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- Ba'ath PartySyrian political party (1947–1966)
- Ba'athist IraqIraqi state from 1968 to 2003
- Ba'athist SyriaSyrian state from 1963 to 2024
- Baidoa Eid bombingOn May 24, 2020, at least five people were killed and twenty were injured during a bombing
- Bale revoltThe Bale revolt, also known as the Bale Peasant Movement, was an insurgency that took plac
- Baling Talks1955 diplomatic conference to resolve the Malayan Emergency
- Balkhab uprisingHazara rebellion against Taliban in summer 2022
- Bangkok PlotThe Bangkok Plot, also known as the Dap Chhuon Plot, was a late 1950s international conspi
- Bangladesh genocide1971 genocide of Bengalis in East Pakistan
- Bangladesh Rifles revolt2009 mutiny and massacre in Bangladesh
- Banknotes of the Spanish pesetaThe banknotes of the Spanish peseta were emitted by the Bank of Spain in 1874–2001 until t
- BantustanTerritory under apartheid in South Africa
- BarricadeStructure that creates a barrier or obstacle
- Bashar al-AssadPresident of Syria from 2000 to 2024
- Basque nationalismNationalist movement
- Basque prehistoryThe greater Basque Country comprises the Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country and
- Basque witch trialsThe Basque witch trials of the seventeenth century represent the last attempt at rooting o
- Basque Workers' SolidarityBasque Workers' Solidarity (in Basque: Eusko Langileen Alkartasuna (ELA), in Spanish: Soli
- Bataan Nuclear Power PlantNuclear power plant in the Philippines
- Battle of Aceh (1569)The Battle of Aceh was fought in 1569 off the coast of Sumatra between a lone Portuguese c
- Battle of An Bao14°17′17″N 109°03′04″E / 14.288°N 109.051°E
- Battle of Ap GuThe Battle of Ap Gu occurred during 31 March and 1 April 1967 during Operation Junction Ci
- Battle of AranasThe Aranas ambush was an attack by the Taliban against a US-Afghan patrol returning from a
- Battle of ArielOn November 9, 2017, clashes broke out between Burkinabe forces and Ansarul Islam in the h
- Battle of Baghuz Fawqani2019 battle of the Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Ban Pa DongThe Battle of Ban Pa Dong was fought between 31 January and 6 June 1961 in Ban Pa Dong, th
- Battle of BantamThe naval Battle of Bantam took place on 27 December 1601 in Bantam Bay (now Banten Bay),
- Battle of Barawa1507 battle between the Portuguese Empire and the Ajuran Sultanate
- Battle of Bến TreThe Battle of Bến Tre took place during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War when Vietcong
- Battle of Binh AnThe Battle of Binh An took place on 27–28 June 1968 in Quảng Trị province during the Vietn
- Battle of Calicut (1503)The naval Battle of Calicut (known then and now as Kozhikode) was a military encounter bet
- Battle of Calicut (1752)The Battle of Calicut took place between the Portuguese ship of the line Nossa Senhora da
- Battle of Chechen-AulThe Battle of Chechen-Aul was an ambush conducted by Chechen rebels led by Aidemir Bardykh
- Battle of Dien Bien Phu1954 battle in the First Indochina War
- Battle of DilamThe Battle of Dilam was a major battle of the 1903–1907 Saudi–Rashidi War, during the Unif
- Battle of GaoBattle between MNLA and MOJWA in Gao, Mali
- Battle of Hill 488The Battle of Hill 488 was a military engagement of the Vietnam War that took place on the
- Battle of Johor (1586)The Battle of Johor was fought between the Johorese and Portuguese fleet in 1586. The Joho
- Battle of Jubbada HooseEarly in the morning on 1 April 2011 Somali troops and Raskamboni troops launched an attac
- Battle of KabaloThe Battle of Kabalo was fought at Kabalo by United Nations peacekeeping forces and Baluba
- Battle of Kabul (1992–1996)Series of intermittent battles during the Afghan Civil War
- Battle of Krasnyi LymanThe battle of Krasnyi Lyman was a series of battles in 2014 for control of the city of Kra
- Battle of LalitpurThe Battle of Lalitpur in 1768 ended with the Gorkha conquest of Lalitpur, one of the thre
- Battle of Leitao CoastThe Battle of Leitao Coast was a military engagement between the Arab inhabitants of Nakhi
- Battle of LinggaThe Battle of Lingga was a naval engagement that took place in 1525 and in which Portugues
