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José Ramos-Horta

• José Ramos-Horta (pictured) is elected as President of East Timor.
• Russia's Black Sea Fleet flagship, the cruiser Moskva, sinks off the coast of Ukraine.
• Flooding across KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, leaves at least 430 people dead.
• Shehbaz Sharif is elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan after Imran Khan is removed in a no-confidence motion.

Ongoing:

• COVID-19 pandemic
• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Recent deaths:

• Nicholas Angelich
• Mwai Kibaki
• Ali Hamsa
• Earl Devaney
• Bridget Tan
• Renate Holm

April 24, 2022 (2022-04-24) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukrainian authorities say a person has been killed by overnight shelling in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (Reuters)
    • Russian state media reports that Ukraine has launched rockets into a village in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
    • The Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs vetoes Germany's request to re-export Swiss ammunition to Ukraine on the basis of its neutrality, the daily SonntagsZeitung reports. (Reuters)
    • The Russian embassy in Tehran denies that Iran was a secret armament supplier for the Russian war effort. (Tasnim News Agency)
• Internal conflict in Myanmar
  • 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency
    • Family members of the ruling military junta in the commercial city of Yangon are seeking refuge in the country's capital Naypyidaw as urban fighting intensifies between soldiers and insurgents. (MyanmarNews)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Mali War
    • Six soldiers are killed and twenty are injured after three attacks on military bases in Sévaré, Niono and Bapho, Mali. (Voice of America)

Disasters and accidents

• Ten people are confirmed dead after the Kazu I sightseeing boat went missing off the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan, with 26 on board; 16 are still missing. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2022 French presidential election
  • The second round of the French presidential election between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen takes place. (CNN)
  • Exit polls show Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election with a majority of 58% of votes. He becomes the first incumbent President of France to win re-election since Jacques Chirac's victory in the 2002 French presidential election against Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen's father. (France 24) (NBC News)
  • Marine Le Pen concedes defeat to Macron, ensuring him a second term. However, she says that the results are nonetheless a significant improvement from the previous election and therefore a victory for her party. (Sky News) (BBC News)
• 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election
  • Slovenes head to the polls to elect members of their Parliament. (Xinhua News Agency)
  • Exit polls show Robert Golob's green Freedom Movement winning 35.8% of the vote to incumbent Prime Minister Janez Janša's right-wing populist Slovenian Democratic Party. (The Guardian)

April 23, 2022 (2022-04-23) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Battle of Donbas (2022), Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Six people in Hirske, Luhansk Oblast, are killed by Russian shelling. (France 24)
    • 2022 bombing of Odessa
      • Infrastructure in the Southern Ukrainian city of Odessa is hit by airstrikes, killing at least five people, including a baby, and injuring 18 others. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
    • The Investigative Committee of Russia announces that they are investigating allegations by RIA Novosti that troops from the British SAS have been deployed to Western Ukraine. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
• War in Darfur, Darfur genocide
  • Human rights groups say that eight people were killed during clashes followed by a Janjaweed raid on Thursday and Friday in Kreinik, West Darfur. (AP)
• 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks, Ituri conflict, Kivu conflict
  • Kenya says that the East African Community plans to deploy a peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Unknown armed Afghans storm a Pakistani military outpost near the border in Pakistan’s North Waziristan District killing three soldiers. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Imo/Rivers explosion
  • Over 100 people are killed after an illegal oil refining depot explodes in Ohaji/Egbema, Imo State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• European migrant crisis
  • At least 17 migrants are killed after four boats sink off the coast of Sfax, Tunisia. (Reuters)
• At least three people are killed by an explosion at the Gaisky ore mine in Orenburg, Russia. (Reuters)
• Ten people are dead and 16 more are missing as a sightseeing boat sinks off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. (Reuters)
• Ten people are missing after an accident in a coal mine in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland. (AP)
• One person dies and 40 people are rescued after a boat sinks in Tripoli, Lebanon. (Reuters)

