Travelling story
Wave of bomb threats in Europe
First seen in Ireland’s press on 6 November 2026. Carried by 12 presses over 3 days, 64 articles in all; the busiest day was 6 November 2026 with 40 articles.
Running — the press of 12 countries carried it, the latest on 8 November 2026.
Articles per day
The spread, day by day
For each day: the articles the presses gave it, and the presses that carried it for the first time that day.
- 4 articles · 12 presses so far
new: Kuwait (2)
- 20 articles · 11 presses so far
new: South Africa (3), United States (3), Ukraine (2)
- 40 articles · 8 presses so far
new: Ireland (17), United Kingdom (7), Turkey (4), Pakistan (3), United Arab Emirates (3), Italy (2), Netherlands (2), Spain (2)
The presses that carried it
Ranked by articles over the whole story; the date is the first day each press carried it.
- Ireland 28 articles · from 6 Nov 2026
- United Kingdom 10 articles · from 6 Nov 2026
- Turkey 4 articles · from 6 Nov 2026
- United Arab Emirates 3 articles · from 6 Nov 2026
- Pakistan 3 articles · from 6 Nov 2026
- United States 3 articles · from 7 Nov 2026
- South Africa 3 articles · from 7 Nov 2026
- Spain 2 articles · from 6 Nov 2026
- Italy 2 articles · from 6 Nov 2026
- Netherlands 2 articles · from 6 Nov 2026
- Ukraine 2 articles · from 7 Nov 2026
- Kuwait 2 articles · from 8 Nov 2026
What they wrote
A few headlines per day, in the outlets’ own words; the translation is ours when shown.
- Kuwait · 8 Nov 2026 'The Clock Is Ticking': Newsroom Bomb Threats Follow Escalating European Flight Hoaxes ↗
- Ireland · 8 Nov 2026 "The clock is ticking" - The chilling threat that forced Irish media outlets to evacuate ↗
- Kuwait · 8 Nov 2026 Bomb Threats Force Evacuations At Irish Media Outlets ↗
- Ireland · 8 Nov 2026 Irish media outlets evacuated as wave of bomb threats hits Dublin newsrooms ↗
- South Africa · 7 Nov 2026 Schools and hospitals ‘always have to be prepared’ for bomb threats, says minister ↗
- United States · 7 Nov 2026 Why a wave of bomb threats is proving so difficult for Europe's aviation authorities to contain ↗
- United Kingdom · 7 Nov 2026 Russia likely behind bomb hoaxes that grounded flights, say European intelligence ↗
- Ireland · 7 Nov 2026 More hybrid attacks are ‘expected’ next week as Dublin prepares to welcome world leaders ↗
- United Arab Emirates · 6 Nov 2026 Europe flight disruptions: 20 planes targeted by hoax bomb threats for third day ↗
- Turkey · 6 Nov 2026 Son dakika...İrlanda'da bomba alarmı! ↗
- United Kingdom · 6 Nov 2026 Irish media outlets evacuated after bomb threats ↗
- Ireland · 6 Nov 2026 Irish Independent, RTÉ and Newstalk among Irish media organisations evacuated after wave of bomb threats ↗
Topics are clustered daily from article embeddings across the outlets we read and chained day over day when their centroids match (cosine ≥ 0.80); a story is attributed to the press of each outlet’s country. Where it was first seen is where it first appeared in our feeds. Coverage, not truth; order of appearance, not origin or intent. Method →