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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• Haitian crisis
• Iceland volcanic eruptions
• Sudanese famine and refugee crisis
• United States opioid epidemic

Wirtschaft

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

Politics

• Mexico–United States border crisis
• South China Sea territorial disputes

Protests and strikes

• Israel–Hamas war protests

• University campus protests

• New Caledonia social unrest
• Venezuelan protests

Elections and referendums

Recent

• September

• 01: Azerbaijan, National Assembly

Upcoming

• 07: Algeria, President
• 10: Jordan, House of Representatives
• 20–21: Czechia, Senate (1st)

Trials

Recently concluded

• Guinea:0Moussa Dadis Camara
• United States:0Thomas Girardi  •  Bob Menendez  •  Bill Hwang

Ongoing

• Argentina:0Fernando Sabag Montiel
• France:0Mazan rapes case
• Israel:0Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• United States:0YSL Records
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Mahamat Said Abdel Kani

Sports

• Athletics

• 2024 Diamond League

• American football

• 2024 NFL season
• 2024 NCAA Division I FBS season

• Association football

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
• 2024 Copa Libertadores
• 2024 Copa Sudamericana
• 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2024–25 Premier League
• 2024–25 Serie A
• 2024–25 La Liga
• 2024–25 Bundesliga
• 2024–25 Ligue 1
• 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
• 2024 Argentine Primera División
• 2024 Major League Soccer season
• 2024 National Women's Soccer League season

• Australian rules football

• 2024 AFL season

• Baseball

• 2024 MLB season

• Basketball

• 2024 WNBA season

• Canadian football

• 2024 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Golf

• 2024 PGA Tour
• 2024 LPGA Tour

• Motorsport

• 2024 Formula One World Championship
• 2024 MotoGP World Championship
• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2024 IndyCar Series

• Rugby league

• 2024 NRL season

• Tennis

• 2024 US Open
• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

September / August

• 05: Rich Homie Quan
• 05: Rebecca Cheptegei
• 03: Wayne Graham
• 03: Charley Johnson
• 03: Jacqueline Winsor
• 02: James Darren
• 02: Rodolfo Hernández
• 01: Linda Deutsch
• 31: Sol Bamba
• 31: Hersh Goldberg-Polin
• 31: Obi Ndefo
• 30: Fatman Scoop
• 30: Tūheitia Paki
• 29: Johnny Gaudreau
• 28: Steve Silberman
• 27: Juan Izquierdo
• 27: Charlotte Kretschmann
• 27: Leonard Riggio
• 26: Frank Coppa
• 26: Sven-Göran Eriksson
• 26: Sid Eudy
• 25: Salim Al-Huss
• 24: Christoph Daum
• 25: Alexander Goehr
• 24: Betty Halbreich
• 23: Peter Lundgren
• 23: Russell Malone
• 23: Catherine Ribeiro
• 22: Arthur J. Gregg
• 21: Nell McCafferty
• 21: Bill Pascrell
• 20: Al Attles
• 20: Atsuko Tanaka
• 19: Maria Branyas
• 19: Michel Guérard
• 19: Mike Lynch
• 18: Ruth Johnson Colvin
• 18: Alain Delon
• 18: Phil Donahue
• 17: Virginia Ogilvy
• 17: Silvio Santos
• 16: Afa Anoaʻi
• 15: Peter Marshall
• 15: Jack Russell
• 14: John Lansing
• 14: Gena Rowlands
• 13: Wally Amos
• 13: Greg Kihn
• 13: Frank Selvy
• 12: Kim Kahana
• 11: Daniela Larreal
• 11: Ángel Salazar
• 11: Noël Treanor
• 10: Rachael Lillis
• 10: Peggy Moffitt
• 09: Kevin Sullivan
• 09: Susan Wojcicki
• 08: Issa Hayatou
• 08: Mitzi McCall
• 08: Chi-Chi Rodríguez
• 08: Steve Symms
• 07: Jon McBride
• 06: Billy Bean
• 06: Connie Chiume
• 05: John Aprea

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Kamerun

• Anglophone Crisis

• Zentralafrikanische Republik

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Äthiopien

• Amhara conflict

• Mosambik

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Mexiko

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• Indien

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesien

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippinen

• NPA rebellion

Europa

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Iraq

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel–Hamas

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict

• Red Sea crisis

• Syria

• Iran–Israel conflict
• Turkish intervention
• U.S.−led intervention

• Türkei

• PKK insurgency

• Jemen

• US–UK intervention

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

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See also

• Wikipedia:How the Current events page works