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Almost half of the world's critically endangered saiga antelopes (example pictured) die in May from suspected pasteurellosis. Following two separate criminal probes, Swiss police arrest seven FIFA officials and raid its headquarters. Cable telecommunications company Charter agrees to buy Time Warner Cable in a deal worth US$55.1 billion. A heat wave in India kills more than two thousand people. In motorsport, Nico Rosberg wins the Monaco Grand Prix. Opposition candidate Andrzej Duda is elected President of Poland. In cricket, Mumbai Indians win the Indian Premier League after defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final. Ongoing events: Rohingya refugee crisis Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Recent deaths: Marques Haynes

Current events of May 31, 2015 (2015-05-31) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Sinai insurgency Egyptian security officials report that militants have blown up a natural gas pipeline outside El-Arish the capital of North Sinai. (AP via KFox) Libyan Civil War (2014–present) A suicide bomber strikes a checkpoint near the city of Misrata causing several deaths. (Reuters via LBC) Boko Haram A bomb explodes at a market place in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri killing at least four people. (Channel STV) Disasters and accidents 2015 Indian heat wave The death toll from the heat wave reaches 2,100 with intense heat to continue until Monday. (NHK) April 2015 Nepal earthquake Thousands of schools open in Nepal after the devastating earthquake of April 2015 which destroyed more than 25,000 classrooms and killed more than 8,000 people. (BBC) International relations Russia announces that it will join the People's Republic of China in naval drills in the South China Sea in May 2016. (RT) Russian Su-24 attack aircraft intercept the US destroyer Ross in the Black Sea at the edge of Russian territorial waters. (Reuters) John Kerry, the United States Secretary of State, is taken to hospital in Switzerland with a broken leg following a cycling accident in the nearby French town of Scionzier. Kerry had been in Geneva negotiating with the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. (BBC), (NBC News) Law and crime One man is dead and two are detained after an incident at Singapore's Shangri-La Hotel which is currently hosting a high-level international dialogue over the South China Sea. (Straits-Times) Politics and elections The United States Senate will hold a last-minute debate on whether to extend the Patriot Act before it expires at midnight (Eastern Daylight Time). (Time) The East African Community calls on Burundi to postpone its presidential election due to unrest sparked by the decision by President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term. (AP) Sport 2015 Giro d'Italia In cycling, Alberto Contador of Spain wins his second Giro d'Italia. (BBC) Current events of May 30, 2015 (2015-05-30) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian Civil War The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that barrel bombs dropped by the Bashar al-Assad regime have killed at least 45 people in the Aleppo Governorate and injured dozens more. (AFP via Daily Star) Boko Haram A suicide bomber kills 26 people in a Maiduguri mosque hours after militants launch an attack on the first full day of President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari's term of office. (AFP via Sky News) Disasters and accidents A 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Japan. No tsunami warning is issued. (BBC) Illegal immigration from Africa to Europe The Italian Coast Guard states that at least 17 people have died and 4,200 have been rescued in the Mediterranean Sea attempting to travel to Europe in the past 24 hours. Ships from nations including Italy, Republic of Ireland, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom have been involved in rescue efforts. (AFP/Reuters via ABC Online) International relations Territorial disputes in the South China Sea The United States Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter warns that the People's Republic of China's island building in the South China Sea is undermining security in the Asia-Pacific region and has called for a diplomatic solution. (The Guardian) US surveillance detects two large self-propelled artillery vehicles on one of the islands. (AP via News24) (CNN) Law and crime 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis A Thai national is arrested in Myanmar in relation to human trafficking offences after the Myanmar Navy rescues more than 200 people from a boat that he allegedly owns. (AFP via Myanmar Mail) Politics and elections Beau Biden, U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden's son, who had served in the Iraq War and for multiple terms as the Attorney General of Delaware, dies at Walter Reed Medical Center after a battle with malignant brain cancer. (MSN) Martin O'Malley announces that he will be seeking the Democratic Party nomination in the 2016 US presidential election. (CNN) Science A mystery disease has killed over 120,000 saiga antelopes – more than a third of the world's total population – in Kazakhstan in recent weeks. (AFP via ABC Online) Sport