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Artist's impression of OSIRIS-REx

The 54-kilometre (34 mi) Moscow Ring Railway starts its passenger service.
North Korea conducts its fifth and largest nuclear test to date.
NASA launches OSIRIS-REx (artist's impression pictured), a probe sent to return samples from asteroid 101955 Bennu.
Genetic analysis shows that the genus giraffe, previously thought to contain one extant species, actually consists of four.
The Summer Paralympics open in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

September 10, 2016 (Saturday)

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Syrian civil war
- The U.S. Obama administration and Russian Putin administration agree to a Syrian peace deal. The deal is intended to end combat in specified areas and create a joint center of combat to fight ISIL and Al-Nusra Front. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

A boiler explodes causing a fire in a factory in the Bangladeshi city of Tongi killing at least 25 people and injures 70 others. (AFP via ABC News Australia)
2016 Tanzanian earthquake
- A magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurs in northern Tanzania, near Lake Victoria, killing at least 11 people and injuring 192. Significant damage has been reported in the town of Bukoba. Tremors have also been reported in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Fiji authorities detain two opposition party leaders, a prominent trade unionist, and another opposition activist, following their participation in Wednesday's forum on the Pacific island's 2013 constitution. A police spokesperson told the Fiji Times that several people were being questioned about comments made at the forum that, "Could affect the safety and security of all Fijians." (Reuters) (Radio New Zealand)

September 9, 2016 (Friday)

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War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
- United States Navy SEALs, by high altitude parachuting, fail in a rescue attempt after the team does not find the American and Australian hostages that were kidnapped in Kabul last month. (CNN)
Iraqi civil war
- Twin suicide bombings at the Nakheel Mall in eastern Baghdad kill 12 people and injure more than 40 others. ISIL claims responsibility. (Reuters)

Business and economy

The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten accuses Facebook of censorship because of the website's decision to remove the iconic Vietnam War–era photo "napalm girl" as child pornography. (USA Today)
General Motors recalls 4.3 million vehicles after a defect in the software for the airbag led to one fatality. (Fortune)
An engineer from Volkswagen pleads guilty for his role in the emissions cheating scandal. (The Los Angeles Times)
Dakota Access Pipeline
- A U.S. federal judge denies a request to stop construction of a pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Reservation of the Sioux people. (NBC)
- Following this ruling, and to head off an immediate confrontation, the Obama administration temporarily suspends further construction of the pipeline on U.S. Army Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe, and asks the Dakota Access construction company to voluntarily pause all work within 20 miles of the lake. (The Los Angeles Times)
The European Commission accuses the United Kingdom of not activating Article 50 and states Theresa May will 'Beg for a deal'. (The Telegraph)

Disasters and accidents

The alert level for the Mayon Volcano in the Philippines is increased after more than a hundred earthquakes were detected in its vicinity. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Millions of people in Nigeria are at risk of famine. (U.S. News and World Report)
2016 O Porriño derailment
- A train derails at a station in the town of O Porriño in Galicia, Spain, killing at least four people. (BBC)
More than a hundred tourists in the French Alps spend an evening suspended in midair inside cable cars that ceased to move. (NPR)

Health

2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
- Miami Beach authorities begin spraying for the Zika virus despite protests. (NBC)

International relations

North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- A 5.3 magnitude seismic event recorded in North Korea is confirmed to be the result of a nuclear weapons test. (Reuters) (BBC)
United Ireland
- Taoiseach Enda Kenny says that Irish unity must be considered in Brexit talks. (The Irish Times)
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
- Czech President Milos Zeman says in an interview that the Crimean peninsula can never be returned to Ukraine, notwithstanding the fact that it was de facto annexed by Russia. (RT)

Law and crime

The United States Congress passes a law allowing families of the victims of the September 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. U.S. president Barack Obama threatens to veto it. (Fox News)

