Editing 2020s (section)

===Prominent political events===

====Coups====
{{Main|List of coups and coup attempts since 2010}}
''[[Coup d'état|Coups d'état]]'' against ruling governments during the decade include:

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! Country
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
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| [[2020 Malian coup d'état]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2020|8|18}}
| {{flag|Mali}}
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Mali coup: Military promises elections after ousting president |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53833925 |access-date=19 August 2020 |website=[[BBC News]] |date=19 August 2020 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819181937/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53833925 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|2|1}}
| {{flag|Myanmar}}
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Chappell |first1=Bill |last2=Diaz |first2=Jaclyn |title=Myanmar Coup: With Aung San Suu Kyi Detained, Military Takes Over Government |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/01/962758188/myanmar-coup-military-detains-aung-san-suu-kyi-plans-new-election-in-2022 |website=NPR |access-date=8 February 2021 |date=1 February 2021 |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208000452/https://www.npr.org/2021/02/01/962758188/myanmar-coup-military-detains-aung-san-suu-kyi-plans-new-election-in-2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Strangio |first1=Sebastian |title=Protests, Anger Spreading Rapidly in the Wake of Myanmar Coup |url=https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/protests-anger-spreading-rapidly-in-the-wake-of-myanmar-coup/ |website=The Diplomat |access-date=8 February 2021 |date=8 February 2021 |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208065928/https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/protests-anger-spreading-rapidly-in-the-wake-of-myanmar-coup/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2021 Malian coup d'état]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|5|24}}
| {{flag|Mali}}
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-57236104 |title=UN calls for immediate release of Mali President Bah Ndaw |work=BBC News |date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524232247/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57236104 |archive-date=2021-05-24 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210524-mali-soldiers-arrest-president-prime-minister-after-govt-reshuffle |title=UN mission in Mali calls for immediate release of detained president and PM |work=[[France 24]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524210824/http://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210524-mali-soldiers-arrest-president-prime-minister-after-govt-reshuffle |archive-date=2021-05-24 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2021 Tunisian self-coup]]
| 25 July 2021
| {{flag|Tunisia}}
| <ref>{{Cite news |last1=Amara |first1=Tarek |last2=Mcdowall |first2=Angus |date=26 July 2021 |title=Tunisian democracy in turmoil after president sacks government |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/tunisian-democracy-crisis-after-president-ousts-government-2021-07-26/ |access-date=23 October 2021 |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726151030/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/tunisian-democracy-crisis-after-president-ousts-government-2021-07-26/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2021 Guinean coup d'état]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|9|5}}
| {{flag|Guinea}} 
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/heavy-gunfire-heard-guinea-capital-conakry-reuters-witness-2021-09-05/ |title=Elite Guinea army unit says it has toppled president |date=5 September 2021 |website=Reuters |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905165127/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/heavy-gunfire-heard-guinea-capital-conakry-reuters-witness-2021-09-05/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2021 Sudan coup d'état]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|10|25}}
| {{flag|Sudan}} 
| <ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/25/sudan-coup-fears-amid-claims-military-have-arrested-senior-government-officials |title=Sudan's PM and other leaders detained in apparent coup attempt |date=25 October 2021 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=Sudan |access-date=25 October 2021 |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025061119/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/25/sudan-coup-fears-amid-claims-military-have-arrested-senior-government-officials |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|01|23}}
| {{flag|Burkina Faso}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=25 January 2022 |title=Burkina Faso's writer-colonel coup leader starts a new chapter in country's history |url=https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20220125-burkina-faso-s-writer-colonel-coup-leader-starts-a-new-chapter-in-country-s-history |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=France 24 |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125221347/https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20220125-burkina-faso-s-writer-colonel-coup-leader-starts-a-new-chapter-in-country-s-history |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2022 Ukrainian coup d'état attempt]]
| January – February 2022
| {{flag|Ukraine}} 
|<ref name="fsb">{{cite web |date=13 February 2022 |title=Russia's FSB agency tasked with engineering coups in Ukrainian cities, UK believes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/13/russias-fsb-agency-engineering-coups-ukrainian-cities |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |access-date=6 April 2023 |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026233904/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/13/russias-fsb-agency-engineering-coups-ukrainian-cities |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|09|30}}
| {{flag|Burkina Faso}}
| <ref name="Ndiaga Mimault">{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/heavy-gunfire-heard-burkina-faso-capital-reuters-witnesses-2022-09-30/ |title=Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government |first1=Thiam |last1=Ndiaga |first2=Anne |last2=Mimault |work=Reuters |date=30 September 2022 |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001004302/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/heavy-gunfire-heard-burkina-faso-capital-reuters-witnesses-2022-09-30/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="France24">{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220930-%F0%9F%94%B4-burkina-faso-army-captain-on-state-tv-announces-overthrow-of-military-government |title=Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government |work=France24 |date=30 September 2022 |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001221350/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220930-%F0%9F%94%B4-burkina-faso-army-captain-on-state-tv-announces-overthrow-of-military-government |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2022 German coup d'état plot]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|12|07}}
| {{flag|Germany}}
|<ref name="Kirby">{{cite news |last1=Kirby |first1=Paul |date=7 December 2022 |title=Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63885028 |access-date=8 December 2022 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208001921/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63885028 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2022 Peruvian self-coup attempt]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|12|07}}
| {{flag|Peru}}
| <ref>{{Cite news |date=7 December 2022 |title=Presidente Pedro Castillo disuelve temporalmente el Congreso de Perú |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2022/12/07/presidente-pedro-castillo-cierra-temporalmente-el-congreso-de-peru/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=[[CNN]] |language=es |archive-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214071711/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2022/12/07/presidente-pedro-castillo-cierra-temporalmente-el-congreso-de-peru/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Rodrigo |last=Chillitupa Tantas |title=Presidente de Perú disuelve Congreso, declara "gobierno de excepción" y llama a elecciones |date=7 December 2022 |url=https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/presidente-de-peru-pedro-castillo-disuelve-el-congreso-/6866334.html |access-date=8 December 2022 |website=Voz de América |language=es |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207224453/https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/presidente-de-peru-pedro-castillo-disuelve-el-congreso-/6866334.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garzón |first=Aníbal |date=2023-01-01 |title=Peru's permanent coup |url=https://mondediplo.com/2023/01/13peru |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=[[Le Monde diplomatique]] |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129193707/https://mondediplo.com/2023/01/13peru |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2022 Brazilian coup plot]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|12|15}}
| {{flag|Brazil}}
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Tom |title=Bolsonaro allies nearly launched military coup in 2022, police report says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/26/brazil-almost-suffered-far-right-military-coup-police-report-claims |access-date=14 December 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=26 November 2024}}</ref>
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| [[2023 Nigerien coup d'état]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2023|07|26}}
| {{flag|Niger}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66320895 |title=Niger soldiers declare coup on national TV |work=BBC News |date=July 26, 2023 |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727000929/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66320895 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[2023 Gabonese coup d'état]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2023|08|30}}
| {{flag|Gabon}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gabonese-military-officers-announce-they-have-seized-power-2023-08-30/ |title=Gabon officers declare military coup, President Ali Bongo detained |work=BBC News |date=August 30, 2023 |access-date=30 August 2023 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830051446/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gabonese-military-officers-announce-they-have-seized-power-2023-08-30/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2024|05|19}}
| {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 May 2024 |title=Congolese army says shootout in the capital is failed coup, perpetrators arrested |url=https://apnews.com/article/congo-kinshasa-gunfire-1a148e35f0cbbae14b2101413f788708 |access-date=19 May 2024 |website=[[AP News]] |first1=Christina |last1=Malkia |first2=Chinedu |last2=Asadu |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519105259/https://apnews.com/article/congo-kinshasa-gunfire-1a148e35f0cbbae14b2101413f788708 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2024 Bolivian coup attempt]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2024|06|26}}
| {{flag|Bolivia}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bolivia-military-capital-1.7247637 |title=Military coup attempt in Bolivia fails, president urges people to mobilize against democracy threat |website=CBC News |date=June 26, 2024 |access-date=27 June 2024 |archive-date=27 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627000700/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bolivia-military-capital-1.7247637 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2024 South Korean martial law crisis]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2024|12|03}}
| {{flag|South Korea}}
| <ref>{{Cite news |date=3 December 2024 |title=South Korea lawmakers defy president and block martial law as crowds protest |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn38321180et |access-date=3 December 2024 |work=[[BBC News]] |archive-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203140230/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn38321180et |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

====Africa====
{{Further|Category:2020s in Africa|2020 in West Africa|2020 in North Africa|2020 in Middle Africa|2020 in East Africa|2020 in Southern Africa}}
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|[[Western Saharan clashes (2020–present)]]
|{{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}<br>{{flag|Morocco}} 
|8 November 2020 – ongoing
|Following protests in the border town of [[Guerguerat]] in the disputed [[Western Sahara]] region, the [[Royal Moroccan Armed Forces|Moroccan armed forces]] captured the town to ensure traffic could resume through the area. Since then, fighting and bombardments across the [[Moroccan Western Sahara Wall|Moroccan Berm]] have taken place, with the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] declaring war against [[Morocco]]. It is the largest escalation in the conflict since the end of the [[Western Sahara War]] in 1991.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 November 2020 |title=Moroccan army launches operation in Western Sahara border zone |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1762466/middle-east |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114141349/https://www.arabnews.com/node/1762466/middle-east |archive-date=14 November 2020 |access-date=13 November 2020 |work=[[Arab News]]}}</ref>
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|[[2021–2022 Somali political crisis]]
|{{flag|Somalia}}
|8 February 2021 – 10 January 2022
|[[President of Somalia|President]] of [[Somalia]] [[Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed]] stayed in power past the end of his term and postponed elections scheduled for 2021. [[List of prime ministers of Somalia|Prime Minister]] [[Mohamed Hussein Roble]] then called for the president to immediately step down. The president later dismissed Roble for alleged corruption. Protests were reported across the country in favor and opposed to the president. A deal to hold [[2022 Somali presidential election|elections in May 2022]] was reached in January which resulted in the incumbent president losing his bid for reelection.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somalia's leaders agree to hold delayed election by February 25 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/9/somalias-leaders-agree-to-hold-delayed-election-by-february-25 |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=aljazeera.com |archive-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509164555/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/9/somalias-leaders-agree-to-hold-delayed-election-by-february-25 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Nigerien crisis (2023–2024)]]
| {{flag|Niger}}<br>[[ECOWAS]]
|26 July 2023 – 24 February 2024
|The [[2023 Nigerien coup d'état]] led to a severe diplomatic crisis between the [[National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland|putschists]] in [[Niger]] and the member states of [[ECOWAS]].
|
|}