International relations

• Russia–Turkey relations
  • Turkey closes its airspace to Russian Armed Forces flights to Syria, as well as civilian aircraft that are suspected of carrying Russian troops. (The Jerusalem Post)

Politics and elections

• Thousands of farmers protest against President Alberto Fernández's new export taxes on farm goods in Argentina, which protesters say is a "rope that is being used to choke us". The farmers used tractors to block the road leading to the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2022 Major League Baseball season
  • In baseball, the Chicago Cubs defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 21-0, the largest defeat in Pirates history and the largest victory in Cubs history since 1901. (CBS News) (Chicago Sun Times)
• Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte
  • Tyson Fury retains the WBC world heavyweight title after defeating Dillian Whyte via technical knockout in round 6 in front of 94,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium, London, a post-war British record. Post-match, Fury suggests that he may now retire from professional boxing. (BBC Sport)

April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Southern Ukraine offensive, Russian occupation of Kherson
      • Russian Major general Rustam Minnekayev says that the goal of the military operation is now to seize territory in Southern Ukraine in order to create a land corridor from Crimea to Ukraine's border with Transnistria, a pro-Russian unrecognized breakaway state that is internationally recognized as part of Moldova. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
    • 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis
      • Ukraine says that it will not allow residents to evacuate Mariupol today over concerns that the route is too dangerous. (Times of Israel)
    • The mayor of Balakliia in Kharkiv Oblast is charged with treason by Ukrainian authorities for accepting aid from Russian occupation forces. The mayor is believed to have fled to Russia with his family. (Newsweek)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • 2022 Kunduz mosque bombing
    • At least 33 people are killed and 43 others are injured by a bombing at a Sufi mosque in Kunduz, Afghanistan. (BBC News)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • At least 57 Palestinians are injured after Israeli police fire stun grenades and rubber bullets at a crowd of worshipers within the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in East Jerusalem, in response to stones and fireworks being thrown at Jewish worshipers. (Reuters)
  • Two rockets are launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip. One rocket lands in Sha'ar HaNegev and the other falls into the Beit Hanoun area, injuring one person. (Times of Israel)
• Kashmir conflict
  • A soldier and six rebels are killed in fighting in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Four members of the security forces are injured. (AP)
• Somali Civil War
  • Six people are killed and seven others injured by an al-Shabaab bombing at a restaurant in Lido Beach, Mogadishu. (BBC News)
• Kivu conflict, Ituri conflict
  • The East African Community agree to set up a regional military force in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in an attempt to end the conflicts there. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade bans the import of iPhones. (Tasnim)

Disasters and accidents

• One person is killed and two others are injured after a transport plane crashes in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Earthquakes in 2022
  • At least one person is killed and two others are injured after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Las Vegas Sun)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia
        • Philadelphia lifts their mask mandate days after reinstating it. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales, COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
      • Public health restrictions are eased in New South Wales and Victoria. (The Guardian)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
      • Authorities in Shanghai announce that they will tighten the enforcement of lockdown measures, as COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the city. (BBC News)

International relations

• Japan–Russia relations
  • Japan and Russia sign an agreement on fishing quotas after a month of negotiations. The two countries agree on Japan's quota of 2,050 tons of salmon and trout within Russia's exclusive economic zone, which is the same level as last year, while Japan agrees to pay fees of between 200-300 million yen to Russia. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
  • German authorities formally identify a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of a British three-year-old girl in Portugal. (CNN)
• France issues an international arrest warrant for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn. (DW)

