Conflict theatres

A map of the world's active conflict theatres, with real-time event and intensity tracking.

Active conflict theatres

Gulf / Iran 578 sources
West Africa & Sahel 400 sources
Israel: Gaza & Lebanon 374 sources
Ukraine–Russia 321 sources
Western Europe 307 sources
Korean Peninsula 221 sources
Russia–NATO Europe 188 sources
Strait of Hormuz 176 sources
Red Sea & Horn of Africa 172 sources
South Asia 153 sources
ASEAN & Southeast Asia 113 sources
South America 90 sources
Central Asia 81 sources
China & Indo-Pacific 79 sources
Taiwan Strait 70 sources
Southern Africa 67 sources
US–China Relations 66 sources
Black Sea Corridor 65 sources
Latin America & Caribbean 65 sources
Arabian Peninsula 63 sources
Canada & North America 54 sources
Philippines 47 sources
East Africa & Horn 46 sources
Balkans & Eastern Europe 46 sources
Japan Security 46 sources
Maghreb & North Africa 38 sources
Israel–Hezbollah 34 sources
India–China Himalaya 34 sources
Nordic & Arctic 33 sources
South China Sea 30 sources
Central Africa 27 sources
Turkey & Eastern Med 25 sources
BRICS 22 sources
Oceania & Pacific 22 sources
Central America & Caribbean 21 sources
Greece & Eastern Mediterranean 21 sources
Suez & Red Sea 17 sources
North American Trade 17 sources
Eastern Europe 16 sources
West Africa & Sahel 16 sources

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World Observer — Free refined geopolitical news World Observer delivers free, refined geopolitical news. It maps breaking events, active conflict theatres and per-country instability on a real-time world map, continuously synthesised from hundreds of international news sources. The interactive map, country dossiers and news synthesis require JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript to explore the live dashboard. Machine-readable live digest (for crawlers and language models): /llms.txt.