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Economic

 * Chinese stock market crash
 * Greek government-debt crisis

Political

 * Anti-corruption campaign in China
 * Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger
 * Malaysian protests against corruption
 * Russian military intervention in Ukraine
 * 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


 * More details on ongoing conflicts below

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August

 * 31: Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu
 * 30: Wes Craven
 * 30: Bart Cummings
 * 30: Marvin Mandel
 * 30: Oliver Sacks
 * 29: Wayne Dyer
 * 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
 * 25: James "Red" Duke
 * 25: Frank E. Petersen
 * 25: Francis Sejersted
 * 24: Cees van Kooten
 * 24: Joseph F. Traub
 * 24: Justin Wilson
 * 23: Augusta Chiwy
 * 23: Mark Costello
 * 23: Guy Ligier
 * 23: Paul Royle
 * 22: Mariem Hassan
 * 22: Arthur Morris
 * 22: Merl Reagle
 * 22: William L. Rowe
 * 22: Ieng Thirith
 * 22: Lou Tsioropoulos
 * 21: Wang Dongxing
 * 21: Anna Kashfi
 * 21: Gerry Steinberg
 * 20: Egon Bahr
 * 20: Veronica Brady
 * 20: Melody Patterson
 * 19: George Houser
 * 19: Doudou N'diaye Rose
 * 19: Suharno
 * 19: Sanat Mehta
 * 18: Khaled al-Asaad
 * 18: Suvra Mukherjee
 * 18: Roger Smalley
 * 18: William Jay Smith
 * 18: Louis Stokes
 * 18: Bud Yorkin
 * 17: Yvonne Craig
 * 17: Eduardo Guerrero
 * 17: László Paskai
 * 16: Jacob Bekenstein
 * 16: Shuja Khanzada
 * 16: Kitty McGeever
 * 16: Mile Mrkšić
 * 15: Julian Bond
 * 15: Hamid Gul
 * 15: Geoff McGivern
 * 14: Agustín Cejas
 * 14: Bob Johnston
 * 14: Lavanam
 * 14: Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano
 * 13: Om Prakash Munjal
 * 13: John A. Nerud
 * 12: Jaakko Hintikka
 * 12: Stephen Lewis
 * 12: Chris Marustik
 * 12: Ihor Yeremeyev
 * 11: Nour El-Sherif
 * 11: Harald Nielsen
 * 11: Magomed Suleimanov
 * 10: Buddy Baker
 * 10: Boris Gostev
 * 9: Frank Gifford
 * 9: David Nobbs
 * 9: John Henry Holland
 * 9: Jonathan Ollivier
 * 9: Susan Sheridan
 * 8: Samuil Lurie
 * 8: Ann McGovern
 * 8: Gus Mortson
 * 8: Sean Price
 * 7: Sólveig Anspach
 * 7: Manuel Contreras
 * 7: Terrence Evans
 * 7: Wei Jianxing
 * 7: Frances Oldham Kelsey
 * 7: Jerome G. Miller
 * 7: Niloy Neel
 * 7: Neville Neville
 * 7: Louise Suggs
 * 7: Uggie
 * 6: Frederick R. Payne, Jr.
 * 6: Orna Porat
 * 5: George Cole
 * 5: Tony Millington
 * 5: Svetlana Boym
 * 5: Ellen Vogel
 * 4: Elsie Hillman
 * 4: Chris Hyndman
 * 4: Les Munro
 * 4: Billy Sherrill
 * 3: Robert Conquest
 * 3: Mel Farr
 * 3: Coleen Gray
 * 3: Margot Loyola
 * 3: Johanna Quandt
 * 3: Giovanni Riggi
 * 3: Arnold Scaasi
 * 2: Forrest Bird
 * 2: Cilla Black
 * 2: Giovanni Conso
 * 2: Sammy Cox
 * 2: Tyler Drumheller
 * 2: Piet Fransen
 * 1: Stephan Beckenbauer
 * 1: Bernard d'Espagnat
 * 1: Chiara Pierobon

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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, 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
 * Cross border attacks 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

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Recent

 * August
 * 9: Haiti, Senate, Chamber of Deputies
 * 17: Sri Lanka, Parliament
 * 20: Iraqi Kurdistan, President

Upcoming
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 * 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, Hellenic Parliament
 * 27: Catalonia, Parliament
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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 Mladic
 * PCA: China

Upcoming
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 * 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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