Portal:Current events/February 2017/Sidebar

Elections and referendums
	Recent[edit] February 5: Liechtenstein, Landtag; 8: Somalia, President; 12: Germany, President; 12: Switzerland, Referendum; 12: Turkmenistan, President; 19: Ecuador, President, National Assembly, Referendum; 20: Nagorno-Karabakh, Constitutional referendum; 21: Marshall Islands, Constitutional Assembly; ; Upcoming[edit] March 2: Northern Ireland, Assembly; 7: Micronesia, Congress; 15: Netherlands, House of Representatives; 20: East Timor, President; 26: Bulgaria, Parliament; ; edit sidebar

Recent deaths
	February 2017[edit] 26: Gerald Kaufman; 26: Joseph Wapner; 25: Neil Fingleton; 25: Bill Paxton; 25: Elli Norkett; 23: Alan Colmes; 23: Bernie Custis; 23: David Waddington; 22: Ed Garvey; 21: Kenneth Arrow; 21: Jeanne Martin Cissé; 21: Desmond Connell; 21: Ion Croitoru; 20: Vitaly Churkin; 20: Mildred Dresselhaus; 19: Charismatic; 19: Larry Coryell; 19: Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe; 18: Omar Abdel-Rahman; 18: Norma McCorvey; 18: Clyde Stubblefield; 18: Daniel Vickerman; 17: Warren Frost; 17: Robert Michel; 17: Michael Novak; 17: George Steele; 16: Dick Bruna; 16: Jannis Kounellis; 15: Stuart McLean; 13: Ricardo Arias Calderón; 13: Kim Jong-nam; 12: Al Jarreau; 12: Sione Lauaki; 11: Chavo Guerrero Sr.; 10: Mike Ilitch; 10: Hal Moore; 9: Packy; 8: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson; 8: Tom Raworth; 8: Hans Rosling; 7: Svend Asmussen; 7: Richard Hatch; 7: Alec McCowen; 7: Raymond Smullyan; 6: Irwin Corey; 6: Inge Keller; 6: Joost van der Westhuizen; 4: Basil Hetzel; 4: Bano Qudsia; 3: Gordon Aikman; 2: Jeff Sauer; 1: Desmond Carrington; 1: Étienne Tshisekedi; edit sidebar

Ongoing events
	Disasters[edit] European cold wave; UK and Ireland windstorm season; Law[edit] Philippine Drug War Kidnapping and killing of Jee Ick-Joo; ; Political[edit] European migrant crisis (timeline); Romanian protests; South China Sea disputes; United States immigration ban; More details on ongoing conflicts below Sport[edit] 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series; 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series; 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series; 2016–17 Bundesliga; 2016–17 La Liga; 2016–17 NBA season; 2016–17 NHL season; 2016–17 PBA season; 2016–17 Premier League; 2016–17 Serie A; 2016–17 EuroLeague; 2016–17 EuroLeague Women; 2017 Pakistan Super League; 2017 Asian Winter Games; edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded [edit] Australia: Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara Cambodia: Sam Rainsy China: Wan Qingliang, Ling Jihua, Zhoi Bin, Guo Boxiong Iran: Babak Zanjani Netherlands: Geert Wilders Philippines: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Nur Misuari, Joel Villanueva Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Chris Denning, Adam Johnson, Ched Evans United States: Bob McDonnell, Paul Anthony Ciancia International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić Ongoing [edit] China: Bai Enpei, Pan Yiyang, Yang Weize Germany: Beate Zschäpe Indonesia: Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Mary Jane Veloso Pakistan: Waseem Azeem, Mufti Abdul Qawi Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Leila de Lima, Rodrigo Duterte, Jovito Palparan Romania: Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil Spain: Gürtel case, Spanish Royal House, Bárcenas affair United States: Etan Patz United Kingdom: Rolf Harris, Barry Bennell International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo ICTY: Ratko Mladić Upcoming [edit] China: Wu Changshun Egypt: Mohamed Morsi Estonia: Edgar Savisaar Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Bill Cosby edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Africa [edit] 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 [edit] Mexico Mexican War on Drugs Peru Internal conflict in Peru Asia [edit] 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 [edit] 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 [edit] 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 Turkey–ISIL conflict Yemen Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Al-Qaeda insurgency edit sidebar

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