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1160 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 13 of 20.

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Naqadeh Central PrisonIRIranian central prison in Naqadeh, West Azerbaijan; site of 21 May 2026 dual Kurdish political execution.
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NAS North IslandUSNaval Air Station in Coronado, San Diego; home base of the helicopter squadron assigned to Orion recovery on Artemis II.
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Natanz Fuel Enrichment PlantIRIran's primary uranium enrichment complex in Isfahan Province, struck by US forces in 2025-26.
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Naval Station RotaESMajor US naval base in southern Spain; Spain refused US access during the Iran campaign, triggering Pentagon punishment threats.
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NavarraESA foral community in northern Spain with its own civil-law competence, distinct from an ordinary autonomous community.
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NC-11USNorth Carolina's 11th congressional district, western NC mountains, now one notch from toss-up.
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NebraskaUSGreat Plains state; Senate race slipped from Safe R to Likely R after Fellowship PAC investment.
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NegevILSouthern Israeli desert region housing the Dimona nuclear facility, now under direct missile attack.
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Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout BuildingUSKSC building where Orion capsules are assembled, tested, and prepared for crew operations.
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NEO Production ComplexGBNewOrbit Space's planned UK satellite manufacturing facility, due to open in 2027.
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NepalNPSouth Asian nation; a national among foreign workers killed in the UAE.
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Neste terminal, LomonosovRUFinnish-owned oil terminal at Lomonosov near St Petersburg; hit in the June 2026 Kronstadt drone wave.
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NetherlandsNLHost of ASML and ICC; first EU state to block a US cloud deal under investment-screening law.
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NevadaUSWestern US swing state; one of 14 mail-ballot grace period states at risk under Watson v. RNC.
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NevisKNSaint Kitts and Nevis offshore corporate registry; shell-company jurisdiction in OFAC Iran sanctions evasion rounds.
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New DelhiINCapital of India, whose sailors have died to both Iranian and US Hormuz fire.
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NewhamGBEast London borough targeted by Your Party for the May 2026 local elections.
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New JerseyUSUS north-eastern state; home to MetLife Stadium, the 2026 World Cup Final venue.
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New MexicoUSArid US Southwest state whose acequia water-rights tradition now shapes its data-centre opposition.
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NewportGBWelsh city and site of the UK's largest chip plant by wafer capacity.
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New South WalesAUAustralian state that introduced the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Amendment Bill 2026.
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New YorkUSThe largest city in the United States and a global centre of finance, media and culture.
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New York StateUSMost populous US north-east state; legislates ahead of Congress on technology and elections.
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New ZealandNZPacific nation whose first World Cup since 2010 ended at the Group G stage.
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Nia-NiaCDDRC health zone Africa CDC names as an emerging Bundibugyo hotspot.
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NigeriaNGWest Africa's largest economy; OPEC oil producer and fourth-largest LNG exporter via Nigeria LNG Limited.
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Nizhny NovgorodRURussia's fifth-largest city; home to the Gorky pumping station struck by Ukrainian drones in April 2026.
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NiziCDDRC health zone Africa CDC names as an emerging Bundibugyo hotspot.
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Nogent-sur-SeineFRFrench nuclear power station on the Seine river in Aube; its cooling water operations are subject to the 28°C river-temperature regulatory limit enforced during heatwaves.
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NorfolkGBEnglish county in East Anglia; LGR priority area, three unitaries planned, Reform produced a hung council on 7 May 2026.
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NorgNLDutch gas storage facility, 59 TWh working volume; depleted to zero by GasTerra before 1 April 2026 NAM handover.
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North AnnaUSNorth Anna is a Dominion Energy nuclear power plant in Louisa County, Virginia, located adjacent to Amazon's Lake Anna data-centre campus.
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North CarolinaUSSwing Southern state amid the 2026 mid-decade congressional redistricting wave.
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North Dome gas fieldQAQatar's half of the world's largest natural gas field, shared with Iran's South Pars; underpins all Qatari LNG exports.
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North East LincolnshireGBUnitary authority area where Reform UK's Tanya Brasted left the council's cabinet.
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Northern IrelandGBUK home nation in northeast Ireland; its national football team cited as a Round of 32 qualification precedent.
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Northern VirginiaUSWorld's largest data-centre cluster; 5+ GW across Loudoun, Fairfax, Prince William — consent environment now most restrictive in the US.
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North HertfordshireGBHertfordshire district selected as a flexible voting pilot for the May 2026 elections.
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North KivuCDDR Congo province, capital Goma; Ebola isolation beds hit 136% of capacity in July 2026.
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North KoreaKPThe only state to have left the NPT; its proliferation path is the template Iran analysts invoke in 2026.
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North Lincolnshire campusGBData centre campus in North Lincolnshire, UK, granted planning approval in April 2026 for up to 15 facilities and 1 GW of combined compute capacity.
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North MacedoniaMKBalkan nation; eliminated Italy from 2022 World Cup; lost 2026 play-off semi-final to Denmark.
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North SeaNorth Atlantic sea; origin of Brent crude benchmark, the world's primary oil price reference.
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North TynesideGBNorth-East England borough; location of Cobalt Park, where OpenAI paused its planned UK Stargate data centre.
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NorthwoodGBUK PJHQ; planning hub for the 26-nation Hormuz coalition the US did not join.
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North Yorkshire CouncilGBEngland's largest unitary authority by area; fell to Reform UK on 7 May 2026, with leadership chaos reported within 48 hours.
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NorwayNONordic constitutional monarchy; NATO member and Europe's leading pipeline gas exporter.
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NottinghamGBEnglish city; issued Section 114 in 2023; Labour-held and under government commissioners.
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NovopavlivkaUAUkrainian settlement near Pokrovsk axis; Russian advance recorded by ISW on 8 April 2026.
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NovorossiyskRURussia's largest Black Sea port and primary CPC crude export terminal; struck by Ukrainian drones in April 2026 despite US warnings.
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NovoyehorivkaUAContested settlement in Luhansk Oblast named in Ukraine's rebuttal of Russia's false occupation claim.
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NRG StadiumUSDomed Houston stadium; shipping refrigerated grass with Dutch LED lights for 2026 World Cup.
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Nur KhanPKPakistan Air Force base near Islamabad; landing point for the US delegation on 10 April.
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Occoquan watershedUSA Northern Virginia watershed supplying drinking water to roughly eight million people, cited by Prince William supervisors in denying the Dulles South campus.
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OdesaUAUkraine's largest Black Sea port, now hit by a rising wave of recruitment-office attacks.
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OdishaINIndian state building a sovereign AI data-centre park.
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OH-07USOhio's 7th congressional district, north-east Ohio, Cook-downgraded to Likely Republican in June 2026.
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OhmLunar far-side impact crater; observed by Artemis II crew during lunar flyby.
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OklahomaUSUS state that settled, rather than fought, the DOJ's voter-file demand in March 2026.
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Old CattonGBDivision of Norfolk County Council where Reform UK lost a by-election on 16 July 2026.