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Abdalla Hamdok

• In Sudan, a military coup deposes the government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (pictured).
• Ahead of Barbados becoming a republic, Sandra Mason is elected as the country's first president.
• Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny is awarded the Sakharov Prize.
• PAICV candidate José Maria Neves is elected President of Cape Verde.

Ongoing:

• COVID-19 pandemic

Recent deaths:

• Jerry Pinkney
• Walter Smith
• Alfredo Diez Nieto
• James Michael Tyler
• Udo Zimmermann
• Sean Wainui

Current events of October 27, 2021 (2021-10-27) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
  • Islamic State militants attack a village in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, killing 11 people and wounding several others. (Al Jazeera)

Current events of October 26, 2021 (2021-10-26) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • 2021 Uganda bombings
    • Yesterday's explosion on a bus in Mpigi District was carried out by an ADF suicide bomber. The attacker was killed, and three other people were wounded. (France 24) (Daily Monitor)
• Aftermath of the 2016 Berlin truck attack
  • A man who was critically injured in the truck attack in Berlin, Germany, in 2016, died from complications related to his injuries this month, becoming the 13th fatality of the attack. (BBC News)
• Aftermath of the 2021 Sudanese coup d'état
  • Military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan says that he and his forces seized power in an attempt to avoid a civil war in Sudan, saying that "the dangers we witnessed last week could have led the country into civil war". Meanwhile, anti-coup protests occur across the country. (Reuters)
  • Deposed prime minister Abdalla Hamdok and his wife are released by the military. However, several government officials continue to be detained and face trial. (AFP via Gulf News)

Arts and culture

• Imperial House of Japan
  • Princess Mako of Akishino marries commoner Kei Komuro, thereby nullifying her imperial title under Japanese law and becoming Mako Komuro. (AFP via France 24)

Business and economy

• 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis
  • A cyberattack affects gas stations across Iran, rendering government-issued electronic cards used to buy subsidized fuel unuseable and leaving motorists stranded in long queues. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. (ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Two people are killed and another is missing as floods triggered by a powerful storm is affecting Catania, Sicily, Italy. Roads have been completely submerged in parts of the region. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
      • Bulgaria reports a record 5,863 new cases and 243 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 575,306 and the nationwide death toll to 23,316. (Bulgarian News Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record 1,106 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 232,775. (The Moscow Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland, COVID-19 vaccination in Switzerland
      • Switzerland recommends that people aged above 65 receive the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and should be done at least six months after they received their second dose. The booster dose for that age group will begin in mid-November. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports a record 734 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 64,936. (RFE/RL)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain, COVID-19 vaccination in Bahrain
      • Bahrain approves the usage of the Sinopharm BIBP COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 3 and 11. (Khaleej Times)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
      • The city of Lanzhou is placed under lockdown due to a cluster of COVID-19 cases. The city, which has a population of over four million, accounts for roughly a fifth of new cases reported in China since October 17. (NDTV)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
    • COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia
      • British Columbia announces that beginning from January 2022, the province will offering a booster dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine to people aged above 12 who have already received their second dose, becoming the first jurisdiction in North America to do so. (Vancouver Sun)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • The African Union will purchase 110 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in a deal brokered by the United States, which will defer delivery of some doses intended for the U.S. in order to facilitate the deal. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis, Belarus–Poland relations
  • Poland increases the number of soldiers deployed on its border with Belarus from 6,000 to "about 10,000" in order to prevent the flow of further illegal crossings by Middle Eastern migrants being flown in by the Belarusian government. The troop surge comes after two border guards were hospitalized over the weekend after a group of 70 migrants stormed a section of the border. (EU Observer)
• 2021 Myanmar protests
  • The ASEAN Summit takes place virtually without the participation of Myanmar, following the bloc's decision to disinvite the country's military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing for refusing to cooperate on a peace process. (AFP via France 24)

Law and crime

• Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, 2021 Brazilian protests, COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
  • A Senate committee approves a resolution to gain access to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's internet activity. The Senate also votes today on whether to indict Bolsonaro with multiple charges, including charges accusing him of mismanagement of the pandemic, charlatanism and crimes against humanity. (AP) (Reuters)
• At least 150 people are arrested by European and U.S. authorities during a joint crackdown on traders of drugs, weapons and other illicit goods on darknet e-commerce sites. The majority of those arrested are from Germany, the U.S. and the United Kingdom. (AP)

