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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 Burma; ; 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; ; 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; ; edit sidebar

Recent deaths
	October 30: James Galanos; 29: Raymond Gilmour; 27: Susan Lindquist; 25: Bob Hoover; 25: Carlos Alberto Torres; Jorge Batlle Ibáñez; 24: Bobby Vee; 23: Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani; 23: Pete Burns; 23: Tom Hayden; 23: Jimmy Perry; 22: Steve Dillon; 21: Kevin Meaney; 21: Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer; 20: Simone Schaller; 20: Junko Tabei; 19: Yvette Chauviré; 16: Anthony Foley; Kigeli V of Rwanda; 16: Arsen Pavlov; 14: Klim Churyumov; 14: Jean Alexander; 14: Pierre Étaix; 14: Helen Kelly; 13: Bhumibol Adulyadej; 13: Delia Davin; 13: Dario Fo; 13: Jim Prentice; edit sidebar

Ongoing events
	Business Panama Papers; Volkswagen emissions scandal; Yahoo! data breach; Culture Nobel Peace Prize; Disasters Atlantic hurricane season; California wildfires; Oklahoma earthquake swarms; Pacific hurricane season; Pacific typhoon season; Southeast Asian haze; Health Flint water crisis; Zika virus pandemic; Law 2016 clown sightings; Black Lives Matter protests; Philippine Drug War; Timor Gap PCA arbitration; Dakota Access Pipeline protests; Political Aftermath of Brexit; Austria presidential election; Ethiopian protests; timeline); Lebanese political deadlock; South Korean political scandal and protests; South China Sea disputes; United States presidential election; Venezuelan protests; Zimbabwe protests; More details on ongoing conflicts below Sport 2016 ATP World Tour; 2016 Formula One season; 2016–17 NBA season; 2016–17 NHL season; 2016 NFL season; 2016–17 Premier League; 2016 World Series; 2016 WTA Tour; edit sidebar

Elections and Referendums
Recent October 7: House of Representatives 8: Parliament 9: Seimas 15: House of the People 16: Parliament 23: Seimas (2nd round) 29: Althing 30: Parliament (2nd round) 30: Referendum 30: President Upcoming November 1: President, National Congress 6: Referendum 6: President, National Assembly 8: House of Representatives 20: President edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: 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 Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste, Mohamed Morsi Germany: 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 Spain: Lionel Messi Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot, Adam Johnson, Ched Evans United States: James Eagan Holmes, Sheldon Silver, Javaris Crittenton, 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 Indonesia: Mary Jane Veloso Iran: Babak Zanjani Netherlands: Geert Wilders Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Leila de Lima, 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 United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Dean Skelos, Etan Patz International ICTY: Ratko Mladić Upcoming China: Wu Changshun Estonia: Edgar Savisaar Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi United Kingdom: Rolf Harris United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Rick Perry, Bill Cosby International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo edit sidebar

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