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2002 Bali bombings
Terrorist attack in Indonesia
2002 Venezuelan coup attempt
Temporary ousting of President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez on 11 April 2002
2002–2004 SARS outbreak
Epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome originating in China
2003 invasion of Iraq
United States-led military invasion
2004 Haitian coup d'état
Political event in Haiti
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Indian Ocean
2004 Madrid train bombings
Terrorist attack on Madrid's suburban trains
2005 Cronulla riots
Civil disturbance in New South Wales, Australia
2005–2006 Fijian political crisis
Political crisis in Fiji
2005–2006 Thai political crisis
2005-06 period of political and civil unrest in Thailand culminating in a military coup
2006 Fijian coup d'état
Coup d'état in Fiji
2006 Lebanon War
Armed conflict primarily between Israel and Hezbollah
2008 financial crisis
Worldwide economic crisis
2008 Mumbai attacks
Terrorist attacks in India
2008 Sichuan earthquake
8.0 Ms earthquake in China
2008 Universal Studios fire
Fire that destroyed part of Universal's backlot
2009 swine flu pandemic
2009–2010 pandemic of swine influenza caused by H1N1 influenza virus
2010 Haiti earthquake
Magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake
2010s global surveillance disclosures
Disclosures of NSA and related global espionage
2011 Egyptian revolution
Political upheaval in Egypt
2011 Norway attacks
Two domestic terrorist attacks in Norway
2011 South Sudanese independence referendum
Independence referendum
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Megathrust earthquake off the east coast of Japan
2011–2015 Myanmar political reforms
2011-15 democratization movement and reforms in Myanmar
2012 anti-Japanese demonstrations in China
2012 Benghazi attack
Attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya
2014 NPCSC Decision on Hong Kong
People's Republic of China decision about Hong Kong elections
2014 Vrbětice ammunition warehouse explosions
Series of explosions in the Czech Republic
2015 European migrant crisis
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
2015 Rohingya refugee crisis
Mass human migration crisis
2015–16 Zika virus epidemic
Widespread epidemic of Zika fever
2016 Turkish coup attempt
Failed military coup in Turkey
2016–2017 Zimbabwe protests
Protests in Zimbabwe
2017 Las Vegas shooting
Mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada
2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état
The Overthrow of the Mugabe Regime in Zimbabwe
2019 Bolivian political crisis
Replacement of Evo Morales by Jeanine Áñez
2019 Bolivian protests
Protests against electoral fraud allegations in the 2019 Bolivian elections
2019 Samoa measles outbreak
Measles epidemic in Samoa in late 2019
2019–20 Australian bushfire season
Bushfires in Australia
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
2020 Beirut explosion
Accidental ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut, Lebanon
2020 Indian agriculture acts
Acts of the Parliament of India
2021 Myanmar coup d'état
Military takeover of government in Myanmar
2021 Solomon Islands unrest
Political crisis in Solomon Islands
2021 Taliban offensive
Military offensive by the Taliban causing the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
2021–2023 global supply chain crisis
Disruption to global trade in 2021/22
2022 Kazakh unrest
Protests and unrest in Kazakhstan against the government
7 July 2005 London bombings
Islamist suicide terrorist attacks in London
709 crackdown
Mass arrest of Chinese lawyers and human rights activists
Abraham Accords
2020 series of Arab–Israeli normalization agreements
Afghan peace process
Process of ending the War in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia
Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
2014 forcible acquisition of territory
Arab Spring
Protests and revolutions in the Arab world in the 2010s
Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
2021 assassination of the Haitian president
Assassination of Qasem Soleimani
2020 U.S. drone strike killing of an Iranian major general
Battle of Sirte (2011)
2011 final battle of the First Libyan Civil War
Beslan school siege
2004 Russian hostage crisis and massacre
Black Lives Matter
Social movement originating in the United States
Black Saturday bushfires
Series of deadly bushfires throughout Victoria State, Australia in early 2009
Boko Haram
Jihadist terrorist organization
Boko Haram insurgency
Conflict in Nigeria
Brexit
Withdrawal of the UK from the EU
Central African Bush War
2004–2007 war after President François Bozizé came to power
Central African Republic Civil War
Conflict in the Central African Republic since 2012
Charlie Hebdo shooting
2015 terrorist attack in Paris, France
Charter 08
2008 manifesto signed by Chinese intellectuals and human rights activists
Chechen–Russian conflict
Centuries-long conflict in the North Caucasus
China–United States trade war
2018–present economic conflict
Christchurch mosque shootings
2019 terrorist attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand
Climate change adaptation
Process of adjusting to effects of climate change
Climate change mitigation
Actions to limit the magnitude of climate change and its impact on human activities
Conflict in the Niger Delta
Ongoing military conflict
COVID-19 pandemic
Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19 recession
Economic downturn, primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Crisis in Venezuela
Socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela in the 21st century
Energy transition
Long-term structural change towards sustainable energy systems
Euro area crisis
Multi-year debt crisis in multiple EU countries, 2009-10
Euromaidan
2013–2014 protests in Ukraine
Extinction Rebellion
Environmental pressure group
Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014)
Period following the overthrow of Gaddafi
Fall of Kabul (2021)
Taliban capture of the capital of Afghanistan
Ferguson unrest
Aftermath of the shooting of Michael Brown on August 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri
First Ivorian Civil War
2002–2007 civil war in Cote d'Ivoire
Flint water crisis
Contamination by lead of water supply in Flint, Michigan
Food safety incidents in China
List article
Fukushima nuclear accident
2011 nuclear disaster in Japan
George Floyd protests
2020–2022 protests following the police murder of George Floyd
Great Recession
