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2026 Ceuta migrant crisis

The 2026 Ceuta migrant crisis was the largest migration event in the city's history, occurring on July 30 and 31, 2026. Tens of thousands of migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco.

2026 Chico library shooting

2026 Chico library shooting: June 22, 2026 attack at the Butte County Library Chico branch by 18-year-old Bradley Scott Sayer, a Columbine-inspired shotgun attack killing Robert Johnson and Jacob Hull and injuring a 7-year-old girl.

2026 Colombian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash

2026 Colombian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash: C-130H FAC 1016 (Hércules) crashed on takeoff at Puerto Leguízamo, Putumayo, 23 March 2026, killing 69 of 126 aboard; tree strike, FAC investigation ongoing.

2026 Crans-Montana bar fire

Deadly bar fire at Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland, early 1 January 2026, during New Year celebrations; 41 dead, 116 hospitalised; linked to champagne-bottle sparklers and missed fire inspections.

2026 Cuban boat incident

2026 Cuban boat incident: February 25, 2026 shootout near Cayo Falcones, Villa Clara, between Cuban Border Guard and stolen Florida speedboat FL7726SH carrying 10 armed Cuban Americans; five died, six face terrorism charges in Cuba.

2026 Damietta drone strike

2026 Damietta drone strike: attack of 29 July 2026 in which a drone hit the US-owned FSRU Energos Winter at Egypt's Damietta Port, spreading fire to the GasLog Salem LNG tanker; no casualties, attribution unresolved.

2026 Delaney Hall hunger strike and protests

The 2026 Delaney Hall hunger strike: over 300 ICE detainees at the GEO Group-run Newark, New Jersey detention facility began a hunger and labor strike May 22, 2026, protesting food, medical care, and coerced deportations, with mass protests outside until the strike ended around June 22.

2026 Dobropillia offensive

The 2026 Dobropillia offensive is Russia's renewed operation to capture Dobropillia in western Donetsk Oblast, waged by the 2nd and 51st Combined Arms Armies against Ukrainian Azov Corps defenders, with high-tempo small-group infiltration, disputed Russian encirclement claims, and fighting continuing into October 2026.

2026 drone incidents in Romania

2026 drone incidents in Romania: Russian drone spillover from the Ukraine war, including the May 29 Galati apartment strike that injured two civilians on NATO territory, July F-16 shootdowns, and Black Sea ship strikes.

2026 escalation of Israeli settler violence

2026 escalation of Israeli settler violence: record West Bank settler attacks against Palestinians, driven by farming outposts, with 203 shooting incidents by September, olive-harvest surge, mass displacement, and 3% conviction rate.

2026 Fagersta school attack

2026 Fagersta school attack: sword attack at Brinellskolan, Fagersta, Sweden, 21 August 2026, by 18-year-old Liam Nebel, killing a 17-year-old girl and injuring three; a 16-year-old is suspected of aiding the attack.

2026 Hat Yai school shooting

2026 Hat Yai school shooting: 11 February 2026 attack at Patong Prathan Kiriwat School, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand, in which a teenager with a stolen police 9mm took hostages and fatally shot director Sasiphat Sinsamosorn.

2026 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crash

2026 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crash: ATR 42-500 PK-THT, chartered by Indonesia's Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, flew Yogyakarta to Makassar and hit Mount Bulusaraung on approach, killing all 10 aboard; KNKT preliminary report issued February 2026.

2026 interceptions of Iranian missiles in Turkey

Four Iranian ballistic missiles entering Turkish airspace on March 4, 9, 13, and 30, 2026 were intercepted by NATO air and missile defense assets in the Eastern Mediterranean during the US-Israeli war with Iran, with no casualties.

2026 Invasion Day protest bombing attempt

2026 Invasion Day protest bombing attempt: a homemade fragment bomb with ball bearings and screws was thrown into a 2,000-person Invasion Day rally at Forrest Place, Perth, on 26 January 2026; declared a terrorist act on 5 February, WA's first terrorism charge.