====Americas====
{{Further|Category:2020s in North America|Category:2020s in South America}}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
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! References
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| [[First impeachment of Donald Trump]]
| {{flag|United States}}
| 24 September 2019 – 5 February 2020
| Under [[Article One of the United States Constitution#Clause 6: Trial of Impeachment|Article I, Section 3, Clause 6]], of the U.S. Constitution, [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]] was impeached for [[abuse of power]] and [[Contempt of Congress|obstruction of Congress]] on 18 December 2019 by the [[United States House of Representatives]]. The [[United States Senate]] trial began on 16 January 2020 and ended on 5 February 2020, concluding with an acquittal on both charges.
| <ref>{{citation |website=Politico |date=5 February 2020 |title=Trump acquitted on impeachment charges, ending gravest threat to his presidency |first1=Kyle |last1=Cheney |first2=Andrew |last2=Desiderio |first3=John |last3=Breshahan |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/05/trump-impeachment-vote-110805 |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-date=17 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617023326/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/05/trump-impeachment-vote-110805 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[2020 Salvadoran political crisis]]
| {{flag|El Salvador}}
| 9 February 2020
|During a political crisis, Salvadoran President [[Nayib Bukele]] sent forty soldiers of the [[Salvadoran Army]] into the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador|Legislative Assembly]] building in an effort to coerce politicians to approve a loan request of $109 million from the [[United States]] for Bukele's security plan for the country.
The event has been condemned by foreign governments, the political opposition, and human rights organizations and is considered the first major political crisis in the country since the conclusion of the [[Salvadoran Civil War]] in 1992 and has been referred to as a [[coup d'état|coup attempt]].
| <ref name="BBC English Aftermath">{{cite web |date=11 February 2020 |title=El Salvador Parliament Denounces President's 'Attempted Coup' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51458947 |access-date=9 February 2021 |website=BBC News |archive-date=5 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905170253/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51458947 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2020 United States presidential election]] and [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|subsequent]] [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|events]]
|{{flag|United States}}
|3 November 2020 – 13 February 2021
|The 59th United States presidential election was held on 3 November 2020. [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice-president]] [[Joe Biden]] defeated [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and then-incumbent [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]], with the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] formally declaring Biden the winner on 14 December 2020. Trump refused to concede, and filed lawsuits challenging the results in several states,<ref name="Lawsuits">{{cite news |first=Miles |last=Parks |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/11/10/933112418/the-trump-campaign-has-had-almost-no-legal-success-this-month-heres-what-they-ve |title=Trump Election Lawsuits Filed So Far |publisher=NPR |date=2020-11-10 |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116052241/https://www.npr.org/2020/11/10/933112418/the-trump-campaign-has-had-almost-no-legal-success-this-month-heres-what-they-ve |url-status=live}}</ref> though most of the legal challenges were either dismissed or dropped, with judges citing lack of evidence to suggest voter fraud occurred. Trump had also unsuccessfully attempted to [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|undo the election results]] by forcing government officials to stop [[Pennsylvania]], [[Nevada]], [[Arizona]], [[Wisconsin]], [[Michigan]], and [[Georgia (U.S. State)|Georgia]] from certifying Biden as the winner, and urging his supporters to "walk" to the United States Capitol to demand Trump be declared the winner of the election.<ref name="Speech">{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-01-13/transcript-of-trumps-speech-at-rally-before-us-capitol-riot |title=Transcript of Trump's Speech at Rally Before US Capitol Riot |date=13 January 2021 |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209013727/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-01-13/transcript-of-trumps-speech-at-rally-before-us-capitol-riot |url-status=live}}</ref> This was one of the reasons for the decision of a group of his supporters to gather in [[Washington, D.C.]], on 6 January 2021 and break into the [[United States Capitol|Capitol building]] during a Joint session of Congress. The [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]] disrupted Congress while [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|certifying the election]], forcing both chambers to undergo lockdown lasting for four hours. On the same day, Trump coerced then-incumbent Vice President [[Mike Pence]] to overturn the election results to which Pence refused. During the attack, Trump tweeted directly to his supporters falsely claiming Congress was attempting to assist in stealing the election. [[Twitter]] responded by suspending Trump's account permanently following Trump's tweet. [[Facebook]], [[Instagram]], [[YouTube]], and [[Snapchat]] all also suspended Trump from using their platforms worrying his posts may incite additional violence to the Capitol attacks. In relation to this, Trump was [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|impeached for the second time]] by the House of Representatives and became the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. Meanwhile, Joe Biden was sworn in as the United States President on 20 January 2021. The [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump|impeachment trial]] ended on 13 February 2021, one month after its start, resulting in Trump being found [[Plea|not guilty]] of inciting the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|attack on the Capitol]]. On 1 August{{nbsp}}2023, a [[grand jury]] [[Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case)|indicted]] Trump in the [[United States District Court for the District of Columbia|U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia]] on four charges: [[conspiracy to defraud the United States]], [[obstructing an official proceeding]] related to the certification of the election results on 6 January 2021, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, and [[conspiracy against rights]].
|<ref>{{cite news |date=2020-12-15 |title=Electoral College makes it official: Biden won, Trump lost |publisher=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-270-electoral-college-vote-d429ef97af2bf574d16463384dc7cc1e |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622003344/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-270-electoral-college-vote-d429ef97af2bf574d16463384dc7cc1e |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Lawsuits" /><ref>{{cite news |date=2020-11-10 |title=Trump faces long odds in challenging state vote counts |publisher=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-campaigns-pennsylvania-michigan-861506f10960504bcdc7e854705c8ef1 |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201183621/https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-campaigns-pennsylvania-michigan-861506f10960504bcdc7e854705c8ef1 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Berenson |first=Tessa |date=2020-11-20 |title=In Court, Trump's Lawyers Aren't Claiming 'Massive' Fraud |magazine=Time |url=https://time.com/5914377/donald-trump-no-evidence-fraud/ |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128085329/https://time.com/5914377/donald-trump-no-evidence-fraud/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Roebuck |first=Jeremy |date=2020-11-09 |title=Trump campaign moves to bar Pennsylvania from certifying election results in new lawsuit |website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/trump-lawsuit-pennsylvania-election-results-philadelphia-monitors-ballots-mail-boockvar-20201109.html |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126164050/https://www.inquirer.com/news/trump-lawsuit-pennsylvania-election-results-philadelphia-monitors-ballots-mail-boockvar-20201109.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=23 October 2020 |title=Trump campaign sues in Nevada to stop Vegas-area vote count |publisher=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/barbara-cegavske-lawsuits-carson-city-elections-las-vegas-8684039e3b82e379591cc745834c952e |access-date=11 April 2021 |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116052246/https://apnews.com/article/barbara-cegavske-lawsuits-carson-city-elections-las-vegas-8684039e3b82e379591cc745834c952e |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=8 November 2020 |title=Factbox: Trump Sues in Arizona, Court Battles Continue as Biden Wins U.S. Election |website=U.S. News & World Report |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-11-08/factbox-trump-sues-in-arizona-court-battles-continue-as-biden-wins-us-election |access-date=2021-04-18 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525154813/https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-11-08/factbox-trump-sues-in-arizona-court-battles-continue-as-biden-wins-us-election |url-status=live}}</ref><br /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Breuninger |first1=Kevin |last2=Mangan |first2=Dan |date=1 December 2020 |title=Trump sues to reverse Biden win in Wisconsin |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/trump-campaign-files-election-lawsuit-in-wisconsin-after-state-declares-biden-won-.html |access-date=11 April 2021 |archive-date=2 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202075218/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/trump-campaign-files-election-lawsuit-in-wisconsin-after-state-declares-biden-won-.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=11 November 2020 |title=Trump campaign sues Michigan to prevent certification of Biden win |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-legal-challenges-michigan-idUSKBN27R2FL |access-date=18 April 2021 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418031127/https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-legal-challenges-michigan-idUSKBN27R2FL |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Martina |first=Michael |date=5 December 2020 |title=Trump campaign files election lawsuit in Georgia, suffers more legal defeats |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-idUSKBN28E37D |access-date=18 April 2021 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418031129/https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-idUSKBN28E37D |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CNBC1">{{cite news |date=2021-01-06 |title=Mike Pence rejects Trump's call to overturn Biden election |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/06/mike-pence-rejects-trumps-call-to-overturn-biden-election.html |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=14 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114111953/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/06/mike-pence-rejects-trumps-call-to-overturn-biden-election.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Speech" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Peñaloza |first=Marisa |date=6 January 2021 |title=Trump Supporters Clash With Capitol Police At Protest |publisher=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/953616207/diehard-trump-supporters-gather-in-the-nations-capital-to-protest-election-resul |access-date=6 January 2021 |archive-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106151035/https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/06/953616207/diehard-trump-supporters-gather-in-the-nations-capital-to-protest-election-resul |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Amenabar |first1=Teddy |last2=Zauzmer |first2=Julie |last3=Davies |first3=Emily |last4=Brice-Saddler |first4=Michael |last5=Ruane |first5=Michael E. |last6=Chason |first6=Rachel |last7=Tan |first7=Rebecca |last8=Olivo |first8=Antonio |last9=Hermann |first9=Peter |display-authors=5 |date=6 January 2021 |title=Live updates: Hundreds storm Capitol barricades; two nearby buildings briefly evacuated; Trump falsely tells thousands he won |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/ |access-date=6 January 2021 |archive-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106194011/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/ |url-status=live}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension |title=Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump |website=blog.twitter.com |access-date=9 July 2021 |archive-date=29 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129141251/https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cnn.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/tech/snapchat-trump-ban/index.html |title=Snapchat permanently bans President Trump |first=Brian |last=Fung |website=CNN |date=14 January 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224163737/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/tech/snapchat-trump-ban/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2021/01/26/youtube-ban-former-president-trumps-channel-remain-suspended/4265336001/ |title=YouTube ban: Google extends suspension of former President Trump's channel |first=Mike |last=Snider |website=USA Today |access-date=9 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190435/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2021/01/26/youtube-ban-former-president-trumps-channel-remain-suspended/4265336001/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Reichert |first=Corinne |date=2021-01-14 |title=Donald Trump impeached a second time |publisher=CNET |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/donald-trump-impeached-following-deadly-riot-at-us-capitol/ |access-date=2021-01-20 |archive-date=13 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113222450/https://www.cnet.com/news/donald-trump-impeached-following-deadly-riot-at-us-capitol/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=20 January 2021 |title=Biden inauguration: New president sworn in amid Trump snub |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55736856 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120145011/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55736856 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-14 |title=Donald Trump acquitted in second impeachment trial |url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/13/donald-trump-acquitted-impeachment-trial |access-date=2021-06-10 |website=Guardian |archive-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213205340/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/13/donald-trump-acquitted-impeachment-trial |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nyt-8-1">{{Cite news |last1=Feuer |first1=Alan |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |author-link2=Maggie Haberman |date=August 1, 2023 |title=Trump Indictment: Trump 'Spread Lies' in Effort to Cling to Power, Indictment Says |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/01/us/trump-indictment-jan-6 |access-date=August 1, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=1 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801213542/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/01/us/trump-indictment-jan-6 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cnnaug1">{{Cite news |last1=Sneed |first1=Tierney |last2=Lybrand |first2=Holmes |last3=Cohen |first3=Marshall |last4=Cohen |first4=Zachary |last5=Cole |first5=Devan |last6=Rabinowitz |first6=Hannah |last7=Polantz |first7=Katelyn |date=August 1, 2023 |title=Donald Trump has been indicted in special counsel's 2020 election interference probe |publisher=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/politics/donald-trump-indictment-grand-jury-2020-election/index.html |access-date=August 1, 2023 |archive-date=1 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801220818/https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/politics/donald-trump-indictment-grand-jury-2020-election/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba|8th Congress of the Communist Party]]
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| 16–19 April 2021
| At the [[Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba|8th Congress of the Communist Party]], [[Raúl Castro]] officially resigned as the [[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba|First Secretary]], the most powerful position in [[Cuba]]. [[President of Cuba|Cuban President]] [[Miguel Díaz-Canel]] is officially named First Secretary of the Communist Party following the resignation of [[Raúl Castro]]. He is the first person not of the Castro family to hold the top position since the 1959 [[Cuban Revolution]].
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Cuba's Raul Castro confirms he's stepping down, says he's 'fulfilled his mission' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/cubas-raul-castro-confirms-stepping-head-communist-party-rcna689 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=2021-04-19 |archive-date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421060718/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/cubas-raul-castro-confirms-stepping-head-communist-party-rcna689 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cuba leadership: Díaz-Canel named Communist Party chief |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56802129 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=2021-04-20 |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113101216/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56802129 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2021 Salvadoran political crisis]]
| {{flag|El Salvador}}
| 1 May 2021
|The [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador]] voted to remove several judges from the [[Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador|Supreme Court]] and remove the [[Attorney General of El Salvador|Attorney General]], both of which had been vocal opponents to the presidency of [[Nayib Bukele]].
|<ref name="CNN2">{{cite web |last=Pozzebon |first=Stefano |date=5 May 2021 |title=What to Know About the Political Drama Raising Fears over El Salvador's Democracy |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/americas/el-salvadors-political-crisis-intl-latam/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517185336/https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/americas/el-salvadors-political-crisis-intl-latam/index.html |archive-date=17 May 2021 |access-date=17 May 2021 |website=CNN}}</ref>
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| [[Canadian Indian residential school gravesites|2021 Media Reporting on Canadian Indian Residential School Cemeteries]]
| {{flag|Canada}}
| 28 May 2021 –
| ''[[The New York Times]]'' broke the story on a [[Canadian Indian residential school gravesites|Canadian Indian Residential School Cemeteries]] announcement, incorrectly reporting [[Canadian Indian residential school gravesites|a discovery]] of "[[Mass grave|mass graves]]" of Indigenous children at a former school site. Further purported "discoveries" would follow throughout the summer. The reporting sparked international attention and national reckoning, and would help "spawn a new holiday, [[National Day for Truth and Reconciliation|Truth and Reconciliation Day]], [[Visit by Pope Francis to Canada|prompt an official visit by Pope Francis]], and result in Canadian flags being kept at half-mast for a record-breaking five consecutive months.”
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Horowitz |first=Jason |date=July 30, 2022 |title=Francis Calls Abuse of Indigenous People in Canada a 'Genocide' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/world/americas/pope-francis-canada-genocide.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107101356/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/world/americas/pope-francis-canada-genocide.html |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |access-date=October 7, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":hopper">{{Cite news |last=Hopper |first=Tristin |date=September 6, 2023 |title=FIRST READING: Who started calling residential school burial sites mass graves? |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/first-nations-graves |work=National Post}}</ref><ref name="Glavin-2022">{{Cite news |last=Glavin |first=Terry |date=May 26, 2022 |title=The year of the graves: How the world's media got it wrong on residential school graves |work=[[National Post]] |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-year-of-the-graves-how-the-worlds-media-got-it-wrong-on-residential-school-graves |access-date=May 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-02-28 |title=Justin Trudeau's biggest scandal? The 215 Indigenous children's graves that were never found |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/justin-trudeaus-biggest-scandal-the-215-indigenous-childrens-graves-that-were-never-found/articleshow/118629063.cms |access-date=2025-04-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Kevin |title=Canada bishops address ongoing search for Indigenous graves amid calls for greater accuracy |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255374/canada-s-bishops-address-ongoing-search-for-indigenous-graves-amidst-calls-for-accuracy |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}}</ref>
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| [[2021 Canadian federal election]]
| {{flag|Canada}}
| 20 September 2021
| [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime minister]] [[Justin Trudeau]], leader of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], is re-elected in Canada's federal election, continuing as a minority government.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-general-election-results-2021-1.6182364 |title=Canadians have re-elected a Liberal minority government |website=CBC |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120075227/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-general-election-results-2021-1.6182364 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Republicanism in Barbados|Barbados's transition to a republic]]
