A series of riots in loyalist areas of Northern Ireland began in Waterside, Derry, on 30 March 2021. After four nights of rioting in Derry, disturbances spread to south Belfast on 2 April, where a loyalist protest developed into a riot involving iron bars, bricks, masonry and petrol bombs. Following this, civil unrest spread to Newtownabbey on 3 April, where cars were hijacked and burnt, and petrol bombs were also used against police. Carrickfergus in southern County Antrim also saw serious civil unrest on the night of 4 April and morning of 5 April, where loyalists created roadblocks to keep police out of local estates and threw petrol bombs at police vehicles.

There was a territorial dispute over the ownership of the Tuzla Island between Ukraine and Russia in October 2003. The Russian authorities claimed the 1954 transfer of Crimea to Ukraine had only included the continental parts of Crimea, even though the Tuzla Island had been administratively part of Crimea since 1941. Since the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea Tuzla island is a defacto part of Russia.

Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (; born September 4, 1967) is an American attorney and politician serving as the United States Representative for the 15th district of Texas. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district serves a narrow ribbon of South Texas stretching from the outer suburbs of San Antonio to the Rio Grande Valley and includes Brooks, Duval, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, Karnes, and Live Oak counties as well as portions of Hidalgo and Wilson counties. Gonzalez won the 2016 general election and took office on January 3, 2017. Gonzalez was easily re-elected in 2018 and won by a significantly reduced margin in 2020, a year which saw unprecedented Republican success in South Texas.