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Mourning flowers in Oslo

• Mass shootings (location pictured) during LGBT pride celebrations in Oslo, Norway, leave two people dead and twenty-one others injured.
• The United States Supreme Court determines that abortion is not a protected constitutional right, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
• A 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan kills at least 1,100 people and injures more than 1,600 others.
• Gustavo Petro wins the Colombian presidential election, defeating Rodolfo Hernández Suárez in the runoff.

Ongoing:

• COVID-19 pandemic
• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Recent deaths:

• Paul M. Ellwood Jr.
• Hans-Dieter Bader
• Hugh McElhenny
• Kurt Equiluz
• Aleksei Parshin
• Dom Phillips

June 26, 2022 (2022-06-26) (Sunday)

June 25, 2022 (2022-06-25) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Battle of Sievierodonetsk
      • The mayor of Sieverodonetsk announces that Russian forces have "fully occupied" the city. (Reuters)
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Pro-Russian forces say that they have entered the city of Lysychansk, the last major city still held by Ukrainian forces in Luhansk Oblast, and that street-to-street fighting is underway. (First Post)
    • Russia launches dozens of cruise missiles at targets in multiple Ukrainian cities, including Yavoriv, Zhytomyr and Desna. At least 20 missiles were fired from Belarusian airspace. (Reuters) (Yahoo! News)
• Islamic terrorism in Europe
  • 2022 Oslo shootings
    • Two people are killed and 21 others are injured during a mass shooting at three separate sites in central Oslo, Norway, including a gay nightclub. A Iranian-Norwegian man is arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, and terrorism. The motive is suspected to be Islamic extremism. (BBC News) (NRK)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A 16-year-old Palestinian teenager dies in Israeli custody after being shot yesterday by soldiers in Silwad, West Bank. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• A magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes near Kish Island, Iran, killing one person and injuring 31 others. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
    • Shanghai declares "victory" over COVID-19 and Beijing announces the reopening of primary and secondary schools following a decrease in the number of cases. (Reuters)
• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • The World Health Organization says that monkeypox is not yet a public health emergency. (NBC News)
• Japan reports a record high temperature for the month of June of 40.2 °C (104.4 °F) in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture. (Kyodo News)

International relations

• Togo and Gabon officially become members of the Commonwealth of Nations. (France 24)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Ecuadorian protests
  • The National Assembly convenes to debate the possible removal of president Guillermo Lasso amid ongoing protests. (La Nación)
• Gun politics in the United States
  • U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law. (CNN)

June 24, 2022 (2022-06-24) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Battle of Sievierodonetsk
      • Governor of Luhansk Oblast Serhiy Haidai announces that Ukrainian forces will withdraw from Sievierodonetsk amid the advance of Russian and pro-Russian forces. (Axios)
    • A Russian-appointed senior official for the Kherson youth department is killed by a car bombing in Kherson in an apparent assassination. (Al Jazeera) (The Moscow Times)
    • Ukrainian authorities say that Russian forces have captured the city of Hirske, south of Lysychansk, in Luhansk Oblast. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says that his forces also captured the town of Zolote. (Reuters) (Newsweek)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Melilla incident
  • Eighteen migrants are killed and hundreds of people injured, mostly Spanish and Moroccan security forces, as around 2,000 migrants attempt to illegally enter Melilla, Spain, from Morocco. (AP)
• An Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo plane carrying nine people crashes near Ryazan, Russia, killing five passengers. (Reuters)
• Five people are killed and eleven others are injured in Gayan District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, by an aftershock from the recent earthquake that killed at least 1,100 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
    • Kentucky, North Carolina and Texas report their first cases of monkeypox. (WLEX-TV) (Citizen Times) (KXAN-TV)
    • New York City opens the first monkeypox clinic in the United States. (U.S. News and World Report)
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Asia
    • Taiwan, Lebanon, Singapore and South Korea report their first cases of monkeypox. (Reuters) (Reuters 2) (Reuters 3) (Reuters 4)
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Canada
    • British Columbia reports its second case of monkeypox. (CTV News Vancouver)
  • Bulgaria, Croatia, South Africa and Colombia report their first cases of monkeypox. (Reuters) (Total Croatia News) (Reuters 2) (Reuters 3)
  • Zambia, Libya and Fiji report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. (Diggers News) (Libyan Express) (Fiji Village)
• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
    • President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud tests positive for COVID-19. (Al Jazeera)
  • COVID-19 vaccine
    • The Sanofi–GSK COVID-19 vaccine is found to be effective against the Omicron variant. (Reuters)

