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1042 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 8 of 18.

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JakartaIDCapital of Indonesia and seat of government until the new capital Nusantara is completed, major Southeast Asian metropolis.
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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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JapanJPIsland nation; fourth-largest economy facing acute energy crisis as Iran conflict disrupts Hormuz oil supplies.
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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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JazanSASaudi Red Sea industrial city near Yemen, hit by a Houthi strike on 24 July.
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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.
JeddahSASaudi Arabian Red Sea port city; new anchorage of the USS Gerald R. Ford strike group from 7 April 2026.
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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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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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Kamaran IslandYEYemeni Red Sea island off Hodeidah that Houthi media claim was hit in Saudi strikes
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KampalaUGUganda's capital city, now a confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola cluster site alongside Wakiso district.
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KananaskisCAMountain resort district in Alberta, Canada; host of the June 2026 G7 leaders summit.
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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 Uganda border district; site of Bwera Hospital mobile lab deployment for 2026 Bundibugyo 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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KazakhstanKZCentral Asian oil state; OPEC+ over-quota producer running 322kbd long on Tengiz/CPC pipeline.
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KazanRURussian city where Energy Minister Tsivilyov confirmed Cuba-bound tanker loading
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Kennedy Space CenterUSNASA's primary Florida launch facility; Artemis II returned here; Artemis III hardware now arriving.
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KentuckyUSUS state in the east-central South; home to horse racing, bourbon, and Rand Paul.
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KenyaKEEast African nation of 55m; suspended a $1bn Microsoft-G42 geothermal data-centre because it would consume a third of national grid capacity.
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KeralaINIndian state on the south-western coast with a globally studied public-health system.
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Kerch StraitUANarrow strait between Crimea and Russia; critical logistics artery for the Russian occupation now under Ukrainian drone pressure.
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KermanIRCapital of Kerman province, south-eastern Iran; one of four cities in a coordinated execution cluster on 13 May 2026.
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KermanshahIRKurdish-majority Iranian provincial capital near the Iraq border, a focus of wartime arrests.
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Kfar KilaLBSouthern Lebanese border village on the Blue Line, entered by IDF ground forces in 2026.
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Kfar ShoubaLBSouthern Lebanese village re-entered by Israeli forces, straddling the contested Shebaa Farms line.
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Kharg IslandIRIran's main crude export terminal, the central economic lever in the 2026 conflict.
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KharkivUkraine's second city, 40km from the Russian border; site of Russia's first robot-mounted rocket artillery.
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KhersonUASouthern Ukrainian oblast partly occupied by Russia; site of Ukraine's 2022 Dnipro crossing counteroffensive and one of four regions Moscow demands Kyiv cede.
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KhiamLBSouth Lebanon hilltop town; site of the Khiam Detention Centre (1985-2000) and 2026 IDF battle.
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Khondab Heavy Water ComplexIRIranian heavy water reactor complex whose JCPOA restrictions hinge on NPT membership.
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Khor al-ZubairIQDeep-water port in southern Iraq near Basra, a key oil export terminal on the Persian Gulf.
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Khorasan Razavi provinceIRIran's second-most-populous province; entered wartime judicial record 19 May 2026.
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KhorfakkanAEUAE Gulf-of-Oman port; brought inside Iran's expanded maritime control zone on 4 May 2026.
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KhuzestanIRSouth-western Iranian province containing Ahvaz and the Darkhovin site.
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Kibuli Muslim HospitalUGKampala hospital that admitted Uganda's Bundibugyo index case on 11 May 2026; patient died 14 May.
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Kilo Cinco y MedioCUPinar del Río prison holding dissident rapper Maykel Osorbo, on hunger strike May 2026.
King Fahd Air BaseSASaudi air base near Taif; reopened to US forces in 2026 for the first time since the 2003 Iraq invasion.
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King Fahd CausewaySASaudi-Bahrain causeway named on Iran's Gulf infrastructure retaliation list.
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King Hussein BridgeJOJordan River crossing (Allenby Bridge) on Iran's Fars News retaliation list.
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King's CrossGBCentral London district; site of OpenAI's new 88,500 sq ft office and Anthropic's London headquarters.
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Kino Sports ComplexUSPima County multi-sport park in Tucson, Arizona; formerly Iran's designated 2026 World Cup base.
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KinshasaCDDRC capital; home to INRB national reference lab; confirmed Bundibugyo species on 14 May 2026.
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KipiGRGreek-Turkish gas border crossing; the physical gap in EU pipeline ban enforcement.
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KirishiRULeningrad Oblast city hosting a major Surgutneftegas refinery, targeted in Ukraine's 2026 refinery campaign.