Risk events in Asia, May 2026
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
31706 events were recorded: 12 earthquakes, 27182 conflict events, and 4512 unrest events.
31706 eventsSources: gdelt
31706 events· Asia
Conflict
- India: 5431
- Iran: 3977
- Russia: 3365
- Israel: 2962
- Palestine: 2094
- Earthquake
- 12
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 27,182
- 50 in the list
- Unrest
- 4,512
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
31706 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Severity 3 · Kuwait · Kuwait City · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Severity 3 · Kuwait · Kuwait City · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Tyre (Sour), Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Tyre (Sour) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Afghanistan · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Chiang Rai, Thailand
Severity 3 · Thailand · Chiang Rai · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Severity 4 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bandar Ganaveh, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Ganaveh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Kiryat Gat, Israel
Severity 3 · Israel · Kiryat Gat · Source: gdelt
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Nuclear alert in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 4 · Sri Lanka · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Seoul, South Korea
Severity 3 · South Korea · Seoul · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Severity 3 · Sri Lanka · Batticaloa · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Severity 3 · Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Saudi Arabia · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Bandar Ganaveh, Iran
Severity 3 · Iran · Bandar Ganaveh · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Anakapalle, India
Severity 3 · India · Anakapalle · Source: gdelt
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Military force used in Russia
Severity 3 · Russia · Source: gdelt
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Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.