Sources: BBC
Polish defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announces the withdrawal of his forces from Iraq, stationed there as part of the CJTF–OIR joint task force against the Islamic State, citing the regional threat from Iran. 2026-03-20
Two Polish Special Forces soldiers die in the United States during night parachute training, according to the Polish Armed Forces General Command. The GROM Military Unit reports that they were paratroopers from the CICHOCIEMNI group. 2025-09-20
Poland delivers the first Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine. 2023-02-24
A gas explosion in Szczyrk, Poland causes a three-story building to collapse and kills 8 people 2019-12-4
3,000 U.S. troops are deployed in Poland as part of NATO's Operation Atlantic Resolve. Poland says that the deployment is a necessary response to Russian military exercises near its border and its intervention in Ukraine while Russia condemns the move as a "threat to national interests and security". 2017-01-12
Tornadoes hit the midwestern United States with twelve people killed, six in Harrisburg, Illinois. 2012-02-29
One tornado hits the US city of Springfield, Massachusetts, with injuries reported and significant property damage. 2011-06-1
Flash floods sweep across central Europe and the Baltic states, killing at least 15 people - 5 Czechs, 4 Lithuanians, 3 Germans, 3 Poles -, whilst 3 Czechs are also missing. 2010-08-8
Israel acknowledges that Uri Brodsky, a citizen arrested in Poland and charged with involvement in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, is a "businessman" but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to comment on suggestions the country is trying to stop his extradition to Germany amid calls by ministers for him to be extradited to Israel. 2010-06-14