2026 Iran war

The 2026 Iran war is the US-Israel conflict with Iran that began 28 February 2026, killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, closed the Strait of Hormuz, and by late 2026 remained a costly stalemate.

2026 Iran war ceasefire

2026 Iran war ceasefire: Pakistan-brokered April 2026 two-week truce and the June Islamabad Memorandum, a 14-point US-Iran MOU ending the war begun February 28, 2026; it collapsed July 8, 2026 and expired in August.

2026 Iran war order of battle

2026 Iran war order of battle: US Operation Epic Fury and Israeli Operation Roaring Lion forces versus Iran's IRGC, missile forces, Hezbollah, and Houthis, beginning 28 February 2026, with UK defensive deployments and the Hormuz blockade.

2026 Iranian strike on Azerbaijan

Iranian UAV strike of 5 March 2026 on Nakhchivan International Airport and civilian sites in Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave, six days into the 2026 US-Israel-Iran war; Baku condemned it as a terrorist act, demanded an apology, and chose de-escalation.

2026 Iranian strike on Diego Garcia

2026 Iranian strike on Diego Garcia: Iran's 20 March 2026 launch of two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at the joint US-UK base on Diego Garcia, about 4,000 km from Iran; both missed, one failed in flight, one was intercepted; missile type and attribution disputed.

2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries

2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries: missile and drone retaliation by Iran against all six Gulf Cooperation Council states, Jordan, Iraq and others after the US-Israeli February 28, 2026 attack on Iran killed Ayatollah Khamenei; over 6,700 projectiles fired, Ras Laffan LNG damaged, Strait of Hormuz closed.

2026 Iranian strikes on Israel

The 2026 Iranian strikes on Israel were missile and drone attacks Iran and Hezbollah launched against Israel after the 28 February 2026 US-Israeli strikes on Iran, including over 850 March attacks, cluster munition barrages, and a final June exchange.

2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan

2026 Iranian strikes on Jordan: Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks on Jordan and US forces there during the 2026 Iran war, beginning February 28, 2026, including strikes on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base and hundreds of intercepted threats.

2026 Iranian strikes on Oman

The 2026 Iranian strikes on Oman were drone attacks on the ports of Duqm, Salalah, and Sohar in March 2026, part of Iran's retaliatory strikes on Gulf states, which Iran denied.

2026 Iranian strikes on Qatar

The 2026 Iranian strikes on Qatar were Iranian missile and drone attacks on Qatari territory, including Al Udeid Air Base and Ras Laffan, starting February 28, 2026.

2026 Iranian strikes on the Kurdistan Region

2026 Iranian strikes on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: IRGC and Iran-backed militia missile and drone attacks, over 800 from 28 February to 20 April 2026, targeting Iranian Kurdish opposition camps, US assets, and KRG sites, continuing after the 8 April ceasefire.

2026 Islamabad mosque bombing

6 February 2026 suicide bombing at the Khadija Tul Kubra Imambargah, Tarlai, Islamabad, during Friday prayers; 31 dead, 169 injured; claimed by Islamic State Pakistan Province; deadliest attack since Peshawar 2023.

2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire

The 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire comprises April and June 2026 stop-fire arrangements and the 26 June trilateral framework signed by Israel, Lebanon, and the United States, providing for phased Hezbollah disarmament, Israeli withdrawal, and pilot zones; Hezbollah rejected it and implementation remains limited.

2026 Jalisco operation

The 2026 Jalisco operation took place on February 22, 2026, in Tapalpa, Jalisco. The raid killed CJNG leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and resulted in seven deaths.

2026 Karaj B1 bridge attack

The 2026 Karaj B1 bridge attack: US airstrikes on April 2, 2026 destroyed Iran's tallest bridge, the B1 suspension bridge linking Tehran and Karaj, killing 8-13 people, during the US-Israeli war on Iran, with AI-video and missile-launcher disinformation debunked afterward.