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Olaf Scholz

• Chief of the Defence Staff of India Bipin Rawat and 12 others die in a helicopter crash.
• A coalition government led by newly-elected Chancellor Olaf Scholz (pictured) is formed in Germany.
• A prison fire kills at least 38 inmates and injures over 69 others in Gitega, Burundi.
• Karl Nehammer becomes Chancellor of Austria following the resignation of Alexander Schallenberg.

Ongoing:

• COVID-19 pandemic

Recent deaths:

• Marjorie Tallchief
• John Miles
• Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim
• Fred Hiatt
• Medina Spirit
• Françoise Delord

December 8, 2021 (2021-12-08) (Wednesday)

Arts and culture

• The bones of over 100 Indigenous Australian Kaurna people are repatriated from the South Australian Museum and buried in a ceremony in Adelaide. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Indian Air Force Mi-17 crash
  • General Bipin Rawat and 12 other people are killed as their Indian Air Force Mi-17V-5 crashes near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, while flying towards Wellington from Sulur Air Force Station. Another person is injured. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India, COVID-19 vaccination in India
      • India's Serum Institute will halve the production of its COVID-19 vaccine because it has no fresh orders, its top-ranking executive has said. (BBC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait
      • Kuwait reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully vaccinated European traveller who arrived from a African country. (Anadolu Agency) 
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
      • South Korea reports a recors 7,175 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 489,484. (The Japan Times)

Law and crime

• 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
  • The Court of Appeal of Malaysia upholds the conviction against former Prime Minister Najib Razak of all seven counts of abuse of power, money laundering and criminal breach of trust for his involvement in the 1MDB scandal. (CNA)

Politics and elections

• The Bundestag elects Olaf Scholz as the new Chancellor of Germany, replacing Angela Merkel after 16 years in the office. (BBC News)

Sports

• Concerns and controversies at the 2022 Winter Olympics
  • Australia joins a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Beijing citing China's human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region and Beijing's ongoing freeze on ministerial contact with Canberra. (Yahoo! News)

December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • Israeli Air Force warplanes bomb the Port of Latakia, Syria's main seaport. At least five explosions are reported, with a Syrian military official stating that several missiles struck the container area of the port. It is the first Israeli attack on the civilian facility. (The Times of Israel) (Reuters)
• Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
  • Four civilians are killed and four more are injured in an ISIL motorcycle bombing near a hospital in Basra, Iraq. (The New Arab)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • Bandits ambush and set fire to a passenger bus in Sokoto State, Nigeria, killing 30 people, including children. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Evergrande liquidity crisis
  • Chinese property developer Evergrande Group misses a deadline for the payment of debt for the first time at the end of a 30-day grace period, pushing the property developer closer to formal default. (Reuters)
• The United Arab Emirates says that weekends in the country will occur from Friday afternoon to Sunday, effective January 1. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Semeru eruption
  • The death toll from the eruption of the Semeru volcano in East Java, Indonesia, increases to 34. (BBC News)
• Gitega prison fire
  • At least 38 people are killed and 69 more are injured during a fire at an overcrowded prison in Gitega, Burundi. (BBC News)
• 2021–22 European windstorm season
  • European Windstorm Barra causes at least 56,000 power outages across the United Kingdom and Ireland. (BBC News)
• Thirteen people are killed in a collision between a minibus and a truck in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. (RFE/RL)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland
        • Northern Ireland reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two people from the same household in the greater Belfast area and a third unrelated person. (The Independent)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
      • Norway restricts the number of visitors in private homes to 10 people and reduces the hours that bars and restaurants can serve alcohol until midnight due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. (The Irish Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, COVID-19 vaccination in Spain
      • The Spanish Public Health Commission approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. Vaccination rollout for this age group will begin on December 15. (El Pais)
    • European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • The EMA and the ECDC approves the mixing and matching of two different COVID-19 vaccines for both initial and booster doses. (France 24)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois
        • Illinois reports their first case of the Omicron variant in a Chicago resident. (Chicago Tribune)
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri
        • Around 70% of adults in Missouri have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (KTVI)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Martinique
      • The French overseas territory of Martinique orders a nightly 8 p.m. curfew beginning tomorrow amid a worsening situation of the COVID-19 epidemic in the territory. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
      • COVID-19 vaccination in Mexico
        • President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his cabinet ministers receive COVID-19 vaccine booster doses as the government begins administering booster doses for people over the age of 60. (Yahoo! News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, COVID-19 vaccination in Argentina
    • President Alberto Fernández receives a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose. (Buenos Aires Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
    • Uganda reports its first seven cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in travellers from four countries. (Anadolu Agency)
  • A trial of a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine conducted by GSK and Medicago shows 71% efficacy against all variants of SARS-CoV-2 except Omicron and 75% efficacy against COVID-19. (The Hill)

