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Ongoing events

Disasters and humanitarian

• African Ebola epidemic
• Cuban fuel blockade
• Gaza genocide

Economics

• Global memory supply shortage
• Iran war fuel crisis

• Bab al-Mandab crisis

• Strait of Hormuz crisis

• United States–Canada trade war

Politics and diplomacy

• China–Japan diplomatic crisis
• Ceuta migrant crisis
• Gaza peace plan
• Israel–Lebanon peace negotiations and ceasefire

Protests and strikes

• Albanian anti-government protests
• French lycée protests
• Spanish housing protests

Weather

• 2026–2027 El Niño event
• European heatwaves
• Pacific hurricane season

• Hurricane Polo

Elections and referendums

Recent

• September

• 18: South Ossetia, President
• 18–20: Russia, State Duma
• 23: Morocco, House of Representatives
• 24: Isle of Man, House of Keys
• 27: France, Senate (indirect)
• 27: São Tomé and Príncipe, National Assembly
• 27: Switzerland, Referendums

Upcoming

• October

• 03: Latvia, Saeima
• • 04: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Presidency, House of Representatives
• 04: Brazil, President, Federal Senate, Chamber of Deputies
• 9–10: Czech Republic, Senate (1st round)

Sports

• Multisport

• 2026 Asian Games

• American football

• 2026 NFL season
• 2026 NCAA Division I FBS season

• Association football

• 2026 FIFA ASEAN Cup
• 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• 2026–27 UEFA Champions League
• 2026–27 UEFA Europa League
• 2026–27 UEFA Conference League
• 2026–27 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2026–27 UEFA Women's Europa Cup (qualifying)
• 2026–27 Premier League
• 2026–27 La Liga
• 2026–27 Serie A
• 2026–27 Bundesliga
• 2026–27 Ligue 1
• 2026 Copa Libertadores
• 2026 Major League Soccer season
• 2026 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2026–27 Women's Super League

• Australian rules football

• 2026 AFL Women's season

• Baseball

• 2026 Major League Baseball postseason
• 2026 Nippon Professional Baseball season
• 2026 KBO League season
• 2026 Women's Pro Baseball League season

• Basketball

• 2026 WNBA playoffs
• 2026–27 EuroLeague

• Canadian football

• 2026 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship

• Cycling

• 2026 UCI World Tour
• 2026 UCI Women's World Tour

• Golf

• 2026 PGA Tour
• 2026 European Tour
• 2026 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2026–27 NHL season

• Motorsport

• 2026 Formula One World Championship
• 2026 MotoGP World Championship
• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series

• Rugby league

• 2026 NRL season
• 2026 Super League season

• Rugby union

• 2026 Nations Championship

• Tennis

• 2026 ATP Tour
• 2026 WTA Tour

• Volleyball

• EuroVolley Men 2026

More events – current sports events

Recent deaths

October0/0September

• 02: Cesar Virata
• 01: Biljana Plavšić
• 30: Wicknell Chivayo
• 30: Esther Rantzen
• 30: Adrian Rurawhe
• 28: Gordon Johncock
• 28: Siti Hasmah
• 27: Dennis Haskins
• 27: Benjamin Satterley
• 27: Mighty Sparrow
• 25: Sidya Touré
• 24: Milan Panić
• 23: Bob Pettit
• 21: Angry Anderson
• 21: Terry Denton
• 20: Presley Gerber
• 20: Chad Gilbert
• 19: Sandro Mazzola
• 19: Nathaniel Waena
• 18: Stephanie Cole
• 18: Richard Harrison
• 17: Jon Kyl
• 17: Duncan Sheik
• 16: Randy Pedersen
• 15: Dakila Cua
• 15: Annie Dillard
• 15: Gerrit Graham
• 15: Bonnie Greer
• 14: Pete Byrne
• 14: Bob Mackie
• 14: Peter Max
• 14: Luděk Mikloško
• 14: Catherine Ringer
• 13: Cheetah Chrome
• 13: Mary Gaudron
• 12: George Chuvalo
• 11: Princess Astrid of Norway
• 11: Emma Bonino
• 11: Jeremy Thomas
• 09: Mike McFarland
• 09: Barry Melrose
• 08: Blanche d'Alpuget
• 08: Tung Chee-hwa
• 07: Lucien Smith
• 06: Bill Dundee
• 06: Matt Suhey
• 05: Robin Morgan
• 05: Andy Williams
• 04: Richard O'Sullivan
• 03: Ritu Khullar
• 02: Raif Dizdarević
• 02: David McDermott
• 02: Alphonso Smith
• 02: Gloria Steinem

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Sahel

• Burkina Faso

• Mali

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Blue Nile campaign

• Kordofan campaign

Americas

• Haiti

• Gang war

• War on cartels
  • United States military intervention

• Colombia

• Mexico

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Republican insurgency

• Afghanistan and Pakistan

• Border war

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russo-Ukrainian war

Middle East

• Israel–Palestine

• Gaza war

• Middle Eastern crisis

• Iran war

• Lebanon war

• Syria

• Israeli invasion

• Southern Syria

• Yemen

• Houthi–Saudi conflict

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2026 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
• Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea)
• Radio
• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
• 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
• Space/Astronomy
• Spaceflight
• Sustainable energy research

Environment and environmental sciences

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
• Tornadoes
• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

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See also

• Wikipedia:How the Current events page works