Current events of October 25, 2021 (2021-10-25) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • 2021 Galmudug clashes
    • The death toll from the clashes between the Somali National Army and Sufi paramilitary group Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a in Galmudug increases to 120. (Reuters)
• October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état, Sudanese transition to democracy
  • Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other senior members of the civilian government are detained by the military in a coup d'état. The military also seizes state television and blocks internet access. Thousands of people gather in Khartoum to protest the coup. (The Guardian)
  • Ten civilians are killed and 140 more are injured as mass protests occur following the coup. (BBC News)
  • Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announces a state of emergency and the dissolution of the Sovereignty Council and the government. (Saudi Gazette)
• 2021 Uganda bombings
  • An explosion on a bus in Mpigi District kills one person and injures several others. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• Expo 2020
  • It is announced that around 1.5 million people have visited the Expo 2020 event in Dubai since its opening on October 1. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Pacific hurricane season
  • Hurricane Rick loses strength as it moves farther inland in Mexico. The states that are most affected are Michoacán and Guerrero, especially the seaside city of Acapulco in Guerrero. Other states such as Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit open shelters ahead of potential heavy rain. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka
        • Six districts in Karnataka, India have vaccinated 90% of their population with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (The Times of India)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
      • In a near-return to normalcy, operating hours restrictions on bars and restaurants have been lifted in cities across the Greater Tokyo Area and Osaka for the first time in 11 months, also allowing these establishments to resume their alcohol sales at any time during their business hours as the number of COVID-19 cases decreases. (The Asahi Shimbun)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
      • The Philippines Health Technology Assessment Council approves the administration of a third COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose to health workers in the fourth quarter of 2021, with other priority groups becoming eligible for a booster dose in 2022. (Rappler)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
      • Sri Lanka reopens its primary schools after a closure of nearly five months due to the third wave of the pandemic. (NewsFirst)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
      • Romania imposes a nationwide curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. and makes face masks mandatory in all public venues in an attempt to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. The country also begins to implement a mandatory green certificate for shopping malls, restaurants, public institutions and workplaces. (See News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record 37,930 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8.279 million. (Emirates News Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
      • Spain surpasses five million cases of COVID-19. (Reuters via National Post)
    • European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • The European Medicines Agency approves a booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for all adults over the age of 18, which can be administered at least six months after the second dose. (AP)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North America
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, COVID-19 vaccination in Mexico
      • Mexico begins vaccinations for at-risk children in Mexico City. (La Prisna Latina)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
      • The Biden administration signs a presidential proclamation requiring international travelers to be fully vaccinated using any WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccine and also allows "mix-and-match" doses. The proclamation also requires unvaccinated Americans and immigrants to test negative for COVID-19 one day before their departure. These rules will take effect on November 8. (Financial Times)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Papua New Guinea
    • Prime Minister James Marape pleads for Papua New Guineans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as the situation, fueled by the Delta variant, worsens, with hospitals in Port Moresby and other cities operating at maximum capacity. Marape states that the death toll currently exceeds 300, but the actual total may be much higher. (RNZ)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Mali
  • The Malian interim government gives the country's ECOWAS representative 72 hours to leave Mali over "actions incompatible with his status", though the government added that they still maintain a "willingness to work together with ECOWAS in the transition". (AFP via The Guardian Nigeria)
• International response to the October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état, Sudan–United States relations
  • Hours after the coup d'état in Sudan, the United States Department of State suspends $700 million worth of aid to the country until the restoration of the civilian government. (AFP via CNA)

Law and crime

• A court in Munich, Germany, sentences an Islamic State-affiliated 30-year-old woman to 10 years in prison for allowing a 5-year-old Yazidi girl to die from thirst in Iraq. The woman was found guilty on multiple charges, including some related to terrorism. (CBS News)

Politics and elections

• Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announces that the state of emergency, which was imposed in April 2017, will be lifted. (The New York Times)

Science and technology

• COVID-19 misinformation
  • Facebook and Alphabet Inc., which owns Youtube, announce that they have removed a video of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claiming that COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS after the video was found to have violated their respective company's policies about the vaccines. (AP) (Reuters)