| {{flag|Barbados}}
| 30 November 2021
|[[Barbados]] became the newest republic in the world on 30 November 2021, its 55th Independence Day, when the already [[2021 Barbadian presidential election|elected]], previous [[Governor-General of Barbados]], [[Sandra Mason]], was sworn into office as the first [[President of Barbados|president]] of the Caribbean country. This ended [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s 55-year tenure as monarch of an independent Barbados, prior to her death in a following year.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 September 2021 |title=In Barbados, parliament votes to amend constitution, paving the way to republican status |url=http://constitutionnet.org/news/barbados-parliament-votes-amend-constitution-paving-way-republican-status#:~:text=republican%20status%20%7C%20ConstitutionNet-,In%20Barbados%2C%20parliament%20votes%20to%20amend%20constitution%2C%20paving,the%20way%20to%20republican%20status&text=Parliament%20voted%20by%20a%2025,into%20force%20by%20November%2030 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008170938/http://constitutionnet.org/news/barbados-parliament-votes-amend-constitution-paving-way-republican-status#:~:text=republican%20status%20%7C%20ConstitutionNet-,In%20Barbados%2C%20parliament%20votes%20to%20amend%20constitution%2C%20paving,the%20way%20to%20republican%20status&text=Parliament%20voted%20by%20a%2025,into%20force%20by%20November%2030 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |access-date=9 October 2021 |publisher=ConstitutionNet}}</ref>
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|[[2022 Colombian presidential election]]
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|19 June 2022
|Former [[19th of April Movement]] [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla fighter]] and incumbent Senator [[Gustavo Petro]] defeats businessman and former mayor of [[Bucaramanga]], [[Rodolfo Hernández Suárez]], in the second round of the [[2022 Colombian presidential election|presidential election]] and becomes the first [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] [[President of Colombia|President]] in [[Colombia]]n history.
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Marelen Castillo thanks Rodolfo Hernández voters: "their votes have not been in vain" |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/06/20/marelen-castillo-agradece-a-votantes-de-rodolfo-hernandez-sus-votos-no-han-sido-en-vano/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=Infobae |date=20 June 2022 |language=es |archive-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620074316/https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/06/20/marelen-castillo-agradece-a-votantes-de-rodolfo-hernandez-sus-votos-no-han-sido-en-vano/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title="Seré opositora si no se le cumple al pueblo colombiano": Marelen Castillo irá a la Cámara |url=https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/sere-opositora-si-no-se-le-cumple-al-pueblo-colombiano-marelen-castillo-ira-a-la-camara/202218/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=Semana |date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815030826/https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/sere-opositora-si-no-se-le-cumple-al-pueblo-colombiano-marelen-castillo-ira-a-la-camara/202218/ |archive-date=15 August 2022 |url-status=live |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pozzebon |first1=Stefano |title=Left-wing candidate and former guerrilla Gustavo Petro wins Colombian presidential race |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/17/americas/gustavo-petro-profile-intl-latam/index.html |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=CNN |date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930114305/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/17/americas/gustavo-petro-profile-intl-latam/index.html |archive-date=30 September 2022 |url-status=live |location=[[Bogotá]]}}</ref>
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|[[2022 Brazilian general election]]
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|3–30 October 2022
|Former president [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] defeats the incumbent president of [[Jair Bolsonaro]] in the second round of the [[2022 Brazilian general election|presidential election]]; he becomes the first elected to three terms and the oldest president in [[Brazil]]ian history.
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ellsworth |first1=Brian |last2=Paraguassu |first2=Lisandra |date=30 October 2022 |title=Lula narrowly defeats Bolsonaro to win Brazil presidency again |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-votes-heated-bolsonaro-vs-lula-presidential-runoff-2022-10-30/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030230629/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-votes-heated-bolsonaro-vs-lula-presidential-runoff-2022-10-30/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lu |first=Christina |date=31 October 2022 |title=Lula Narrowly Defeats Bolsonaro |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/31/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-result/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |magazine=Foreign Policy |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031101337/https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/31/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-result/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Camilo Rocha |first1=Vasco |last2=Cotovio |first2=Tara John |date=30 October 2022 |title=Brazil's Lula da Silva wins fiercely contested presidential run-off vote |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/americas/brazil-election-polls-open-intl/index.html |access-date=20 October 2022 |work=CNN |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030143409/https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/americas/brazil-election-polls-open-intl/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nugent |first=Ciara |date=30 October 2022 |title=Here's How Lula Won Brazil's Most Crucial Vote in Decades |url=https://time.com/6226269/how-lula-won-brazil-election/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |magazine=Time |archive-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113081444/https://time.com/6226269/how-lula-won-brazil-election/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2024 Mexican general election]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 2 June 2024
| [[Claudia Sheinbaum]] of the ruling [[Morena (political party)|Morena]] party becomes the first woman to be elected president in Mexican history.
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| [[2024 Venezuelan presidential election]] and [[2024 Venezuelan political crisis|political crisis]]
| {{flag|Venezuela}}
| 28 July 2024
| Presidential elections were held on 28 July 2024 to choose a [[President of Venezuela|president]] for a six-year term beginning on 10 January 2025. The election was politically contentious, with international monitors calling it neither [[Free and fair election|free nor fair]], citing the incumbent [[Cabinet of Venezuela#Cabinet of Nicolás Maduro|Maduro administration]] having controlled most institutions and repressed the [[Venezuelan opposition|political opposition]] before, during, and after the election.  Widely viewed as having won the election, former diplomat [[Edmundo González Urrutia]] fled to asylum in Spain amid repression of dissent and a national and international political crisis that resulted when Venezuelan electoral authorities announced—without presenting any evidence—that [[Nicolás Maduro]] won. Maduro ran for a third consecutive term, while González represented the [[Unitary Platform]] ({{langx|es|Plataforma Unitaria Democrática|italic=no}}; PUD), the main opposition political alliance. In June 2023, the Venezuelan government had barred leading candidate [[María Corina Machado]] from participating. This move was regarded by the opposition as a violation of political human rights and was condemned by international bodies such as the [[Organization of American States]] (OAS), the [[European Union]], and [[Human Rights Watch]], as well as numerous countries. Academics, news outlets and the opposition provided "strong evidence" to suggest that González won the election by a wide margin with the opposition releasing copies of official tally sheets collected by [[poll watchers]] from a majority of polling centers showing a landslide victory for González. The government-controlled [[National Electoral Council (Venezuela)|National Electoral Council]] (CNE) announced [[election fraud|falsified]] results claiming a narrow Maduro victory on 29 July; vote tallies were not provided. The CNE's results were rejected by the [[Carter Center]] and by the OAS, and the [[United Nations]] declared that there was "no precedent in contemporary democratic elections" for announcing a winner without providing tabulated results. Analyses by media sources found the CNE results statistically improbable and lacking in credibility. Protests occurred across the country and internationally, as the Maduro administration initiated [[Operation Tun Tun]], a crackdown on dissent. Some world leaders rejected the CNE's claimed results and recognized González as the election winner, while some other countries, including Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and Cuba recognized Maduro as the winner. Maduro did not cede power, and instead asked the [[Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)|Supreme Tribunal of Justice]] (TSJ), composed of justices loyal to Maduro, to audit and approve the results. On 22 August 2024, as anticipated, the TSJ described the CNE's statement of Maduro winning the election as "validated". The supreme court ruling was rejected by [[the United States]], [[the European Union]] and ten Latin American countries. An arrest warrant was issued on 2 September 2024 for González for the alleged crimes of "usurpation of functions, falsification of public documents, instigation to disobey the law, conspiracy and association." After seeking asylum in the Spanish Embassy in Caracas, González left for Spain on 7 September 2024.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/26/nx-s1-5051813/venezuela-election-nicolas-maduro-opposition-edmundo-gonzalez |publisher=[[NPR]] |title=What to know about Venezuela's election, as Maduro faces stiff opposition |date=26 July 2024 |first1=John |last1=Otis |first2=Carrie |last2=Kahn |access-date=29 July 2024 |archive-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728210202/https://www.npr.org/2024/07/26/nx-s1-5051813/venezuela-election-nicolas-maduro-opposition-edmundo-gonzalez |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Barrons.com">{{Cite web |title=Venezuela Will Hold Presidential Elections On July 28: Official |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/venezuela-will-hold-presidential-elections-on-july-28-official-fdbedc52 |access-date=15 March 2024 |website=Barrons.com |language=en-US |archive-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611051359/https://www.barrons.com/news/venezuela-will-hold-presidential-elections-on-july-28-official-fdbedc52 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Glatsky-2024">{{Cite news |last=Glatsky |first=Genevieve |date=31 July 2024 |title=Venezuela's Election Was Deeply Flawed. Here's How. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/world/americas/venezuela-election-vote-flaws.html |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |quote=It had already been clear for months that Venezuela's presidential election on Sunday, would not be free or fair, as the government jailed opposition leaders or disqualified them from running for office, and prevented millions of Venezuelans abroad from voting. |archive-date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802012211/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/world/americas/venezuela-election-vote-flaws.html |url-status=live}}</ref> 
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|[[2024 United States presidential election]]
|{{flag|United States}}
|5 November 2024
|The 60th United States presidential election was held on 5 November 2024. [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice-president]] [[Joe Biden]] initially planned to run against [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and former [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]], in a rematch of the [[2020 United States presidential election]]. In the aftermath of a much-criticised debate performance against Trump in June 2024, and far behind Trump in the polls, Biden was pressured to drop out of the race. Vice President [[Kamala Harris]] took his place as the Democratic nominee, bypassing the usual primary process. Polling narrowed in the months leading up to election day, with the race too close to call across swing states and the country at large. Trump emerged the clear winner on election night, winning the popular vote and a clear majority of electoral college votes. Harris refused to concede on election night after it had become clear Trump had won the electoral college and popular vote. However, the following day, she conceded and acknowledged that Trump had won the election. This was the second of two elections won by Trump, the first being in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] against [[Hillary Clinton]], preceding his defeat by Biden in 2020.
|<ref name="Peoples & Barrow 2024">{{cite web |last1=Peoples |first1=Steve |last2=Barrow |first2=Bill |date=November 6, 2024 |title=Election takeaways: Trump's decisive victory in a deeply divided nation |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-presidential-election-takeaways-d0e4677f4cd53b4d2d8d18d674be5bf4 |access-date=November 11, 2024 |website=AP News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 10, 2024 |title=Trump wins Arizona, sweeping all seven battleground states, Edison Research says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-wins-arizona-sweeping-all-seven-battleground-states-edison-research-says-2024-11-10/ |access-date=November 11, 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/states-trump-won-flipped-2024/ |title=See which states Trump won in the 2024 election that he didn't win in 2020 |last1=Maguire |first1=Patrick |date=November 9, 2024 |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=CBS News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Manchester |first=Julia |date=January 29, 2023 |title=Republicans see education as winning issue in 2024 |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3833724-republicans-see-education-as-winning-issue-in-2024/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129170545/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3833724-republicans-see-education-as-winning-issue-in-2024/ |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |access-date=July 9, 2023 |work=The Hill}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wolf |first=Zachary B. |date=November 9, 2024 |title=Analysis: Trump's win was real but not a landslide. Here's where it ranks |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/politics/donald-trump-election-what-matters/index.html |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=CNN}}</ref>
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|[[Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter|Death and state funeral]] of [[Jimmy Carter]] 
|{{flag|United States}}
|29 December 2024
|The 39th [[president of the United States]] died at the age of 100 years and 89 days. Carter was the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|longest-lived U.S. president in history]] and the first president to reach the [[Centenarian|age of 100]].
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kevin |last2=Walsh |first2=Edward |date=December 29, 2024 |title=Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/12/29/jimmy-carter-president-dead/ |access-date=December 29, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jimmy-carter-death-news-12-29-24#cm5a935bu002m3b6m00ika2nl |title=President Joe Biden says America lost a "remarkable leader" in Jimmy Carter |date=December 29, 2024 |last=Forrest |first=Jack |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=December 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Humayun |first1=Hira |last2=Rios |first2=Michael |date=2024-12-30 |title=How world leaders are reacting to Jimmy Carter's death |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/29/americas/jimmy-carter-death-world-leaders-react-intl-latam/index.html |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-funeral-plains-georgia-39d9be789f75b477b34fccdc2531238c |title=Jimmy Carter's flag-draped casket is on its way to Atlanta as 39th president's state funeral begins |first1=Kate |last1=Payne |first2=Bill |last2=Barrow |publisher=AP News |date=January 4, 2024 |access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/01/07/jimmy-carter-lie-in-state-us-capitol/ |title=Congress pays respects to Jimmy Carter as he lies in state at U.S. Capitol |date=January 7, 2025 |work=WashingtonPost.com |access-date=2025-01-07}}</ref>
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|[[2024–2025 Canadian political crisis]]
|{{flag|Canada}}
|16 December 2024 – 6 January 2025
|A [[political crisis]] emerged in Canada after [[Chrystia Freeland]], the [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|minister of finance]] and [[Deputy Prime Minister of Canada|deputy prime minister]], resigned from [[Cabinet of Canada|Cabinet]] on 16 December 2024. [[Justin Trudeau]], the Prime Minister of Canada, announced his resignation on 6 January 2025. Although no specific reason was given for the resignation, it was widely interpreted as a response to the loss of confidence of his own [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], low public approval ratings, and growing polls for the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservatives]] leading to the [[2025 Canadian federal election|federal election]]. Many MP's cited concerns about reckless spending and an inadequate response on Trudeau's part to the threat of [[Movements for the annexation of Canada to the United States#Trump's proposals for Canada|the annexation of Canada to the United States]] and economic pressures proposed by incoming U.S. president [[Donald Trump]]. 
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Major |first=Darren |date=16 December 2024 |title=Chrystia Freeland's unexpected resignation sparks stunned reactions from all sides |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/politicians-react-freeland-resignation-1.7411497 |website=CBC News |access-date=16 December 2024 |archive-date=16 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216195841/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/politicians-react-freeland-resignation-1.7411497 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Maimann |first1=Kevin |last2=Schmunk |first2=Rhianna |date=6 January 2025 |title=Parliament is prorogued. Here's what that mean |publisher=[[CBC News]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/prorogue-parliament-canada-meaning-1.7412120 |access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chowdhury |first=Sana Noor Haq, Maureen |date=2025-01-06 |title=Canada's PM Justin Trudeau announces resignation |url=https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/canada-justin-trudeau-resignation-01-06-25/index.html |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election]] and [[2025 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal election]]
|{{flag|Canada}}
|9 March – 28 April 2025
|A prelude to the [[2025 Canadian federal election|federal election]] began when former [[Governor of the Bank of Canada]] [[Mark Carney]] won a landslide victory in the Liberal Party leader election with over 85%. This margin of victory would even surpass outgoing Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]]'s 2013 margin in vote share, points, and ridings. He became Prime Minister five days later, succeeded Trudeau after nine years of premiership, and is expected to lead the party into the federal election. Two weeks later after the leadership election, Prime Minister Carney called an election on 28 April 2025, due to the threats from Donald Trump. He was re-elected in the federal election, defeating his [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] opponent [[Pierre Poilievre]].
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/liberal-leadership-race-mark-carney-elected-in-a-landslide-9.6678061|title=Liberal leadership race: Mark Carney elected in a landslide|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=March 9, 2025|access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last3=Hahn |first1=Rachel |last1=Aiello |first2=Mary |last2=Nersessian |first3=Phil |date=March 9, 2025 |title=Results are in, Mark Carney wins Liberal leadership race. Follow for live updates. |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/results-are-in-mark-carney-wins-liberal-leadership-race-follow-for-live-updates/ |access-date=March 9, 2025 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tunney |first=Catharine |date=March 9, 2025 |title=In landslide win, Liberal Party chooses Mark Carney as new leader and next PM |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-pary-leadership-winner-1.7476359 |website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cecco |first=Leyland |date=23 March 2025 |title=Canada to head to polls as Mark Carney calls snap election for 28 April |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/canada-to-head-to-polls-as-mark-carney-calls-snap-election-for-28-april |access-date=24 March 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Cecco |first=Leyland |date=April 29, 2025 |title=Canada's liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortune |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/29/canada-election-result-liberal-win-mark-carney-anti-trump |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
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File:2021 storming of the United States Capitol DSC09254-2 (50820534063) (retouched).jpg|On 6 January 2021, the [[6 January United States Capitol attack|U.S. Capitol attack]] occurred two weeks before [[Joe Biden]] was sworn into office. The event resulted in the [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump]] and a group of [[Public hearings of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack|televised public hearings]].

