March 18, 2014★★★★★
Russia annexes Crimea
After seizing the peninsula and holding an internationally unrecognised referendum, Russia annexes Ukraine's Crimea.
PoliticsWar· Ukraine, Russia
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June 29, 2014★★★★★
ISIS proclaims a caliphate
The Islamic State group proclaims a 'caliphate' over territory seized in Iraq and Syria; it loses nearly all of it by 2017–2019.
WarPolitics· Iraq, Syria
Ongoing
2013 – 2016★★★★★
West African Ebola epidemic
The largest Ebola outbreak in history, centred on Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, killed more than 11,000 people.
Disease· Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone