Portal:Current events

Topics in the news

Haider al-Abadi

• Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (pictured) declares victory against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, after capturing the group's remaining territory in the country.
• The Parliament of Australia passes legislation to allow same-sex marriage.
• Halszkaraptor, a duck-like dinosaur genus thought to have been semiaquatic, is described from a Mongolian fossil.
• U.S. President Donald Trump announces that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Ongoing:

• Southern California wildfires

Recent deaths:

• Ed Lee
• Vera Katz
• Keith Chegwin
• Lalji Singh

Current events of December 13, 2017 (2017-12-13) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
  • At least 30 people are reported to have been killed in Saudi-led coalition air strikes on a rebel military police camp in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. (BBC)

Arts and culture

• Quebec French
  • Le Journal de Montréal mentions Charles Castonguay, Pierre Curzi, Mario Beaulieu and cites researcher Erich Bouchard claiming that solid foundations are needed for the defence of the French language. (Journal de Montréal)

Disasters and accidents

• Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
  • A 17-pound (8 kg) transport helicopter window falls on a school in Okinawa, Japan, for the second time in less than a week. Today, a child sustains "minor injuries". The United States Marine Corps apologizes. (ABC News)

Law and crime

• Proclamation No. 216
  • The Congress of the Philippines votes to approve President Rodrigo Duterte's request to extend the declaration of martial law in Mindanao until December 31, 2018. (AFP)

Politics and elections

• Politics of Belgium
  • Belgium's biggest government party says that it will not accept the energy transition agreement in the form that was reached by the four ministers of energy on December 11. They cite mainly financial arguments, while the pact's negotiators say the cost is known. Prime Minister Charles Michel says "nobody will torpedo the energy pact". The process is inspired by the Energiewende in Germany. (De Standaard) (La Libre Belgique)
• Politics of the United States
  • Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton is scheduled to announce the appointment of Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to replace resigning Sen. Al Franken in the United States Senate. (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
• Politics of the United Kingdom
  • Prime Minister Theresa May suffers a major non-victory in Parliament. (The Guardian)

Current events of December 12, 2017 (2017-12-12) (Tuesday)

Business and economy

• Unibail-Rodamco agrees to purchase shopping mall owner Westfield Corporation for $15.7 billion. (Business Insider)

Disasters and accidents

• An explosion and fire at the Gas Connect Austria pipeline hub in Baumgarten an der March kills one person and injures 21. Service to Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Italy is suspended. Italy declares a state of emergency. (Reuters) (Deutsche Welle)

Health and environment

• Regulation of chemicals
  • Reacting to a petition from more than a million EU citizens, the European Commission releases a 16-page report on glyphosate. It adopts a renewal of the approval of glyphosate for a 5-year period and plans to improve the science reviewing process. Glyphosate is a systemic herbicide and crop desiccant commonly sold under the trademark Roundup. The petitioners fear that the herbicide causes cancer. (Le Figaro and Reuters)

International relations

• Syrian Civil War
  • The Syrian opposition urges Russian president Vladimir Putin to put pressure on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in order to "rescue" the Geneva peace talks and begin face-to-face bilateral talks. (The Guardian)
• Foreign relations of Rwanda, Foreign relations of France
  • Rwanda steps up pressure on France to admit alleged complicity in the 1994 genocide by publishing a report by law firm Cunningham Levy Muse. (Financial Times)

Politics and elections

• Government of San Francisco
  • Mayor of San Francisco Ed Lee dies of an apparent heart attack. Supervisor London Breed becomes acting Mayor. (SFGate)
• United States Senate special election in Alabama, 2017
  • Voters in Alabama go to the polls to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by current United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The race is between Roy Moore (R) and Doug Jones (D). (CNN)
  • Associated Press declares Doug Jones the winner. (AP via New York Times)

Science and technology

• Climate change in the Arctic
  • This year's Arctic Report Card reveals that the plunge in sea ice extent as well as the amount of ocean surface warming is unprecedented in at least the last 1,500 years. (Mashable)

Sports

• Weinstein effect
  • Marshall Faulk, Ike Taylor, and Heath Evans are suspended from the NFL Network due to allegations of sexual harassment. (The Washington Post)
• EAFF E-1 Football Championship
  • South Korea beats North Korea 0–1 in Tokyo. The Japanese authorities gave the North Korean players a special visa to enable their participation in the event that was formerly known as the East Asian Cup. (Sporza)