File:P20241113CS-0503 (cropped).jpg|The 2020s saw the U.S. presidency alternate from [[Donald Trump]] to [[Joe Biden]] in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], followed by Trump's successful re-election in [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]; both the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|oldest presidents]] served during the decade. Trump is the second president elected to nonconsecutive terms (following [[Grover Cleveland]] in [[1884 United States presidential election|1884]] and [[1892 United States presidential election|1892]]).

File:Former President Donald Trump paying respect to Corey Comperatore (53887491621).jpg|[[Donald Trump]], who survived an attempted assassination in [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] in July 2024. This image shows Donald Trump paying respect to Corey Comperatore's firefighter uniform; he lost his life in the assassination attempt.

File:Machado y González protestando contra el fraude presidencial en Venezuela de 2024.jpg|[[María Corina Machado]] and [[Edmundo González]] along with his wife, addressing supporters in Caracas following the [[2024 Venezuelan political crisis|2024 presidential election results]]. Incumbent [[Nicolás Maduro]] secured a third term in an election widely criticized as neither [[Free and fair election|free or fair]], given the [[Cabinet of Venezuela#Cabinet of Nicolás Maduro|Maduro administration]] having controlled most institutions and repressed the [[Venezuelan opposition|political opposition]] before and during the election.

File:Jimmy Carter lay-in state at U.S. Capitol.jpg|Former US president [[Jimmy Carter]] lay in repose at the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]], [[Washington D.C.]] He was the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|longest-lived U.S. president in history]] and the first president to reach the [[Centenarian|age of 100]].

File:Starmer and Carney 2025-03-17-18-44.jpg|[[Mark Carney]] became [[Prime Minister of Canada]], after he won a landslide victory at the [[2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election]] and re-elected at the [[2025 Canadian federal election|federal election]], since [[Justin Trudeau]] resigned after nine years of premiership.
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====Asia====
{{Further|Category:2020s in Asia}}

