Obama and is scheduled to meet with a bishops' conference of the United States and hold mass and canonize Junípero Serra at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, near the Catholic University of America. (AP via MSN), (The New York Times), (Washington Post), (CNN) Business and economy Volkswagen emissions violations Martin Winterkorn resigns as the CEO of Volkswagen as a result of an emissions cheating scandal. (BBC) Law and crime Egypt pardons al-Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, who have been recently sentenced to three years in prison. (BBC) European migrant crisis Slovakia mounts a legal challenge to mandatory quotas decided in a European Union ministerial summit yesterday. (BBC) Current events of September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2015 Burkinabé coup d'état The army of Burkina Faso arrives in Ouagadougou to seek the surrender of the Presidential Guard that staged the coup. (BBC) The coup leaders free President Michel Kafando and Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida after the army entered the capital, Ouagadougou. Negotiations seeking a peaceful resolution between the chief of the army and the leader of presidential guard continue. (DW Akademie) Moro conflict Filipino troops stage raids to attempt to free six overseas-born hostages held by Abu Sayyaf militants. (AP) Syrian Civil War, Russia's role in the Syrian Civil War IHS Jane's reports satellite photos, taken in mid-September, show Russian forces developing two additional military facilities near Syria's Mediterranean coast. (Reuters) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the type of Russian aircraft in Syria is consistent with that needed to protect their own forces. However, it is still not clear what Russia's long-term intentions are. (Voice of America), (Reuters) Arts and culture Pope Francis' visit to the United States Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. from his last stop in Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, at Joint Base Andrews (formerly, Andrews Air Force Base), near Washington D.C., to start his first tour of the United States. He is received by U.S. President Barack Obama, his wife, U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, Malia and Sasha Obama, Marian Lois Robinson, U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden, his wife, U.S. Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden, two Biden granddaughters, the Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, military and base leaders, and Washington's Cardinal Donald Wuerl. He will be received tomorrow morning in a second arrival ceremony, at the White House, and will meet with the President there. (The Guardian) U.S. District Judge of California George H. King rules that Warner/Chappell Music does not hold the copyright to the song Happy Birthday to You. (Hollywood Reporter), (NBC News) Business and economy Volkswagen emissions violations Volkswagen says that 11 million vehicles could have suspect emission control software and it has set aside 6.5 billion euros ($7.2 billion US dollars) for possible fines, repairs, and litigation. (NBC News) Xi Jinping begins his first visit to the United States as President of the People's Republic of China, meeting with technology company leaders and representatives in Seattle, Washington. (USA Today) Disasters and accidents 2015 Southeast Asian haze The haze from Indonesian forest fires worsens leaving Singapore and parts of Indonesia and Malaysia covered in smog. (Bloomberg via Business Times) 2015 California wildfires The President of the United States Barack Obama signs a disaster declaration for the Valley Fire which has claimed three lives in Lake County, California. (KCRA) International relations The President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro and the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos agree to gradually reopen their common border which had been closed following a Venezuelan crackdown on smuggling. (BBC) European migrant crisis European Union ministers meet in Brussels and reach agreement on a plan to distribute asylum seekers. (The New York Times), (AP via Fox News) Two Cabinet ministers from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey’s interim government resign over the increased violence in Kurdish areas of the country. Their exit leaves no opposition figures in the government. (Reuters), (Al Arabiya) Law and crime 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal The United States Justice Department launches an investigation of money laundering associated with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad sovereign wealth fund, as well as the purchase of luxury properties in New York involving shell companies linked to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's step-son Riza Aziz and businessman Jho Low. (Economic Times-India) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announces a new anti-drug plan involving the substitution of legal crops for coca plantations. In July, the National Narcotics Council suspended the United States-backed aerial spraying of the crop after the World Health Organization reclassified glyphosate, the herbicide used, as a probable carcinogen. (AP via ABC News), (EFE via Fox News Latino), (COHA) Sports American Major League Baseball Hall of Fame catcher, manager, and coach Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra, who played almost his entire 19-year baseball career (1946–65) for the New York Yankees, dies at the age of 90. (NBC News) Current events of September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian Civil War, Russia's role in the Syrian Civil War Government forces target al-Shaar neighborhood in eastern Aleppo city with surface-to-surface missiles, hitting a crowded public market, killing more than 30 civilians and dozens