- Battle of Luang NamthaThe Battle of Luang Namtha, fought between January 1962 and May 1963, was a series of clas
- Battle of Malacca (1534)The Battle of Malacca took place in 1534 between Johor and the Portuguese navy. The battle
- Battle of Mbidizi RiverThe Battle of Mbidizi River was a military engagement in June 1670 between forces of the C
- Battle of MbororéThe Battle of Mbororé, which occurred on 11 March 1641, was a conflict between the Guaraní
- Battle of MbwilaBattle of Mbwila (also the Battle of Ambuila, Battle of Mbuila, or Battle of Ulanga) occur
- Battle of Mogadishu (1993)Military conflict during the Somali Civil War
- Battle of Mombasa (1505)The Battle of Mombasa in 1505 was a military engagement between Portuguese forces under th
- Battle of Nam BacThe Battle of Nam Bac was one of the major engagements of the Laotian Civil War. Despite m
- Battle of NiakiThe Battle of Niaki was a confrontation between jihadists and French soldiers in the city
- Battle of Perlis RiverThe Battle of Perlis River was an armed engagement that took place in 1547 in the Perlis R
- Battle of point 4875The Battle of Point 4875 took place from 4 to 7 July 1999 and was a pivotal military offen
- Battle of Raqqa (2017)Major battle in the Syrian civil war
- Battle of SabzakThe Battle of Sabzak was an engagement between Spanish and Italian forces of NATO's Intern
- Battle of Sanaa (2014)Houthi capture of Sanaa from the Hadi-led government
- Battle of Sirte (2011)Final battle of the First Libyan Civil War
- Battle of Sirte (2015)The Battle of Sirte refers to the battle in the spring of 2015, in the region of Sirte, Li
- Battle of Socotra1507 Portuguese victory over the Mahra Sultanate
- Battle of Suoi TreThe Battle of Suoi Tre (Vietnamese: suối Tre) occurred during the early morning of 21 Marc
- Battle of Surat (1704)
- Battle of Tam QuanThe Battle of Tam Quan took place near Tam Quan Bình Định Province.
- Battle of the Iron TriangleThe Battle of the Iron Triangle took place from 16 May to 20 November 1974, when the Peopl
- Battle of Thượng Đức (1968)The Battle of Thượng Ðức took place during the Vietnam War where North Vietnamese forces a
- Battle of Ugentana (1536)The Second Battle of Ugentana, was a military operation that took place in 1536, between P
- Battle of ZebakInsurgency battle in Afghanistan
- Battles of Sievierodonetsk (2014)The battles of Sievierodonetsk were a series of battles between Ukrainian troops and Luhan
- Bay of Pigs Invasion1961 failed landing operation of Cuba
- Begone, DemonsBegone, Demons (Arabic: اخرج منها يا ملعون ukhruj minhā yā malʿūn; also translated as Get
- Beijing SpringLate-1970s period of liberalization in China
- Beiting ProtectorateTang dynasty administrative region
- BeLeaveBeLeave was a campaign group which campaigned for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the
- Belgian Congo1908–1960 Belgian colony in Central Africa
- Belt and Road InitiativeChinese global infrastructure project
- Benelli NovaThe Benelli Nova is a pump action shotgun, used for hunting and self-defense. It has a one
- Bengali language movement1948–1956 political movement in East Pakistan
- Benjamin Acorda Jr.Benjamin "Benjie" Casuga Acorda Jr. (born December 4, 1967) is a retired Filipino police o
- Benjamin YeatenBenjamin Yeaten (born 28 February 1969), widely known by his old radio call sign "50", is
- BerhaleBerahle (also transliterated Barahle and Berahile) is a town in north-eastern Ethiopia. Lo
- Berlin Crisis of 1961Cold War incident in divided Berlin
- Bernard NgoepeJudge Bernard Makgabo Ngoepe SC (born 22 October 1947) is a South African Judge serving as
- Beslan school siege2004 Russian hostage crisis and massacre
- Best for BritainBest for Britain is a civil society campaign formed of researchers, data scientists, strat
- Beyers NaudéChristiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé (10 May 1915 – 7 September 2004) was a South African Afr
- Bhopal disaster1984 gas-leak accident in Bhopal, India
- Biafra1967–1970 partially recognised state in Africa
- Bid Kaneh explosionThe Bid Kaneh arsenal explosion was a large explosion that occurred about 13:30 local time
- Bill Clinton Supreme Court candidatesPresident Bill Clinton made two appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States, bo