Law and crime

• A bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Chile is approved by both chambers of the National Congress. (The New York Times)
• A policeman kills six people, including his wife, and injures two others during a killing spree in Kabete, Kenya, before committing suicide. (Al Jazeera English)
• A bill to criminalize the widely discredited practice of conversion therapy passes the Senate in Canada without opposition, one week after it passed the House of Commons without opposition; the bill now awaits royal assent to become law. (CTV News)

December 6, 2021 (2021-12-06) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Tigray War
  • The Ethiopian military says that they have recaptured the strategic Amharan towns of Dessie and Kombolcha from rebel forces. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia
      • Croatia reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two people who had not travelled abroad. (N1)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • Italy begins to implement the Super Green Pass, which allows a person to enter theatres, cinemas, music venues, sports events, restaurants and bars if they are vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 within the past six months. (BBC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports its first 10 cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a group of citizens who travelled from southern Africa. (RFE/RL)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India, COVID-19 vaccination in India
      • It is announced that over 50% of India's eligible adult population is now fully vaccinated. India is targeting 100% COVID-19 adult vaccination by December 31. (Khaleej Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal
      • Nepal reports its first two cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 71-year-old Nepali national and a 66-year-old foreigner. (The Himalayan Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
      • Thailand reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 38-year-old U.S. citizen who had travelled from Spain nearly a week ago. (The New York Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New York
      • COVID-19 pandemic in New York City
        • Outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announces a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all private-sector employees, which will take effect on December 27. (The New York Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut
      • Connecticut reports its first case of the SARS-COV-2 Omicron variant. (WTIC-TV)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
    • COVID-19 vaccination in Argentina
      • Argentina approves the usage of the single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine as a standalone vaccine and as a booster dose. (Reuters)
    • Argentina reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 38-year-old fully vaccinated person who traveled from South Africa on November 30. (Anadolu Agency)

International relations

• 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis, Foreign relations of Belarus
  • Belarus bans airlines and imports of certain goods from the European Union and United Kingdom in retaliation for sanctions imposed on the country by Western nations. (ABC News)

Law and crime

• In Madagascar, twenty people, including two French nationals, are charged with crimes including criminal conspiracy, criminal association, rebellion against the president and possession of illegal weapons, for allegedly plotting to kill president Andry Rajoelina. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Solomon Islands unrest
  • Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare survives a no-confidence vote in the National Parliament after his management of the riots. (Reuters)
• Karl Nehammer is sworn in as the new Chancellor of Austria after the resignation of Alexander Schallenberg on December 2. (ABC News)

Sports

• 2022 Winter Olympics
  • The United States announces a formal diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The White House says that no official delegation will be sent to the Games due to concerns regarding China's human rights record. (BBC)

December 5, 2021 (2021-12-05) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2021 Apure clashes
  • Venezuelan intelligence officials announce the death of Hernán Darío Hernández, the leader of a FARC dissident group, after an ambush carried out by a commando of the Venezuelan Armed Forces. Hernández was responsible for the 2003 El Nogal Club bombing that killed 36 people and injured over 200 others. (El Tiempo)
• Mali War
  • Militants bomb two UN camps in Gao, with no fatalities. (Voice of America)
• 2021 Niger attacks
  • Hundreds of insurgents on motorcycles attack an international military base in Tillabéri. Seventy-nine of the rebels and 29 soldiers are killed during the battle. (Deutsche Welle)
• 2021 Nagaland killings
  • Indian soldiers of the Assam Rifles mistakenly open fire on a group of miners returning home from work in Nagaland, believing them to be militants. Thirteen miners and a soldier are killed, with the soldier and seven miners being killed in a subsequent confrontation with angry locals. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Semeru eruption
  • The death toll from yesterday's eruption of the Semeru volcano in East Java, Indonesia, increases to 14, with 56 others injured. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
    • The Therapeutic Goods Administration provisionally approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. Vaccination rollout for this age group will begin on January 10, once ATAGI gives its recommendation. (The Guardian)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives
    • Maldives reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a tourist that arrived in the country. (Raajje)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia, COVID-19 vaccination in Saudi Arabia
    • Saudi Arabia grants the approval for people vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine to enter the country beginning from January 1, 2022 in a move that will enable Muslims to take part in religious pilgrimage. (CNA)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal
    • Senegal reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 58-year-old man who attended an international meeting in Dakar with 300 people from different countries on November 24 and 25. (Khaleej Times)