Politics and elections

Next Malaysian general election
- Elections in Malaysia are to occur in 2017 as efforts to challenge the legitimacy of Najib Razak mount. (Bloomberg)

September 8, 2016 (Thursday)

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War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
- Taliban militants storm the city of Tarinkot, the provincial capital of Afghanistan's Urozgan Province, with fighting reported on multiple fronts throughout the city. Local officials flee to the nearby Tarinkot Airport for shelter. (The Los Angeles Times)

Arts and culture

The Police Department of Everett, Washington, identifies and returns the American flag from the September 11 attacks to Ground Zero, the World Trade Center site in New York City. (Fox News)
Solly Msimanga, newly elected Democratic Alliance mayor of Tshwane, South Africa, rejects a fleet of luxury cars for himself and instead donates it to the city's police. (BBC)

Business and economics

International banking company Wells Fargo agrees to pay $190 million, including $100 million to the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the largest ever federal fine), to settle a case involving deceptive sales that pushed customers into fee-generating accounts they never requested. The bank fired 5,300 employees over "inappropriate sales conduct." The firings took place over a five-year period. (Reuters)

Health

German scientists confirm that the cause of the Great Plague of London from 1665–1666 was Yersinia pestis (cause of the Bubonic plague). (BBC)

Law and crime

Philippine Drug War
- Budi Waseso, head of Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN), says he plans on copying Rodrigo Duterte's hardline tactics against drug traffickers, which have killed almost 3,000 people in the Phillipines. (AFP via ABC)
2016 Zimbabwe protests
- The High Court of Zimbabwe overturns bans on protests in Harare. (Al Jazeera)
A court in the Indian city of Mumbai convicts and sentences Ankur Panwar to the death penalty for a fatal acid-throwing attack. (BBC)
A female student at Alpine High School in Texas, U.S., shoots herself dead in what appeared to be an "active shooter" event, resulting in a student and police officer being injured. (The Chicago Tribune)
Turkey suspends 11,500 teachers over alleged links to separatist terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) a week before the start of school. (CNN) (Reuters) (BBC)

Politics and elections

Burial of Ferdinand Marcos
- The Philippine Supreme Court postpones the burial of former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos until at least October 18. (The Philippine Star)
Hovik Abrahamyan resigns as Prime Minister of Armenia citing civil unrest and a sharp economic downturn. (The Guardian)
Palestinian municipal election, 2016
- A high court in the State of Palestine suspends upcoming municipal elections. (Bloomberg)
Uzbekistan’s parliament appoints Shavkat Mirziyoyev as interim president after the death of President Islam Karimov. (Newsweek)
Newly-revealed secret information, decoded from documents from the Mitrokhin Archive, a collection of handwritten notes by KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin, who smuggled his notes out of Russia in the 1990s when he defected to Britain, show that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas was once a "spy" under the Russian agency the KGB using the codename "Mole". (The Washington Post)
The Obama administration choses retired United States Air Force Brigadier General Gregory Touhill the first federal CISO chief, who reports to the CIO of the U.S. Tony Scott. (Reuters)(White House)(Fortune)

Science and technology

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches its meteorological satellite INSAT-3DR into a geostationary transfer orbit atop its GSLV Mk II launch vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. (The Times of India)
New Frontiers program
- The United Launch Alliance successfully launches NASA's OSIRIS-REx from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida. The mission is to study asteroid 101955 Bennu and in 2023 to return a sample to Earth for detailed analysis. If successful, OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S. spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid. (CNN) (The Guardian)
The Earth has lost a tenth of its wilderness in the last two decades. (The Washington Post)
Genetic tests show that the genus giraffa, previously thought to contain one extant species, actually consists of four. (BBC)

Sports

American swimmer Ryan Lochte agrees to a 10-month suspension while his other colleagues get four. (USA Today)

September 7, 2016 (Wednesday)