- Bill HoraceBill Horace (c. 1976 – June 21, 2020) was a Liberian fighter, a former member of the Natio
- Billy McMillenWilliam McMillen (19 May 1927 – 28 April 1975), aka Liam McMillen, was an Irish republican
- Birmingham campaignAmerican civil rights campaign in Alabama (1963)
- Black Lives MatterSocial movement originating in the US
- Black Monday (1987)Global stock market crash
- Black Panther PartyAmerican political organization (1966–1982)
- Black SashSouth African white women's human rights organisation
- Black Saturday bushfires2009 Australian fires
- Blanke BevrydingsbewegingSouth African neo-Nazi organisation
- Blockade of the Gaza StripRestriction of movement and trade by Israel and Egypt (2007–present)
- Bloody Sunday (1968)Bloody Sunday was a massacre on 25 August 1968 when Soviet soldiers shot three unarmed civ
- Bloody Tuesday (1964)1964 civil rights march in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
- Bloque MetaBloque Meta (English: Meta Block) was a Colombian drug trafficking, neo-paramilitary organ
- BodyguardSecurity person or persons assigned to protect an individual
- Bofors scandal1980s–90s Indian–Swedish corruption scandal related to defence equipment sales
- Boko Haram insurgencyInsurgency in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Bola TinubuPresident of Nigeria since 2023
- Boluan FanzhengPost-Mao transition period in China
- Boma (administrative division)A boma is a lowest-level administrative division, below payams, in South Sudan. Equivalent
- Bombard the Headquarters1966 document by Mao Zedong
- BomdilaCity in Arunachal Pradesh, India
- Bongbong MarcosPresident of the Philippines since 2022
- Border guards of the inner German borderThe border guards of the inner German border comprised tens of thousands of military, para
- BosniaksSouth Slavic ethnic group
- Bosnian genocide1995 genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnian War1992–1995 armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bougainville conflict1988–1998 armed conflict in Papua New Guinea
- Bourgeois liberalizationTerm in Communist Chinese political ideology
- BpopliveBpoplive (also marketed as Brexit Live presents bpopLIVE) was a planned music festival and
- Breakup of Yugoslavia1991–92 Balkan political conflict
- Bretton Woods systemFinancial-economic agreement reached in 1944
- BrexitWithdrawal of the UK from the EU
- Brexit negotiations in 2017Brexit negotiations in 2017 took place between the United Kingdom and the European Union f
- Brexit planThe Brexit plan, officially known as The United Kingdom's exit from and new partnership wi
- Brian BarderSir Brian Leon Barder KCMG (20 June 1934 – 19 September 2017) was a British diplomat, auth
- Bringing Them HomeBringing Them Home is the 1997 Australian Report of the National Inquiry into the Separati
- British InfluenceBritish Influence, formally the Centre for British Influence Through Europe, was an indepe
- British InvasionUS cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s
- British occupation of ManilaOccupation of the Philippine city by the British between 1762 and 1764
- Browder v. Gayle1956 United States Supreme Court case
- Budapest Memorandum1994 CSCE conference agreements
- Buffer zoneIntermediate region, typically between belligerent entities
- Bülent BostanoğluRecep Bülent Bostanoğlu (born 24 December 1953) is a retired Turkish admiral, who served a
- Bulevardul MagheruBulevardul Magheru is a major street in central Bucharest. Built in the early 20th century
- Bundesdruckerei52°30′27″N 13°24′05″E / 52.50750°N 13.40139°E
- BundesgrenzschutzBundesgrenzschutz (German: ; abbreviation: BGS; English: Federal Border Protection) is the
- Burial of Ferdinand MarcosInterring of the former Philippine president's remains
- Burundian Civil WarInter-ethnic conflict within Burundi from 1993 to 2005
- Business for BritainBusiness for Britain was a eurosceptic campaign group which sought a renegotiation of the
- Business for New EuropeBusiness for New Europe (BNE) is a pressure group that advocates a positive case for the U
- Bust of Ferdinand MarcosDestroyed Ferdinand Marcos monument in Benguet, Philippines