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! style="width:130px;" | Event
! style="width:60px;" | Country
! style="width:100px;" | Date
! Description
! Reference
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| [[2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis]]
| {{flag|Iran}}<br>{{flag|United States}}
| 5 May 2019
| The [[Persian Gulf]] region saw tensions between the [[United States]] and the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]] escalate in mid-2019. The crisis saw [[oil tanker]]s in the [[Strait of Hormuz]] sabotaged and seized, drone shootdowns, and efforts by the U.S. and [[United Kingdom]] to pursue military patrols to protect shipping in the gulf, known as the [[International Maritime Security Construct]]. On 31 December 2019 tensions reached a breaking point as Iranian-backed Shiite militia stormed into the [[Embassy of the United States, Baghdad|U.S. Embassy in Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], leading to the targeted killing of Iranian General [[Qasem Soleimani]] in a U.S. drone strike on 3 January 2020.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/05/uk-joins-us-in-mission-to-protect-oil-tankers-in-gulf |title=UK joins US in mission to protect oil tankers in Gulf |date=5 August 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=8 January 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130162619/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/05/uk-joins-us-in-mission-to-protect-oil-tankers-in-gulf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/31/us-embassy-stormed-in-baghdad |title=Trump accuses Iran over storming of US embassy compound in Baghdad |date=31 December 2019 |work=The Guardian |access-date=8 January 2020 |archive-date=31 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231145300/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/31/us-embassy-stormed-in-baghdad |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/column-what-the-killing-of-qassem-soleimani-could-mean-for-iran |title=Column: What the killing of Qassem Soleimani could mean |date=3 January 2020 |work=[[PBS NewsHour]] |access-date=8 January 2020 |archive-date=7 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107214212/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/column-what-the-killing-of-qassem-soleimani-could-mean-for-iran |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis]]
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|22 February 2020 – 24 November 2022
|Political infighting and party switching within [[Pakatan Harapan]] and [[Perikatan Nasional]] led to the inability to form a stable majority government. After the collapse of 2 successive governments and a [[2022 Malaysian general election|snap general election]] held, the [[Anwar Ibrahim cabinet]] was formed, the first [[National unity government|unity government]] in the history of [[Malaysia]].
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malaysia's Muhyiddin resigns after troubled 17 months in power |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/16/malaysias-muhyiddin-resigns-after-troubled-17-months-in-power |access-date=2021-08-16 |website=aljazeera.com |archive-date=2 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702060011/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/16/malaysias-muhyiddin-resigns-after-troubled-17-months-in-power |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[2020–2021 China–India skirmishes]]
| {{flag|China}}<br>{{flag|India}}
| 5 May 2020 – 20 January 2021
| Since 5 May 2020, Chinese and Indian troops have engaged in aggressive melee, face-offs, and skirmishes at locations along the [[Sino-Indian border]], including near the disputed [[Pangong Lake]] in [[Ladakh]] and the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], and near the border between [[Sikkim]] and the Tibet Autonomous Region. Additional clashes also took place at locations in eastern Ladakh along the [[Line of Actual Control]] (LAC).
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://theprint.in/defence/chinese-troops-challenge-india-at-multiple-locations-in-eastern-ladakh-standoff-continues/428304/ |title=Chinese troops challenge India at multiple locations in eastern Ladakh, standoff continues |date=24 May 2020 |work=The Print |access-date=2 September 2020 |archive-date=27 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527163514/https://theprint.in/defence/chinese-troops-challenge-india-at-multiple-locations-in-eastern-ladakh-standoff-continues/428304/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2021 Kyrgyz-Tajik clashes]]
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}<br>{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|28 April – 1 May and 9 July 2021
|A 3-day border conflict with clashes occurred in late April 2021 between the two [[Central Asian]] countries [[Kyrgyzstan]] and [[Tajikistan]]. The reason why the fighting broke out is disputed, but it is due either to an old [[Water conflict|water dispute]] or to local people's dissatisfaction with the installation of [[surveillance cameras]] near the border. After 3 days of intense clashes, that left more than 50 people dead and also more than 40,000 displaced civilians, the two countries agreed on a ceasefire. After the ceasefire, however, there was a fatal incident on 9 July.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Imanaliyeva |first1=Ayzirek |last2=Ibragimova |first2=Kamila |last3=Leonard |first3=Peter |date=29 April 2022 |title=Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan forces exchange gunfire in worst border flareup in years |url=https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-tajikistan-forces-exchange-gunfire-in-worst-border-flareup-in-years |access-date=29 April 2021 |website=eurasianet.org |archive-date=2 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502035804/https://eurasianet.org/tempers-flaring-as-kyrgyzstan-tajikistan-come-to-deadly-blows |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[2021 Israel–Palestine crisis]]
|{{flag|Israel}}<br>{{flag|Palestine}}
|6–21 May 2021
|Clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem lead to eleven days of fighting between Israel and [[Hamas]] in Gaza.
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 May 2021 |title=Israel-Gaza ceasefire holds despite Jerusalem clash |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57195537 |access-date=1 October 2021 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525215311/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57195537 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[2021 Taliban offensive]]
|{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|1 May – 15 August 2021
|Beginning on 1 May 2021, the [[Taliban]] and allied militant groups made a final offensive against the [[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan]] and its allies, coinciding with the withdrawal of most United States and allied troops from Afghanistan. It resulted in the ''de facto'' takeover of the country and the reinstatement of the [[Afghanistan|Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan]], [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|ending]] the twenty-year-long [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]] on 15 August 2021.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Seir |first1=Ahmed |last2=Faiez |first2=Rahim |last3=Akghar |first3=Tameem |last4=Gambrell |first4=John |date=15 August 2021 |title=Official: Taliban negotiators head to presidential palace |url=https://apnews.com/article/taliban-e1ed33fe0c665ee67ba132c51b8e32a5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815031639/https://apnews.com/article/taliban-e1ed33fe0c665ee67ba132c51b8e32a5 |archive-date=15 August 2021 |access-date=15 August 2021 |website=Associated Press}}</ref>
|-
|[[2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis]]
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|5 November 2021 – 28 October 2022
|The [[2021 Iraqi parliamentary election|parliamentary election in October 2021]] resulted in deadlock as members of the [[Council of Representatives of Iraq]] were unable to form a stable government or elect a new president. Ended in the election of [[Abdul Latif Rashid]] as [[President of Iraq|president]] and [[Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani]] as [[Prime Minister of Iraq|prime minister]].
|<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-10-27 |title=Iraqi parliament approves new government headed by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iraq-lawmakers-approve-government-prime-minister-designate-sudani-2022-10-27/ |access-date=23 February 2023 |website=Reuters |archive-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102111708/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iraq-lawmakers-approve-government-prime-minister-designate-sudani-2022-10-27/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2022 Kyrgyz-Tajik clashes]]
|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}<br>{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|27 January – 20 September 2022
|The sporadic fighting between [[Kyrgyzstan]] and [[Tajikistan]], which had started in [[2021 Kyrgyz-Tajik clashes|2021]], began again in late January 2022 and the bloody clashes resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries on 27 January, 10 March, 3 June and 14 June. In September, the fighting escalated and the 6 days of fighting between 14 and 20 September, which resulted in hundreds of deaths and injuries, finally ended on 20 September when the two countries signed a peace deal.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miner |first=Louise |date=20 September 2022 |title=Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan sign peace deal after deadly border clashes |work=Euronews |url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/20/tajikistan-and-kyrgyzstan-sign-peace-deal-after-deadly-border-clashes |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922024137/https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/20/tajikistan-and-kyrgyzstan-sign-peace-deal-after-deadly-border-clashes |archive-date=22 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[2022–2024 Pakistan political unrest]]
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|3 April 2022 – 24 November 2024
|The events began with a [[2022 Pakistani constitutional crisis|constitutional crisis]] in April 2022 after a [[No-confidence motion against Imran Khan|no-confidence motion]] against [[Imran Khan]] was dismissed by the deputy speaker, citing foreign interference by the United States. The Supreme Court ruled this action unconstitutional and [[Parliament of Pakistan|parliament]] reconvened and passed the motion, making Khan the first [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] to be removed from office by [[Motion of no confidence|a vote of no confidence]]. Khan would call for general elections to be held, but soon after he was the target of [[Attempted assassination of Imran Khan|an assassination attempt]] and [[Arrest of Imran Khan|two arrests]]. [[2023 Pakistani protests|Nationwide protests]] in support of Khan erupted after his arrests, culminating in the [[May 9 riots]] and a crackdown by the government. The events were a major event in the lead up to the [[2024 Pakistani general election|2024 general election]].
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chaudhry |first=Fahad |date=9 April 2022 |title=Imran Khan loses no-trust vote, prime ministerial term set for unceremonious end |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1684168 |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=DAWN.COM |archive-date=13 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413200934/https://www.dawn.com/news/1684168 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1742311/with-leas-at-the-gates-imran-says-hope-lies-with-establishment-in-ending-this-farce | title=PTI claims Zaman Park 'under extreme attack' by law enforcement personnel | date=15 March 2023 | access-date=15 March 2023 | archive-date=15 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315075331/https://www.dawn.com/news/1742311/with-leas-at-the-gates-imran-says-hope-lies-with-establishment-in-ending-this-farce | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/breaking-news/today-breaking-news-live-updates-may-12-2023-7788637.html|title=Breaking News Live Updates – 12 May 2023: Islamabad HC Grants Ex-PM Imran Khan 2-Week Bail In Graft Case|website=News18.com|access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash]]
|{{flag|Iran}}
|19 May 2024
|An [[Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force|Iranian Air Force]] helicopter crashed near the village of [[Uzi, Varzaqan|Uzi]], [[East Azerbaijan province|East Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]], killing [[President of Iran]] [[Ebrahim Raisi]] along with other political officials. 
|<ref name="bbcknow">{{Cite web |date=20 May 2024 |title=Ebrahim Raisi: What we know about deadly Iran helicopter crash |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnd23d505o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520151854/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnd23d505o |archive-date=20 May 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024 |website=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/19/israel-gaza-war-live-people-killed-in-strike-nuseirat-refugee-camp-gaza |title=The dispatched rescue teams will reach the probable coordinates of president Raisi's helicopter within half an hour, state media is reporting. |date=19 May 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=19 May 2024 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519175307/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/19/israel-gaza-war-live-people-killed-in-strike-nuseirat-refugee-camp-gaza |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Makoii |first1=Akhtar |last2=Abrahams |first2=Jessica |last3=Smith |first3=Benedict |last4=Zagon |first4=Chanel |name-list-style=and |date=19 May 2024 |title=Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi 'missing' after helicopter makes hard landing |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/helicopter-carrying-iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-hard-land/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519150754/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/helicopter-carrying-iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-hard-land/ |archive-date=19 May 2024 |access-date=19 May 2024 |work=The Telegraph |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
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| [[2024 Japanese general election]]
| {{flag|Japan}}
| 27 October 2024
| The [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]], led by prime minister [[Shigeru Ishiba]], after the resignation of [[Fumio Kishida]] as party leader due to his low approval rating amid the [[2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal|party-wide slush fund corruption scandal]] and several troubled events. The dissolution of the Diet was held eight days after the prime minister's inauguration and 26 days before the voting day, both the shortest since the end of [[World War II]]. Voter turnout was 53.84%, around two percentage points down from [[2021 Japanese general election|2021]] and the third lowest in the postwar era, while the ruling LDP-Komeito coalition lost their majority for the first time since [[2009 Japanese general election|2009]].
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Ishiba Signals Intention to Remain as Japan PM Despite Party's Election Defeat |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2024-10-27/japan-election-reaction |work=Bloomberg.com |date=28 October 2024 |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241028053744/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2024-10-27/japan-election-reaction |archive-date=28 October 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Japan PM seeks partners after ruling bloc loses lower house majority|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/10/33076ebdd8e3-japan-pm-seeks-partners-after-ruling-bloc-loses-lower-house-majority.html|work=Kyodo News|date=2024-10-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Murakami |first1=Sakura|last2=Geddie |first2= John|last3=Kelly|first3=Tim|date=27 October 2024|title=Japan votes in election expected to punish PM Ishiba's coalition|language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-votes-election-expected-punish-pm-ishibas-coalition-2024-10-26/|access-date=28 October 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241028164349/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-votes-election-expected-punish-pm-ishibas-coalition-2024-10-26/ |archive-date=28 October 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2024 South Korean martial law crisis|2024–2025 South Korean political crisis]]
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|3 December 2024 – 4 April 2025
|[[Yoon Suk Yeol]], the [[president of South Korea]], declared [[martial law]] during a televised address which triggered to a political crisis. The [[Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol|impeachment]] occurred against president by the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] following the impeachment motion raised against him on 14 December 2024, making the second president to be impeached since [[Impeachment of Park Geun-hye|Park Geun-hye in 2016]]. Later [[Prime minister of South Korea|Prime Minister]] [[Han Duck-soo]] was [[Impeachment of Han Duck-soo|impeached]] two weeks later and replaced by Deputy Prime minister [[Choi Sang-mok]], later he was reinstated three months later. South Korean government organizations and the [[Interpol]] prompted the agency to file an [[Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol|arrest warrant]] for Yoon on 30 December and on 15 January 2025 became the first sitting president arrested, later triggered into a [[2025 South Korean presidential election|snap presidential election]] following the removal of an impeached president.
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Tessa |last2=Mackenzie |first2=Jean |last3=Kwon |first3=Jake |last4=Choi |first4=Leehyun |title=South Korea's president impeached by parliament after mass protests over short-lived martial law |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1wq025v421t |access-date=14 December 2024 |work=BBC News |date=14 December 2024 |archive-date=14 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214051854/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1wq025v421t |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cheers erupt, heads hang in defeat as National Assembly impeaches president |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/12/356_388450.html |access-date=15 December 2024 |work=The Korea Times |date=15 December 2024 |archive-date=14 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214185636/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/12/356_388450.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Kelly |last2=Mackenzie |first2=Jean |date=14 December 2024 |title=South Korean MPs impeach president over martial law attempt |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c140xjv31lxo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214201249/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c140xjv31lxo |archive-date=14 December 2024 |access-date=15 December 2024 |work=BBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Haye-ah |date=27 December 2024 |title=(4th LD) Nat'l Assembly votes to impeach acting President Han |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20241227001254315 |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=[[Yonhap News Agency]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=South Korean authorities seek warrant to detain impeached President Yoon in martial law probe |url=https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-detain-rebellion-d00aa71be342df39b9775e49f90f5756 |last=Kim |first=Tong-hyung |work=[[AP News]] |date=30 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Tessa |date=23 March 2025 |title=South Korea court reinstates PM as acting leader |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c625jkyrx6do |archive-date=24 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324041549/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c625jkyrx6do |url-status=live |access-date=24 March 2025 |work=BBC News |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte]]
| {{flag|Philippines}}
| 11 March 2025
| Former [[President of the Philippines|Philippine president]] [[Rodrigo Duterte]] was arrested by the [[Philippine National Police]] ([[Criminal Investigation and Detection Group|CIDG]]), [[Interpol]], and Philippine Center on Transnational Crimes, under an [[International Criminal Court]] (ICC) warrant charging him with [[crimes against humanity]] related to the [[Philippine drug war]] as the "act of [[terrorism]]". Duterte arrived at [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]] in Metro Manila on 11 March after attending a political rally in [[Hong Kong]] and transferred to [[the Hague]] for a face trial. He is the first Philippine president to face an international tribunal and the first leader from Asia to face trial before the ICC.
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/11/dozens-of-cops-at-naia-ahead-of-rodrigo-duterte-s-expected-arrival-0951 |title=Ex-President Duterte arrested on ICC warrant |publisher=ABS-CBN News |date=March 11, 2025 |access-date=March 11, 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9ykn85401o |title=Philippines ex-leader Duterte arrested on ICC warrant over drug killings |publisher=BBC |last1=Guinto |first1=Joel |date=March 11, 2025 |access-date=March 11, 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ratcliffe |first1=Rebecca |title=Rodrigo Duterte's lawyers demand he is returned to the Philippines after ICC arrest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/12/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-former-president-arrest-update |website=The Guardian |language=en-gb |date=March 12, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/12/philippine-vp-sara-duterte-travels-to-the-hague-to-help-father-at-icc|title=Philippine VP Sara Duterte travels to The Hague to help father at ICC|publisher=Al Jazeera |date=March 12, 2025 |access-date=March 12, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[2025 India–Pakistan conflict]]
| {{flag|India}}<br>{{flag|Pakistan}}
| 23 April 2025 – 
| India and Pakistan fell into a military and diplomatic sanctions began after the [[2025 Pahalgam attack]], a [[Islamic terrorist|terrorist]] attack in the [[Baisaran Valley]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] by [[The Resistance Front]] (TRF), which killed 26 people. India accused Pakistan of sponsoring terrorism and initiated the expulsion of Pakistani diplomats and withdrawal of own diplomats, suspended visas, closed borders, and withdrawal from the [[Indus Waters Treaty]], while Pakistan denied the allegations and responded with trade restrictions, closure of airspace and border crossings and suspension of the [[Simla Agreement]]. A direct [[2025 India–Pakistan conflict|conflict]] broke out on 7 May 2025, after India launched missile strikes on Pakistan, codenamed Operation Sindoor.
|<ref>{{cite news |title=What is The Resistance Front, the militant group linked to Pahalgam attack? |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/kashmir-resistance-group-that-claimed-attack-tourists-indian-kashmir-2025-04-23/ |access-date=24 April 2025 |work=[[Reuters]] |publisher=Shilpa Jamkhandikar}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Crisis Deepens for India and Pakistan Over Kashmir Attack |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/world/asia/pakistan-india-kashmir-attack.html |access-date=24 April 2025 |agency=[[The New York Times]] |last1=Masood |first1=Salman }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hadid |first=Diaa |date=2025-04-25 |title=After deadly Kashmir attack, India reports exchange of fire with Pakistani soldiers |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/04/25/g-s1-62677/india-pakistan-kashmir-line-of-control-firing |access-date=2025-04-25 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=6 May 2025 |title=India says it has launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwyneele13qt |access-date=6 May 2025 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
|}
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File:Imran Khan and 2 Chief Ministers of Pakistan.jpg|Former Pakistani prime minister [[Imran Khan]] was arrested twice during the [[2022–2024 Pakistan political unrest|political unrest]], and PTI-led independents were lost the [[2024 Pakistani general election|2024 election]].  