Current events of December 11, 2017 (2017-12-11) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2017 New York City attempted bombing
  • An attempted terrorist attack occurs when a homemade pipe bomb worn by a man exploded near New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal. Three people, as well as the attacker, are injured. The suspect, identified as Akayed Ullah, is in custody. (The New York Times) (CNN)
• Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War
  • During a visit to Syria, his first, President Vladimir Putin announces that a significant part of Russian forces will withdraw from Syria now that ISIL has been defeated in the country. (BBC) (RT)

Arts and culture

• Cinema of Saudi Arabia
  • The Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia announces that it will lift a ban on commercial cinemas that has lasted more than three decades. (BBC)

Business and economy

• Economy of the United Kingdom
  • A £6 billion ($8 billion) deal to sell 24 Eurofighter Typhoons to Qatar is announced. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

• December 2017 Southern California wildfires
  • The Thomas Fire is the fifth largest in modern Californian history. (NPR)

Law and crime

• Transgender personnel in the United States military
  • U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly denies a Trump administration request to enforce the ban on transgender troops while this case is under appeal, thereby reaffirming her order that requires the U.S. military to accept transgender recruits effective January 1, 2018. (Reuters)
• 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt and following purges in Turkey
  • Turkey's state news agency announces that prosecutors in Istanbul have requested life sentences against six people, including journalist brothers Ahmet and Mehmet Altan and chronicler Nazli Ilicak. One of the accusations is reportedly "having committed a crime in the name of a terror organization without being a member of it." (Yenisafak) (RTBF)

Politics and elections

• Hezbollah political activities
  • Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, vows to return to Israel. Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in South Beirut. (VRT)
• Ukrainian crisis
  • Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili is freed from detention following Judge Larysa Tsokol's dismissal of prosecutors’ house arrest request. (Reuters)
• Politics of India
  • Rahul Gandhi is elected unopposed as the head of the opposition Congress Party. On 16 January 2018, he is to take over the reins from his mother Sonia Gandhi, who held the position for 19 years. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of India)
• Politics of France
  • Corsican nationalists demand talks with the French government after a convincing win in the second round of elections for a reformed regional government in Corsica. (The Guardian)

Science and technology

• British Antarctic Territory
  • Mount Hope, in a disputed region of Antarctica, is found to be the highest mountain in territory claimed by the United Kingdom. Ben Nevis in Scotland is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom. (BBC)
• Space policy of the United States
  • U.S. President Donald Trump signs the "Space Policy Directive 1" that establishes the foundation for a crewed mission to the Moon, while also maintaining a longer-term NASA goal of landing a man on Mars. (Reuters)
• Male homosexuality
  • The Y-linked protein NLGN4Y transfer from an older brother to a younger by transfer through the mother's womb, the mother's bloodstream, and her created antibodies reaching her next male fetus' brain, together appear to influence the gayness of the next brother. (CNN) (PNAS)

Current events of December 10, 2017 (2017-12-10) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A 24-year-old Palestinian stabs and seriously wounds an Israeli security guard at Jerusalem's Central Bus Station. The attacker is arrested. (Reuters) (The Washington Post) (The Independent)

Arts and culture

• Iraqi Civil War
  • An Iraqi military parade in Baghdad celebrates final victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declares December 10 an annual national holiday. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2017 California wildfires
  • New evacuations are ordered as the fires spread toward a string of California coastal cities. Santa Ana winds and rugged mountain terrain continue to hamper firefighting efforts. Authorities report the Thomas Fire is only 15 percent contained. (Los Angeles Times) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Iran
  • The spying charge death sentence against Vrije Universiteit Brussel guest-lecturer Ahmadreza Djalali is now executable, since his Iranian lawyer did not appeal the verdict and sentence within the required three-week limit. (De Standaard) (VRT)

Politics and elections

• Venezuelan presidential election, 2018
  • Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is up for re-election, bans the main opposition parties, Justice First, Democratic Action and Popular Will from running in next year's presidential election. (BBC)

Science and technology

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome
  • Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology trace the source of the deadly 2002–04 SARS virus outbreak, which killed 774 people in 37 countries, to a colony of cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in China's Yunnan province. (The Guardian)

Sports

• 2017–18 Premier League
  • Manchester City beat local rivals Manchester United 2–1 at Old Trafford to set a new record for successive victories in English top-flight games, breaking the record of 13 successive league wins in a single season set by Chelsea, Arsenal, Preston North End and Sunderland. (Metro) (BBC)
• Major League Baseball
  • Jack Morris and Alan Trammell are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Hall's Modern Baseball Era Committee. They will be formally inducted on July 29, 2018, along with any individuals who may be elected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. (ESPN)