April 21, 2022 (2022-04-21) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Siege of Mariupol
        • Vladimir Putin tells his troops not to storm the Azovstal iron and steel works building in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, describing proposed plans to do so as "impractical" and instead ordering a blockade of the area. (The Guardian)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
    • 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing
      • Thirty-one people are killed and 87 others are injured in a bombing at a Shia mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the bombing. (Yahoo! News) (Reuters)
  • Four people are killed and 18 others are injured during a bombing in Kunduz targeting the 217 Omari Corps. (Tolo News)
  • Four Taliban members are killed and another is wounded when their vehicle is hit by a roadside bomb in Nangarhar Province. (BBC News)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Boko Haram jihadists raid the town of Geidam, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 12 people. Several buildings are destroyed, including a school. (The Premium Times) (The Toronto Star)

Business and economy

• The legislature for the U.S. state of Florida votes to strip Walt Disney World of its ability to self-govern by dissolving the Reedy Creek Improvement District, in apparent retaliation for Disney's actions during and following the passage of HB 1557, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill. (CNBC) (Financial Times)

Disasters and accidents

• Six people are killed after a fire occurs at a defence research institute in Tver, Russia. (Reuters)

International relations

• Iran–Israel relations
  • Iran arrests three alleged Israeli Mossad spies in Sistan and Baluchestan province, claiming that the spies are part of recent sensitive data leaks. (AP)
• India–Maldives relations
  • Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih issues a presidential decree outlawing protests against India, claiming it is causing national instability and putting the security of Indian diplomats at risk. (Indian Express)

Law and crime

• Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is extradited to the United States on drug trafficking charges. (The Washington Post)

April 20, 2022 (2022-04-20) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Siege of Mariupol
        • Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak says in a tweet that Ukraine is ready to hold a special round of negotiations in Mariupol in an effort "To save our guys, Azov (battalion), military, civilians, children, the living and the wounded". (Reuters)
        • A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor is confirmed to have died on April 4, making her the second Holocaust survivor to be killed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. (BBC News)
      • Presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych says that Ukraine is blocking an attempted Russian advance on Sloviansk. (Reuters)
    • Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
      • The Pentagon announces that Ukraine has received fighter aircraft and aircraft parts to bolster the Ukrainian Air Force. However, the number of aircraft sent or their origin are not disclosed. (Euractiv)
• Kashmir conflict
  • Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
    • A Railway Protection Force officer is killed and another is injured in an attack in Kakapora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (NDTV)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • The Israel Defence Forces launches airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for a previous rocket attack launched from Gaza. (AP)
  • Marches organized by ultranationalist Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Arab neighbourhood in the old city of Jerusalem are interrupted by Israeli police, leading to skirmishes between protesters and police. (EFE via eldiario.es)
• Colombian conflict
  • Six soldiers are killed and five others are injured in a bombing in north-western Antioquia Department, Colombia. The Clan del Golfo is suspected to be behind the attack. (BBC News)
• Oromo conflict
  • At least 20 people are killed and another 50 injured in clashes in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia. (BBC News)
• Six people are killed and 19 others are injured by a bombing at a cattle market in Taraba State, eastern Nigeria. The attacker also died in the explosion. The Islamic State claims responsibility. (AP) (Reuters)
• One person is killed and four others are injured when an IED blast hits a bus in Bursa, Marmara, Turkey. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Five people are killed and seven others remain trapped after a coal mine explosion in the Pniówek Coal Mine in Poland. (Reuters)
• Twenty people are killed and at least one other is injured when a minibus collides with a vehicle in Bauchi State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• A small plane crashes into a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing six people. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in India
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi
        • New Delhi reinstates mandatory face mask wearing due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the Indian capital. (Reuters)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic
      • Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office announces that mandatory indoor mask-wearing will be lifted for the second time on April 23 at 8 p.m., pending approval from the Knesset Health Committee. However, mask wearing will still be mandatory in high-risk locations and by those who are in quarantine. (The Times of Israel)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
      • Taiwan reports a record 2,386 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, all locally transmitted, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 40,186. (Focus Taiwan)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
    • COVID-19 vaccination in Norway
      • The Norwegian Institute of Public Health announces that it has begun giving people over the age of 80 a second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (ABC News)