International relations

• Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union, Bulgaria–North Macedonia relations
  • Bulgaria lifts its veto against North Macedonia's bid to join the European Union. (DW)

Law and crime

• Abortion in the United States
  • Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
    • The United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending protections on the right to abortion on a federal level and returning regulation to the states. Twenty two states enact trigger laws or re-institute existing laws banning abortions. (Reuters) (CNBC)
• Gun politics in the United States
  • The U.S. House of Representatives votes 234–193 to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act gun control legislation. The bill will head to President Joe Biden for his signature. This comes a day after the U.S. Senate passed the bill. (CNN)
• Kongsberg attack
  • A court in Norway finds the attacker not criminally responsible due to paranoid schizophrenia and sentences him to compulsory mental treatment. (Euronews)
• 2021 Cuban protests
  • A court in Cuba sentences two protesters to between five and nine years in prison for desecrating the Cuban flag and resisting authority during last year's protests. (CNN en Español)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Grenadian general election
  • The oppositional National Democratic Congress wins the majority of seats in Grenada's latest general election. NDC's party leader Dickon Mitchell is expected to become Grenada's next Prime Minister. (Loop Caribbean News)
• UK parliamentary by-elections
  • The Conservative Party is defeated in both the Tiverton and Honiton by-election and the Wakefield by-election by the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party, respectively. Conservative chairman Oliver Dowden resigns in the aftermath of the defeats. (BBC News)

Sports

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
  • Canada at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
    • The Canada men's national water polo team withdraws from the remainder of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, due to COVID-19 cases within the team. (CBC Sports)

June 23, 2022 (2022-06-23) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Governor of Luhansk Oblast, Serhiy Haidai, says that Russia is "just destroying" everything in Lysychansk as pro-Russian separatists say they are close to capturing both that city and Sieverodonetsk. (AFP via Dunya News)
  • War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The first trial for rape during the war in Ukraine is set to begin in absentia against a 32-year-old Russian soldier accused of murdering a civilian and repeatedly raping the civilian's wife during the offensive in Kyiv. (Reuters)
• 2022 Ecuadorian protests
  • A third protester is killed in Quito during clashes with police as around 10,000 people continue to protest in the city. (France 24)
• Turkey arrests ten alleged Iranian intelligence agents and charges them with plotting to murder Israeli tourists in hotels. (AFP via Al Arabiya) (Daily Sabah)

Business and economy

• 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
  • U.S. sportswear retailer Nike and networking firm Cisco announce that they are permanently ending their operations in Russia and Belarus. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Five people are killed and 25 others injured by a fire at an apartment building in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (CNN)

Health and environment

• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
  • 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
    • New York City becomes the first jurisdiction in the United States to distribute smallpox vaccines to people who are at risk of contracting the monkeypox virus. (The New York Times)
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration orders electronic cigarette company Juul to pull all of its products from the market, blaming the company for causing an increase in youth vaping. (NPR)

International relations

• Enlargement of the European Union
  • Accession of Ukraine to the European Union, Accession of Moldova to the European Union
    • The European Union formally awards official candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Gun politics in the United States
  • In a 65–33 vote, the U.S. Senate passes gun control legislation for the first time in decades. The bill calls for tougher background checks on gun purchasers younger than 21, blocks gun sales to individuals with a history of domestic abuse against unmarried partners, and provides funding to encourage the adoption of a red flag law, among others. It is sent to the U.S. House of Representatives for a vote. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Grenadian general election
  • Citizens of Grenada head to the polls to vote in a general election. (Loop Caribbean News)