Sports

• 2021 Bathurst 1000
  • Chaz Mostert and Lee Holdsworth win the 2021 Bathurst 1000 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. (ABC News Australia)

December 4, 2021 (2021-12-04) (Saturday)

Arts and culture

• COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, List of events affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes cancels the city's New Year's Eve celebrations on Copacabana Beach due to the worldwide spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. (Sky News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Semeru eruption
  • One person is killed and 41 others are injured as the Semeru volcano erupts in East Java, Indonesia. (BBC News)
• Twenty-three people drown after the bus they are travelling in plunges into the Enziu River in Mwingi, Kenya. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
      • Former queen Beatrix of the Netherlands tests positive for COVID-19. (AP)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
      • Romania reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two citizens who travelled from South Africa on November 30. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
    • Chile reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully vaccinated foreigner who travelled from Ghana on November 25. (ABC News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Cook Islands
    • The Cook Islands reports its first case of COVID-19 in a 10-year-old boy who travelled on a repatriation flight from New Zealand with his family on December 1 and is in quarantine. (ABC News Australia)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
    • South Korea reports a record 5,352 new cases and 70 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 467,907 and the nationwide death toll to 3,809. (Yonhap News Agency)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia
    • Zambia reports its first three cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two citizens who travelled internationally and another citizen who had no travel history. (Khaleej Times)

International relations

• Pakistan–Saudi Arabia relations
  • The Pakistani Minister of Finance announces that the country has received a $3 billion (11.3B SAR, ₨.530B) one-year loan from Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• An improvised explosive device is discovered in the personal vehicle of a Turkish police officer who was to be part of the security detail for a rally in Siirt featuring Turkish President Recep Erdoğan. The bomb was discovered before the officer had left for the rally, and was defused by bomb squads. (Bloomberg)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Gambian presidential election
  • Gambians go to the polls to elect their president. Approximately 960,000 people are eligible to vote. (BBC News)

December 3, 2021 (2021-12-03) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Mali War
    • Mopti bus massacre
      • Militants attack a bus carrying civilians in Mopti Region, killing the driver, before setting it on fire and killing 31 passengers. The majority of the victims are women who were on their way to work at the local market. (BBC News)
• Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
  • Seven Peshmerga fighters and three civilians are killed by Islamic State gunmen in a village in Makhmour, Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
      • Two hippos at Antwerp Zoo test positive for COVID-19 in Antwerp, Belgium. (Deutsche Welle)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany surpasses six million cases of COVID-19. (Urdu Point)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
      • Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces that due to fears of the Omicron variant, from December 7 until January 9, nightclubs will be closed and restaurants and bars will only be allowed to offer table service for groups of no more than six people. Additionally, indoor services can only operate at 50% capacity and families can only have visitors from three other households. (Sky News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
      • Slovakia reports a record 15,278 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 712,749. (AP)
    • Europe surpasses 75 million cases of COVID-19. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Malaysia reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 19-year-old student who travelled from South Africa on November 19 and is in quarantine. (CNA)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
      • Sri Lanka reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in an unvaccinated woman who travelled from Nigeria. (Ada Derana)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
    • Mexico reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 51-year-old man who travelled from South Africa. (Anadolu Agency)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
      • South Africa surpasses three million cases of COVID-19. (CNN)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
      • Tunisia reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a Congolese man who travelled from Istanbul. (Arab News)