Football In England, Arsenal defeat Aston Villa 4-0 in the 2015 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, with the victors playing in a record 19th final and achieving a record 12th win. (BBC) (The FA via Twitter) In Scotland, Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC defeat Falkirk FC 2-1 at Hampden Park to win the 2015 Scottish Cup Final. This is Inverness' first major title. (BBC), (The Guardian) In South Africa, Namibia defeat Mozambique 2-0 to win the 2015 COSAFA Cup for the first time. (COSAFA) In Spain, FC Barcelona defeat Athletic Bilbao 3-1 in the 2014–15 Copa del Rey final meaning they complete a domestic double after winning La Liga. Lionel Messi scored a brace in the victory. (The Guardian) (Reuters via Sydney Morning Herald) Alistair Cook becomes the leading run scorer of all time in test cricket for England playing against New Zealand in the second test at Headingley Stadium in Leeds. (BBC) Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Anaheim Ducks in a seven game series to advance to the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals. (NHL) Current events of May 29, 2015 (2015-05-29) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Singapore says the Islamist group plans to take the conflict into Southeast Asia. (Straits Times) Dammam Mosque bomb blast:Islamic State claims responsibility for a car bomb in the parking lot of the Imam Hussain Mosque situated in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, during Friday prayers, with at least four people killed and dozens injured. Authorities state that the mosque itself was not hit. (The Express Tribune), (CNN) Balochistan conflict Gunmen in Pakistan's Balochistan province attack two buses killing at least 19 people. (BBC) Disasters and accidents A volcano erupts on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu-jima prompting the evacuation of all residents and the diversion of all flights. (Kyodo via Japan Times), (GMA Network) 2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood and tornado outbreak Dozens of people are rescued in the US state of Texas. The death toll from floods in Texas and Oklahoma has reached 24 dead with 13 missing with another 15 people dead from tornadoes in northern Mexico and Texas. (NBC News) The Governor of Texas Greg Abbott asks for a Presidential declaration of a disaster to obtain United States Government assistance for the worst affected areas of the state. (AP) 2015 Indian heat wave The official death toll from the Indian heat wave passes 1,800 making it the deadliest heatwave in more than two decades. (AFP via Yahoo! News) Health The number of cases in an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea rises to 12. (Yonhap News) International relations 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis Thailand will allow the United States to fly surveillance planes through their airspace, allowing the United States to identify boats carrying refugees. (ITV) Irish Naval Service patrol vessel LÉ Eithne rescues 300 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. (BBC) The United States officially removes Cuba from its list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. (NBC News) War in Donbass The President of France François Hollande and the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel call on the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to implement measures agreed on the Minsk ceasefire. (Reuters) Russia blacklists dozens of European Union officials from entering the country. (AFP via France 24) Law and crime Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is given a life sentence after being convicted for narcotics trafficking. (The Verge) American television actor Dustin Diamond is convicted of two misdemeanor charges stemming from a stabbing at a Wisconsin bar last year but acquitted on felony charges. (AP) Politics and elections Muhammadu Buhari is sworn in as the President of Nigeria following a recent election. (AP) Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 Former Governor of Maryland Martin O'Malley will announce his candidacy for President of the United States at 10:00 am on May 30. (USA Today) Sports Sepp Blatter is elected to a fifth term as president of FIFA after Prince Ali bin Hussein withdraws his candidacy before a second round of voting could take place. The first round of voting had ended with Blatter falling seven votes short of the 2/3 majority needed to win. (ESPN), (CNN) Current events of May 28, 2015 (2015-05-28) (Thursday) Business and economy The Solicitor General of the United States sides with Oracle in a much-watched copyright dispute with Google over Java APIs. (IDG News Service). Disasters and accidents The United States Air Force says that as many as 22 people have been inadvertently exposed to anthrax during a laboratory training exercise at Osan Air Base in South Korea. (AFP via Yahoo! News) Tornadoes of 2015 and 2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood and tornado outbreak The death toll from the recent storms in the American states of Texas and Oklahoma rises to 21 with 11 people missing. Fourteen more people have been killed in northern Mexico. (AP via ABC News) 2015 Indian heat wave The death toll from the Indian heat wave rises to