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Political

 * Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger
 * Iraqi Civil War
 * Military intervention against ISIL
 * Iranian-led
 * American-led
 * Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015)
 * Lebanese anti-government protests
 * Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
 * PKK rebellion
 * Yemeni Civil War
 * Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
 * Second Libyan Civil War
 * Sinai insurgency
 * South China Sea disputes
 * Syrian Civil War
 * American-led intervention against ISIL (Syria)
 * Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
 * War in Donbass
 * Russian military intervention in Ukraine

Sports

 * 2015 Rugby World Cup
 * 2015 World Series
 * 2015 Breeders' Cup
 * 2015 League of Legends World Championship

Environmental

 * Southeast Asian haze


 * More details on ongoing conflicts below

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October

 * 31: Ants Antson
 * 30: Mel Daniels
 * 30: Zehra Deović
 * 30: Al Molinaro
 * 29: Luther Burden
 * 29: Ernesto Herrera
 * 28: Diane Charlemagne
 * 27: Philip French
 * 27: Tshepo Ngwane
 * 27: Gulam Noon
 * 27: Rajendra Singh Rana
 * 26: Ed Walker
 * 25: Cao Ying
 * 25: David Cesarani
 * 25: Pijush Ganguly
 * 25: Lisa Jardine
 * 25: Flip Saunders
 * 24: Ján Chryzostom Korec
 * 24: Maureen O'Hara
 * 24: Sandra Peterson
 * 23: Murphy Anderson
 * 23: Leon Bibb
 * 23: Roger De Clerck
 * 23: Thomas G. Stemberg
 * 23: Paride Tumburus
 * 22: Peter Baldwin
 * 22: Willem Aantjes
 * 22: Arnold Klein
 * 22: Mark Murphy
 * 22: Mohammad Daud Sultanzoy
 * 21: France Bučar
 * 21: Marty Ingels
 * 21: Ian Steel death announced on this date
 * 20: Makis Dendrinos
 * 20: Michael Meacher
 * 20: John Scott
 * 20: Cory Wells
 * 19: Leon Bramlett
 * 19: Ron Greener
 * 19: Ali Treki
 * 18: Robert Dickerson
 * 18: Gamal El-Ghitani
 * 18: Robert W. Farquhar
 * 18: Frank Watkins
 * 17: Howard Kendall
 * 17: Anne-Marie Lizin
 * 16: Bevo XIV
 * 16: Denis Cuspert
 * 16: Irwin Schiff
 * 15: Nate Huffman
 * 15: Kenneth D. Taylor
 * 15: Michael Stevens
 * 14: Mathieu Kérékou
 * 14: Bruce Mozert
 * 14: Skip Yowell
 * 13: Bruce Hyde
 * 13: Rosalyn Baxandall
 * 13: Rizzini Alexis Gomez
 * 13: Sue Lloyd-Roberts
 * 12: Sam de Brito
 * 12: Duncan Druce
 * 12: Hal Hackady
 * 12: Joan Leslie
 * 12: George Mueller
 * 11: Dean Chance
 * 11: David Hunt
 * 11: Steve Mackay
 * 10: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
 * 10: Richard F. Heck
 * 10: Manorama
 * 10: Sybil Stockdale
 * 9: Ray Duncan
 * 9: Gordon Honeycombe
 * 9: Geoffrey Howe
 * 9: Ravindra Jain
 * 9: Dave Meyers
 * 9: Koopsta Knicca
 * 9: Jerry Parr
 * 9: Larry Rosen
 * 9: Robbin Thompson
 * 8: Richard Davies
 * 8: Jim Diamond
 * 8: Hossein Hamadani
 * 8: Lindy Infante
 * 8: Paul Prudhomme
 * 8: Elizabeth Ramsey
 * 8: Hugh Scully
 * 7: Elena Lucena
 * 7: Gail Zappa
 * 6: Kevin Corcoran
 * 6: Árpád Göncz
 * 6: Billy Joe Royal
 * 5: Chantal Akerman
 * 5: Joker Arroyo
 * 5: Grace Lee Boggs
 * 5: Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
 * 5: Anna Pump
 * 4: Job de Ruiter
 * 4: Henning Mankell
 * 4: Edida Nageswara Rao
 * 4: Neal Walk
 * 3: Denis Healey
 * 3: Barbara Meek
 * 2: Brian Friel
 * 2: Coleridge Goode
 * 1: Don Edwards
 * 1: Hadi Norouzi

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Africa

 * Algeria, Tunisia and Niger
 * Maghreb insurgency


 * Central African Republic
 * Civil war


 * Democratic Republic of the 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
 * Turkey–ISIL conflict


 * Yemeni crisis
 * Houthi rebellion
 * Al-Qaeda insurgency
 * South Yemen insurgency

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Recent

 * October
 * 4: Kyrgyzstan, Supreme Council
 * 4: Portugal, Assembly of the Republic
 * 11: Belarus, President
 * 11: Guinea, President
 * 17–19: Egypt, Parliament (1st phase)
 * 18: Switzerland, Federal Assembly
 * 19: Canada, House of Commons
 * 25: Argentina, President, National Congress
 * 25: Republic of the Congo, Referendum
 * 25: Côte d'Ivoire, President
 * 25: Guatemala, President (2nd round)
 * 25: Haiti, President, National Assembly (2nd round)
 * 25: Oman, Consultative Assembly
 * 25: Poland, Parliament
 * 25: Tanzania, President, National Assembly

Upcoming

 * November
 * 1: Azerbaijan, National Assembly
 * 1: Turkey, Grand National Assembly
 * 4: Belize, House of Representatives
 * 8: Croatia, Parliament
 * 8: Myanmar, Legislature
 * 16: Marshall Islands, Legislature
 * 21–23: Egypt, Parliament (2nd phase)

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Recently concluded

 * Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes
 * Brazil: Mensalão scandal
 * Canada: Luka Magnotta
 * China: Ji Jianye, Li Chuncheng, Jiang Jiemin, 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
 * Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi
 * Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh
 * Jordan: Abu Qatada
 * Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Dan Diaconescu
 * Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Eston Kohver, Vladimir Kvachkov
 * South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius
 * Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya
 * United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, 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, Jesse Jackson Jr., Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, 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
 * ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir

Ongoing

 * China: Yao Mugen, Guo Youming, Zhu Zuoli
 * Germany: Beate Zschäpe
 * Iran: Babak Zanjani, Jason Rezaian
 * 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 Mladić
 * PCA: China

Upcoming
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 * China: Wu Changshun, Ling Jihua
 * Estonia: Edgar Savisaar
 * 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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