2026 is the current year, and is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 26th year of the 3rd millennium and t
La Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, where a fire kills 41 people and injures 116 others on January 1
Hands off Greenland protests in Copenhagen on January 17 following threats of annexation of the island by US president Donald Trump
Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez and government officials inspecting the Adamuz rail disaster site that occurred on January 18
Flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on February 6
Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including S
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…Afghanistan, leading to an open war between both nations. In Iran, in response to authorities cracking down on protests, the United States and Israel began a war in late February with the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, which resulted in widespread economic grief, fuel shortages and retaliatory…
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu successfully lobbied the Trump administration for military intervention. (Pictured in July 2025)
27 February: US aircraft sit on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln
3 March: Enghelab Square, Tehran
Six dead US soldiers from the 2026 Port Shuaiba drone attack are transferred to the US on 7 March 2026.