over 1,400 with over 1000 dead in Andhra Pradesh state alone. (CNN) Seventeen students are killed and five injured when a truck carrying them to school overturns on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. (AFP via Abram Online) International relations The Hellenic Coast Guard rescues 218 migrants off the coast of Greece who sailed illegally from Turkey making the total number of people arriving more than 1,500 in a week. (AFP via Daily Star) Law and crime Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Dennis Hastert is indicted for allegedly trying to evade banking reporting requirements and lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigations. (CNBC) Independent lawmaker Catherine Murphy raises fresh allegations in Ireland's Dáil against billionaire Denis O'Brien, prompting criticism over the silence of the country's media (much of it owned by O'Brien). (RTE) (Broadsheet) (UP Report) Politics and elections Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016 Former Governor of New York, George Pataki, announces that he is seeking the Republican Party nomination for the 2016 presidential election. (CNN) Science and technology NASA awards Boeing a commercial contract to build and fly the next passenger spacecraft, the CST-100. (Fin24) Current events of May 27, 2015 (2015-05-27) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Islamic State militants have carried out multiple suicide bombings targeting the Iraqi Army in Anbar Province killing at least 17 people. (AP) Disasters and accidents At least 12 people, associated with the Kangleyuan Rest Home in the Chinese city of Pingdingshan in Henan province which was destroyed by fire with the loss of 38 lives, are detained for questioning. (AP) A sixth person is found to have died in this week's floods in Harris County, Texas, which contains the city of Houston. (Houston Chronicle) 2015 Indian heat wave The death toll in the two worst affected states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana passes 800. (Times of India) International relations Representatives from the United States, Japan and South Korea meet in Seoul on how to respond to North Korea's nuclear weapons program. (AP) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair resigns as the peace envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East. (ABC News) Law and crime FIFA corruption scandal Six FIFA officials are detained in Switzerland for extradition to the United States in relation to allegations of corruption between the 1990s and now. Those arrested include Jeffrey Webb, Jack Warner, Eduardo Li, Eugenio Figueredo and Jose Maria Marin. (AP), (BBC), (Washington Post) Swiss federal prosecutors open criminal procedures in relation to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. (AP) FIFA suspends eleven people from involvement in football over the scandal. (AP) The Legislature of the US state of Nebraska votes to outlaw the death penalty, overriding a veto by Governor Pete Ricketts. (Lincoln Journal Star) The parliament of Greenland unanimously votes to legalize same-sex marriage by 1 October, 2015. (The Local) Politics The newly-elected British House of Commons commences its session with the State Opening of Parliament ceremony in which the Queen's Speech is delivered. (BBC) The Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt calls an election for June 18. (Reuters via Straits Times) Rick Santorum announces he will be seeking the nomination of the Republican Party in the United States presidential election, 2016. (Washington Post) Science and technology Elon Musk's SpaceX wins U.S. Air Force approval to launch military satellites. (AFP via News24) Sport 2014–15 UEFA Europa League In association football, Sevilla FC of Spain becomes the first club to win the UEFA Europa League four times defeating Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk of Ukraine 3-2 with Colombian striker Carlos Bacca scoring twice in the final. (CNN) Matheus Leite Nascimento collapses on the field of play during the 2015 UEFA Europa League Final in Warsaw. (SM) 2015 NBA Finals In basketball, the Golden State Warriors defeat the Houston Rockets 104-90 to win the Western Conference 4-1 and go to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1975. (Bleacher Report) Current events of May 26, 2015 (2015-05-26) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan (2015–present) A suicide bomber and gunmen attack a court building in the provincial capital of Maidan Shahr in Maidan Wardak resulting in the deaths of two police officers and four of the attackers. (Tolo News) Thirteen Kenyan police officers are missing after an Al-Shabaab ambush in Garissa County. (Standard Digital) Yemeni Civil War (2015) Shellfire from Yemen kills two people over the border in Saudi Arabia. (AFP via Daily Star) Boko Haram Boko Haram kills at least 43 people in the town of Gubio in Nigeria's Borno State. (Reuters) Business and economy Charter Communications announces plans to merge with Time Warner Cable in a $55.1 billion deal. (Market Watch) (Bloomberg) Arts and culture Police in China catch 175 looters who raided the Niuheliang Neolithic archaeological site in Manchuria. (AP) Disasters and accidents Tornadoes of 2015 Thirteen die in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico in the city's first-ever tornado. (BBC News) Texas–Oklahoma floods Flash flood warnings are now in place in eight states with flood waters causing closures of roads, rail services and buses in Houston. (NBC News) Thirty people are reported missing in the Houston area as the flood water levels continue to rise as the death toll in Texas rises to 13. (AP via News24), (AP) 2015 India heat wave The death toll from the heat wave passes 1100 as the roads in the capital New Delhi are melting in the heat. (AFP via AsiaOne) Health A man dies of the rare Lassa fever in the American state of New Jersey after returning from West Africa. (AFP via Yahoo! News) International relations The President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou proposes a mechanism for resolving disputes in the South China Sea. (The Guardian) The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will for the first time participate in Exercise Talisman Saber, a joint exercise between the United States and Australia. (AFP via ABC Australia) Law and crime A petition to legalize same-sex marriage in the Philippines is filed in the Supreme Court. (Rappler) Thieves use an online tax service provided by the American Internal Revenue Service to steal information from more than 100,000 taxpayers. (AP) A US Appeals Court rules that President Barack Obama will not be able to implement his executive action on immigration while it is being challenged by Texas and 25 other states. (Washington Examiner)(New York Times) A lone gunman enters a Walmart store in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, and opens fire, killing one employee before turning the gun on himself. (Minneapolis Star Tribune) Science The Wildlife Conservation Society estimates that poachers have killed half of Mozambique's elephants in the past five years. (AFP via CapitalFM) Sports 2015 NBA Finals In basketball, the Cleveland Cavaliers led by LeBron James win the Eastern Conference and will play in the 2015 NBA finals. (Cleveland.com) Current events of May 25, 2015 (2015-05-25) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian Civil War Turkey says that it has reached an in-principle deal with the United States to give support to some elements of Syrian opposition. Over a million Syrian refugees live in Turkish territory, including many Syrian opposition figures. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A Tunisian Army soldier is killed after a shooting rampage in which 7 fellow soldiers are killed and 10 others injured in their barracks in Tunis. (AP via Fox News) (AFP via News24) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Close to 55,000 people have fled the Iraqi city of Ramadi since it was captured by Islamic State. (CNN) Arts and culture Australia announces that it will repatriate the bodies of up to 25 soldiers killed in the early stages of the Vietnam War. (AP via Yahoo! News) Disasters and accidents Nine railway carriages of the Muri Express derail in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district, killing one and injuring more than 100 people. (Zee News) Tornadoes of 2015 A tornado kills at least thirteen people in the Mexican city of Ciudad Acuña and injures 88. (Reuters) 2015 India heat wave The death toll from an Indian heat wave rises to 432 in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with extreme conditions forecast to continue. (Times of India) At least 38 people are killed and 6 injured in a nursing home fire in Lushan County of China's Henan Province. (BBC) Emergency workers have recovered the final bodies from a collapsed gold mine in Colombia with 15 people recovered. (France 24) International relations Malaysia summons a Philippines diplomat over a dispute regarding the ownership of Sabah. (Rappler) The People's Republic of China lodges an official complaint with the United States over a flight by an alleged spy plane over parts of the South China Sea. (Reuters) The government of Sudan denies allegations from South Sudan that it is supporting rebels threatening oil fields in its southern neighbour. (Reuters via Daily Star) Law and crime Malaysia announces the discovery of 139 mass graves near the border with Thailand with some graves containing more than one body. (Reuters viaDaily Mail) Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert is sentenced to eight months in jail following a conviction on corruption charges for unlawfully accepting multiple envelopes with cash from an American supporter. There are 3 more criminals prosecutions against him. (BBC), (AP via The Guardian) Politics David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, outlines who will be able to vote in the referendum on the United Kingdom remaining a member of the European Union with the vote restricted to those eligible to vote in British elections rather than European Parliament elections. (AP via WTOP) Surinamese general election, 2015 Voters in Suriname go to the polls for a general election. (AFP via Yahoo! News) Two recent polls indicate that the ruling party in Republic of Turkey, the Justice and Development Party of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is in danger of losing its parliamentary majority in the June 7 election. (Reuters) More May 2015 events...