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Syrian civil war
- A chlorine attack in Aleppo on Tuesday injures more than 100 people. The blast from barrel bombs dropped kills one person. (CNN)
Mexican Drug War
- A gang shoots down a police helicopter near Apatzingán, Michoacán, killing four people. The police had been conducting an operation against criminal groups and drug cartels. (The Daily Telegraph)

Arts,culture and Music

The American pop star Madonna agrees on a settlement with her former director husband Guy Ritchie over their son. (BBC)
Burial of Ferdinand Marcos
- The Duterte administration defends its decision to bury the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippine heroes' cemetery. (AP via Fox News)
Hunters discover a 1000-year-old sword in Iceland. (BBC)
The U.S. Yosemite National Park expands by 400 acres. (BBC)

Business and economy

Apple announces the release of the iPhone 7 along with the Apple Watch 2. (The Telegraph)
Air China receives criticism in the United Kingdom after it releases an advertisement warning passengers from visiting areas of London populated by blacks, Indians and Pakistanis. (Sky News)
Liberty Media confirms it is buying Formula One for US$4.4 billion; however, Bernie Ecclestone will remain as chief executive. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

Flooding in Niger kills at least 38 people and leaves more than 92,000 people displaced. (The New Indian Express)

Health

2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
- Malaysia reports its first pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus. (The Guardian)

International relations

Philippines v. China
- The Duterte administration accuses China of building a "secret island" on the Scarborough Shoal. (Rappler)
Bahrain–United States relations
- The Obama administration urges Bahrain to free Nabeel Rajab, a human rights activist. (BBC)
Iran–Saudi Arabia relations
- The top cleric of Saudi Arabia says Iranians "are not Muslims." (The Times of India)
Russia–United States relations
- A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet makes an "unsafe close-range intercept" of a United States Navy P-8A Poseidon over the Black Sea in international airspace, coming within 10 feet (3.3 m) of the U.S. aircraft. (Voice of America) (CNN)

Law and crime

The sheriff's department of Morton County, North Dakota, issues arrest warrants for United States Green Party presidential candidate, Jill Stein, and her running-mate, Ajamu Baraka on charges of criminal trespass and criminal mischief. The county sheriff's department says that Stein and Baraka vandalized equipment at a controversial pipeline construction site. (The Hill)
Denmark's government plans to buy the leaked Panama Papers containing Danish citizens. (BBC)
Hungarian prosecutors charge a woman who kicked refugees fleeing in Hungary with disorderly conduct. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

Luis Videgaray Caso resigns as Mexico's finance minister amid fallout over President Enrique Peña Nieto's controversial meeting with U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump in Mexico City. Videgaray is revealed to have been the main advocate of arranging the meeting. (The Washington Post)
Gabonese presidential election, 2016
- Ali Bongo Ondimba rejects calls for a recount. (Reuters)

Science and technology

A beachgoer in Australia discovers dinosaur footprints believed to be around 130 million years old while combing the shore for shells. (CNN)

Sports

The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, i.e., (parallel Olympic Games), open in Rio de Janeiro. (Al Jazeera)

September 6, 2016 (Tuesday)

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2016 Davao City bombing
- Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte declares a "state of emergency" in the whole country. In a warning to Abu Sayyaf, Duterte says "I will eat you alive." (Time'), (Rappler)
War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
- Gunfire is heard in the Afghan capital Kabul with security forces looking for attackers with at least one person killed and six injured. (AP)
- A suicide bomber attacks a charity in the Kabul suburb of Shāre Naw with the Taliban claiming responsibility. (BBC)
South Thailand insurgency
- A motorcycle bomb kills a father and daughter outside an elementary school in Narathiwat province. (Reuters)
Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)
- The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant bans burqas in northern Iraq after a series of fatal attacks on its members by veiled women. (International Business Times)

Arts and culture

Warner Brothers is accused of self-censorship after it tagged its own websites for copyright infringement through the search engine Google. (New York Daily News)