International relations

• France–United Arab Emirates relations
  • French president Emmanuel Macron meets UAE crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed at Expo 2020 in Dubai. The two men sign a major arms deal between the two nations. (The National News)

Law and crime

• Oxford High School shooting
  • The parents of Ethan Crumbley, James and Jennifer Crumbley, accused of terrorism and murder in the shooting deaths and injuries at Ethan's school, are charged with manslaughter for their role in the incident. They are caught after fleeing the police. (CNN)
• Islam in Kosovo
  • A Kosovar man is arrested for terrorism due to his ties to the Islamist al-Nusra Front in Syria. (The Public's Radio)
• Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina arrest seven suspected war criminals in Bijeljina and Sokolac due to their reported massacre of 22 civilians during the Bosnian Genocide. (CTV News)

Politics and elections

• Portuguese Minister of Internal Administration Eduardo Cabrita resigns after a series of scandals, including an incident where his official car was involved in a car accident that killed a highway worker. (AP)

Sports

• Magnus Carlsen defeats challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in Game 6 of the 2021 World Chess Championship in a marathon 136 move game. It is the first decisive result in a regulation World Chess Championship game in more than 5 years and is also the longest game in World Chess Championship history. (The Guardian)

December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Ten oil workers are killed and another is injured during an ISIL attack on a bus in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. (Reuters)
• 2021 Solomon Islands unrest
  • The New Zealand Defence Force and Police travel to Honiara, Solomon Islands, in order to help stabilize the country and maintain peace after days of rioting, looting and unrest that killed three people. (RNZ)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka
        • India reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two foreigners who travelled to Karnataka. (NDTV)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
      • The Philippine Department of Health announces that all adults over the age of 18 years can receive a booster dose at least six months after receiving their second dose or a least three months after receiving their single dose. (Rappler)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
      • Singapore reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two fully vaccinated people, age 44 and 41, who returned from Johannesburg. (The Straits Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
      • South Korea reports a record for the second consecutive day of 5,266 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 457,612. (Anadolu Agency)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Finland
      • Finland reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a person who travelled from Sweden. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
      • Greece reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a man who travelled from South Africa to Crete. (Ekathimerini)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 drug development
      • The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approves GSK and Vir Biotechnology's sotrovimab antibody treatment, after a clinical trial found that the treatment reduced the risk of hospital admission and death by 79% in vulnerable adults if administered within five days of symptoms developing. (The Guardian)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota
      • Minnesota reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who traveled from New York City. (KSTP-TV)

International relations

• Algeria–Morocco relations, Morocco–Turkey relations
  • Morocco buys six Bayraktar TB2 drones from Baykar amid rising tensions between Morocco and Algeria. (Morocco World News)

Law and crime

• A group of four former Serbian state security officers, including Radomir Marković, are found guilty of the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija. Two have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, while Marković and the remaining officer will serve a 30-year sentence. (Balkan Insight)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations
  • Alan Tudge stands down as Minister for Education and Youth after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced an investigation into domestic abuse allegations against Tudge from a former staffer who claimed that the two were involved in an extramarital affair. (The Guardian)

Sports

• 2021 Major League Baseball lockout
  • Major League Baseball implements a lockout after the collective bargaining agreement they had with the Major League Baseball Players Association expired yesterday. This is the league's first labor stoppage since the players' strike of 1994 and 1995. (ESPN)
• 2021–22 NBA season
  • In basketball, the Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 152–79, making it the largest blowout in the history of the National Basketball Association. (ESPN)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Climate crisis
• COVID-19 pandemic
• 2021–22 European windstorm season
• 2020–21 H5N8 outbreak
• 2021 Pacific typhoon season
• Madagascar food crisis
• Water crisis in Iran
• Yemeni famine
• 2021 La Palma eruption

Economic

• 2020–2021 global chip shortage
• 2021 global supply chain crisis
• COVID-19 recession
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
• Pandora Papers leak
• Sri Lankan economic and food crisis
• Turkish currency and debt crisis
• United Kingdom natural gas supplier crisis