Sports

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
  • 2021 NFL season
    • Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst announces that defensive coordinator Joe Barry and wide receiver Davante Adams have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the team's matchup against the undefeated Arizona Cardinals on Thursday Night Football. Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy also tests positive for COVID-19. (AP) (NFL.com)

Current events of October 24, 2021 (2021-10-24) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • Clashes between the Somali National Army and Sufi paramilitary group Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a in Galmudug kill at least 30 people and injure more than 100 others. (Reuters)
• 2021 Uganda bombings
  • IS claims responsibility for yesterday's bombing at a bar in Kampala, which killed one person and wounded three others. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• The Canadian Coast Guard and local firefighters combat a fire on board the MV Zim Kingston, off Victoria, British Columbia. The fire, which started yesterday, is focused on ten containers as authorities say that the ship itself is not on fire. (The Washington Post)
• Four mountain climbers are killed by an avalanche on the Chimborazo volcano in the Andes in Ecuador. (AFP via RFI)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • Eastern Europe surpasses 20 million cases of COVID-19, with Russia, Ukraine and Romania reporting the most deaths. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2021 Uzbek presidential election
  • Uzbeks head to the polls to elect their president. Analysts say that incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev has his victory for a second term secured as the country struggles with its tourism industry and security issues on the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (Deutsche Welle)
• Guatemala imposes a month-long dawn to dusk curfew on the eastern Izabal Department following two days of protests over a new mining project in the region. (The Washington Post)

Current events of October 23, 2021 (2021-10-23) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• October 2021 Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan protests
  • Clashes continue for the second day in Lahore, Pakistan, as the banned far-right Islamic extremist political party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan is demonstrating to pressure the government to release its leader Saad Hussain Rizvi, who was arrested last year. Three protesters and two policemen were killed yesterday during the clashes and two protesters are killed today. (Al Jazeera)
• 2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
  • IS claims responsibility for the killing of 16 civilians during an assault at a village in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, three days ago. (Reuters)
• 2021 Uganda bombings
  • One person is killed and three others wounded when a bomb explodes in a bar in Kampala, Uganda. Three suspected terrorists are behind the attack. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Pacific hurricane season
  • A tropical storm intensifies into Hurricane Rick off Mexico's southern Pacific coast, and is expected to make landfall in the states of Michoacán and Colima. (AP via Federal News Network)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Namibia
    • Namibia suspends the usage of the Russian made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine amid reports from South Africa that the vaccine increases risk of men contracting HIV. (WION) (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
    • The South Island reports its first community case of COVID-19 since November 2020 in a man who travelled from Rotorua to Blenheim on October 21. (Stuff)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
    • Russia reports a record for the fifth consecutive day of 1,075 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 229,528. The country also reports a record for the third consecutive day of 37,678 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8.2 million. (ANI News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea
    • The percentage of the population that is fully vaccinated in South Korea surpasses 70%, allowing the government to ease their COVID-19-related restrictions in November. (The Straits Times)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Turkey
  • President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan orders the ambassadors of ten Western nations to be expelled from the country after their embassies called for the release of political prisoner Osman Kavala. (Reuters)
• Foreign relations of Hungary, 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election
  • At a rally in central Budapest, prime minister Viktor Orbán accuses the United States, the European Union, and philanthropist George Soros of trying to meddle in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The accusations come as opinion polls show Orbán's alliance Fidesz–KDNP and the rival United Opposition polling neck-and-neck. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• European migrant crisis
  • The trial of Matteo Salvini opens in Palermo, Italy. Salvini is accused of kidnapping and abuse of office when he ordered the detaining of 147 migrants at sea in August 2019, when he was serving as minister of the interior. Salvini said that the decision was agreed upon with the government, including then-prime minister Giuseppe Conte. (France24)
• Illegal drug trade in Colombia
  • Colombian police arrest Dario Antonio Úsuga (alias "Otoniel"), a leader of the Clan del Golfo drug cartel, in the town of Necoclí. Úsuga has been listed by authorities as one of the country's most-wanted drug traffickers. (AFP via CNA)

