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Latest available intelligenceGlobal Crisis Picture
1 disaster alert currently active (0 severe, 1 high), and 11 conflicts and protracted crises with dated reporting in the last 14 days. Alert levels are the sources' own; conflicts are not scored.
Major active events
What is happening now
Disaster alerts carry the issuing source's own level. Conflicts and protracted crises are listed by recent reporting; they are not scored.
DISASTER ALERTS · GDACS / USGS
CONFLICTS & PROTRACTED CRISES · BY REPORTING, LAST 7 DAYS
Not ratedArmed conflictActive
Yemen crisis
Saudi Arabia says three wounded in attacks on airports near Yemen border
Not ratedArmed conflictActive
Russia–Ukraine war
Ship sinks and crew missing after Black Sea drone attack
Not ratedArmed conflictActive
Gaza and Israel
Former UN food agency official claims he was fired for highlighting hunger in Gaza
Not ratedArmed conflictActive
Sudan war
UN rights council condemns attacks on civilians in Sudan, calls for truce
Not ratedArmed conflictActive
Myanmar conflict
Rohingya activist says it’s unfair to send refugees back to Myanmar
Not ratedArmed conflictActive
Eastern DR Congo conflict
Kenya confirms its first Ebola death as outbreak spreads
Not ratedArmed conflictActive
Somalia crisis
Guardian readers fund life-changing surgery for Somali boy injured in US airstrike
Not ratedHumanitarian crisisActive
Syria crisis
ISIS suspects face 'outsourced' justice in Iraq as HRW warns of 'collective global detention crisis'
Not ratedHumanitarian crisisActive
Afghanistan humanitarian crisis
ICC unseals four arrest warrants over Taliban persecution of women and girls
Not ratedArmed conflictActive
Central Sahel crisis
Algeria sent fighter jets to Niger to thwart ‘coup attempt’, president says
Map
Where
12 active items · positions from the source (situations: country centre) · data as of 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC
SevereHighElevatedWatchConflict / crisis (not rated)Faded: no update in 14+ days
Severity
How levels are set
No 0–100 scores. A level is either the issuing source's published alert, mapped one-to-one, or "Not rated". Each event page shows the factors and where every rating came from. Full methodology →
| Level | Meaning | Now |
|---|---|---|
| Severe | Source alert Red (GDACS) or USGS PAGER Red/Orange: the source expects a major humanitarian impact. | 0 |
| High | Source alert Orange (GDACS) or USGS PAGER Yellow: a significant impact is expected and international attention is likely. | 1 |
| Elevated | A magnitude 7.0+ earthquake with a USGS PAGER Green estimate, or with no impact estimate yet. | 0 |
| Watch | Significant event with a low expected impact, kept on the map for awareness. | 0 |
| Not rated | No authoritative severity scale exists for this situation and none has been reviewed by a person. We do not assign one automatically. | 11 |
Latest intelligence
Latest dated reports
Headlines and summaries are the publishers' own, shown with the time they were published. Official = UN News and ReliefWeb (UN OCHA). News reports have not been independently verified by RedAlertDirect.
- Ship sinks and crew missing after Black Sea drone attack It is not clear who is behind the attacks which come as Russia intensifies strikes in the Black Sea as part of its war against Ukraine.
- Kenya confirms its first Ebola death as outbreak spreads The patient had been living in DR Congo, where more than 4,000 people have died from the disease this year.
- Former UN food agency official claims he was fired for highlighting hunger in Gaza Benjamin Davis appealing against dismissal from FAO, after being accused by director general of playing ‘political games’ A former senior UN food agency official has alleged he was fired last week for his work highlighting hunger in Gaza, and has launched an appeal against his dismissal. Benjamin D…
- Saudi Arabia says three wounded in attacks on airports near Yemen border Saudi aviation authority reports severe injuries and damage following Houthi strikes on Jazan and Najran airports.
- Bulgaria searches for missing crew as drones hit two Black Sea ships Bulgarian authorities on Tuesday launched a search for missing crew members of a boat that sank in its economic zone in the Black Sea after drones hit two merchant vessels. Black Sea shipping has been hit by growing fallout from the war in Ukraine in recent months.
- Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified. After declaring a counter-offensive, government forces claimed Monday to have pushed the Houthis out of the Bab al-Mandab area, a…
- Fear and disruption for Ukraine's rail passengers as Russia escalates drone attacks Ukrainians travelling by train are increasingly caught in the crosshairs of Russia's attacks.