Politics

• Belarus−European Union border crisis
• Brazilian protests
• Colombian tax reform protests
• Eswatini protests
• Haitian protests
• Indian farmers' protests
• Insulate Britain protests
• Jersey dispute
• Libyan peace process
• Malaysian political crisis
• Myanmar protests
• Nicaraguan protests
• Nigerian protests
• Persian Gulf crisis
• Peruvian crisis
• Russian election protests
• Solomon Islands unrest
• Tigrayan peace process
• Thai protests
• Tunisian political crisis
• United States racial unrest
• Venezuelan presidential crisis

Elections and referendums

Recent

• November
  • 28: Kyrgyzstan, Supreme Council
  • 28: Honduras, President, National Congress
• December
  • 4: The Gambia, President

Upcoming

• December
  • 12: New Caledonia, Independence referendum
  • 12: Transnistria, President
  • 18: Taiwan, Referendum
  • 19: Hong Kong, Legislative Council
  • 19: Chile, President (2nd)

Trials

Recently concluded

• Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi
• Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina
• United States: Murder of Ahmaud Arbery, Kyle Rittenhouse, Yanjun Xu, Lev Parnas, R. Kelly, Robert Durst

Ongoing

• Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
• Belarus: Sergei Tikhanovsky
• Canada: Raj Grewal
• France: Brussels ISIL
• Indonesia: Nurdin Abdullah, Azis Syamsuddin
• Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
• Italy: Matteo Salvini
• Kyrgyzstan: Almazbek Atambayev
• Malta: Yorgen Fenech
• Philippines: Leila de Lima
• Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
• United States: Elizabeth Holmes, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jussie Smollett, Josh Duggar

Upcoming

• Indonesia: Alex Noerdin
• Kosovo: Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli
• Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu
• Sweden: Hamid Nouri
• United States: Allen Weisselberg, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
• Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
• ICC: Ali Kushayb

Sport

• Association football
  • 2021–22 UEFA Europa League
  • 2021–22 UEFA Champions league
  • 2021–22 Premier League
  • 2021–22 Bundesliga
  • 2021–22 Serie A
  • 2021–22 La Liga
  • 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
  • 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
  • 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
  • 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs
• American football
  • 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season
  • 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season
  • 2021 NFL season
• Basketball
  • 2021–22 NBA season
  • 2021-22 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
  • 2021-22 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Season
• Cricket
  • 2021–23 ICC World Test Championship
  • 2020–23 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League
  • 2019–23 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
  • 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League 
• Canadian football
  • 2021 CFL season
• Golf
  • 2020 PGA Tour Champions
  • 2021 Ladies European Tour
  • 2021–22 PGA Tour
• Ice hockey
  • 2021–22 NHL season
  • 2021–22 IIHF Continental Cup
• Motorsport
  • 2021 Formula One Championship
  • 2021 Formula 2 Championship
• Rugby union
  • 2021–22 Premiership Rugby
  • 2021–22 United Rugby Championship
  • 2021–22 Top 14
  • 2021 Super Rugby season
• Tennis
  • 2021 ATP Tour
  • 2020–21 Davis Cup (Finals)
• Other sports seasons
  • 2021–22 International cricket season
  • 2021–22 snooker season
  • 2021–22 curling season

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

December

• 8: Bipin Rawat
• 7: Mustafa Ben Halim
• 6: Fred Hiatt
• 6: Medina Spirit
• 6: Lindiwe Mabuza
• 6: Kåre Willoch
• 5: Bob Dole
• 5: John Miles
• 5: Peter Cundall
• 4: Stonewall Jackson
• 4: Konijeti Rosaiah
• 3: Claude Humphrey
• 3: Ann Fortune Fitzroy
• 2: Darlene Hard
• 1: Grand Jojo

