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2026 Kharg Island attack
2026 Kharg Island attack: US bombing raid of March 13, 2026 on Iran's main oil export terminal during the US-Israeli war on Iran; military targets destroyed, oil infrastructure spared, seizure repeatedly threatened later.
2026 Kurdish–Iranian crisis
The 2026 Kurdish–Iranian crisis: escalation between Iran and its exiled Kurdish opposition after the February 28, 2026 US-Israeli attack on Iran; six-party Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan, collapsed western-front plan, Iranian strikes on KRI camps, and post-ceasefire PJAK clashes inside Iran.
2026 Kwara State attacks
Series of 2026 militant attacks and kidnappings in Kwara State, Nigeria, led by the 3 February massacre of at least 162 people in Woro and Nuku, attributed to Boko Haram's JAS faction.
2026 Kyiv shooting
2026 Kyiv shooting: 18 April 2026 mass shooting in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district by Moscow-born Dmytro Vasylchenkov, 58, who killed six (final toll seven), wounded 14, took supermarket hostages, and was shot dead by KORD police.
2026 Lake Kariba ferry accident
2026 Lake Kariba ferry accident: capsizing of the RIDA ferry Mbuya Nehanda (KF551) on 11 August 2026 near Long Island, Zimbabwe, en route to Chalala; overloaded 90-passenger ferry sank in the Binga Wave, killing at least 94, with 77 rescued.
2026 Lamerd sports hall attack
The 2026 Lamerd sports hall attack: three US Precision Strike Missiles hit the Shahid Naimi sports hall and two neighborhoods in Lamerd, Iran, on 28 February 2026, killing at least 21 civilians including children; the US denies responsibility.
2026 Lebanon war
The 2026 Lebanon war, fought between Israel and Hezbollah from 2 March 2026 after the US-Israel attack on Iran, killed nearly 4,000 people in Lebanon, displaced over a million, and led to a US-brokered trilateral framework for Hezbollah disarmament and Israeli withdrawal.
2026 Leipzig Airport drone incidents
2026 Leipzig Airport drone incidents: an explosive drone was found near a Ukrainian Antonov cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport on 4–5 August 2026; Germany blamed Russia on 1 September, closed the Bonn consulate, and later investigated an October fence breach.
2026 Liuyang fireworks factory explosion
Deadly May 4, 2026 explosion at the Huasheng fireworks plant (华盛烟花) in Liuyang, Hunan, China's fireworks capital; 37 dead, one missing, 51 hospitalized; State Council investigation and criminal detentions followed.
2026 London antisemitic attacks
2026 London antisemitic attacks: arson and attempted arson against Hatzola ambulances, synagogues, and Jewish sites, plus the Golders Green stabbing, claimed by the Iran-linked group HAYI and prompting £251 million in security funding.
2026 Mali offensives
2026 Mali offensives: joint coordinated attacks by the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) and JNIM against Mali's FAMa and Russia's Africa Corps, beginning 25 April 2026 with the recapture of Kidal and the killing of Defense Minister Sadio Camara, followed by a July escalation around Anéfis and Gao.
2026 Mexico cartel unrest
The 2026 Mexico cartel unrest was a wave of violence triggered by the killing of CJNG leader El Mencho in February 2026, with roadblocks in 20 states.
2026 Minab school attack
2026 Minab school attack: February 28, 2026 Tomahawk missile strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran, first day of the US-Israeli war, killing 156 including 120 children; UN found reasonable grounds of US war crime.
2026 Minnesota water system cyberattack
July 2026 coordinated cyberattack on over 30 Minnesota community water systems' operational technology (PLCs, HMIs), briefly shutting Braham's plant; US agencies assessed Iran was likely responsible.
2026 Monaco bombing
2026 Monaco bombing: June 29, 2026 parcel-bomb attack in Monaco targeting Ukrainian-born tycoon Vadym Yermolaiev and family; officially an attempted assassination, terrorism ruled out; suspect Anastasiia Berezovska later found dead in Ukraine.