International relations

• Panama–United States relations
  • The United States signs an agreement with Panama to help stop undocumented immigration. (The Jerusalem Post)
• Judge Paul Golspring of the Westminster Magistrates' Court refers to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to sign an extradition order to the United States for Julian Assange in relation to WikiLeaks concerning human rights abuses in the Guantanamo detention camp and the Iraq war and the war in Afghanistan. (eldiario.es)

Law and crime

• Two people are killed and three others are seriously injured after being hit in a hit and run incident in Cachar district, Assam, India. (Hindustan Times)
• An Iraqi Shia hacker group named the Altahrea Team launches major cyberattacks against numerous Israeli websites in retaliation for the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. (Ynet News)
• 528 Rohingya refugees flee an immigration detention centre in Penang State, Malaysia, following a riot inside the building. Six people are killed after colliding with motorcyclists while crossing a road. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2022 East Timorese presidential election
  • Former president José Ramos-Horta defeats incumbent president Francisco Guterres to become the next President of East Timor. (The Guardian)

April 19, 2022 (2022-04-19) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Battle of Donbas
    • Northeastern Ukraine offensive
      • Battle of Kharkiv
        • Four people are killed in a Russian missile strike on a residential neighbourhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (AP)
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Ukraine says that Russian forces have begun an anticipated military offensive in the Donbas with explosions reported in multiple cities. (BBC News) (Reuters)
    • War in Donbas
      • A civilian is killed and several others are injured by an explosion in Kramatorsk. (Times of Israel)
    • Amidst fears that Russia could use nuclear weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that the country will not use them and will continue using conventional weapons. (Newsweek)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • The Iron Dome intercepts a Hamas missile fired into Israel's Southern District from the Gaza Strip. (Times of Israel)
  • Israel fires missiles at a Hamas weapon depot in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack. No injuries are reported. (Reuters)
  • At least 40 Palestinians are injured after the IDF fires tear gas and rubber bullets at Palestinians protesting a march held by right-wing settlers near the former settlement of Homesh. (Al Jazeera)
• 2022 Kabul school bombing
  • At least six people are killed and many others are injured by a school bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters)
• 2022 Sri Lankan protests
  • One person is killed and 14 others injured after police fire live bullets at protesters in Rambukkana. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• A tractor collides with a military vehicle in South Darfur, Sudan, killing five people. (Radio Dabanga)

International relations

• International reactions to the Russo-Ukrainian War
  • International reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Russian foreign ministry expels 21 Belgian diplomats, 15 Dutch diplomats and 4 Austrian diplomats as a reciprocal measure. (The Moscow Times) (Anadolu Agency)
  • International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Greece seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker Pegas/Lana off the island of Euboea as part of European Union economic sanctions on Russia. The ship had 19 crew members on board, according to the Ministry of Shipping. (Reuters)
• Iran–Israel relations, Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi warns Israel that Iran will respond to any hostile action taken against it. (DW) (Al Jazeera)
• China–Solomon Islands relations
  • The foreign ministers of the People's Republic of China and Solomon Islands sign a security pact. (Al Jazeera)
• Cameroon–Russia relations
  • Jeune Afrique reports that on 12 April the defence ministers of Russia and Cameroon signed a new military cooperation agreement, renewing a similar agreement signed in 2015. (Jeune Afrique)

Politics and elections

• 2022 East Timorese presidential election
  • The East Timorese people head to the polls for the second round of the presidential election between José Ramos-Horta and incumbent Francisco Guterres. (The Guardian)

Science and technology

• The United States says it will ban anti-satellite missile tests. (BBC News)

