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Political

 * Syrian and Iraqi civil wars
 * Military intervention against ISIL
 * Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger
 * 2015 military intervention in Yemen
 * 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine

Law and Crime

 * 2015 Baltimore riots


 * More details on ongoing conflicts below

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April 2015

 * 30: Gregory Mertens
 * 29: Andrew Chan
 * 29: Rodrigo Gularte
 * 29: John G. Heyburn II
 * 29: Jean Nidetch
 * 29: Calvin Peete
 * 29: Myuran Sukumaran
 * 29: Dan Walker
 * 28: Antônio Abujamra
 * 28: René Féret
 * 28: Ashura Hara
 * 28: Keith Harris
 * 27: Suzanne Crough
 * 27: Jack Ely
 * 27: Gene Fullmer
 * 27: Verne Gagne
 * 27: Andrew Lesnie
 * 27: Harvey R. Miller
 * 26: Marcel Pronovost
 * 26: Jayne Meadows
 * 25: Jim Fanning
 * 25: Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester
 * 25: Don Mankiewicz
 * 25: Mike Phillips
 * 24: Władysław Bartoszewski
 * 24: Sabeen Mahmud
 * 24: Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill
 * 24: Sid Tepper
 * 23: Philip Carter
 * 23: Richard Corliss
 * 22: M. H. Abrams
 * 21: Steve Byrnes
 * 21: John Moshoeu
 * 21: Betsy von Furstenberg
 * 21: Elizabeth Weaver
 * 20: Doug Buffone
 * 20: Aharon Lichtenstein
 * 20: Bob Maloubier
 * 20: Roy Mason
 * 20: Frederic Morton
 * 20: Bob St. Clair
 * 19: Uche Chukwumerije
 * 19: Tom McCabe
 * 19: Bernard Stollman
 * 19: Elio Toaff
 * 19: Freddie Gray
 * 18: Mario Pirani
 * 17: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
 * 17: Francis George
 * 17: Robert P. Griffin
 * 17: Johnny Kemp
 * 17: Don Quayle
 * 17: A. Alfred Taubman
 * 16: Stanislav Gross
 * 16: Lee Remmel
 * 15: Jonathan Crombie
 * 15: Surya Bahadur Thapa
 * 14: Homaro Cantu
 * 14: Mark Reeds
 * 14: Percy Sledge
 * 13: Eduardo Galeano
 * 13: Günter Grass
 * 13: Bruce Alger
 * 13: Thelma Coyne Long
 * 13: Elizabeth Brown Pryor
 * 13: Herb Trimpe
 * 12: Jože Ciuha
 * 12: Patrice Dominguez
 * 12: André Mba Obame
 * 11: Jimmy Gunn
 * 11: Muhammad Kamaruzzaman
 * 11: Sheila Kitzinger
 * 11: Viv Nicholson
 * 10: Paul Almond
 * 10: Richie Benaud
 * 10: Raúl Héctor Castro
 * 10: Ray Graves
 * 10: Lauren Hill
 * 10: Jin Youzhi
 * 10: Peter Walsh
 * 9: Nina Companeez
 * 9: Ivan Doig
 * 9: Margaret Rule
 * 9: Tut Taylor
 * 9: Tsien Tsuen-hsuin
 * 8: Jean-Claude Turcotte
 * 7: Tim Babcock
 * 7: José Capellán
 * 7: Eugene Louis Faccuito
 * 7: Richard Henyekane
 * 7: Stan Freberg
 * 7: Jean Germain
 * 7: Stanley Kutler
 * 7: Geoffrey Lewis
 * 7: Richard F. Post
 * 6: James Best
 * 6: Milton DeLugg
 * 6: Art Powell
 * 6: Ben Powers
 * 6: Dollard St. Laurent
 * 6: Dave Ulliott
 * 6: Gertrude Weaver
 * 5: Fredric Brandt
 * 5: Richard Dysart
 * 5: Victor Gotbaum
 * 5: Norman B. Leventhal
 * 5: Lon Simmons
 * 5: Gardner C. Taylor
 * 5: Tom Towles
 * 5: Julie Wilson
 * 4: Elmer Lach
 * 4: Klaus Rifbjerg
 * 4: Lisa Simon
 * 4: Dick Wood
 * 3: Mathias Gnädinger
 * 3: Terdell Middleton
 * 3: Kayahan
 * 2: Manoel de Oliveira
 * 2: Robert H. Schuller
 * 1: Cynthia Lennon
 * 1: Misao Okawa

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Africa

 * Algeria, Tunisia and Niger
 * Maghreb insurgency


 * Central African Republic
 * Civil war


 * Democratic Republic of Congo
 * Kivu conflict
 * ADF insurgency
 * Katanga insurgency
 * Ituri conflict
 * Lord's Resistance Army insurgency


 * Libya
 * Civil war


 * Mali
 * Northern Mali conflict


 * Nigeria and Cameroon
 * Boko Haram


 * Somalia
 * Somali Civil War (2009–present)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
 * Communist insurgency
 * Moro insurgency


 * Southeast Asia
 * Internal conflict in Burma
 * Papua conflict
 * South Thailand insurgency

Europe

 * Georgia
 * Abkhaz–Georgian conflict
 * Georgian–Ossetian conflict


 * Dissident Irish Republican campaign


 * 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

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Recent: March–April

 * 28: Nigeria, President, House of Representatives, Senate
 * 29: Uzbekistan, President
 * 2: Lebanon, President (21st round)
 * 11: Malta, Referendum
 * 13: Sudan, President, National Assembly
 * 19: Finland, Parliament
 * 19: Northern Cyprus, President (1st round)
 * 22: Lebanon, President (22nd round)
 * 25: Togo, President
 * 25: Anguilla, House of Assembly
 * 26: Benin, National Assembly
 * 26: Kazakhstan, President
 * 26: Northern Cyprus, President (2nd round)

Upcoming: April–May
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 * 30: Tanzania, Referendum
 * 3: Nagorno-Karabakh, National Assembly
 * 7: United Kingdom, House of Commons
 * 10: Poland, President
 * 11: Guyana, National Assembly
 * 13: Lebanon, President (23rd round)
 * 22: Ireland, Referenda
 * 24: Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives
 * 25: Suriname, National Assembly
 * 26: Burundi, National Assembly
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Recently concluded

 * Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes
 * Brazil: Mensalão scandal
 * Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta
 * China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Ji Jianye, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake
 * Croatia: Ivo Sanader
 * Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste
 * 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
 * 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,
 * 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: Chen Baihuai
 * Egypt: Mohamed Morsi
 * 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
 * Russia: Alexei Navalny
 * South Korea: MV Sewol crew members
 * United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark
 * United States: Jodi Arias, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
 * International
 * ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic

Upcoming
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 * China: Zhou Yongkang, Wu Changshun
 * Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
 * Spain: Lionel Messi
 * United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson
 * United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry
 * International
 * ICC: Laurent Gbagbo
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