Early 21st-century global economic decline
Hong Kong national security legislation
Chinese legislation on national security in Hong Kong
Houthi insurgency
2004–2014 political-religious armed movement escalating into the Yemeni Civil War
Hurricane Katrina
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2005
Hurricane Maria
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2017
Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
2015 impeachment of then-President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff for administrative misconduct
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
Sunni Islamic insurgency in the Maghreb
Iran–Israel proxy war
Ongoing conflict in Western Asia
Iran–United States relations
Period of heightened military tensions between the United States and Iran
Iraq War
War in Iraq from 2003 to 2011
Islamic state (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
January 6 United States Capitol attack
Violent disruption of the presidential election certification on January 6, 2021
Japan–South Korea trade dispute
2019 trade war between Japan and South Korea
July 2009 Ürümqi riots
Protest events in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
Killing of Muammar Gaddafi
2011 killing in Sirte, Libya
Killing of Osama bin Laden
U.S. military operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan
Libyan civil war (2011)
2011 armed conflict in the North African country of Libya
Libyan civil war (2014–2020)
2014–2020 multi-sided civil war in Libya
Libyan crisis (2011–present)
Conflicts in Libya from 2011 onwards
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Disappearance of passenger aircraft flight in 2014
Mali War
Armed conflict in Mali that started in January 2012
MeToo movement
Movement against sexual abuse and harassment
Mexican drug war
War between Mexico's government and various drug trafficking syndicates
Moscow theater hostage crisis
2002 storming of Dubrovka Theater by armed Chechen terrorists
Murder of George Floyd
2020 police murder in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
November 2015 Paris attacks
Series of terrorist attacks in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015
Occupy movement
Protests against social and economic inequality
Occupy Wall Street
A protest movement against economic inequality
Operation Car Wash
2014-2021 Brazilian criminal investigation into corruption
Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
2002 military operation
Operation Linda Nchi
2011 military operation
Paris Agreement
2015 international agreement about climate change
Patriot Act
2001 United States anti-terrorism law
Persecution of Uyghurs in China
Philippine drug war
Conflict initiated by Rodrigo Duterte against drug lords and drug pushers
Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko
The fatal poisoning of a former FSB and KGB officer
Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
Attack on Russian politician
Predicted impact of Brexit
Predicted long-term effects of Brexit
Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Events preceding the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Prism
Transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that refract light
Protests against Nicolás Maduro
Series of political demonstrations
Protests against responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
Protest against restrictions introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Protests against the Iraq War
Demonstrations by opponents of the Iraq War
Pulse nightclub shooting
Mass shooting in Orlando, Florida
Purges in Turkey following the 2016 Turkish coup attempt
Series of purges by the Government of Turkey in reaction to the July 15th, 2016 failed coup d'état
QAnon
American far-right conspiracy theory
Qatar diplomatic crisis
Diplomatic crisis between several Arab League countries and Qatar from 2017 to 2021
Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir
2019 Indian political incident
Rohingya genocide
Ongoing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Russo-Georgian War
2008 conflict between Russia and Georgia
Russo-Ukrainian War
Armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine since 2014
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, U.S.
Second Chechen War
1999–2009 conflict in Chechnya and the North Caucasus
Second Ivorian Civil War
Civil War in Ivory Coast from November 2010 to April 2011
Second Liberian Civil War
1999–2003 war in West Africa
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
2020 war involving Azerbaijan against Armenia and Artsakh
September 11 attacks
2001 Islamist terror attacks in the U.S.
Shale oil extraction
Process for extracting oil from oil shale
Somali Civil War (2009–present)
Present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
Sudanese revolution
2018–2019 protests and political upheaval in Sudan
Sudanese transition to democracy (2019–2021)
Political transition to democracy following the overthrow of Omar Bashir in 2019
Sunshine Policy
Theoretical basis for South Korea's foreign policy towards North Korea
Syrian civil war
Multi-sided war in Syria (2011–present)
Tea Party movement
American fiscally conservative political movement
Telegramgate
2019 Puerto Rican political scandal
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
Disputes over maritime and island sovereignty
Tigray war
Armed conflict between Tigray People's Liberation Front and Ethiopia and allies since 2020
Tigrayan peace process
Process of ending the Tigray war
Togo national football team attack
2010 terrorist attack in Cabinda Province, Angola
Tunisian revolution
2010–2011 revolution that overthrew President Ben Ali
Typhoon Nari (2001)
Pacific typhoon in 2001
United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
Free trade agreement
Venezuelan presidential crisis
Ongoing political crisis in Venezuela
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
War in Darfur
Ongoing genocidal conflict in Southwestern Sudan
War in Donbas
2014–2022 war between Ukraine and Russia
War on terror
International military campaign that started after the 11 September 2001 attacks
Western African Ebola epidemic
2013–2016 major disease outbreak
Wukan protests
Rebellion
Xinjiang internment camps
Chinese internment camps in Xinjiang
Yellow vests protests
2018 social movement started in France
Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
Ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
Yemeni crisis
Ongoing crisis occurring in the country of Yemen