File:Shigeru Ishiba was designated as the 102nd Prime Minister 4.jpg|[[Shigeru Ishiba]] is elected as [[Prime Minister of Japan]] by the [[National Diet]], succeed [[Fumio Kishida]] and reelected in October 2024 following the [[2024 Japanese general election|election]].

File:2024년 대한민국 계엄 반대 시위대 깃발.jpg|Protests erupted during the [[2024 South Korean martial law crisis|2024–2025 South Korean political crisis]] on 3 December 2024.

File:Duterte and Medialdea flying to The Hague in 2025.jpg|Former [[President of the Philippines|Philippine president]] [[Rodrigo Duterte]] was arrested by several organizations under an [[International Criminal Court]] (ICC) warrant charging him with [[crimes against humanity]] and [[abuse of power]] related to the [[Philippine drug war]] and [[2024 South Korean martial law crisis|declaration of martial law]] are the "act of [[terrorism]]".
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====Europe====
{{Further|Category:2020s in Europe}}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! style="width:130px;"| Event
! style="width:60px;" | Country
! style="width:100px;"| Date
! Description
! References
|-
| [[Brexit]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 31 January 2020
| The [[United Kingdom]] and [[Gibraltar]] formally withdrew from the [[European Union]] at 11PM (GMT).
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51287430 |title=Brexit: European Parliament overwhelmingly backs terms of UK's exit |access-date=1 February 2020 |archive-date=29 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129175943/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51287430 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Eighth [[Enlargement of NATO#Adriatic Charter|NATO enlargement]]
| {{flag|North Macedonia}}
| 27 March 2020
| [[North Macedonia]] became a member state of [[NATO]] after the 2018 [[Prespa Agreement]].
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 March 2020 |title=North Macedonia's Leader Inks Final Accession Document |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/03/20/us/politics/ap-eu-north-macedonia-nato.html |access-date=21 March 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=21 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321031941/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/03/20/us/politics/ap-eu-north-macedonia-nato.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2021–2025 Bulgarian political crisis]]
| {{flag|Bulgaria}}
|4 April 2021 – 16 January 2025
|A series of unstable governments and a gridlock resulted in seven elections occurring over four years.
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-24 |title=Bulgaria gears for its fifth election in two years on April 2 |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bulgaria-hold-early-elections-april-2-president-2023-01-24/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127213534/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bulgaria-hold-early-elections-april-2-president-2023-01-24/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bulgaria-hold-another-snap-parliamentary-election-oct-27-says-president-2024-08-26/|title=Bulgaria to hold another snap parliamentary election on Oct. 27, says president|website=[[Reuters]]|date=26 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Central Election Commission Adopts Schedule for October 27 Snap Parliamentary Elections |url=https://www.bta.bg/en/news/bulgaria/732377-central-election-commission-adopts-schedule-for-october-27-snap-parliamentary-el |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.bta.bg |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Belarus–European Union border crisis]]
| {{flag|Belarus}} {{flag|European Union}}
|7 July 2021 – ongoing
|A [[migrant crisis]] and humanitarian disaster involving an influx of coordinated groups of immigrants, primarily from [[Iraq]] and elsewhere in the [[Middle East]] and [[North Africa]], to [[Poland]], [[Lithuania]] and [[Latvia]] via their borders with [[Belarus]]. The crisis was triggered by the severe deterioration in [[Belarus–European Union relations]] following the [[2020 Belarusian presidential election]], the [[2020–2021 Belarusian protests]], the [[Ryanair Flight 4978]] incident and subsequent sanctions on Belarus, as well as the [[Belarus 2020 Summer Olympics scandal|attempted forced repatriation]] of Olympic sprinter [[Krystsina Tsimanouskaya]] from the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. Belarusian [[President of Belarus|president]] [[Alexander Lukashenko]] deliberately had immigrants from the [[Middle East]] flown into Belarus in order to "flood [[Europe]] with migrants and drugs."
|<ref>{{cite news |date=8 November 2021 |title=Hundreds Of Migrants Gather At Belarusian-Polish Border |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-migrants-poland-border-incident/31551118.html |newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |access-date=29 July 2024 |archive-date=23 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123181240/https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-migrants-poland-border-incident/31551118.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Pancevski |first1=Bojan |last2=Hinshaw |first2=Drew |date=2021-11-11 |title=Europe Weighs Border Walls as Migrants Mass in Belarus at Poland's Frontier |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-weighs-border-walls-as-migrants-mass-in-belarus-at-polands-frontier-11636649364 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115030315/https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-weighs-border-walls-as-migrants-mass-in-belarus-at-polands-frontier-11636649364 |archive-date=15 November 2021 |access-date=2021-11-15 |work=Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
|-
| [[Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 6 February 2022
| [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]] celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, which marked the 70th anniversary of her accession.
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stpauls.co.uk/news-press/news-archive/2012/Queen-celebrates-Jubilee-at-St-Pauls-images |title=Platinum Jubilee: Queen pictured at work in image released for historic 70th anniversary |website=news.sky.com |access-date=6 February 2022 |archive-date=20 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220175446/https://www.stpauls.co.uk/news-press/news-archive/2012/Queen-celebrates-Jubilee-at-St-Pauls-images |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 5–7 July 2022
| Several officials resigned from their positions in [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Boris Johnson]]'s [[second Johnson ministry|second ministry]], culminating in Johnson announcing his resignation on 7 July and a [[July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election|leadership election]] called to decide the next leader of the Conservative Party.
| <ref name="resign">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/europe/boris-johnson-resignation-intl/index.html |website=[[CNN]] |first1=Jack |last1=Guy |first2=Luke |last2=McGee |first3=Ivana |last3=Kottasová |date=7 July 2022 |title=UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns after mutiny in his party |access-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707173327/https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/europe/boris-johnson-resignation-intl/index.html |archive-date=7 July 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mason |first=Rowena |date=6 June 2022 |title=Boris Johnson wins no-confidence vote despite unexpectedly large rebellion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/06/boris-johnson-wins-no-confidence-vote-despite-unexpectedly-large-rebellion |access-date=15 July 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
|-
|[[Death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev|Death]] of [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]
| {{flag|Russia}}
|30 August 2022
|A Russian and Soviet politician who served as the last leader of the [[Soviet Union]], Mikhail Gorbachev died at the age of 91.
|<ref name="TheGuardianTributes">{{Cite web |last=Farrer |first=Martin |date=30 August 2022 |title=Mikhail Gorbachev: tributes pour in for 'one-of-a kind' Soviet leader |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/31/mikhail-gorbachev-tributes-pour-in-for-one-of-a-kind-soviet-leader |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831023447/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/31/mikhail-gorbachev-tributes-pour-in-for-one-of-a-kind-soviet-leader |archive-date=31 August 2022 |access-date=30 August 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
|-
|[[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|Death and state funeral]] of [[Elizabeth II]] and [[Proclamation of accession of Charles III|accession of Charles III]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|8 September 2022
|Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, the longest-living and longest-reigning British monarch, reigning since 6 February 1952, died at the age of 96. Her son Charles acceded to the throne as King Charles III immediately, after serving as heir apparent for 70 years, the longest in British history.
|<ref name="BBCNewsInfo">{{Cite news |date=8 September 2022 |title=Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61585886 |url-status=live |access-date=8 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908173308/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61585886 |archive-date=8 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62857578|title=Charles III to be proclaimed king at historic ceremony|publisher=BBC News|first=Joseph|last=Lee|date=10 September 2022|accessdate=10 September 2022|archive-date=10 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910074953/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62857578|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2022 Italian general election]]
|{{flag|Italy}}
|25 September 2022
|The [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|right-wing coalition]] led by [[Giorgia Meloni]]'s [[Brothers of Italy]] won an absolute majority in both houses. On 22 October, Meloni was appointed prime minister, becoming the first woman to hold the office.
|<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=21 October 2022 |title=Presidential palace says Giorgia Meloni forms government, giving Italy first far-right-led coalition since World War II |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/presidential-palace-giorgia-meloni-forms-government-giving-italy-91866408 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022000948/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/presidential-palace-giorgia-meloni-forms-government-giving-italy-91866408 |archive-date=22 October 2022 |access-date=21 October 2022 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=21 October 2022 |title=Far-right Meloni set to become Italy's first woman PM |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221021-far-right-meloni-set-to-become-italy-s-first-woman-pm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021100236/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221021-far-right-meloni-set-to-become-italy-s-first-woman-pm |archive-date=21 October 2022 |access-date=21 October 2022 |website=[[France 24]] |publisher=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Jubilee of Margrethe II]]
| {{flag|Denmark}}
| 2022
| [[Monarchy of Denmark|Queen]] [[Margrethe II of Denmark|Margrethe II]] celebrated her Golden Jubilee, which marked the 50th anniversary of her accession.
|<ref name="hny">{{Cite web |title=Queen Margrethe of Denmark's Golden Jubilee: Everything we know so far |url=https://honey.nine.com.au/royals/queen-margrethe-of-denmark-golden-jubilee-2022-50-year-reign-explainer/1b7bdb45-da97-417d-91a7-c44193e74b0f |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=9Honey |date=11 January 2022 |archive-date=9 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409200441/https://honey.nine.com.au/royals/queen-margrethe-of-denmark-golden-jubilee-2022-50-year-reign-explainer/1b7bdb45-da97-417d-91a7-c44193e74b0f |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|14–20 October 2022
|Only six weeks into her premiership, conservative MPs in the United Kingdom cited a loss in public confidence in [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Liz Truss]]'s ministry following her [[September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget|September mini-budget]]. This culminated in Truss announcing her resignation on 20 October and a [[October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election|leadership election]] was called to decide the next leader of the Conservative Party.
|<ref name="sky resign">{{Cite news |date=20 October 2022 |title=Liz Truss resigns as prime minister |work=Sky News |url=https://news.sky.com/story/liz-truss-to-resign-as-prime-minister-sky-news-understands-12723236 |url-status=live |access-date=20 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020124052/https://news.sky.com/story/liz-truss-to-resign-as-prime-minister-sky-news-understands-12723236 |archive-date=20 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI]]
|{{flag|Vatican City}}
|31 December 2022
|[[Pope]] Emeritus [[Benedict XVI]], who [[Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI|resigned in 2013]] as the first Pope to do so in 600 years, dies at the age of 95.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Winfield |first=Nicole |date=31 December 2022 |title=Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95 |work=Associated Press News |url=https://apnews.com/article/pope-benedict-xvi-dead-9d486fd9b12eab1177b9eb8ab7be22f4 |url-status=live |access-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231095923/https://apnews.com/article/pope-benedict-xvi-dead-9d486fd9b12eab1177b9eb8ab7be22f4 |archive-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[2023 Montenegrin presidential election]]
|{{flag|Montenegro}}
|2 April 2023
|[[Europe Now!]] candidate [[Jakov Milatović]] wins the 2nd round of the presidential election against incumbent [[President of Montenegro|president]] [[Milo Đukanović]] of the [[Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro|DPS]]. Đukanović, who had ruled the country almost continuously since [[1991]] either as president or [[Prime Minister of Montenegro|prime minister]], thus lost power for the first time after more than 32 years. Milatović's victory was also the first time that the DPS lost a presidential election since [[1990 Montenegrin general election|1990]].
|<ref>[https://rtcg.me/predsjednickiizbori/413500/jakov-milatovic-ubjedljivo-pobijedio-dobio-601-odsto-glasova-djukanovic-399-.html Jakov Milatović ubjedljivo pobijedio: Dobio 60,1 odsto glasova, Đukanović 39,9 %] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403063242/https://www.rtcg.me/predsjednickiizbori/413500/jakov-milatovic-ubjedljivo-pobijedio-dobio-601-odsto-glasova-djukanovic-399-.html |date=3 April 2023 }}, RTCG, 2 April 2023</ref>
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| Ninth and tenth [[Enlargement of NATO#Finland and Sweden|NATO enlargement]]s
| {{flag|Finland}}
| 4 April 2023 – 7 March 2024
|[[Finland]] and [[Sweden]] applied to join NATO in 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and was formally accepted the following year. This ended This ended neutrality that had existed more than two centuries, both Nordic countries to join the alliance.
|<ref name="fastest">{{Cite web |last=Laverick |first=Evelyn |date=2023-04-04 |title=Finland joins NATO in the alliance's fastest-ever accession process |url=https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/04/finland-joins-nato-in-the-alliances-fastest-ever-accession-process |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404135547/https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/04/finland-joins-nato-in-the-alliances-fastest-ever-accession-process |archive-date=4 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=[[Euronews]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=Sweden officially joins NATO |date=7 March 2024 |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_223446.htm?selectedLocale=en |access-date=7 March 2024 |archive-date=7 March 2024 |publisher=NATO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307165659/https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_223446.htm?selectedLocale=en |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 6 May 2023