Science and technology

• Discoveries of exoplanets
  • Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa announce the discovery of 2M0437b, one of the youngest exoplanets ever found at a distant star. The exoplanet was discovered using the Subaru Telescope at the observatory on Mauna Kea. (SciTech)

Current events of October 22, 2021 (2021-10-22) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
  • The United States Department of Defense reports that forces have killed a senior al-Qaeda leader in Syria through an MQ-9 drone strike. (AFP via Arab News)
• Assailants armed with guns and knives attack an Islamic seminary at Balukhali refugee camp for Rohingya refugees near the Bangladesh–Myanmar border, killing seven people. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• Evergrande liquidity crisis
  • Chinese property developer Evergrande Group reports that it transferred US$83.5 million to pay off interests on its dollar bonds, allowing it to avert short-term default a day before its deadline. (Business Insider)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 25 people are killed during an explosion and fire at an illegal oil refinery in Rivers State, Nigeria. Children are among the victims. (Reuters)
• Sixteen people are killed and another is injured by an explosion at a chemical plant in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religion
      • Mass Friday prayers resume in the capital Tehran after a 20-month suspension due to the pandemic. Worshippers must adhere to social distancing measures and use face masks during the gatherings, with most worshippers using their own prayer rugs and clay tablets. (Al-Arabiya English)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China, COVID-19 vaccination in mainland China
      • The Chinese capital Beijing begins administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to "at-risk" individuals over the age of 18, which includes those participating, organizing, or working in the 2022 Winter Olympics as well as people working in education, manufacturing, retail, and public facilities. (The Hill)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, COVID-19 vaccination in Sri Lanka
      • President Gotabaya Rajapaksa orders security personnel and health care and tourism industry workers in Sri Lanka to receive a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine beginning on November 1 in order to revive the economy and specifically the tourism industry due to the effects of the pandemic. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus
      • Belarus ends its short-lived mask mandate that was introduced on October 9 despite a record number of COVID-19 cases as President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed the measures as "unnecessary". (AP)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Russia reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 1,064 deaths from COVID-19, bringing the nationwide death toll to 228,453. The country also reports a record for the second consecutive day of 37,141 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8,168,305. (Saudi Press Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine closes schools and public venues in Kyiv and will only permit the schools to reopen if teachers are vaccinated in other "red zone" areas after the country reported a record for the second consecutive day of 29,785 new cases and 614 deaths from COVID-19. (AFP via Barron's)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
        • Melbourne lifts its world-record lockdown restrictions as over 70% of the Victorian population are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Private and public gatherings are now allowed with limitations and schools and businesses will reopen with density caps. The controversial night-time curfew is also lifted. (ABC News Australia)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji, COVID-19 vaccination in Fiji
      • After vaccinating most of its adult population, Fiji announces that it has already vaccinated 28,965 children between the ages of 15 and 17 with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (RNZ)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
      • The New Zealand Government sets a target of 90% of the population fully vaccinated, which is very high by international standards, in order to end lockdown measures and shift to a new traffic light system giving vaccinated Kiwis more freedoms. (1 News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
    • Peru surpasses 200,000 deaths from COVID-19, which is the second Latin American country to do so after Brazil. (Anadolu Agency)
  • COVID-19 vaccine
    • Pfizer says that its vaccine is 90% effective in children between the ages of 5 and 11. (CBS News)

Law and crime

• 2021 Eswatini protests
  • Police and the army open fire on a group of health workers protesting outside a hospital in Eswatini, injuring 30 people. (BBC News)
• Killing of David Amess
  • After appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court and the Old Bailey, Ali Harbi Ali is charged with the murder of David Amess and remanded to Belmarsh prison. He is due to be tried on March 7, 2022. (BBC News)
• Cannabis in Luxembourg
  • Luxembourg legalizes cannabis, becoming the first country in Europe to do so. (TheStreet)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • The Israeli Defense Ministry designates six Palestinian groups, including human rights organization Al-Haq and non-profit organization Union of Agricultural Work Committees, as "terrorist organisations" for their alleged connections to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The Palestinian National Authority, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and several human rights groups harshly criticize the designations. (Al Jazeera)

Current events of October 21, 2021 (2021-10-21) (Thursday)

Disasters and accidents

• 2021 Rust shooting incident
  • Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is killed during the production of the upcoming American film Rust in Bonanza City, New Mexico, while film director Joel Souza is in critical condition, after actor Alec Baldwin reportedly shot a loaded gun. (AFP via The Straits Times)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
      • Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin announces a non-working week from October 28 until November 7 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Only firms that serve essential goods and the city infrastructure would be allowed to operate. (The Moscow Times)
      • Russia reports a record 36,339 new cases and 1,030 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 8.13 million and the nationwide death toll to 227,389. (Anadolu Agency)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia
      • Latvia enters a month-long lockdown until November 15 that closes non-essential shops, cinemas and hairdressers, as well as implements a curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. (Medical Xpress)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
      • Ukraine reports a record 22,415 new cases and 546 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.7 million and the nationwide death toll to 62,389. (AP)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India, COVID-19 vaccination in India
      • India reports that it has administered more than one billion COVID-19 vaccinations since it started its vaccination drive in January. (BBC News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia, COVID-19 vaccination in Saudi Arabia
      • Saudi Arabia begins the rollout of booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines for people aged above 18 and have received their second dose at least six months ago. (Gulf News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
    • New Zealand reports a record 102 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the first the time that the country has reported more than 100 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. (The Guardian)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      • The Biden administration announces that the United States has donated 200 million COVID-19 vaccines to countries around the world, fulfilling a pledge from president Joe Biden that the U.S. would be the "world's arsenal" in vaccines. (The Hill)
      • The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorses booster shots of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. (The New York Times)
  • COVID-19 misinformation
    • COVID-19 misinformation by China
      • The University of Oxford links the Chinese government to a disinformation campaign promoting the unfounded claim that COVID-19 could have been imported to China from the United States through Maine lobsters shipped to a seafood market in Wuhan in November 2019. (NBC News)
• Climate change
  • Greenpeace partially leaks a draft report from the International Panel on Climate Change, revealing that a number of large oil, coal, beef and animal feed-producing countries including Australia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Argentina are lobbying the IPCC for looser restrictions on global heating. (AP)

International relations

• 2021 North Kosovo crisis
  • A working group to find a more permanent solution to the license plate issue, consisting of negotiators from the governments of Kosovo and Serbia, meet for the first time in Brussels. If negotiations are successful, the group will announce their proposals in 6 months. (Gazeta Tema)

Law and crime

• Aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack
  • The United States House of Representatives votes 229–202 to hold former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the January 6 select committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The contempt is referred to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and United States Attorney General Merrick Garland to decide whether to prosecute Bannon. (AP)
• COVID-19 pandemic in France, Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • The French National Assembly votes 135 to 125 to approve the extension of the COVID-19 Health Pass until at least July 31, 2022. The bill will be debated at the French Senate on October 28 in preparation for adopting the bill on November 15. (The Connexion)
• Killing of Justine Damond
  • Former Minneapolis Police Department officer Mohamed Noor is resentenced to four years and nine months in prison for the manslaughter of unarmed 9-1-1 caller Justine Damond. Noor had originally been sentenced to 12.5 years for murder in 2017. (CNN)
• Twenty-four people have been executed in Syria for deliberately starting wildfires in late 2020 that killed three people. (BBC News)
• The leader of the Haitian gang who kidnapped 17 United States and Canadian missionaries has threatened to kill the hostages if the gang does not receive the $17 million ransom for their release. (CNN)
• The Benin National Assembly votes to legalize abortion within the first three months of pregnancy if it is likely to "aggravate or cause material, educational, professional or moral distress" or is "incompatible with the woman or the unborn child's interest", becoming one of the few countries in Africa to authorize abortions. (Africanews)

Politics and elections

• Ratu Wiliame Katonivere becomes the president-elect of Fiji. He will replace incumbent president Jioji Konrote when he is confirmed by parliament. (RNZ)

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Ongoing events

Business

• 2021 global supply chain crisis
• COVID-19 recession
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
• Pandora Papers leak
• United Kingdom fuel supply crisis
• United Kingdom natural gas supplier crisis

Disasters

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

Politics

• Belarusian protests
• 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
• Romanian political crisis
• Russian election protests
• Striketober
• Tigrayan peace process
• Thai protests
• Tunisian political crisis
• United States racial unrest
• Venezuelan presidential crisis

