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 Ongoing events

Disasters
 * Gaza humanitarian crisis
 * H5N1 outbreak
 * Haitian crisis
 * Iceland volcanic eruptions
 * Sudanese refugee crisis
 * United States opioid epidemic

Economics
 * Argentine monetary crisis
 * Chinese property sector crisis
 * South African energy crisis
 * United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
 * Video game industry layoffs

Politics
 * South China Sea territorial disputes
 * Texas border and immigration enforcement efforts

Protests and strikes
 * Georgian protests
 * Israel–Hamas war protests
 * University campus protests


 * New Caledonia unrest
 * United Kingdom industrial disputes and strikes

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 Elections and referendums

Recent


 * May
 * 19: Dominican Republic, President, Senate,   Chamber of Deputies
 * 20: India, Lok Sabha (5th phase)
 * 22: Vietnam, President (indirect)
 * 25: India, Lok Sabha (6th phase)
 * 26: Lithuania, President (run-off)
 * 29: Vanuatu, Constitutional referendum
 * 29: Madagascar, National Assembly
 * 29: South Africa, National Assembly

Upcoming


 * June
 * 1: Iceland, President
 * 1: India, Lok Sabha (7th phase)
 * 2: Mexico, President, Senate, Chamber of Deputies
 * 6–9: European Union, European Parliament
 * 9: Belgium, Chamber of Representatives, Senate (indirect)
 * 9: Bulgaria, National Assembly
 * 9: San Marino, Grand and General Council
 * 9: South Ossetia, Parliament
 * 9: Switzerland, Referendums

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 Trials

Recently concluded


 * United States:Donald Trump (NY)
 * Vietnam:Trương Mỹ Lan

Ongoing


 * Hong Kong:Jimmy Lai
 * Israel:Benjamin Netanyahu
 * Kosovo:Specialist Chambers


 * Sweden:Mohammed Hamo
 * United States:Bob Menendez
 * ICC:Ali Kushayb

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Sports


 * Athletics
 * 2024 Diamond League


 * Association football
 * 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
 * 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
 * 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
 * 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
 * 2024 Copa Libertadores
 * 2024 Copa Sudamericana
 * 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup
 * 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
 * 2023–24 Premier League
 * 2023–24 La Liga
 * 2023–24 Serie A
 * 2023–24 Ligue 1
 * 2024 Major League Soccer season


 * Baseball


 * 2024 MLB season


 * Basketball
 * 2024 NBA playoffs
 * 2024 WNBA season


 * International cricket
 * 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship
 * 2024 IPL season


 * Golf


 * 2024 PGA Tour
 * 2024 LPGA Tour


 * Ice hockey
 * 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs


 * Motorsport
 * 2024 Formula One World Championship
 * 2024 MotoGP World Championship
 * 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
 * 2024 IndyCar Series


 * Rugby union


 * 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup


 * 2023–24 Premiership Rugby


 * 2023–24 United Rugby Championship


 * Tennis
 * 2024 French Open
 * 2024 ATP Tour
 * 2024 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events [ edit section]

 Recent deaths

May

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 Ongoing conflicts

Global
 * War against the Islamic State

Africa
 * Cameroon
 * Anglophone Crisis


 * Central African Republic
 * Civil war


 * Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Kivu conflict


 * Ethiopia
 * Amhara conflict


 * Mozambique
 * Insurgency in Cabo Delgado


 * Nigeria
 * Boko Haram insurgency


 * Sahel insurgency


 * Mali War


 * Burkina Faso
 * Niger


 * Somalia
 * Civil war


 * Sudan
 * Civil war


 * Western Sahara
 * Second Western Sahara War

Americas
 * Ecuador
 * Ecuadorian conflict


 * Mexico
 * Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific
 * Afghanistan
 * Islamic State–Taliban conflict
 * Republican insurgency


 * India


 * Naxalite–Maoist insurgency


 * Indonesia
 * Papua conflict


 * Myanmar
 * Civil war


 * Pakistan
 * Insurgency in Balochistan
 * Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa


 * Philippines
 * NPA rebellion

Europe
 * Russia and Ukraine
 * Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East
 * Iraqi conflict
 * Islamic State insurgency


 * Israel–Hamas war
 * Regional spillover
 * Israel–Hezbollah conflict
 * Red Sea crisis


 * Syrian civil war
 * Iran–Israel conflict
 * Turkish intervention
 * U.S.−led intervention


 * Turkey
 * PKK insurgency


 * Yemeni civil war
 * US–UK intervention

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars [ edit section]