Current events of December 9, 2017 (2017-12-09) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• United States recognition of Jerusalem
  • Hundreds of people protest on the West Bank and in Gaza for the third day in a row. (BBC)
• Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017), American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present), Iraq–United States relations
  • Iraq announces that its war against Islamic State (IS) is over. The United States Department of State welcomes the end of the "vile occupation" and says that the fight continues. (BBC)

Arts and culture

• Egyptology
  • Archaeologists in Egypt display items, including figurines, masks and a mummy, from one of two previously unexplored tombs, Kampp 150 and Kampp 161, in the ancient Nile city of Luxor. (BBC) (National Geographic)

Business and economy

• The 1.6-hectare populated hamlet of Alwine in Uebigau-Wahrenbrück district, Germany, is sold for 140,000 € at a public auction. (AFP via Daily Nation)

Sports

• 2017 MLS Cup
  • In association football, Toronto win their first MLS Cup defeating the Seattle Sounders 2–0 in the final, becoming the first MLS team to complete the domestic treble. (AFP via Yahoo! 7)
• College football
  • In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Army Black Knights defeat the Navy Midshipmen 14–13, winning back to back for the first time since 1995–1996 and winning the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the first time in 21 years. (CBS Sports)
  • Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield wins the Heisman Trophy as the NCAA’s most outstanding player for the 2017 college football season. (Fox News)

Current events of December 8, 2017 (2017-12-08) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian Civil War
  • Russian jets carry out airstrikes in a village in the northwestern Idlib Governorate, where a de-escalation zone exists, killing at least five civilians. (World Bulletin)
• Suspected Allied Democratic Forces militants in North Kivu, DR Congo, kill at least 15 United Nations peacekeepers, mostly Tanzanian, and five Congolese soldiers, and wound 53 other people. An unknown number of the rebels are killed. Over 90 peacekeepers have been killed since the mission started in 1999. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

• Japan–European Union relations
  • The European Union and Japan announce that they concluded negotiations on a trade deal. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• December 2017 Southern California wildfires
  • Donald Trump approves California's request for an emergency declaration, allowing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief efforts across five Southern California counties. (Los Angeles Times)

International relations

• United States recognition of Jerusalem
  • Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov says that the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital by the United States "runs counter to common sense." (Reuters)
  • Clashes erupt in Bethlehem and Hebron. Dozens of people throw stones at Israel Defense Forces who reply with tear gas and water cannon. More than 200 people are wounded. One person was killed. The Health Minister of the Palestinian National Authority named the man killed on the Gaza Strip border. (BBC) (Reuters) (RT)
  • Demonstrators across the Arab and Muslim worlds take to the streets on Friday, holy day, expressing solidarity with the Palestinians and outrage at the U.S. move. (Reuters)
  • 14 of the 15 United Nations Security Council members denounce the United States' stance on Jerusalem. (The Wall Street Journal)
• Brexit negotiations
  • The European Union and the United Kingdom reach agreement on the first stage of Brexit including the status of the border between the U.K. and Ireland. (CNN)
• 2017 North Korean crisis, Japan–North Korea relations
  • The Japanese Minister of Defense says that his country is to procure medium-range missiles. This purchase is controversial for a country that renounced the right to wage war. (RT) (Reuters)
• Treaty on European Union, Politics of Poland
  • Poland's Sejm approves controversial judiciary changes amid accusations of threat to democracy. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• Crime in Japan
  • Three people are killed in a rampage involving swords near the Tomioka Hachiman Shrine in Japan. (The Japan Times) (The Asahi Shimbun)

Politics and elections

• 2017 United States political sexual scandals
  • Trent Franks, a United States representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district, announces his immediate resignation, following allegations that he asked a female staffer to be a surrogate mother for him. Franks previously announced that he would resign from Congress in January 2018. (KSAZ-TV)
• 2018 United States federal budget
  • Trump signs a continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown for another two weeks. Congress has until December 22 to hash out differences over funding DACA, CHIP, tax reform, and military funding within the limits of the Budget Control Act of 2011. (Fox News) (U.S. News & World Report)
• Presidency of Donald Trump
  • The White House announces that Deputy National Security Advisor Dina Powell will leave the Trump administration early 2018. (The Hill)
• Ukrainian crisis
  • Mikheil Saakashvili is arrested again by the National Police of Ukraine. He was on the run since December 5. He has been leading anti-corruption rallies against Petro Poroshenko. (RTL Nieuws) (BBC)