wounded. (Ara News) U.S. officials say Russia has begun flying drones on surveillance missions over Syria in what would be Russia's first military air operations in the country since the recent military build-up at a Syrian airbase in Latakia. (Reuters) War in Somalia (2009–present) A car bomb in Somalia kills at least six people at the gates of the presidential palace in Mogadishu. (BBC) Iraq War (2014–present) An Islamic State car bomb kills at least 12 people in Baghdad. (Reuters) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen A Saudi-led military coalition bombardment in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, kills at least 50 people. (Reuters) Moro conflict Gunmen abduct a Norwegian resort manager, two Canadians, and a Filipino from a resort in the southern Philippines. (AP) Arts and culture Pope Francis, on the second day of his journey in Cuba, leaves Havana for Holguin. He says a Mass at Revolution Plaza, blesses Holguin from the Loma de la Cruz area, arrives in Santiago de Cuba, flies to Santiago de Cuba, meets with the Cuban Bishops at Saint Basil the Great Seminary, and says a prayer with them at the Minor Basilica of the Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre (Shrine of Our Lady of del Cobre). (CNN) Business and economy French regulator Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) rejects Google, Inc.'s appeal of their order that the company remove 'Right to be forgotten (RTBF)' search results worldwide. Failure to comply could subject Google to sanctions, from €300,000 (US$460,000) to 5 percent of global operating costs. The Guardian, (PC World) Apple Inc announces that it will speed up work on an electric car to be ready by 2019. (Wall Street Journal), (VentureBeat) Many Skype users are unable to access the service. The Microsoft-owned company acknowledges the problem. (Reuters), (Skype) Disasters and accidents The toll of homes destroyed by Northern California wildfires reaches 1,600. (AP) International relations European migrant crisis Hungary's parliament passes a law allowing the Hungarian military to help handle the migrant crisis at its borders with Serbia and Croatia, including the right to use non-lethal force such as rubber bullets, pyrotechnical devices, tear gas grenades or net guns. (Reuters) The United States White House announces the U.S. will give $419 million more in humanitarian aid to assist Syrian refugees and the countries that are hosting them. (The Washington Post) Law and crime In Auckland, New Zealand, an extradition hearing for Kim Dotcom, former owner of a file sharing website, for alleged copyright infringement, racketeering, and money laundering begins, seeking to bring him to the U.S. (BBC) At least eight people are killed and 45 wounded in shootings over the weekend across Chicago. (Fox Chicago) A Denver, Colorado federal jury convicts Harold Henthorn of murder in the death of his wife Toni Henthorn, who fell off a cliff as they hiked in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park to celebrate their wedding anniversary. His previous wife had also died in suspicious circumstances. (AP) Peanut Corporation of America owner Stewart Parnell is sentenced to 28 years for Salmonella typhimurium-tainted peanut butter, the most severe punishment ever handed out to a producer in a foodborne illness case. In late 2008 and early 2009, nine people died and at least 714 people in 46 states, half of them children, fell ill. Parnell and his brother were convicted in September 2014 of 71 criminal counts. His brother Michael Parnell is sentenced to 20 years, and the plant's former quality control manager Mary Wilkerson is sentenced to five years. (LA Times), (USA Today) Politics and elections Political parties in Northern Ireland hold talks to save a power-sharing agreement following claims that Irish nationalist militants were involved in the murder of a former operative. (Reuters) United States presidential election, 2016 Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker quits his campaign for the Republican Party nomination. (The New York Times) 2015 Burkinabe coup d'état The coup leader General Gilbert Diendéré says that he is ready to hand over power to transitional authorities as the army marches on the capital Ouagadougou. (BBC) Current events of September 20, 2015 (2015-09-20) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian Civil War At least 14 people are killed as rebels shell a neighborhood in western Aleppo. (AP via ABC News) Yemeni Civil War Houthi rebels release six foreign hostages; three Americans, two Saudis, and a Briton. (BBC) Boko Haram insurgency Triple explosions kill at least 80 people and injure 150 in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri. (Reuters) Arts and culture 67th Primetime Emmy Awards The Emmy Awards are held in Los Angeles, California with Game of Thrones winning the Emmy for best drama series. (ABC News Australia) After having arrived in Havana, Cuba the day before, Pope Francis, in the third trip by an incumbent Pope to Cuba, presides over a Papal Mass in Havana's Plaza de la Revolución, and pleads for Colombia and the FARC rebels to make a final peace, also noting the better relations between the U.S., which he will visit next, and Cuba. He holds a meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro, and meets for a talk and exchange of gifts with former Cuban President Fidel Castro. (ABC), (USA Today), (WSJ), (The New York Times) Business and economy Volkswagen emissions violations Volkswagen halts sales of its 4-cylinder diesel vehicles in the United States following a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency citation that their cars violated U.S. emissions standards. (Auto Guide), (USA Today) Disasters and accidents European migrant crisis Some 26 migrants are feared missing after a dinghy carrying them sinks off the coast of the