November

• 30: Philip Heymann
• 30: Marcus Lamb
• 29: Arlene Dahl
• 29: Don Demeter
• 29: David Gulpilil
• 28: Virgil Abloh
• 28: Lee Elder
• 28: Doyle Hamm
• 28: Phil Saviano
• 28: Frank Williams
• 28: Emily Mkamanga
• 28: Norodom Ranariddh
• 27: Curley Culp
• 27: Almudena Grandes
• 26: Stephen Sondheim
• 25: Charles Moose
• 25: Oleksandr Omelchenko
• 24: Aron Atabek
• 23: Bill Virdon
• 23: James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
• 23: Chun Doo-hwan
• 22: Doug Jones
• 21: Antonio Escohotado
• 19: Ian Fishback
• 18: Peter Buck
• 18: Mick Rock
• 18: Ardeshir Zahedi
• 17: Dave Frishberg
• 17: Art LaFleur
• 17: Young Dolph
• 16: Ri Yong-suk
• 15: Julio Lugo
• 15: Clarissa Eden
• 15: Daulet Sembaev
• 14: Etel Adnan
• 14: W. Sterling Cary
• 13: Sam Huff
• 13: Wilbur Smith
• 12: Dave Hickey
• 12: Matthew Festing
• 11: Glen de Vries
• 11: Graeme Edge
• 11: Winter
• 11: F. W. de Klerk
• 10: Jun Hong Lu
• 9: Max Cleland
• 9: Austin Currie
• 8: Pedro Feliciano

Ongoing conflicts

Africa

• Angola
  • Cabinda War
• Cameroon
  • Anglophone Crisis
• Central African Republic
  • Civil War
• Chad
  • Insurgency in Northern Chad
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Kivu conflict
  • Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Ituri conflict
  • Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
  • Kamwina Nsapu rebellion
• Ethiopia
  • Tigray War (spillover)
  • Oromo conflict
• Ethiopia and Sudan
  • Sudanese–Ethiopian clashes
• Ghana
  • Western Togoland Rebellion
• Maghreb and Sahel regions
  • Maghreb insurgency
• Mali
  • Mali War
• Mozambique
  • Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
• Nigeria
  • Boko Haram insurgency (incl. Lake Chad region)
  • Communal conflicts in Nigeria
• Senegal
  • Casamance conflict
• Somalia
  • Civil war
• South Sudan
  • Ethnic violence in South Sudan
• Sudan
  • War in Darfur
  • South Kordofan conflict
  • Sudanese nomadic conflicts (incl. South Sudan)
• Tunisia
  • ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
• Western Sahara
  • Western Sahara conflict
    • 2020–2021 Western Saharan clashes

Americas

• Colombia
  • Colombian conflict
• Mexico
  • Mexican drug war
• Peru
  • Internal conflict in Peru
• Paraguay
  • Insurgency in Paraguay

Asia-Pacific

• Afghanistan
  • Panjshir conflict
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• India
  • Insurgency in Northeast India
    • Assam separatist movements
    • Insurgency in Manipur
    • Ethnic conflict in Nagaland
  • Khalistan movement
  • Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
• India and Pakistan
  • Kashmir conflict
• Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
  • Moro conflict
    • Cross border attacks in Sabah
• Indonesia
  • Papua conflict
• Myanmar
  • Internal conflict in Myanmar
    • Kachin conflict
    • Karen conflict
    • Rohingya conflict
• Pakistan
  • Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Insurgency in Balochistan
• Philippines
  • Communist rebellion
  • Philippine drug war
• Thailand
  • South Thailand insurgency

Europe

• Armenia and Azerbaijan
  • Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
• Ukraine
  • War in Donbas
    • Russo-Ukrainian War
• Ireland and the UK
  • Dissident Irish republican campaign
• Turkey
  • Kurdish–Turkish conflict

Global

• War on terror

Middle East

• Egypt
  • Sinai insurgency
• Iran and the Persian Gulf
  • Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
  • Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
  • Arab separatism in Khuzestan
  • Kurdish separatism in Iran
• Iraq
  • Iraqi conflict
  • American-led intervention in Iraq
  • Iranian intervention in Iraq
• Iraq and Syria (map)
  • International military intervention against ISIL
• Israel and Gaza
• Israel and Syria
  • Israeli-Syrian border conflict
    • Israeli-Syrian ceasefire line incidents
• Syria
  • American-led intervention in Syria
  • Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
  • Turkish occupation of northern Syria
• Yemen and Saudi Arabia
  • Yemeni Civil War
  • Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
  • Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict

Further information: List of ongoing armed conflicts

2021 events and developments by topic

Arts

Architecture – Animation – Anime – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – Home video – Literature – Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US) – Radio – Television (UK, US, Italy, Scotland) – Video games

Politics and government

Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states – Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors

Science and technology

Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Senescence research – Sustainable energy research – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight

Environment and environmental sciences

Birding/Ornithology – Climate change

Transportation

Aviation – Rail transport

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions – Works entering the public domain