10 major conflict areas worldwide, mostly ranked by recorded fatalities from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) -- the academic dataset governments and NGOs cite for conflict deaths -- plus one featured conflict too recent for UCDP's own data to cover yet, clearly marked as such. Click a country on the map or in the list below for its top conflicts/actors and recent news coverage. Cause and spillover notes are an assessment grounded in the available facts, not an official UCDP category -- read them as informed judgment, not verified fact.
Data window: 2025 Q4 (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) -- UCDP's most recent published data, not necessarily this week's events. An area or conflict with no events inside this window is not shown, even if it is still active.