Russian forces News

Government official from Mexico attends the 2025 BRICS Summit

≥ 25 fatalities in Cambodia-Thailand border clashes

DRC & Rwanda sign USA-brokered peace agreement

Xi Jinping remains General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

Iran - Israel War ends in 2025 (ceasefire last at least 90 days or peace deal is signed)

Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash ends in ceasefire in 2025

Kim Jong Un remains General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (or equivalent title)

Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash ends in ceasefire before October 1, 2025

Donald Trump remains President of USA

Vladimir Putin remains President of Russia

A cease-fire or peace deal is violated by Israel

≥ 1,500 Palestinians killed near Gaza aid hubs

Russia sells or scraps it's only aircraft carrier; the Admiral Kuznetsov

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resigns

North Korea conducts a nuclear weapons test

Autonomous lethal drones (no human on the kill-decision loop) are acknowledged by any state to have been used in combat

China declares an air- or maritime-exclusion zone covering any part of Taiwan’s territorial sea or airspace

A new ceasefire between Israel and Gaza is announced by Donald Trump

Qatar becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Min Aung Hlaing ceases to serve as either (a) Chairman of the State Administration Council or (b) Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces

A cease-fire or peace deal is violated by Iran

Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains President of Ukraine

A new non-majority Muslim (according to CIA Factbook) state becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Azerbaijan becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash ceasefire is broken

Ukraine - Russia War ends with a peace treaty

Japan launches a domestically-built intermediate-range ballistic missile (>3 000 km advertised range) test

Major terrorist attack (50+ killed) occurs in Europe

An armed clash between India and Pakistan results in ≥100 military fatalities in a 7-day period

Sudanese Civil War ends

A 5th-generation fighter jet is confirmed to have been destroyed in air/shot down (not including being damaged from an airfield bombing)

Syria becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

A drone attacks a head of state (hits or lands within 30 meters)

A cyber-attack officially attributed to a foreign state actor causes ≥US $1 billion in insured losses to a single country

Turkey invokes NATO Article 4 consultations

A state shoot-down of a spacecraft or satellite in orbit is publicly confirmed

A peace treaty ending the Ethiopia–Tigray conflict is signed and remains unbroken for 90 days

Saudi Arabia becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

An armed non-state group captures and holds the capital city of a UN-recognised state for ≥72 hours

At least 5,000 uniformed personnel belonging to a UN-Security-Council-authorized security or peace-keeping mission are physically deployed in Haiti

At least three sovereign states outside NATO, EU, ANZUS, or the Quad sign a formal mutual-defence treaty deposited with the UN Treaty Series

Uniformed armed forces in any G20 member state attempt to seize executive power from the constitutional head of government

Major terrorist attack (50+ killed) occurs in United Kingdom

Russian armed forces intentionally attack uniformed personnel or sovereign assets of any NATO member state, or vice-versa

Iraq becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Palestine is granted full United Nations Membership

Iran and Israel both sign (or publicly accept) a written cease-fire or peace agreement, and no lethal exchange of fire between their regular forces occurs for the following 30 consecutive days

China becomes militarily involved in Cambodia - Thailand Border Clash

A vessel larger than 50,000 deadweight tons is damaged or sunk by a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz

Any EU member invokes Article 42 (7) of the Treaty on European Union in response to an armed attack

A country announces magnetic-fusion net-positive energy

Azerbaijani troops enter Iran

Armenia undergoes a regime change as the result of a military coup

Benjamin Netanyahu remains Prime Minister of Israel

United Nations Security Council adopts (i.e., passes without veto) a formal resolution that explicitly condemns Israel’s use of lethal force against civilians seeking humanitarian aid in Gaza or demands Israel cease such force

The U.S. suffers ≥50 combat fatalities in a single new overseas operation—defined as a country where no U.S. combat deaths occurred in 2024

Libya becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

A head of state from a G20 country is assassinated

The IAEA publicly reports that Iran possesses uranium enriched to ≥90 % U-235

The Government of Denmark publicly acknowledges receipt of a formal written offer from Donald J. Trump or his officially empowered representatives to transfer sovereignty over Greenland to the United States

1+ deaths attributed to a rogue AI

Israel conducts military operation in Cyprus

The Arctic Council is formally suspended or dissolved by unanimous vote

Major terrorist attack (50+ killed) occurs in United States

Any current G-20 member state ceases to be listed as a United Nations Member State

Saudi Arabia signs a written, mutual-defence pact with China or Russia

China invades Taiwan

Major terrorist attack (50+ killed) occurs in Canada

Ukraine becomes a formal NATO member

Major News sources consistently identify a conflict as WWIII

Jordan becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

At least one nuclear explosive device is detonated with the intent to harm a state’s armed forces or civilian population

Iran becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Lebanon becomes a signatory of the Abraham Accords

Any United States of America state formally states intent to begin process to secede

160 UN Nations simultaneously officially regonize Palestine's statehood.

Any Canadian territory becomes part of US territory

Two states engage in a nuclear exchange (both attempt to deliver a nuclear device within the borders of the other)

Extraterrestrials making contact with earth is widely acknowledged

United Kingdom formally states intention to begin process to reverse "Brexit"

Alberta begins process of becoming a USA state

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Western aid shortage / economic collapse in Ukraine

Black swan geopolitical events 🦢

Trump wins US elections and forces Ukraine to cede territories

Decisive Russian military victory

Ukraine runs out of soldiers - further mobilization not feasible

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