April 18, 2022 (2022-04-18) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Russian troops capture the city of Kreminna in Luhansk Oblast. Local authorities say that four refugees have been shot dead trying to escape the city. (Ukrinform) (Reuters)
    • The Russian defence ministry says that its forces have destroyed 16 Ukrainian military facilities, including five command posts, a fuel depot and three ammunition warehouses in "mass strikes" overnight. Russia also says that it shot down two Ukrainian MiG-29s and one Su-25. (Reuters)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Operation Claw-Lock
    • Turkey launches a series of airstrikes on PKK targets in Duhok Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Two Palestinians are seriously injured after being shot by Israeli security forces in the West Bank. The Israel Defense Forces say that the Palestinians were attacking Israeli troops. (Times of Israel)

Disasters and accidents

• A jeep returning from a wedding crashes into another vehicle in Amethi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing six people and injuring four more. (Hindustan Times)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
      • Prime Minister Mario Draghi tests positive for COVID-19. (Bloomberg)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
        • Scotland lifts their law mandating face coverings in shops, restaurants and public transport. (BBC News)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation
      • U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of the Middle District of Florida voids the Biden administration's mask mandate on airplanes and public transportation. Most U.S. airlines including Alaska Airlines and United Airlines subsequently end their mask mandates due to the ruling. (AP) (Bloomberg)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
    • South Korea ends their COVID-19 restrictions two years after they were imposed. However, the mask mandate will remain in place. (Yonhap)

International relations

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian occupation of Kherson
      • Igor Kastyukevich is appointed the de facto mayor of Kherson, the only Ukrainian Oblast capital captured during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Euromaidan Press)
• Solomon Islands–United States relations
  • United States officials plan to travel to Solomon Islands due to concerns that the country is making a security pact with China. The U.S. fears the proposed agreement could lead to Chinese troops being deployed to Solomon Islands. (Reuters)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • The Houthi movement signs an agreement to stop using child soldiers. (AP)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Climate crisis
• COVID-19 pandemic
• Opioid epidemic
• 2021–22 Australian region cyclone season
• 2021–22 European windstorm season
• 2020–2022 H5N8 outbreak
• 2022 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
• 2022 Pacific typhoon season
• 2021–22 South Pacific cyclone season
• 2021–22 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
• 2020–2022 Taal Volcano eruptions
• Madagascar famine
• Yemeni famine

Economics

• 2020–present global chip shortage
• 2021–2022 global energy crisis
• 2021–2022 global supply chain crisis
• COVID-19 recession
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
• Pandora Papers leak
• Russian financial crisis
• Sri Lankan economic and food crisis
• Turkish currency and debt crisis

Politics

• Belarus−European Union border crisis
• Brazilian protests
• Haitian protests
• Insulate Britain protests
• Malaysian political crisis
• Myanmar protests
• Nicaraguan protests
• Nigerian protests
• Partygate
• Persian Gulf crisis
• Peruvian crisis
• Somali political crisis
• Sri Lankan protests
• Tigrayan peace process
• Thai protests
• Tunisian political crisis
• 2020–2022 United States racial unrest
• Ukrainian refugee crisis
• Venezuelan presidential crisis

Elections and referendums

Recent

• April
  • 10: France, President (1st)
  • 10: Mexico, Referendum
  • 10: South Ossetia, President (1st)
  • 19: East Timor, President (2nd)

Upcoming

• 24: France, President (2nd)
• 24: Slovenia, National Assembly
• 28: South Ossetia, President (2nd)

Trials

Recently concluded

• China: Shadeed Abdulmateen
• United Kingdom: Ali Harbi Ali, Imran Ahmad Khan,

Boris Becker

• United States: El Shafee Elsheikh, Roger Ng

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: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Sunny Balwani
• Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
• ICC: Ali Kushayb

Upcoming

• Canada: Peter Nygård
• Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu
• United States: Michael Sussmann