Business and economy

Bayer reproposes to buy Monsanto at a new exchange of US$65 billion including debt. (The Wall Street Journal)
Fox News On The Record host Greta Van Susteren leaves the channel after 14 years. (AP via Breitbart News)

Disasters and accidents

2016 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Newton makes its way towards the resort town of Los Cabos, Mexico. (Mexico News Daily)
Typhoon Lionrock (2016)
- The death toll rises to at least 114 as 60 more people are killed in floods after the typhoon hits North Korea, displacing over 44,000 people. Fifteen people are also missing. (The Indian Express)

Health

2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
- A new infection of the Zika virus spreads to the Philippines. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Isabelle Dinoire, who received the world's first face transplant, is reported to have died from cancer at the age of 49 in April 2016. (BBC)

International relations

2016 ASEAN Summit
- Laos prepares to host the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summit. (CNN)
- Barack Obama pledges US$90 million to clear Laos of unexploded ordnance dropped by the United States during the Vietnam War. (NBC)

Law and crime

About 27 years after his abduction, the remains of Jacob Wetterling are discovered. (NPR)
21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News, settles a sexual harassment case by Gretchen Carlson for US$20 million. (Vanity Fair)
Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations
- A judge in Pennsylvania schedules the dates for the trial of accused U.S. comedian Bill Cosby. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2016
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends her stance regarding the European migrant crisis despite her party losing in the key election. (Deutsche Welle)
British MP Keith Vaz quits the Home Affairs Select Committee following allegations that he had engaged in sexual activity with male prostitutes. (BBC)

Science and technology

A study concludes that typhoons in Asia are becoming stronger. (The Guardian)(Nature Geoscience)
The giant panda is removed from IUCN's endangered species list but is replaced by the Eastern gorilla. (CNN)

Sports

San Francisco 49ers football player Bruce Miller is charged with assault. (Sports Illustrated)

September 5, 2016 (Monday)

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War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
- Two successive suicide bombers on foot kill at least 24 people and injure 91 others, including senior security and police officials, after striking close to the Afghan Ministry of Defence in Kabul. The Taliban claims responsibility by disclosing the death of 58 officers and commanders. Another bombing took place not long after. (Reuters) (BBC) Today (Singapore) (Sina Corp)
Syrian civil war
- Several bombings kill at least 40 people in government and Kurdish held territory across Syria, including Tartus, Homs, Al-Hasakah and Damascus. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility. (AP via ABC News America) (BBC)
Philippine Drug War
- With 2,400 people dead so far, Rodrigo Duterte, the President of the Philippines, says that "plenty will be killed" in the war against drugs. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

An asteroid is named in honour of Freddie Mercury on what would have been his 70th birthday. (Rolling Stone)
American Conservative icon Phyllis Schafly dies at the age of 92. (NBC)

Business and economy

Russia–Saudi Arabia relations
- Russia and Saudi Arabia agree on a plan to manipulate oil output. (USA Today)
The Duterte administration suspends more Philippine mines for violating environmental regulations. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

A Tel Aviv, Israel, four story parking lot under construction collapses and kills at least two people and injures 18 others. (Haaretz)
2016 Ethiopian protests
- At least 23 inmates are killed in a fire and stampede at Kaliti Prison near Addis Ababa in Ethiopia during an attempted jailbreak. (BBC)

Health

2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
- The cases of people infected with the Zika virus in Singapore jumps to 240+. (CNBC)

International relations

2016 G20 Hangzhou summit
- U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin fail to agree on a peace deal regarding the Syrian civil war. (CNN)
Philippines–United States relations
- U.S. President Barack Obama cancels a scheduled meeting with the President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, after Duterte referred to Obama as a "son of a whore", while adding "I am no American puppet", in response to Obama's recent criticism of his war on drugs. (The Washington Post) (CNN)
North Korea–South Korea relations
- South Korea reports that North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. (Reuters via ABC News)

