1995

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

Twenty-one Bosnian Serb commanders are charged with genocide and crimes against humanity in the United Nations' International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a tribunal on human rights violations during the Wars in the Balkans.

Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in outer space.

The Vaal Reefs mining disaster at Vaal Reefs gold mine in Orkney, South Africa. A runaway locomotive falls into a lift shaft onto an ascending cage and causes it to plunge 1,500 feet (460 m) to the bottom of the 6,900 feet (2,100 m) deep shaft, killing 104.

The 7.0 Mw Neftegorsk earthquake strikes northern Sakhalin Island in Russia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 1,967 people dead and 750 injured.

English yachtswoman Lisa Clayton completes her 10-month solo circumnavigation from the Northern Hemisphere.

Srebrenica massacre: Units of the Army of Republika Srpska, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, enter Srebrenica with little resistance from Dutch peacekeepers of the United Nations Protection Force, going on to kill thousands of Bosniak men and boys and rape many women.

Eduard Shevardnadze, the Georgian head of state, survives an assassination attempt in Tbilisi.

Tansu Çiller of DYP forms the new government of Turkey (51st government), a minority government which lasts for less than a month.

November – The Indian government officially renames the city of Bombay, restoring the name Mumbai.

A car bomb explosion outside the Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan destroys the façade of the building, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens more.

The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris, officially ending the Bosnian War.