Elections and referendums

Recent

• October
  • 13: Saint Helena, Legislative Council
  • 17: Cape Verde, President
  • 24: Uzbekistan, President

Upcoming

• October
  • 31: Japan, House of Representatives
• November
  • 4: Falkland Islands, Legislative Assembly
  • 7: Nicaragua, President, National Assembly

Trials

Recently concluded

• Belarus: Maria Kalesnikava
• France: Nicolas Sarkozy
• India: Shashi Tharoor
• Indonesia: Juliari Batubara
• Russia: Lyubov Sobol
• Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina
• United Kingdom: Apsana Begum
• United States: Lev Parnas, R. Kelly, Robert Durst

Ongoing

• Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
• Belarus: Sergei Tikhanovsky
• Canada: Raj Grewal
• France: Brussels ISIL
• Indonesia: Nurdin Abdullah
• Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kyrgyzstan: Almazbek Atambayev
• Malta: Yorgen Fenech
• Philippines: Leila de Lima
• Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
• United States: Elizabeth Holmes

Upcoming

• Indonesia: Azis Syamsuddin, Alex Noerdin
• Kosovo: Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli
• Lesotho: Maesiah Thabane
• United States: Allen Weisselberg, Ghislaine Maxwell, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Jussie Smollett
• Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
• Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo
• 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
  • 2021 Copa Libertadores final stages
  • 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
  • 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
  • 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
  • 2021 Major League Soccer season
• Women's association football
  • 2021 NWSL season
• American football
  • 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season
  • 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season
  • 2021 NFL season
• Baseball
  • 2021 MLB season
• Basketball
  • 2021–22 NBA season
• Cricket
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• Canadian football
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• Golf
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• Motorsport
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• Tennis
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  • 2020–21 Davis Cup (Finals)
• Other sports seasons
  • 2021–22 International cricket season
  • 2021–22 snooker season
  • 2021–22 curling season

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Recent deaths

October

• 26: Mort Sahl
• 26: Roh Tae-woo
• 25: Fofi Gennimata
• 24: James Michael Tyler
• 22: Jay Black
• 22: Joanna Cameron
• 22: Peter Scolari
• 22: George Butler
• 22: Udo Zimmermann
• 21: Yasin Abu Bakr
• 21: Martha Henry
• 21: Bernard Haitink
• 21: Halyna Hutchins
• 20: Jerry Pinkney
• 19: Leslie Bricusse
• 18: Colin Powell
• 18: Edita Gruberová
• 18: Bandula Warnapura
• 18: Sean Wainui
• 17: Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai
• 16: Leo Boivin
• 16: Betty Lynn
• 16: Alan Hawkshaw
• 15: David Amess
• 15: Gerd Ruge
• 14: Diane Weyermann
• 14: Lee Wan-koo
• 13: Ray Fosse
• 13: Gary Paulsen
• 13: Patrick Walker
• 13: Viktor Bryukhanov
• 13: Agnes Tirop
• 12: Raúl Baduel
• 12: Brian Goldner
• 12: Paddy Moloney
• 11: Emiliano Aguirre
• 11: Deon Estus
• 11: Stewart Murray Wilson
• 10: Granville Adams
• 10: David Kennedy
• 10: Megan Rice
• 10: Ruthie Tompson
• 10: Luis de Pablo
• 10: Abdul Qadeer Khan
• 9: Abolhassan Banisadr
• 9: Farooq Feroze Khan
• 8: Raymond T. Odierno
• 7: James Brokenshire
• 4: Alan Kalter
• 4: Eddie Robinson
• 3: Todd Akin
• 3: Jorge Medina
• 3: Bernard Tapie
• 3: Lars Vilks
• 2: Matt Holmes
• 2: John Wes Townley
• 1: Frank LoCascio
• 1: Oğuzhan Asiltürk

September

• 30: Carlisle Floyd
• 30: John Rigas
• 28: Tommy Kirk
• 28: Dr. Lonnie Smith
• 28: Michael Tylo
• 28: Princess Lalla Malika of Morocco
• 27: Andrea Martin
• 27: Roger Hunt

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
  • 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
• 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, Rock, 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