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Nations & Places

1490 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 11 of 25.

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IraqIQFederal parliamentary republic and OPEC+ producer with oil-dependent public finances.
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IrelandIEEU member state; major tech and data-centre hub, energy price-taker, football nation.
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IrkutskRUSiberian city where an unexplained laboratory worker death prompted WHO enquiries.
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Irkutsk OblastRURussian federal region investigated after an unexplained laboratory worker death in Irkutsk.
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IrumuCDIturi territory affected by ADF insurgent activity, compounding constraints on 2026 Ebola response.
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ISABIT320,000 b/d Priolo Gargallo refinery in Sicily, now being sold by GOI Energy to Ludoil.
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IsfahanIRIranian city; site of nuclear fuel conversion facilities, UNESCO heritage square, and wartime executions.
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Isfahan tunnel complexIRIran's fourth underground enrichment plant at Isfahan, holding the 440.9 kg 60%-enriched uranium stockpile.
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IsiroCDCapital of Haut-Uele province, DR Congo.
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Iskandar PuteriMYCity in Johor, Malaysia, site of a major data-centre facility.
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IslamabadPKPakistan's capital; diplomatic venue that gave its name to the 2026 US-Iran memorandum of understanding.
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Isle of GrainGBUK's largest LNG import terminal in Kent; central to GB supply as Continental pipeline links shrink.
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Isles of ScillyGBA small unitary authority off the Cornish coast.
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IslingtonGBInner London borough, historic Labour stronghold and Jeremy Corbyn's former parliamentary constituency.
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IsraelILState fighting Iran and Hezbollah on multiple fronts amid a contested Lebanon ceasefire.
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IstanbulTRTurkey's largest city; the Russia-Ukraine talks venue, though momentum stalled after Round 2.
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ItaipuPYHydroelectric dam on the Paraná River, owned equally by Brazil and Paraguay.
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ItalyITG7 state; EU's most gas-exposed large economy; first continental European nation to deploy hardware to the Hormuz coalition.
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Ituri ProvinceCDEastern DRC province; Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak epicentre across Bunia, Rwampara and Mongbwalu health zones.
Ivano-FrankivskUACity in western Ukraine, administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
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IvanopilliaUAVillage south of Kostiantynivka in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast; Russia claimed it November 2025.
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Jackdaw gas fieldGBShell-operated gas field in the central North Sea, about 250km east of Aberdeen.
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JaffaILHistoric port district of Tel Aviv-Jaffa; struck by Houthi rockets on 8 June 2026, first since the April ceasefire.
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JakartaIDCapital and economic hub of Indonesia; political capital transitioning to Nusantara by 2028.
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JaliscoMXMexican state whose capital, Guadalajara, hosted 2026 World Cup matches.
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JamaicaJMCaribbean island nation of 2.8 million; Reggae Boyz eliminated by DR Congo in the 2026 playoff final.
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Jamkaran MosqueIRMosque in Qom, Iran, associated with Shia messianic tradition.
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Jamnagar RefineryINReliance Industries' refining complex in Gujarat, the world's largest.
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JapanJPG7 island nation and constitutional monarchy; among the world's largest economies and most-visited destinations.
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JaskIRIranian coastal town and naval installation near the Gulf of Oman entrance, targeted in the June 2026 CENTCOM air-defence strikes.
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JazanSARed Sea industrial city, capital of Jazan Province, home to Aramco's Jazan refinery.
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Jazan refinerySASaudi Aramco's 400,000-barrel-a-day Red Sea refinery at Jazan, struck by Houthi forces on 24 July.
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Jebel AliAEMajor UAE free port and industrial zone south of Dubai, hosting one of the world's busiest container ports and a UAE naval base.
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JeddahSASaudi Red Sea port city, commercial gateway and pilgrimage access point.
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Johnson Space CenterUSNASA's mission control hub in Houston, directing Artemis II flight operations.
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JohorMYMalaysian state on Singapore's border; halted Tier 1 and Tier 2 data-centre approvals after Malaysia's first water-rights protest.
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JordanJOHashemite Kingdom bordering Israel, Iraq and Syria; drawn into kinetic war for the first time on 10 June 2026.
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JuárezMXGentrified CDMX colonia facing extreme STR pricing pressure ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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JuffairBHManama district hosting the US Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters.
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JuodžionysLTVillage in Lithuania's Pasvalys district.
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KadhimiyaIQA Shia shrine district of Baghdad and stronghold of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces.
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KajaaniFIFinnish city ranking first globally for new data-centre siting: fast grid connections, sub-0.10 water stress, 8,000+ free-cooling hours per year.
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Kaleykino oil pumping stationRUCrude oil pumping station on the Druzhba pipeline near Almetyevsk in Tatarstan, Russia.
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KaliningradRURussian exclave city on the Baltic Sea.
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KalugaRUCapital of Kaluga Oblast, 150 km south-west of Moscow; site of Yandex's largest data centre.
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Kamaran IslandYEYemeni Red Sea island off Hodeidah, near a contested commercial shipping route.
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KampalaUGUganda's capital city, now a confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola cluster site alongside Wakiso district.
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KananaskisCAMountain recreation area west of Calgary, Alberta; hosted the 2002 G8 and 2025 G7 summits.
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KansasUSUS Midwest state represented by Republican Senator Roger Marshall.
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Kansas CityUSMissouri/Kansas metro of 2.2 million; hosts World Cup matches and a new data-centre campus.
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Kapotnya refineryRUThe Kapotnya refinery is a major oil refinery in south-east Moscow that supplies approximately 40% of the Moscow region's refined fuel; it was struck by Ukrainian drones on 18 June 2026 and temporarily shut down.
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KarajIRIran's fourth-largest city; hosts the destroyed centrifuge complex and Qezel Hesar Prison.
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KarbalaIQIraqi Shia holy city; near the second Israeli covert base exposed by NYT/WSJ on 18 May.
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KarganIRIranian Persian Gulf coastal area near Bandar Imam Khomeini; IRGC fast-attack boat cluster site.
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KarimunIDIndonesian transshipment hub for sanctioned cargoes
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Karimun Oil TerminalIDIndonesian oil transshipment terminal designated by EU sanctions for shadow-fleet Russian crude transfers.
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KaseseUGWestern Ugandan border district whose Ebola screening history informs today's regional response.
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KashmirDisputed Himalayan region; Indian-administered Kashmir holds the world record for the longest democratic internet shutdown.
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KatwaCDHealth zone of Butembo, North Kivu, DR Congo.
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KazakhstanKZCentral Asian oil state; OPEC+ over-quota producer running 322kbd long on Tengiz/CPC pipeline.