|The [[coronation]] of [[Charles III]] and his wife, [[Queen Camilla|Camilla]], as [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|king]] and [[List of British royal consorts|queen of the United Kingdom]] and the other [[Commonwealth realm]]s, took place on 6 May. Charles III acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022, following the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. This was the first [[Coronation of the British monarch|coronation of a British monarch]] since Elizabeth II was crowned 70 years earlier in [[Coronation of Elizabeth II|1953]].
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 April 2023 |title=King Charles: Your essential guide to the Coronation weekend |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65254834 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505174904/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65254834 |archive-date=5 May 2023 |access-date=5 May 2023 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
|-
|[[2023 Polish parliamentary election]]
|{{flag|Poland}}
|15 October 2023
||The [[United Right (Poland)|United Right]] secured the highest number of seats in the election, but failed to achieve a majority in the [[Sejm]]. Meanwhile, the opposition, headed by [[Donald Tusk]], successfully garnered a parliamentary majority. This represents a shift in the Sejm's majority for the first time in eight years in Poland.
|<ref>{{cite web |author=Easton, Adam |date=10 November 2023 |title=Poland's Tusk-led pro-EU opposition signs deal and waits to govern |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67381267.amp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110171740/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67381267.amp |archive-date=10 November 2023 |access-date=10 November 2023 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[2023–2024 French government crisis|2023–2024 French government]] and [[2024-2025 French political crisis|political crises]] 
|{{flag|France}}
|11 December 2023 – present
|In December 2023, the [[Borne government]] faced a governability and credibility crisis. It was caused mainly by the difficult passage of the 2023 immigration and asylum bill, resulted the short-lived [[Attal government]] formed for eight months. The [[2024 French legislative election]] organized and held in June 2024, which resulted in a hung parliament with the left-wing [[New Popular Front]] (NFP) leading a plurality of seats but it was dismissed, the [[Barnier government]] formed three months later consists of [[Ensemble (political coalition)|Ensemble]] and [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] until its motion of no-confidence and the appointment of the [[Bayrou government]] occurred in December 2024.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-gerald-darmanin-immigration-bill-defeat/ |title='End of reign': Macron faces ungovernable France after shock immigration loss |newspaper=Politico |date=12 December 2023 |language=en |access-date=23 November 2024 |archive-date=13 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213121049/https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-gerald-darmanin-immigration-bill-defeat/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-french-reshuffle-gabriel-attal-prime-minister/ |title=Macron appoints rising star as PM, leaves presidential hopefuls stunned |newspaper=Politico |date=9 January 2024 |language=en |access-date=23 November 2024 |archive-date=10 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110123815/https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-french-reshuffle-gabriel-attal-prime-minister/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tidey |first=Alice |date=9 June 2024 |title=French President Macron dissolves parliament, calls snap elections |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/06/09/french-president-emmanuel-macron-announces-anticipated-elections-after-stinging-eu-electio |access-date=9 June 2024 |website=euronews |language=en |archive-date=9 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609194328/https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/06/09/french-president-emmanuel-macron-announces-anticipated-elections-after-stinging-eu-electio |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1 October 2024 |title=5 things to watch for in French PM Barnier's first parliamentary address |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/michel-barnier-big-day-lawmakers-speech-france-coalition-government-debt-tax-rate-migration-labor/ |access-date=1 October 2024 |newspaper=Politico |language=en-GB |archive-date=1 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001042033/https://www.politico.eu/article/michel-barnier-big-day-lawmakers-speech-france-coalition-government-debt-tax-rate-migration-labor/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[Abdication of Margrethe II]] and accession of [[Frederik X]]
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|14 January 2024
|In the first voluntary abdication of a [[Danish monarch]] since that of [[Eric III of Denmark|King Eric III]] in 1146, [[Margrethe II|Queen Margrethe II]] abdicated the throne and was succeeded by her elder son, [[Frederik X|King Frederik X]], bringing an end to her 52-year reign.
|<ref name="CNNAbdication">{{Cite news |title=Denmark's King Frederik X takes the throne after abdication of Queen |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/14/europe/denmark-royals-frederik-mary-proclamation-king-queen-intl/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=29 July 2024 |archive-date=16 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116094607/https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/14/europe/denmark-royals-frederik-mary-proclamation-king-queen-intl/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2024 European Parliament election]]
|{{flag|European Union}}
|6–9 June 2024
||[[European People's Party]] led by [[President of the European Commission]] [[Ursula von der Leyen]] win the most seats in the European Parliament. 
|<ref name="re-election">{{Cite web |date=18 July 2024 |title=Parliament re-elects Ursula von der Leyen as Commission President |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240710IPR22812/parliament-re-elects-ursula-von-der-leyen-as-commission-president |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=European Parliament |archive-date=10 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110000739/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20240710IPR22812/parliament-re-elects-ursula-von-der-leyen-as-commission-president |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2024 German government crisis]] and [[2025 German federal election|2025 federal election]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
|6 November 2024 – 23 February 2025
|[[Chancellor of Germany]] [[Olaf Scholz]] announced the dismissal of the then-[[Finance Minister of Germany|finance minister]] [[Christian Lindner]], and leader of the [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP), from [[Scholz cabinet|his cabinet]] due to the ongoing [[German economic crisis (2022–present)|economic crisis]]. The government crisis led to a [[2025 German federal election|snap election]] being called for February 2025. The conservative [[CDU/CSU]] alliance became the largest bloc in the Bundestag with 28.5% of votes, the far-right [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) achieved its best result in any German election with 20.8%, and the governing centre-left [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) and [[Alliance 90/The Greens|The Greens]] lost over nine [[percentage points]] and suffered its worst result since [[1887 German federal election|1887]] with just 16.4%, also declined from 15% to 12%.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kanzler Scholz entlässt Finanzminister Lindner |trans-title=Chancellor Scholz dismisses Finance Minister Lindner |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/eilmeldung-ampelregierung-scholz-entlaesst-lindner-100.html |access-date=6 November 2024 |website=[[Tagesschau (German TV programme)|Tagesschau]] |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |trans-title=How New Elections Could Occur |title=Wie es zu Neuwahlen kommen könnte |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/ampelkoalition-neuwahlen-100.html |access-date=6 November 2024 |website=[[Tagesschau (German TV programme)|Tagesschau]] |language=de |archive-date=6 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106205347/https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/ampelkoalition-neuwahlen-100.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/germany-election-far-right-surge-friedrich-merz-warning|title=Germany election: Merz says it's 'five to midnight' for Europe|date=25 February 2025|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/24/german-election-who-won-who-lost-and-whats-next|title=German election: Who won, who lost and what's next?|date=24 February 2025|website=[[Al Jazeera]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-merzs-cdu-wins-election-afd-second/live-71700729|title=German election: Merz's CDU wins election, AfD second|date=23 February 2025|website=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref>
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|[[2024 Romanian presidential election|2024]] and [[2025 Romanian presidential election]]s
|{{flag|Romania}}
|24 November 2024 – 18 May 2025
|A series of two presidential elections held in Romania, began with the annulation of the first election following the result of the first round was a surprise, with controversial independent [[Romanian nationalism|nationalist]] candidate [[Călin Georgescu]] achieving a [[relative majority]] of votes. The second election began in February 2025, with the arrest and rejection of Georgescu as the candidate after [[Ilie Bolojan]] became acting president for three months until the election. [[Nicusor Dan]] won the election over [[George Simion]].
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Madalin Necsutu and Anthony Faiola |date=6 December 2024 |title=Romanian court annuls presidential vote after Russian interference claims |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/06/romania-court-annuls-presidential-election/ |newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tanno |first=Sophie |date=6 December 2024 |title=Romania's top court annuls presidential election result |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/06/europe/romania-annuls-presidential-election-intl/index.html |access-date=6 December 2024 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 February 2025 |title=Romania's Iohannis steps down, leaving caretaker president in charge until election rerun in spring |url=https://apnews.com/article/romania-president-europe-eu-klaus-iohannis-elections-a42440317c1ac55926789f4664656f60 |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=AP News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212112811/https://apnews.com/article/romania-president-europe-eu-klaus-iohannis-elections-a42440317c1ac55926789f4664656f60|archive-date=12 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 February 2025 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/romania-the-controversy-over-far-right-politician-calin-georgescu/a-71790360 |title=Controversy over far-right Romanian politician Georgescu |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=Deutsche Welle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309120605/https://www.dw.com/en/romania-the-controversy-over-far-right-politician-calin-georgescu/a-71790360 |archive-date=9 March 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[2025 London Summit on Ukraine]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|2 March 2025
|A meeting of international leaders in [[London]] on 2 March 2025, called by British [[Prime Minister of United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]{{nbsp}}[[Keir Starmer]] to draft a [[Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine|peace plan]] for the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] to take to the United States. The summit followed the [[2025 Trump–Zelenskyy meeting|meeting]] of [[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian President]] [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] at the [[White House]] in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] on 28 February 2025 with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]] and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[JD Vance]].
|<ref >{{cite news |title=UK's Starmer calls on Europe to step up to secure Ukraine peace |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Piper |first2=Kate |last2=Holton |first3=Andrew |last3=Macaskill |date=2 March 2025 |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/uks-starmer-tries-revive-hope-ukraine-peace-summit-2025-03-01/ |access-date=2 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Peter |date=28 February 2025|title=Tempers flare before Zelensky abruptly departs the White House without signing a minerals deal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/28/us/trump-news/trump-zelensky-ukraine-russia-putin?smid=url-share |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 March 2025|work=New York Times|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2025-03-02 |title=Starmer: Coalition of willing to guarantee Ukraine peace |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vygkzkkrvo |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=UK to defend Ukraine peace deal with 'coalition of willing', Starmer says |url=https://news.sky.com/story/uk-to-defend-ukraine-peace-deal-with-coalition-of-willing-starmer-says-13320159 |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Sky News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Starmer and Macron to work on Ukraine peace as leaders meet for London summit |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/france-and-u-k-to-step-in-to-heal-trump-zelenskyy-rift/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Politico}}</ref>
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|[[Death and funeral of Pope Francis]] and the [[2025 papal conclave]]
|{{flag|Vatican City}}
|21 April – 8 May 2025
|[[Pope Francis]] died at the age of 88 in his residence in [[Domus Sanctae Marthae]] after 12 years of papacy, it was marked the 20th anniversary of [[death and funeral of Pope John Paul II]]. His death triggers a [[Sede vacante|papal interregnum]] and a nine-day period of mourning and the pope's funeral, by tradition, takes place within four to six days of the pope's death; it was be buried at [[Santa Maria Maggiore]] in [[Rome]]. His successor [[Pope Leo XIV]] was elected as a pope in the [[2025 papal conclave]] two weeks later, he the first pope from North America, a dual citizenship, and the second pope from the Americas.
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Pope Francis has died, Vatican says in video statement |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-francis-has-died-vatican-says-video-statement-2025-04-21 |website=Reuters |access-date=21 April 2025 |first=Joshua |last=McElwee|date=21 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-04/pope-francis-dies-on-easter-monday-aged-88.html|title=Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday at age of 88|date=21 April 2025|publisher=[[Vatican News]]|accessdate=21 April 2025|first=Devin |last=Watkins}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=21 April 2025 |title=Pope Francis dies at age 88 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pope-francis-dies-rcna192559 |access-date=21 April 2025 |website=NBC News |first=Astha |last=Rajvanshi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88 |author=Nicole Winfield |url=https://apnews.com/article/vatican-pope-francis-dead-01ca7d73c3c48d25fd1504ba076e2e2a |access-date=21 April 2025 |work=AP News |date=21 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rich |first1=Motoko |last2=Dias |first2=Elizabeth |last3=Horowitz |first3=Jason |date=May 8, 2025 |title=Pope Leo XIV, the First American Pontiff, Took a Global Route to the Top Post |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/pope-leo-xiv-robert-francis-prevost.html |access-date=May 9, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=McElwee |first=Joshua |date=May 8, 2025 |title=Prevost, first U.S. pope, supported Francis and shunned spotlight |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/prevost-first-us-pope-supported-francis-shunned-spotlight-2025-05-08/ |access-date=May 8, 2025 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
|}
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File:Suomen ja Ruotsin suurlähettiläät jättävät kiinnostuksenosoituksensa Natoon liittymisestä - 52082038874.jpg|Finnish and Swedish ambassadors submit their applications to join [[NATO]] to then-secretary general [[Jens Stoltenberg]].