Science and technology

• Scientists discover the largest known bacterium, Thiomargarita magnifica, in the mangroves of the Guadeloupe archipelago in Lesser Antilles. It is up to 2 cm (3/4 inch) long. (France 24)

Sports

• 2022 NBA draft
  • In basketball, the 76th NBA draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., with the Orlando Magic selecting former Duke University player Paolo Banchero with the first overall pick. (ESPN)

June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022 Western Russia attacks
      • The Ukrainian Air Force launches drone strikes on an oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast, Russia, causing a large explosion and fire. Operations at the refinery have been suspended. Footage on social media appears to show at least one armed drone striking the facility. (Reuters)
    • War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Reporters Without Borders releases a report claiming that a Ukrainian photojournalist was summarily executed while injured on the ground by Russian soldiers during the early stages of the conflict. (Al Jazeera)
    • Southern Ukraine offensive
      • Seven Russian missiles strike the city of Mykolaiv, killing at least one person and damaging a number of residential and commercial buildings, according to Mykolaiv governor Vitaliy Kim. (The Telegraph)
    • The Ukrainian military says that it has inflicted "significant losses" on Russian forces after launching airstrikes on Snake Island in the Black Sea, destroying a Pantsir missile system, a radar station and numerous vehicles on the occupied island. (Euronews)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
    • Five Southern Transitional Council soldiers and three Al-Qaeda militants are killed during a shootout in Ataq, Shabwah Governorate. (AP)
• 2022 Ecuadorian protests
  • Ecuadorian indigenous groups attack a police station in Puyo, Pastaza, amid ongoing protests in the country. One protestor is shot dead by police. Eighteen police officers are missing, while another six are injured. (Bangkok Post)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • Inflation in the United Kingdom reaches 9.1%, a 40-year record, as food and fuel prices continue to increase. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
  • A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Khost, Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring at least 1,500 others. (BBC News)
• Red Air Flight 203
  • A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 catches fire after landing at Miami International Airport in Florida, United States. (The Guardian)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
    • Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says that Denmark will begin administering fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 50 years. (Reuters)
• The UK Health Security Agency declares a national incident after traces of poliovirus were detected during routine sewage inspections in London. However, the risk to the public is currently believed to be "extremely low". (Sky News)

International relations

• Africa–Canada relations, Foreign relations of Rwanda
  • Canada announces its intention to open an embassy in Rwanda. The announcement comes a few days before the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will be held in Kigali. (CTV News)

Law and crime

• The military junta of Myanmar orders all legal proceedings against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved from courtrooms to prison venues without explanation. Aung San Suu Kyi has been under detainment since the February 2021 coup. (Al Arabiya)

Politics and elections

• The government of Bulgarian prime minister Kiril Petkov loses a motion of no confidence vote in the National Assembly. (The Straits Times)

June 21, 2022 (2022-06-21) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian occupation of the Luhansk Oblast
      • Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai says that Russian forces captured the towns of Pidlisne and Myrna Dolyna, south of Lysychansk, and also confirms reports that separatist forces captured Toshkivka yesterday. (Reuters)
  • The Governor of Kharkiv Oblast, Oleh Synyehubov, reports that Russian shelling killed 15 civilians in and near Kharkiv. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • 2022 United Kingdom national rail strike
    • Railway transport workers go on a nationwide general strike in the United Kingdom after talks on a 7% pay increase for workers collapses. The RMT says that industry executives have only offered a 2% increase in pay, which is well below rising inflation levels. (BBC News)
• Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia becomes China's biggest supplier of oil, surpassing Saudi Arabia and making up over half of China's oil imports. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Wildfires in 2022
  • 2022 California wildfires
    • The Edgewood Fire breaks out near San Mateo County, California, prompting evacuations and power outages. A firefighter is injured while fighting the fires. (CBS News) (KNTV) (KGO-TV)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Macau
    • Authorities in Macau place a casino and hotel with more than 700 people inside under lockdown due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the territory. (Straits Times)