Time: 20:28 UTC  |  Day: 31 May  |   << May 2015 >> S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31    More May 2015 events... About this page • Suggest a headline News about Wikipedia  Ongoing events Political Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen 2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine More details on ongoing conflicts below  Recent deaths May 30: Beau Biden 30: Joël Champetier 30: Julie Harris 30: Tony McNamara 30: Lennie Merullo 30: Cornell Moss 30: L. Tom Perry 29: Doris Hart 29: Chris Kohlhase 28: John Buckner 28: Reynaldo Rey 27: Erik Carlsson 27: Bill Foster 27: Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki 27: Andy King 27: John Siegal 26: Vicente Aranda 26: Walter Byers 26: Bob Hornery 26: Art Thieme 25: Mary Ellen Mark 25: John M. Murphy 25: Bill O'Herlihy 24: Marcus Belgrave 24: Michael W. Ryan 23: Anne Meara 23: John Forbes Nash, Jr. 22: Marques Haynes 22: Vladimir Katriuk 22: John Mosley 22: Terry Sue-Patt 21: Louis Johnson 20: Bob Belden 19: Bruce Lundvall 19: Happy Rockefeller 19: Robert S. Wistrich 18: Aruna Shanbaug 17: Chinx 16: Prashant Bhargava 16: Moshe Levinger 16: Dean Potter 16: Adrian Robinson 16: Abu Sayyaf 16: Peter Tallberg 16: John Templeton, Jr. 16: Yeung Kwong 15: Elisabeth Bing 15: Alfred DelBello 15: Corey Hill 15: Jacob Jensen 15: John Lo Schiavo 15: Garo Yepremian 14: B.B. King 14: Franz Wright 13: Derek Davis 13: David Sackett 12: Peter Gay 12: Bill Guthridge 12: William Zinsser 11: Tony Ayala, Jr. 11: Maggie Black 11: Jef Geeraerts 11: John Watts 10: Chris Burden 10: William T. Cooper 10: Kim Kyok-sik 10: Rachel Rosenthal 10: Victor Salvi 9: Kenan Evren 9: Johnny Gimble 9: Alexandre Lamfalussy 9: Michael Mackellar 9: Elizabeth Wilson 8: Rutger Gunnarsson 8: Mwepu Ilunga 8: Leif Holger Larsen 8: Domingo Lucenario, Jr. 7: Maurice Flanagan 7: Frank DiPascali 6: Errol Brown 6: Jim Wright 5: Gerard Davison 5: Craig Gruber 5: Hans Jansen 4: Ellen Albertini Dow 4: Marv Hubbard 4: Joshua Ozersky 3: Thomas A. Constantine 3: Danny Jones 3: Robert Rietti 3: Abdul Basit Usman 2: Guy Carawan 2: Dave Goldberg 2: Maya Plisetskaya 2: Ruth Rendell 1: María Elena Velasco 1: Grace Lee Whitney  Ongoing conflicts Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Dissident Irish Republican campaign Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency  Elections Recent: April–May 30: Tanzania, Referendum 3: Nagorno-Karabakh, National Assembly 7: United Kingdom, House of Commons 10: Poland, President (1st round) 11: Guyana, National Assembly 13: Lebanon, President (23rd round) 22: Ireland, Referendum 24: Ethiopia, House of Peoples' Representatives 24: Poland, President (2nd round) 25: Suriname, National Assembly 26: Netherlands, Senate Upcoming: June 3: Lebanon, President (24th round) 5: Burundi, National Assembly 7: Luxembourg, Referenda 7: Mexico, Congress 7: Turkey, National Assembly 14: Switzerland, Referenda 18: Denmark, Parliament 26: Burundi, President  Trials Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Ji Jianye, Liao Shaohua, Ni Fake, Chen Baihuai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste, Mohamed Morsi Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Dan Diaconescu Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan,Jodi Arias Dzhokhar Tsarnaev International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina, Zdravko Tolimir SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan, Joseph Scott Pemberton Romania: , Darius Vâlcov, Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie, Cătălin Voicu, Relu Fenechiu, Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming China: Zhou Yongkang, Wu Changshun Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

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