Greek island of Lesbos. The Greek Coast Guard rescued 20 people who were spotted in the water by Frontex, EU's border agency. (RTE), (AP via WSB-TV2) At least 13 migrants died when a ferry and their inflatable dinghy collided off the northwestern Turkish port of Canakkale. Twenty people were rescued while another 13 are still missing. (BBC), (i24 News) International relations European migrant crisis U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says that the United States will accept 85,000 refugees from the world in 2016, up from this year's 70,000 refugees, and will increase to 100,000 refugees in 2017. (Washington Post) Austrian officials report 11,000 migrants crossed into the country from Hungary on Saturday, and another 7,000 are expected today. Seven trains are scheduled to transport 3,500 of these travelers to Germany. (CBS News) Law and crime Apple's iOS App Store suffers its first major cyber attack. (Reuters) Politics and elections Greek legislative election, September 2015 Voters in Greece go to the polls for the third time this year with Syriza (Coalition of the Radical Left) again winning a plurality in the Hellenic Parliament. (The Guardian), (The Globe and Mail via Worldwide Herald) Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, whose resignation last month as prime minister mandated this snap election, says a coalition government will again be formed with the right-wing populist Independent Greeks (ANEL) party. (Sputnik Media), (The Telegraph) Constitution of Nepal A new constitution comes into effect in Nepal establishing it as a modern secular state. (Reuters via Daily Mail) Current events of September 19, 2015 (2015-09-19) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian Civil War Islamist rebels execute 56 Syrian Army personnel following the capture of the Abu al-Duhur airbase in the Idlib Governorate according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Telegraph), (The News Hub) Turkey–PKK conflict At least 55 are killed when Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq, according Turkey's security sources. (Reuters) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen A Saudi-led military coalition bombards government buildings and residential neighborhoods in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, killing about 30 people, including civilians. Rescuers continue searching for other possible victims buried under the rubble. (AP via Orange County Register), (Xinhuanet) Arts and culture Pope Francis departs from Rome to begin his Apostolic Visit to Cuba. Francis will then visit the US. In the US, he will address a joint session of Congress (the first by an incumbent Pope), meet with President Obama, canonize Junipero Serra, tour a prison and the World Trade Center site, hold Masses in New York, Washington, and Philadelphia, and preside over the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. (Vatican), (USCCB), (The New York Times) Univision's Sábado Gigante, the world's longest running variety show in television history, ends after 53 years on air. (USA Today) Disasters and accidents Heavy rain triggers flash floods killing 10 people in Tehran and southern Iran, with eight others missing. (AP via CP24) European migrant crisis Italy rescues thousands of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. (Al-Jazeera) A five-year-old Syrian girl dies and several other refugees are missing after their boat sinks in the Aegean Sea near the Greek island of Lesbos. The Greek Coast Guard says it rescued 11 people from the boat carrying 26 people. (AFP via Asian Age), (Reuters) Health 2015 Dengue fever outbreaks Authorities in the Dominican Republic issue an alert as the number of deaths (57 this year) and cases of dengue fever continue to rise. (AP via ABC News) The Delhi government defers elective surgery to free up 1000 hospital beds to treat a dengue fever outbreak. (Times of India) International relations Japanese Self-Defense Forces Japan's upper chamber of Parliament approves controversial legislation, which the lower chamber passed in July, that expands the role of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces overseas. (CNN), (Mainichi Daily News) European migrant crisis, Croatia–Hungary relations Hungarian security forces confiscate a Croatian train carrying 1000 migrants and disarm 40 Croatian police officers accompanying the migrants. Hungarian authorities repatriate the officers. (Sky News) Croatian prime minister Zoran Milanović says Croatia will 'force' Hungary to accept migrants by sending them to the Hungarian border. Hungary responded angrily calling Milanović "pathetic" and accused Croatia of human smuggling. (BBC) Croatia allows some asylum seekers to move on past its borders into Hungary and Slovenia. (Washington Post) Egypt’s new Cabinet is sworn in before President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a week after the previous administration resigned following a corruption scandal, and a month before parliamentary elections. The 33-member body has 16 new ministers, including two women. Sherif Ismail, petroleum minister in the last cabinet, is the new prime minister. (Egyptian Streets), (Reuters) Law and crime 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal The Federal Bureau of Investigation launches an investigation of money laundering associated with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad sovereign wealth fund. (Wall Street Journal) Sports 2015 Rugby World Cup In what media called "the greatest shock in rugby history", Japan defeat two-time World Cup champion South Africa 34–32 in Brighton. (ESPN (UK)) In another result viewed as a surprise, Georgia defeat Tonga 17–10 in Gloucester. In the match, Georgia's 18-year-old Vasil Lobzhanidze becomes the youngest player ever to appear in a Rugby World Cup match. (PA via ESPN (UK)) More September 2015 events...