2026 Montreal shooting
2026 Montreal shooting: June 22, 2026 Côte-des-Neiges attack at a Hilton hotel by Seth Scott Hatfield, 25, of Lethbridge, who killed SPVM officer Mohamed Lamine Benredouane and civilian Michel Mizrahi before being shot dead; incel manifesto, BEI investigation.
2026 Moscow bombing
2026 Moscow bombing: 1 August 2026 IED blast at the Balzi Rossi restaurant, Kudrinskaya Square, during a reported birthday party for Aerospace Forces chief Aleksandr Chaiko; five dead including bomber and general Valery Plokhotnyuk; responsibility unclaimed.
2026 Moscow Victory Day Parade
2026 Moscow Victory Day Parade, 9 May 2026 Red Square parade marking the 81st anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany; first since 2008 with no military hardware, infantry-only, held amid Ukrainian drone-strike fears.
2026 New York City protest bombing attempt
March 7, 2026 attempted ISIS-inspired bombing at protests outside Gracie Mansion, NYC Mayor Mamdani's residence; Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi threw two TATP devices that failed to detonate.
2026 Nigerien coup attempt
The 2026 Nigerien coup attempt was a mutiny by young special forces officers in Niamey on 28–29 August 2026 against General Abdourahamane Tiani's junta, attacking the presidential palace and Air Base 101; loyalists and Russian Africa Corps forces suppressed it.
2026 Nonthaburi shootings
The 2026 Nonthaburi shootings, also called the Nonthaburi school shootings, were two fatal gun attacks in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, within three days in August 2026.
2026 northeastern Syria offensive
January 2026 Syrian transitional government offensive against the Kurdish-led SDF, also called the northeastern Syria offensive. Government forces took about 80 percent of SDF territory, leading to the 18 and 30 January ceasefire and integration agreements and the SDF's eventual dissolution.
2026 Northern Ireland riots
The 2026 Northern Ireland riots: two nights of anti-migrant disorder in Belfast, Glengormley and Portadown in June 2026, sparked by viral footage of a north Belfast knife attack, distinct from the August 2024 and June 2025 unrest.
2026 Old West End Festival shooting
2026 Old West End Festival shooting, Toledo Ohio mass shooting June 6, 2026; 12 wounded near the festival by two rival-group shooters; suspects Eljay Crisp-Carr and Ka Nye Taylor later arrested.
2026 Onikişubat school shooting
School shooting of 15 April 2026 at Ayser Çalık Ortaokulu, Onikişubat district, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey; a 14-year-old student killed nine (eight students and a teacher) and wounded 13 with his father's firearms, a day after the Siverek school attack.
2026 Pawtucket shooting
The 2026 Pawtucket shooting was a February 16, 2026 attack in which Robert Dorgan shot and killed family members at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
2026 Penza Oblast mobilisation
The 2026 Penza Oblast mobilisation: street raids and coerced military-contract signings in Penza, Russia, reported from late 2025, viral in June 2026, denied by regional officials.
2026 Port Shuaiba drone attack
2026 Port Shuaiba drone attack: March 1, 2026 Iranian drone strike on a US Army tactical operations center at Kuwait's Port Shuaiba during the Iran war, killing six Army Reserve soldiers of the 103rd Sustainment Command and wounding dozens.
2026 Quetta train bombing
2026 Quetta train bombing: 24 May 2026 BLA suicide car bomb on a military shuttle train near Chaman Phatak, Quetta, Pakistan; over 30 killed, Majeed Brigade claimed, coincided with Sharif's China visit.
2026 Rasht massacre
2026 Rasht massacre: killing of anti-government protesters by Iranian security forces in Rasht, Gilan province, on 8–9 January 2026, centered on the Grand Bazaar fire, with witness, hospital, and UN documentation.