Science and technology

• Airborne radioactivity increase in Europe in autumn 2017
  • Russia denies that the mysterious pollution originates from the Mayak plant. A probe found no trace of Ruthenium-106 after last September's incident, they say. Greenpeace criticises the claim, claiming it to be a cover-up. (Daily Mail)

Current events of December 7, 2017 (2017-12-07) (Thursday)

International relations

• Positions on Jerusalem
  • The Czech Republic recognizes West Jerusalem as Israel's capital "in practice". (Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
  • Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expresses interest in moving his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. (Haaretz)
• Greek–Turkish relations
  • The President of Turkey embarks on a two-day state visit of Greece. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's démarche is a first in 65 years. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
• European migrant crisis, Treaty on European Union
  • The European Commission orders Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary to court over their refusal to incorporate more refugees. This is the third step in a process that may lead to fines and loss of the countries' voting rights in the European Union. (De Standaard) (Die Zeit)
• Economic globalization
  • Fifteen countries ask the World Trade Organization a mandate to negotiate binding rules on e-commerce, days after India turned down negotiations. (Economic Times)

Law and crime

• Same-sex marriage in Australia
  • The Parliament of Australia votes to make same-sex marriage legal in Australia. (The Australian)
• Aztec High School shooting
  • Three people, including the gunman, are killed in a school shooting at Aztec High School in New Mexico. (MSN)
• 2016–17 purges in Turkey
  • Peoples’ Democratic Party’s co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş remains behind bars until the next hearing, scheduled for February 14, 2018. He risks 142 years in prison. (Turkey Purge)
• Aftermath of the AMIA bombing
  • In a 491-page ruling, a court indicts former President of Argentina Cristina Fernández for treason and orders for her arrest for "trying to cover up Iran's possible role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people". Former foreign affairs minister Héctor Timerman is also concerned. Both have previously denied wrongdoing. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2017 United States political sexual scandals
  • United States Senator Al Franken announces that he will resign "in the coming weeks" amid sexual harassment allegations. (Time)
  • Arizona Congressman Trent Franks announces that he will resign on January 31, 2018. This announcement comes after two of his employees filed a complaint about his conduct, and the House Ethics Committee opened a sexual harassment investigation. (Fox News)
• Nepalese legislative election, 2017
  • Voters in Nepal go to the polls for the second round of a historic legislative election. The turnout is 67%, up from 65% in the first round. (Foreign Affairs) (Economic Times)
• Cabinet of Germany
  • The Social Democratic Party congress votes to start talks on "whether and in what form" to support a new federal government. (The Washington Post)
• Politics of Poland
  • Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło resigns just hours after surviving an opposition no-confidence motion. She will be replaced by Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, according to the ruling Law and Justice party. (BBC)

Sports

• UEFA Euro 2020
  • Eurostadium in Brussels, Belgium, is unselected as a host for the UEFA Euro 2020 football competition, ceding its place for group stage matches to Wembley Stadium in London, England. Prime Minister of Belgium Charles Michel says the city made the error of wanting to build a stadium outside its territory. (voetbalnieuws.be) (VRT)

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Ongoing events

Business

• 1MDB scandal
• Panama Papers
• Paradise Papers

Culture

• Weinstein effect

Disasters

• Oklahoma earthquake swarms
• Pacific typhoon season
• California wildfire season
  • Southern California wildfires
• UK and Ireland windstorm season

Politics

• Brexit negotiations
• European migrant crisis (timeline)
• Lebanon–Saudi dispute
• North Korean crisis
• Philippine protests
• Qatar diplomatic crisis
• Rohingya persecution
• Saudi purge
• South China Sea disputes
• Spanish constitutional crisis
• Turkish purges
• U.S. political sex scandals
• U.S. Special Counsel investigation (timeline)
• Venezuelan protests (timeline)

Sports

• FIFA corruption scandal
• NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal
• USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal

More details – ongoing conflicts

Elections and referendums

Recent

• November
  • 26: Honduras, President and National Congress
  • 26: Nepal, House of Representatives (1st phase)
• December
  • 7: Nepal, House of Representatives (2nd phase)

Upcoming

• December
  • 17: Chile, President (2nd round)
  • 26: Liberia, President (2nd round)