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
  • 2021–22 Ligue 1
  • 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
  • 2022 MLS season
• Baseball
  • 2022 MLB season
• Basketball
  • 2022 NBA Playoffs
• Cricket
  • 2022 Indian Premier League
  • 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
• Golf
  • 2021 PGA Tour Champions
  • 2021–22 PGA Tour
  • 2022 Ladies European Tour
  • 2022 European Tour
  • 2022 LPGA Tour
• Ice hockey
  • 2021–22 NHL season
• Motorsport
  • 2022 Formula One World Championship
  • 2021–22 Formula E World Championship
• Rugby union
  • 2021–22 Premiership Rugby
  • 2021–22 United Rugby Championship
  • 2021–22 Top 14
  • 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season
• Tennis
  • 2022 ATP Tour
  • 2022 WTA Tour
• Other sports seasons
  • 2021–22 International cricket season
  • 2021–22 snooker season
  • 2021–22 curling season

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

April / March

• 23: Orrin Hatch
• 22: Guy Lafleur
• 21: Carl Wayne Buntion
• 21: Daryle Lamonica
• 21: Cynthia Plaster Caster
• 21: Mwai Kibaki
• 21: Jacques Perrin
• 20: Robert Morse
• 20: Guitar Shorty
• 18: Harrison Birtwistle
• 18: Hermann Nitsch
• 17: DJ Kay Slay
• 17: Radu Lupu
• 16: Rosario Ibarra
• 15: Michael O'Kennedy
• 15: Art Rupe
• 15: Liz Sheridan
• 15: Bilquis Edhi
• 14: Mike Bossy
• 14: Rio Hackford
• 13: Letizia Battaglia
• 13: Michel Bouquet
• 12: Gilbert Gottfried
• 12: Cedric McMillan
• 12: Shirley Spork
• 11: Charnett Moffett
• 9: Jack Higgins
• 9: Dwayne Haskins
• 9: Chris Bailey
• 8: Aravindan Balakrishnan
• 8: Mimi Reinhardt
• 8: Peng Ming-min
• 7: Rayfield Wright
• 6: Rae Allen
• 6: Jill Knight
• 6: Tom Smith
• 6: Vladimir Zhirinovsky
• 5: Sidney Altman
• 5: David Kilgour
• 5: Nehemiah Persoff
• 5: Bobby Rydell
• 5: Jimmy Wang Yu
• 4: Eric Boehlert
• 4: Jerry Uelsmann
• 3: Tommy Davis
• 3: Lygia Fagundes Telles
• 3: Gerda Weissmann Klein
• 3: Gene Shue
• 3: June Brown
• 3: Pamela Rooke
• 2: Vance Amory
• 2: Estelle Harris
• 1: C. W. McCall
• 31: Patricia MacLachlan
• 31: Patrick Demarchelier
• 30: Richard Howard
• 30: John Zaritsky
• 30: Tom Parker
• 30: Ernie Carroll
• 29: Paul Herman
• 29: Nancy Milford
• 28: Marvin J. Chomsky
• 28: Doris Derby
• 28: Eugene Melnyk
• 28: Mira Calix
• 27: Ayaz Mutallibov
• 26: Jeff Carson
• 26: Joan Joyce
• 25: Dirck Halstead
• 25: Taylor Hawkins
• 25: Kathryn Hays
• 25: John Chapple

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Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Ongoing conflicts

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
  • 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
    • Western Saharan clashes (2020–present)

Americas

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

Asia-Pacific

• Afghanistan
  • Panjshir conflict
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• India
  • Insurgency in Northeast India
    • Assam separatist movements
    • Insurgency in Manipur
    • Ethnic conflict in Nagaland
  • 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
• Ireland and the UK
  • Dissident Irish republican campaign
• Turkey
  • Kurdish–Turkish conflict
• Ukraine
  • Russo-Ukrainian War
    • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • War in Donbas

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
  • Kurdish separatism in Iran
• Iraq
  • Iraqi conflict
  • 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 and List of ongoing proxy wars

2022 events and developments by topic

Arts

Architecture – Animation – Anime – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – 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

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