Time: 21:56 UTC  |  Day: 25 September  |   << September 2015 >> S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30    More September 2015 events... About this page • Suggest a headline News about Wikipedia  Ongoing events Environmental Southeast Asian haze Political Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger Lebanese anti-government protests Operation Martyr Yalçın Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Second Libyan Civil War Sinai insurgency South China Sea disputes Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Sports 2015 Rugby World Cup More details on ongoing conflicts below  Recent deaths September 25: Bill Crawford 25: Moti Kirschenbaum 24: Paul Carney 24: Ellis Kaut 24: Harold Stapleton 23: Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa 23: Adnan Buyung Nasution 23: Mike Gibson 22: Yogi Berra 22: Elizabeth Fink 22: Ali Salem 22: James David Santini 22: Richard G. Scott 22: Phyllis Tickle 21: Ben Cauley 21: N. Patrick Crooks 21: Esther Golar 21: Yoram Gross 21: Costas Papacostas 21: Leon Root 21: Robert E. Simon 21: Ray Warleigh 20: Jagmohan Dalmiya 20: Jack Larson 20: C. K. Williams 19: Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 19: Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo 19: Mishael Cheshin 19: Jackie Collins 19: Todd Ewen 19: Brian Sewell 18: Nancy Bernstein 18: Mario Benjamín Menéndez 18: Freddy Ternero 17: Dettmar Cramer 17: Milo Hamilton 17: Peter Heatly 17: David Willcocks 16: Guy Béart 16: Julio Brady 16: David Cook 16: Abolghasem Khazali 16: Joe Morrone 15: Meir Pa'il 15: Adam Purple 15: Ian Uttley 15: Mihai Volontir 14: Fred DeLuca 14: Indika Gunawardena 14: Martin Kearns 14: Mile Novaković 14: Corneliu Vadim Tudor 13: Max Beauvoir 13: Brian Close 13: Georges de Paris 13: Frank D. Gilroy 13: Stanley Hoffmann 13: Moses Malone 13: Gary Richrath 13: Kalamandalam Satyabhama 12: Melvin Bernhardt 12: Bryn Merrick 12: Aronda Nyakairima 12: Frank Scully 12: Ron Springett 11: Roy Marble 11: Alan Purwin 11: Kerry Simon 10: John Connell 10: Norman Farberow 10: Adrian Frutiger 10: Franco Interlenghi 10: Dickie Moore 10: James E. Proctor, Jr. 9: Charles Hallac 9: Einar H. Ingman, Jr. 8: Merv Adelson 8: Joaquín Andújar 8: Andrew Kohut 8: Tyler Sash 7: Sigifredo Nájera-Talamantes 7: Candida Royalle 7: Guillermo Rubalcaba 7: Mitrasen Yadav 6: Ralph Milne 6: Martin Milner 6: John Perreault 6: Gaylord Shaw 5: Frederick "Dennis" Greene 5: Yotaro Kobayashi 5: Alan Steel 4: Geoffrey Bolton 4: Jean Darling 4: Chandra Bahadur Dangi 4: Irving Harper 4: Claus Moser 4: Warren Murphy 3: Adrian Cadbury 3: Judy Carne 3: Leon Gorman 2: Charles Gyamfi 2: Alan Kurdi 1: Eric H. Davidson 1: Dean Jones 1: Willy Stähle 1: Aleksandar Stipčević August 31: Joy Beverley 31: Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu 31: Tom Scott 30: Brad Anderson 30: Wes Craven 30: Bart Cummings 30: Marvin Mandel 30: Oliver Sacks 30: David Williamson 29: William McCormick Blair, Jr. 29: Wayne Dyer 29: Kenneth Stowe 29: Luo Lan 29: Graham Leggat 28: Al Arbour 28: Kyle Jean-Baptiste 28: Nelson Shanks 28: Józef Wesołowski 27: Kazi Zafar Ahmed 27: George Cleve 27: Darryl Dawkins 27: Teresa Gorman 26: Vester Flanagan 26: Allison Parker 26: Amelia Boynton Robinson 26: Adam Ward  Ongoing conflicts Africa 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 Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia 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 Moro conflict in Sabah Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Chechen–Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East 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 Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency  Elections Recent August 17: Sri Lanka, Parliament 20: Iraqi Kurdistan, President September 1: Faroe Islands, Løgting 6: Guatemala, President (1st round), Congress 6: Poland, Referendum 7: Trinidad and Tobago, House of Representatives 11: Singapore, Parliament 20: Greece, Parliament Upcoming September 27: Catalonia, Parliament October 4: Kyrgyzstan, Supreme Council 4: Portugal, Assembly of the Republic 11: Belarus, President 11: Guinea, President 19: Canada, Parliament  Trials Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Ji Jianye, 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, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Dan Diaconescu Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, 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, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, 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, Jodi Arias, Anas al-Libi Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing China: Jiang Jiemin, Yao Mugen, Li Chuncheng, Guo Youming, Zhu Zuoli France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton 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 International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladić PCA: China Upcoming China: Wu Changshun Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi 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

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