Trials

Recently concluded

• France: Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue
• Romania: Dan Șova
• Thailand: Yingluck Shinawatra
• United States: Ahmed Abu Khattala, Glenn Chin, Bob Menendez, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate
• International
  • ICTY: Ratko Mladić

Ongoing

• Cambodia: Kem Sokha, Mu Sochua
• Estonia: Edgar Savisaar
• Germany: Beate Zschäpe
• Guatemala: Otto Pérez Molina, Roxana Baldetti and others
• Israel: Faina Kirschenbaum
• Malaysia: Siti Aisyah and Đoàn Thị Hương
• Philippines: Leila de Lima
• Russia: Alexei Navalny, Alexey Ulyukaev
• South Korea: Park Geun-hye
• Spain: Bárcenas affair, Gürtel case, Carles Puigdemont
• Turkey: 2016 Atatürk Airport attack suspects
• United States: Mehmet Hasan Atilla, Cliven Bundy, Fat Leonard scandal
• International
  • ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

Upcoming

• Australia: George Pell
• Egypt: Mohamed Morsi
• Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
• Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Jovito Palparan, Maria Lourdes Sereno
• Romania: Liviu Dragnea
• Spain: Jordi Pujol
• Ukraine: Roman Nasirov
• United Kingdom: Football sex abuse scandal
• United States: Bill Cosby, Rick Gates, Paul Manafort, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Sayfullo Saipov
• Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo

Sport

• Association football
  • 2017–18 UEFA Champions League
  • 2017–18 UEFA Europa League
  • 2017–18 Premier League
  • 2017–18 Bundesliga
  • 2017–18 La Liga
  • 2017–18 Serie A
  • 2017–18 Ligue 1
  • 2017 MLS season
• Women's association football
  • 2017–18 Champions League
  • 2017–18 Division 1 Féminine
  • 2017–18 FA WSL
  • 2017–18 Frauen-Bundesliga
  • 2017–18 W-League
  • 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qual.
• Basketball
  • 2017–18 Champions League
  • 2017–18 EuroLeague
  • 2017–18 NBA season
  • 2017–18 NCAA Division I men
  • 2017–18 NCAA Division I women
• Ice hockey
  • 2017–18 Champions League
  • 2017–18 IIHF Continental Cup
  • 2017–18 KHL season
  • 2017–18 NHL season
  • 2017–18 NWHL season
• Rugby union
  • 2017–18 English Premiership
  • 2017–18 Pro14
  • 2017–18 Top 14
• Other sports seasons
  • 2017 NFL season
  • 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season
  • 2017–18 curling season
  • 2017–18 figure skating season
  • 2017–18 snooker season

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

December 2017

• 12: Ed Lee
• 12: Pat DiNizio
• 11: Keith Chegwin
• 11: Charles Robert Jenkins
• 11: Vera Katz
• 10: Simeon Booker
• 10: Max Clifford
• 10: Lalji Singh
• 9: Grant Munro
• 7: Tommy Horton
• 6: Conrad Brooks
• 6: William H. Gass
• 6: Johnny Hallyday
• 5: August Ames
• 5: Michael I of Romania
• 5: Jean d'Ormesson
• 4: Shashi Kapoor
• 4: Christine Keeler
• 4: Manuel Marín
• 4: Ron Meyer
• 4: Ali Abdullah Saleh
• 3: John B. Anderson
• 2: Ulli Lommel
• 2: Marianne Means

November 2017

• 30: Jim Nabors
• 29: Jerry Fodor
• 29: Slobodan Praljak
• 27: José María Romero de Tejada
• 25: Rance Howard
• 25: Steve Jones
• 25: Harry Pregerson
• 24: Miguel Alfredo González
• 24: Mitch Margo

Ongoing conflicts

Africa

• Algeria and Tunisia
  • Maghreb insurgency
  • ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
• 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
• Libya
  • Civil war
• Mali
  • Northern Mali conflict
• Somalia
  • Civil war
• South Sudan
  • Ethnic violence (South Sudanese Civil War)
• Sudan
  • War in Darfur
  • South Kordofan conflict
  • Sudanese nomadic conflicts

Americas

• Mexico
  • Mexican War on Drugs
• Peru
  • Internal conflict in Peru

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
• Pakistan
  • War in North-West Pakistan
  • Balochistan conflict
• Philippines
  • CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion
• Thailand
  • South Thailand insurgency

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

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