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1160 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 9 of 20.

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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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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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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 of Indonesia and seat of government until the new capital Nusantara is completed, major Southeast Asian metropolis.
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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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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 Arabia's principal Red Sea port and OIC seat, near US Gulf naval deployments.
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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, 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 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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KermanIRSouth-eastern Iran's historic provincial capital; recurring in wartime crackdown and fuel unrest.
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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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KhasabOMOmani port near a reported projectile strike east of the Strait of Hormuz.
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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.