International relations

• International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Lithuania–Russia relations
    • Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev warns Lithuania that its citizens will "feel pain" over the ban on the transit of Russian goods to Kaliningrad through Lithuania, saying that Russia's response in the near future could have "a serious negative impact on the population of Lithuania". (Reuters)
• Estonia–Russia relations
  • Estonia reports that a Russian Border Service Mi-8 helicopter violated its airspace over the weekend. The Russian ambassador to Estonia was summoned in response to the incident. (Al Arabiya)
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international relations
  • The United Nations announces that the conference of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity initially scheduled to take place in Kunming, China, later this year will be moved to Montreal, Canada, due to logistical complications caused by China's Zero-COVID policy. (The Wall Street Journal)
• 2021–2022 global energy crisis
  • Lebanon, Egypt and Syria sign an agreement to supply Egyptian gas to a power plant in northern Lebanon through Syria. However, the World Bank, which is financing the deal, must validate the agreement before it can take effect. (The Independent)
• Cross-Strait relations
  • Twenty-nine Chinese military aircraft enter the Taiwanese air defence zone, prompting the Taiwanese Air Force to send their own aircraft in response. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Two people are injured, including one in critical condition, after a stabbing attack in Västerås, Sweden. (AP)
• Rioters attack an International Day of Yoga celebration in Malé, the Maldives, proclaiming that yoga is against the tenets of Islam. (Reuters)
• The South Dakota Senate, in the United States, votes to convict Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg over his role in a 2020 car accident in which his car struck 55-year old Joseph Boever, removing him from office immediately. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2022 food crises
  • Egypt rejects two World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements which would have forced it to export domestically needed food to alleviate the global food crisis, citing proposals that it considers harmful to developing countries and also noting that 30 other WTO member states restrict food exports. (Al Monitor)
• The armed forces of Ecuador say that they will "not allow ongoing protests" to "damage the country's democracy", as road blockades and demonstrations against the economic policies of president Guillermo Lasso continue. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Internet censorship in Russia
  • Russia blocks access to The Daily Telegraph's website on the orders of the Prosecutor-General, after accusing the newspaper of "disseminating false information" about the Russian war in Ukraine. (MSN)
• Nuri, South Korea's first locally-developed orbital launch vehicle, launches for a second time from the Naro Space Center in Goheung County, South Jeolla, with a satellite payload of 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). The launch was successful, with all of the satellites being put onto the 700 km (430 mi) Sun-synchronous orbit. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

June 20, 2022 (2022-06-20) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Pro-Russian forces of the Luhansk People's Republic claim to have taken the key town of Toshkivka, 25 km south of Sieverodonetsk. (Reuters)
    • Ukrainian forces fire missiles at a Chornomornaftogaz drilling oil facility in the Black Sea, off Crimea, injuring three workers, with seven others missing. Russia launches missile strikes on Odessa in retaliation for the attack. (The Telegraph) (The Telegraph 2)
    • A second American volunteer fighter dies in Ukraine, after triggering a landmine. (Rolling Stone)
• Mali War
  • 2022 Bankass massacres
    • Islamist insurgents kill 132 civilians over the weekend in a series of attacks on three villages in the Bankass Cercle of Mali's Mopti Region, including Segue. (AP)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • A bazaar in Nangarhar Province is bombed, which the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan says has killed and injured "scores of people." The ruling Taliban confirm that at least ten people have been injured but cannot yet confirm if anyone has been killed. (Reuters)
• Mexican drug war
  • Two Jesuit priests are murdered by gunmen in a church in Cerocahui, Chihuahua. (AP)
• Syrian civil war
  • Eleven soldiers and two civilians are killed in an attack on a bus travelling from Raqqa to Homs. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack. (Washington Post) (Reuters)