- At least 6 dead as Russia strikes Ukraine’s Kharkiv At least 6 people have been killed in Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv after a Russian strike hit a residential area. Nearly 60 were injured and apartments destroyed. Elsewhere, a Russian drone struck an apartment building in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia. Morgan Ayre has the de…
- Kenya confirms first Ebola case imported from Congo and says patient has died Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who had arrived from DRC, which is facing largest-ever outbreak Kenya has recorded its first confirmed Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who has been living in Democratic Republic of Congo and arrived in Nairobi on Saturday, the heal…
- How hunger is devastating Yemen’s children Al Jazeera travels to Yemen's displacement camps to measure the toll of malnutrition on the country's children.
- Yemen forces claim key gains near Bab al-Mandeb: What’s the latest? The internationally recognised government retakes territories from the Houthis as fighting rages on the western coast.
- Israel warns Gazans will pay 'heavy price' for any October 7 attacks on military Israel on Tuesday said that Hamas and the Palestinian population in Gaza would pay a "heavy price" if any of Israel's armed forces were harmed on the three-year anniversary of the militant group's October 7 attack.
- Yemeni military says it has 'secured' Red Sea waterway Saudi-backed forces gave conflicting reports of whether they had also seized the port city of Mokha, near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
- Children brave snipers and mortars to go to school near Yemen front line In rare access to Taiz, the BBC World Service speaks to children, teachers and families affected by the war.
- Ukraine hits Moscow with one of its largest drone attacks in two years Ukraine launched overnight one of its largest drone attacks on Moscow in the past two years, killing two men and injuring several people in the Russian capital, local officials said on Tuesday.
- Widowed twice: A Gaza mother’s story of loss and survival A young mother has lost two husbands and two children during Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.
- Mexican and Colombian cartel mercenaries filmed fighting in Ukraine Members of Mexican and Colombian cartels are reportedly joining Ukraine’s International Legion to learn drone warfare.
- UN rights council condemns attacks on civilians in Sudan, calls for truce Resolution demands an immediate ceasefire and extends the mandate of the mission investigating abuses in Sudan.
- Turkiye, Pakistan to deploy forces to Saudi as Yemen fighting grows During emergency talks in Riyadh, Turkiye and Pakistan agreed to send rapid deployment forces to Saudi Arabia.
- Iran war live: Yemen forces reclaim strategic port city Mocha from Houthis Turkiye and Pakistan agree to rapidly deploy militaries to bolster Saudi security as part of the Mecca defence pact.
- Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers Fuel is being shipped from South Korea to Russia via sanctioned tankers as Moscow scrambles for supplies amid the war in Ukraine, a move one expert said…
- Israeli forces kill one, injure several in occupied West Bank Palestinians in West Bank are suffering increasing Israeli violence and repression.
- Turkiye, Pakistan agree to military deployment to Saudi Arabia Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have agreed to trigger collective deterrence measures in response to Houthi attacks.
- Ukraine says Russian drone attack sinks ship in Romanian waters The latest suspected incursion on NATO's eastern flank increases fears that the war in Ukraine threatens to spill over.
- Saudi-backed forces recapture key areas around strait from Houthis in Yemen Government offensive launched under air cover by Saudi military coalition aims to retake all Houthi-held territory Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around Bab al-Mandab strait from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemeni officials said on Monday. The o…
- Trump blames Democrats and Ukraine for soaring US fuel prices, not Iran war Trump shifts blame for fuel price hikes to blue states like California and Ukraine strikes on Russian oil refineries.
- Turkiye, Pakistan agree Saudi Arabia military deployment under Mecca pact The three countries agree to trigger collective deterrence measures in response to 'heinous attacks' by Yemen's Houthis.
- Rohingya activist says it’s unfair to send refugees back to Myanmar
- ISIS suspects face 'outsourced' justice in Iraq as HRW warns of 'collective global detention crisis' Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Letta Tayler, Senior Counterterrorism Advisor at Human Rights Watch. She warns of the detention of suspected Islamic State members transferred from northeast Syria to Iraq as part of a much wider "global detention crisis". The men and boys now held in Iraq are li…
- Yemeni gov’t forces aim for Sanaa, but Houthi defeat will be a challenge Yemeni government forces claim strategic advances near Bab al-Mandeb strait amid a major anti-Houthi offensive.
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| Source | Status | Newest item |
|---|---|---|
| GDACS (UN OCHA / European Commission) ↗ | Reachable | 22 Sept 2026 |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program ↗ | Reachable | 2 Oct 2026 |
| UN News ↗ | Reachable | 5 Oct 2026 |
| ReliefWeb updates ↗ | Not yet reached | — |
| BBC News ↗ | Reachable | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Al Jazeera ↗ | Reachable | 6 Oct 2026 |
| The Guardian ↗ | Reachable | 6 Oct 2026 |
| France 24 ↗ | Reachable | 6 Oct 2026 |