File:20220908-Buckingham Palace Elizabeth II death reactions (07).jpg|Crowds at [[Buckingham Palace]] following the [[death and state funeral of Elizabeth II]], shortly after the [[Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Platinum Jubilee]] celebration which marked the 70th anniversary of her accession.

File:Ratzinger funeral (09).jpg|Crowds at [[St. Peter's Square]] following the [[death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI]].

File:Waving from Buckingham Palace Balcony (52877352018) (cropped).jpg|[[King Charles III]] and [[Queen Camilla]] on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following their [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|coronation]] in 2023.

File:Securing Our Future (EC pic) 2025-03-02-15-13.jpg|NATO leaders and participants at the [[2025 London Summit on Ukraine]].

File:Procesija, pok. papa Franjo (5).jpg|Crowds at [[Domus Sanctae Marthae]] following the [[death and funeral of Pope Francis]] after 12 years of papacy, marked the 20th anniversary of [[death and funeral of Pope John Paul II]] in 2005.
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====Oceania====
{{Further|Category:2020s in Oceania}}

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|-
! style="width:130px;"| Event
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! Description
! References
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|[[2021 Samoan constitutional crisis]]
|{{flag|Samoa}}
|22 May – 23 July 2021
|Following [[2021 Samoan general election|a general election]], the results were in stasis while incumbent prime minister [[Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi|Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi]] refused to step down. The [[Supreme Court of Samoa]] decided the matter, and the [[Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi|FAST party]] and its leader [[Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa]] was declared the winner.
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/443472/samoa-election-crisis-what-you-need-to-know |title=Samoa election crisis: What you need to know |first=Russel |last=Palmer |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=27 May 2021 |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-date=30 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530013925/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/443472/samoa-election-crisis-what-you-need-to-know |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2021 Solomon Islands unrest]]
|{{flag|Solomon Islands}}
|24–27 November 2021
|A period of unrest began due to a variety of factors, notably the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the decision to retract [[Foreign relations of Taiwan#Types of relations|diplomatic recognition]] of [[Taiwan]] and instead recognize [[China]].
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Australia sends police and troops to Honiara as violent protests continue in Solomon Islands |newspaper=The Guardian |date=25 November 2021 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/25/honiaras-chinatown-targeted-as-violent-protests-break-out-for-second-day-in-solomon-islands |access-date=25 November 2021 |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108191638/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/25/honiaras-chinatown-targeted-as-violent-protests-break-out-for-second-day-in-solomon-islands |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis]]
|{{flag|Kiribati}}
|May – October 2022
|A crisis began when [[Judiciary of Kiribati|High Court Judge]] [[David Lambourne]] was suspended in May 2022 and Chief Justice [[Bill Hastings (judge)|Bill Hastings]] was suspended on 30 June 2022, both over allegations of misconduct. In October 2022, the [[President of Kiribati|President]] [[Taneti Maamau]] appointed Attorney General Tetiro Semilota as Acting Chief Justice.
|<ref>{{Cite news |date= |title=Kiribati suspends all remaining senior judges after row over Australian justice's deportation |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/kiribati-suspends-court-of-appeal-judges/101407060 |access-date=6 September 2022 |archive-date=2022-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906003705/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/kiribati-suspends-court-of-appeal-judges/101407060 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2022 |title=Kiribati faces constitutional crisis after government suspends both high court justices |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/kiribati-faces-constitutional-crisis-after-government-suspends-both-high-court-justices |access-date=12 August 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=12 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812140947/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/kiribati-faces-constitutional-crisis-after-government-suspends-both-high-court-justices |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[2022 Fijian general election]]
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|14 December 2022
|16-year incumbent [[Prime Minister of Fiji|prime minister]] [[Frank Bainimarama]] of the [[FijiFirst]] party was unable to form a government after winning a plurality of seats. Former prime minister and leader of the [[1987 Fijian coups d'état|1987 military coups]] [[Sitiveni Rabuka]] of the newly established [[People's Alliance (Fiji)|People's Alliance]] returned to the position.
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 December 2022 |title=Sitiveni Rabuka is Fiji's new prime minister |work=Radio New Zealand |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/481392/sitiveni-rabuka-is-fiji-s-new-prime-minister |access-date=13 April 2023 |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224070042/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/481392/sitiveni-rabuka-is-fiji-s-new-prime-minister |url-status=live}}</ref>
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