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- Waco siege1993 US law enforcement siege in Texas
- War against the Islamic StateMilitary actions against the Islamic State
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)U.S Armed conflict in South Asia
- War in DarfurGenocidal conflict in Western Sudan
- War in Donbas2014–2022 war between Ukraine and Russia
- War on drugsU.S.-led campaign against illegal drug use and trade
- Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia1968 invasion led by the Soviet Union
- Waterfront HallBelfast Waterfront is a multi-purpose conference and entertainment centre, in Belfast, Nor
- Watergate scandal1970s political scandal in the U.S.
- Wau, Papua New GuineaWau is a town in Papua New Guinea, in the province of Morobe. It has a population of appro
- Waziristan AccordThe Waziristan Accord (or North Waziristan Accord) was an agreement between the government
- Welsh republicanismMovement to make Wales a republic
- West GermanyFederal Republic of Germany (1949–1990)
- West New Guinea disputeInternational conflict
- West Nile Bank FrontThe West Nile Bank Front (WNBF) was an Ugandan rebel group under the command of Juma Oris.
- West–East Gas PipelineSet of natural gas pipelines in China
- Western African Ebola epidemic2013–2016 major disease outbreak
- Western AlliesGroup of Allied countries in World War II
- Western BlocGroup of states aligned with the United States during the Cold War
- Western RegionsHistorical name for regions of Chinese suzerainty in Central Asia
- Western Sahara War1975–1991 armed conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front
- White House (Moscow)Government building in Moscow
- White Terror (Taiwan)Period of martial law and political repression in Taiwan
- William J. StauntonWilliam J. Staunton (1928 – 25 January 1973) was a British resident magistrate killed by t
- William King HarveyWilliam King "Bill" Harvey (September 13, 1915 – June 9, 1976) was an American Central Int
- William L. SwingWilliam Lacy Swing (September 11, 1934 – June 12, 2021) was a diplomat and former United S
- William McCullough (loyalist)William "Bucky" McCullough (1949 – 16 October 1981) was a Northern Irish loyalist paramili
- WirtschaftswunderPost-World War II rapid reconstruction of West Germany and Austria
- Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)The withdrawal of the United States troops from Iraq began in December 2007 with the end o
- Wojciech JaruzelskiLeader of Poland from 1981 to 1989
- Woo Bum-kon incident1982 spree killing in South Korea
- Workers' resistance against the Marcos dictatorshipOpposition in the Philippines, 1970s and 1980s
- World War IIIHypothetical future global conflict