Business and economy

• International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Panic buying is reported in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad after Lithuania banned the transit of some goods through its territory by rail. Kaliningrad Governor Anton Alikhanov calls for calm, while Russia condemns the ban. (The Moscow Times)
  • The Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry demands that Lithuania "immediately reverse" new restrictions on shipments of Russian goods to Kaliningrad, saying that the restrictions were "unprecedented" and "illegal", while also suggesting that Moscow could "take actions to protect its national interests". (RFE/RL)
• Canadian defence minister Anita Anand announces an increase in defence spending to $5 billion in order to upgrade continental defence. (CBC)
• It is announced that Cape Verde will allocate a budget of $85 million to combat the effects of the war in Ukraine, which has caused an increase in the prices of gasoline and food, as 9% of Cape Verdeans are currently facing a food crisis. (Reuters) (Today Online)

Disasters and accidents

• A helicopter crashes near Burton, North Yorkshire, England, killing two people onboard. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
  • Dutch climate and energy minister Rob Jetten announces that the Netherlands will remove all restrictions on the operation of coal-fired power stations until at least 2024, in response to Russia's refusal to export natural gas to the country. Operations were previously limited to less than a third of the total production. (CNA)
• Canadian Environmental Minister Steven Guilbeault announces that Canada will ban the sale of single-use plastics by December 2023, and will ban the export of these plastics by the end of 2025, with the first regulations to come into effect in December. (Al Jazeera)
• A study published in Nature Food finds that the impact of food transportation on climate change is three times greater than was previously believed, making up 6% of global carbon emissions. (Nature Food)

International relations

• Belgium–Democratic Republic of the Congo relations
  • The Belgian government repatriates Congolese independence leader and former prime minister Patrice Lumumba's remains, consisting of a tooth, through an official ceremony attended by his family at the Egmont Palace in Brussels. (NBC News)
• Ukraine ratifies the Istanbul Convention. (Ukrayinska Pravda)

Law and crime

• Recognition of same-sex unions in Japan
  • The Osaka District Court rules that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage is not "unconstitutional" in a ruling on a lawsuit filed by two male couples and one female couple. (The Canberra Times)
• Violent protests occur across India, including the burning of trains in Hyderabad, in response to proposed recruitment reforms in the military. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2022 French legislative election
  • President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance is confirmed to lose its majority in the National Assembly after yesterday's second round of legislative elections. Both the left-wing alliance NUPES and the right-wing party National Rally achieve significant electoral gains, forcing the government to seek compromises with other parties during the upcoming legislative period for the first time since the 1988 legislative election. (Reuters)
• Next Israeli legislative election
  • Leading members of the thirty-sixth government of Israel Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid agree to dissolve the Knesset, triggering a fifth snap election in just over three years. Lapid will serve as acting Prime Minister until the election is held. (Reuters)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Climate crisis
• COVID-19 pandemic
• Opioid epidemic
• 2021–22 European windstorm season
• 2020–2022 H5N8 outbreak
• 2022 monkeypox outbreak
• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
• 2022 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
• 2022 Pacific typhoon season
• 2022 Pacific hurricane season
• Madagascar famine
• Yemeni famine

Economics

• 2020–present global chip shortage
• 2021–2022 global energy crisis
• 2021–2022 global supply chain crisis
• 2021–2022 inflation surge
• 2022 food crises
• 2022 United States infant formula shortage
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
• Russian financial crisis
• Sri Lankan economic crisis
• Turkish currency and debt crisis

Politics

• Belarus−European Union border crisis
• Brazilian protests
• Malaysian political crisis
• Myanmar protests
• Nicaraguan protests
• Nigerian protests
• Persian Gulf crisis
• Peruvian crisis
• Sri Lankan protests & political crisis
• Tigrayan peace process
• Thai protests
• Tunisian political crisis
• Ukrainian refugee crisis
• Venezuelan presidential crisis

Elections and referendums

Recent

• June
  • 12: France, National Assembly (1st)
  • 12: Italy, Referendum
  • 19: France, National Assembly (2nd)
  • 19: Colombia, President (2nd)
  • 22: Jersey, States Assembly
  • 23: Grenada, House of Representatives

Upcoming

• 26: Liechtenstein, Referendum

• July
  • 2−22: Papua New Guinea, National Parliament
  • 10: Japan, House of Councillors
  • 10: Republic of Congo, National Assembly

Trials

Recently concluded

• Bolivia: Jeanine Áñez
• United States: Michael Sussmann

Ongoing

• Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
• France: Brussels Islamic State
• Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
• Italy: Matteo Salvini
• Kosovo: Specialist Chambers
• Kyrgyzstan: Almazbek Atambayev
• Malta: Yorgen Fenech
• Philippines: Leila de Lima
• Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
• Sweden: Hamid Nouri
• United States: Sunny Balwani
• Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
• ICC: Ali Kushayb

Upcoming

• Canada: Peter Nygård
• Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu
• United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Steve Bannon

Sport

• Association football
  • 2022 MLS season
  • 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
• Women's association football
  • 2022 NWSL season
• Baseball
  • 2022 MLB season
• Basketball
  • 2022 WNBA 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
  • 2022 CFL season
• Golf
  • 2022 PGA Tour Champions
  • 2021–22 PGA Tour
  • 2022 Ladies European Tour
  • 2022 European Tour
  • 2022 LPGA Tour
• Ice hockey
  • 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs
• Motorsport
  • 2022 Formula One World Championship
  • 2021–22 Formula E World Championship
• Rugby league
  • 2022 NRL season
  • 2022 State of Origin series
• Rugby union
  • 2021–22 Premiership Rugby
  • 2021–22 United Rugby Championship
  • 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season
• Tennis
  • 2022 ATP Tour
  • 2022 WTA Tour
• Other sports seasons
  • 2022 International cricket season

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Recent deaths

June / May

• 22: Tony Siragusa
• 22: Bruton Smith
• 21: Artie Kane
• 21: James Rado
• 20: Paul M. Ellwood Jr.
• 20: Caleb Swanigan
• 19: Clela Rorex
• 19: Gennady Burbulis
• 18: Lennie Rosenbluth
• 18: Mark Shields
• 17: Damian Casey
• 17: Jean-Louis Trintignant
• 16: Tim Sale
• 15: Maureen Arthur
• 15: Dom Phillips
• 14: Joel Whitburn
• 14: A. B. Yehoshua
• 12: Philip Baker Hall
• 12: Phil Bennett
• 11: Hilary Devey
• 10: Baxter Black
• 10: Harry Gesner
• 9: Julee Cruise
• 9: Billy Kametz
• 9: Don Perkins
• 9: Billy Bingham
• 9: Aamir Liaquat Hussain
• 8: Paula Rego
• 8: Song Hae
• 7: Marco Luzzago
• 6: Orlando Jorge Mera
• 6: Jim Seals
• 6: Zeta Emilianidou
• 6: Valery Ryumin
• 5: Trouble
• 4: George Lamming
• 4: Alec John Such
• 4: Dmitry Kovtun
• 3: Ann Turner Cook
• 3: Sophie Freud
• 3: Grachan Moncur III
• 3: John Porter
• 2: Nobuyuki Idei
• 1: Marion Barber III
• 1: Charles Kernaghan
• 1: Barry Sussman
• 1: Gerard Brennan
• 31: Ingram Marshall
• 31: Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
• 31: Dave Smith
• 31: KK
• 30: Paul Vance
• 29: Ronnie Hawkins
• 29: Lester Piggott
• 29: Sidhu Moose Wala
• 28: Evaristo Carvalho
• 28: Bo Hopkins
• 28: Bujar Nishani
• 27: Samella Lewis
• 27: Angelo Sodano

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Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Angola
  • Cabinda War
• Burkina Faso
  • Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
• 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
• Ethiopia
  • Tigray War (spillover)
  • Oromo conflict
  • Benishangul-Gumuz conflict
• Ethiopia and Sudan
  • Ethiopian–Sudanese 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 Saharan clashes

Americas

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

Asia-Pacific

• Afghanistan
  • Republican insurgency
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• India
  • Insurgency in Northeast India
    • Insurgency in Manipur
    • Ethnic conflict in Nagaland
  • Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
• India and Pakistan
  • Kashmir conflict
• Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
  • Moro conflict
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See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

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