Law and crime

Philippines v. China
- Chinese vessels are seen positioned near the disputed Scarborough Shoal off the coast of the Philippines. (The New York Times)

Politics and elections

Hong Kong legislative election, 2016
- Nathan Law becomes the youngest-ever Hong Kong legislator at age 23. (Al Jazeera)
United States presidential election, 2016
- Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson qualifies in Connecticut giving him ballot access to 48 states. (The CT Mirror)

Science and technology

The European Space Agency's robotic lander Philae is discovered wedged in a crack between some rocks in the shadow of a cliff on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko by the Rosetta space probe after being lost since 2014. (CNN)

September 4, 2016 (Sunday)

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2016 Davao City bombing
- In light of the attacks, the governments of Australia, Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States issue travel warnings against going to Mindanao, Philippines. (Rappler)
Syrian Civil War
- Syrian government forces advance around and encircle Aleppo in order to try and impose a siege. (AP)

Arts and culture

Mother Teresa, known for working with the desperately poor, is canonized in a ceremony at the Vatican. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Agusan del Sur province in Mindanao island. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
September 2016 Afghanistan road crash
- At least 35 people die and 25 are injured after a bus crashes into a fuel tanker in Afghanistan's Zabul province. (Ariana News)
2016 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll in Japan from Typhoon Lionrock rises to 17 with several people still missing. Typhoon Namtheun is now threatening the main island of Kyushu. (AFP via Straits Times)

Health

2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
- The Zika virus outbreak in Singapore which has infected over 200 people likely evolved from Southeast Asia. (Bloomberg)

Politics and elections

United States presidential election, 2016
- The Richmond Times-Dispatch of Virginia is first to endorse Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson for president and the first newspaper media endorsement of a third-party nominee in this election cycle. (ABC)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2016
- Voters in the federal German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern head to the polls in a regional election to elect members to the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The latest polling indicates the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) are expected to gain strongly. (Reuters)
Hong Kong legislative election, 2016
- Voters in Hong Kong go to the polls for a Legislative Council election, the first major election since the 2014 pro-democracy street protests. Several young pro-independence candidates win seats in the election. (AP), (Reuters)

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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 Colombia Colombian conflict 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 and Papua New Guinea Papua conflict Malaysia and the Philippines Moro conflict in Sabah Myanmar Internal conflict in Burma Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion Moro conflict 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 Saudi Arabia and Yemen Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Syria American-led intervention in Syria Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey–PKK conflict Turkey–ISIL conflict Yemen Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency edit sidebar

Elections and Referendums
Recent August 27: Gabon, President September 4: Hong Kong, Legislative Council 8: Seychelles, National Assembly Upcoming September 11: Belarus, House of Representatives 11: Croatia, Parliament 18: Russia, State Duma 20: Jordan, House of Representatives edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes, Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Ji Jianye, Li Chuncheng, Jiang Jiemin, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake, Ling Jihua, Chen Baihuai, Zhou Yongkang, Gu Junshan, Yao Mugen, Guo Boxiong Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste, Mohamed Morsi Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Jordan: Abu Qatada Philippines: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Dan Diaconescu, Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae Russia: Eston Kohver South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, 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, Adam Johnson United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Jesse Jackson Jr., Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, Kermit Gosnell, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Jodi Arias, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Sheldon Silver, Dylan Quick International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga ICTY: Radovan Karadžić Ongoing China: Bai Enpei, Guo Youming, Pan Yiyang, Wan Qingliang, Yang Weize, Zhu Zuoli Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Netherlands: Geert Wilders Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Jovito Palparan Romania: Darius Vâlcov, Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie, Cătălin Voicu Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members Spain: Lionel Messi United States: Dean Skelos International ICTY: Ratko Mladić Upcoming China: Wu Changshun Estonia: Edgar Savisaar Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi United Kingdom: Max Clifford, Rolf Harris, Ched Evans United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Rick Perry, Bill Cosby International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo edit sidebar