Portal:Current events/August 2018/Sidebar

   Ongoing events



 Business


 * 1MDB scandal
 * Turkish currency and debt crisis

 Culture


 * Weinstein effect

 Disasters


 * 2018 Atlantic hurricane season
 * 2018 European drought and heat waves
 * 2018 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
 * 2018 Pacific hurricane season
 * 2018 Pacific typhoon season
 * 2018 California wildfires
 * 2018 United Kingdom wildfires

 Politics  Sports More details – ongoing conflicts
 * Brexit negotiations
 * European migrant crisis (timeline)
 * Iranian protests
 * Iraqi protests
 * Nicaraguan protests
 * Romanian protests
 * Qatar diplomatic crisis
 * Rohingya persecution in Myanmar
 * Spanish constitutional crisis
 * Trump administration family separation policy
 * Turkish purges
 * U.S. political sex scandals
 * U.S. Special Counsel investigation (timeline)
 * NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal
 * 2018 Asian Games

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  Elections and referendums

  Recent


 * August
 * 12: Mali, President (2nd round)

 Upcoming
 * September
 * 2–3: Rwanda, Chamber of Deputies
 * 9: Sweden, Riksdag
 * 21: Swaziland, House of Assembly
 * 23: Maldives, President
 * 23: Switzerland, Referendums

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  Trials

<div style="background-color: ;"> <h3 style="font-size: inherit;"> Recently concluded


 * Argentina: Amado Boudou
 * Germany: Beate Zschäpe
 * Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif
 * United Kingdom: John Leslie
 * United States: Frank Salemme, Dean Skelos

<h3 style="font-size: inherit;"> Ongoing


 * Cambodia: Kem Sokha, Mu Sochua
 * Estonia: Edgar Savisaar
 * Guatemala: Otto Pérez Molina, Roxana Baldetti, Juan Carlos Monzón and others
 * Israel: Faina Kirschenbaum
 * Malaysia: Siti Aisyah and Đoàn Thị Hương
 * Philippines: Leila de Lima
 * Spain: Bárcenas affair
 * United States: Fat Leonard scandal, Paul Manafort
 * International
 * ICC: Laurent Gbagbo, Bosco Ntaganda

<h3 style="font-size: inherit;"> Upcoming


 * Australia: George Pell
 * Canada: Alek Minassian
 * Egypt: Mohamed Morsi
 * Guatemala: Alvaro Colom, Manuel Baldizón, Juan Alberto Fuentes
 * Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
 * Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Jovito Palparan
 * Romania: Liviu Dragnea
 * South Africa: Jacob Zuma
 * Spain: Jordi Pujol
 * Ukraine: Roman Nasirov
 * United Kingdom: Football sex abuse scandal
 * United States: Patrick Ho, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Sayfullo Saipov, Turpin case, NXIVM, James Alex Fields Jr., Chris Collins, Duncan D. Hunter
 * Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo

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<div role="region" aria-labelledby="Sport" style="margin:1.1em 0; border:1px solid ; padding: 0.4em; font-size: 88%;"> <h2 style="display: block; margin: 0; border: none; padding: 0 0.4em; background-color: ; font-size: 125%; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"> Sport

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 * Association football


 * 2018 MLS season
 * 2018–19 UEFA Champions League
 * 2018–19 UEFA Europa League
 * 2018–19 La Liga
 * 2018–19 Serie A
 * 2018–19 Bundesliga
 * 2018–19 Premier League
 * 2018–19 Ligue 1
 * 2018–19 Scottish Premiership
 * Women's association football
 * 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qual.
 * 2018 NWSL season
 * 2018–19 Champions League


 * 2018–19 Liga MX Feminil
 * American football
 * 2018 NFL season
 * 2018 NCAA Division I FBS
 * Baseball
 * 2018 MLB season
 * 2018 NPB season
 * Basketball
 * 2018 WNBA season


 * Golf
 * 2018 PGA Tour
 * 2018 European Tour
 * 2018 LPGA Tour
 * 2018 PGA Tour Champions
 * 2018 Ladies European Tour


 * Motorsport
 * 2018 Formula One Championship
 * 2018 World Rally Championship
 * 2018 MotoGP
 * 2018 IndyCar Series
 * 2018 NASCAR Cup Series
 * 2018 Supercars Championship
 * Rugby league
 * 2018 NRL season
 * 2018 Super League


 * Tennis
 * 2018 ATP World Tour
 * 2018 WTA Tour
 * 2018 Davis Cup (World Group)
 * 2018 Fed Cup (World Group)
 * Other sports seasons
 * 2018 AFL season
 * 2018 CFL season
 * 2018 international cricket season


 * 2018–19 figure skating season

More details – current sports events

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<div role="region" aria-labelledby="Recent_deaths" style="margin:1.1em 0; border:1px solid ; padding: 0.4em; font-size: 88%;"> <h2 style="display: block; margin: 0; border: none; padding: 0 0.4em; background-color: ; font-size: 125%; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"> Recent deaths

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 * 31: Ian Jones
 * 30: Joseph Kobzon
 * 30: Marie Severin
 * 29: Silvano Campeggi
 * 29: Ellie Mannette
 * 29: James Mirrlees
 * 29: Paul Taylor
 * 28: Erich Lessing
 * 27: Mirka Mora
 * 27: Fredd Wayne
 * 26: Tony Hiller
 * 26: Neil Simon
 * 25: Lindsay Kemp
 * 25: John McCain
 * 25: Noam Sheriff
 * 24: Robin Leach
 * 23: Russ Heath
 * 23: Kuldip Nayar
 * 23: George Walker
 * 22: Ed King
 * 21: Barbara Harris
 * 21: Stefán Karl Stefánsson
 * 21: Villano III
 * 20: Uri Avnery
 * 20: Charles Blackman
 * 18: Kofi Annan
 * 18: Jack Costanzo
 * 18: Ronnie Moore
 * 17: Ezzatolah Entezami
 * 17: David McReynolds
 * 16: Aretha Franklin
 * 16: Yelena Shushunova
 * 16: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

<div role="region" aria-labelledby="Ongoing_conflicts" style="margin:1.1em 0; border:1px solid ; padding: 0.4em; font-size: 88%;"> <h2 style="display: block; margin: 0; border: none; padding: 0 0.4em; background-color: ; font-size: 125%; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"> Ongoing conflicts

<div style="background-color: ;"> <h3 style="font-size: inherit;"> Africa


 * Algeria, Libya and Tunisia
 * Maghreb insurgency
 * 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
 * Ethiopia
 * Oromo Conflict
 * Libya
 * Civil war
 * Mali
 * Northern Mali conflict
 * Nigeria
 * Communal conflicts in Nigeria
 * Somalia
 * Civil war
 * South Sudan
 * Ethnic violence (South Sudanese Civil War)
 * Sudan
 * War in Darfur
 * South Kordofan conflict
 * Sudanese nomadic conflicts

<h3 style="font-size: inherit;"> Americas


 * Colombia
 * Colombian conflict
 * Mexico
 * Mexican War on Drugs
 * Peru
 * Internal conflict in Peru

<h3 style="font-size: inherit;"> 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 Myanmar
 * Kachin conflict
 * Karen conflict
 * Rohingya conflict
 * Pakistan
 * War in North-West Pakistan
 * Balochistan conflict
 * Philippines
 * CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion
 * Thailand
 * South Thailand insurgency

<h3 style="font-size: inherit;"> 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

<h3 style="font-size: inherit;"> 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
 * 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
 * Yemen
 * Yemeni Civil War
 * Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
 * Al-Qaeda insurgency

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