https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2025012800324/
Asuka-Fujiwara confirmed for 2026

Comoros has officially submitted their first potential WHS! Announced via Facebook.

WHS 2026 [Potential host - Republic of Korea]

Africa (5)
- Tarrafal Concentration Camp (Cabo Verde)
- Zakouma National Park (Chad)
- Historic Sultanates (Comoros)
- Catholic Mission of Ambodifotatra (Madagascar)
- Volcanic Islands of Sao Tome and Principe (ST)

Arab States (4)
- Gebel Qatrani Area (Egypt)
- Aqaba Marine Reserve [AMR] (Jordan)
- Sidi Bou Said (Tunisia)
- Wadi Wurayah (UAE)

Asia and the Pacific (10)
- Flinders Ranges (Australia)
- Hainan Tropical Rainforest and the Traditional Settlement of Li Ethnic Group (China)
- Ancient Buddhist Site, Sarnath, Varanasi (India)
- Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological Sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals (Japan)
- Silk Roads: Fergana-Syrdarya Corridor (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan & Uzbekistan)
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats [Extension] (Korea)
- Burial Complexes of Hunnu Aristocrats (Mongolia)
- Ancient Port of Banbhore (Pakistan)
- Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape (Philippines)
- Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan (Thailand)

Europe and North America (15)
- The State of the Pyrenees (Andora, France, Spain)
- Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße (Austria)
- Una National Park (Bosnia)
- Wanuskewin (Canada)
- The Architectural Works of Alvar Aalto - a Human Dimension to the Modern Movement (Finland)
- Fortresses of Carcasonne (France)
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944 (France)
- Via Francigena (Italy)
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests [Extension] (France, Montenegro, Serbia)
- Mount Olympus (Greece)
- Bastioned Fortresses of Raia (Portugal)
- The Bashkir Shikhans of Toratau, Kushtau and Yuraktau (Russia)
- Water Landscape: Ribeira Sacra (Spain)
- The Historical Port City of Izmir (Türkiye)
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (USA)

Latin America and the Caribbean (4)
- La Payunia, Campos Volcánicos Llancanelo y Payún Matrú (Argentina)
- Amazonia Theaters (Brazil)
- Patzcuaro, Site of Humanistic Memory and Cultural Confluence (Mexico)
- Isla de Flores Cultural Landscape (Uruguay)

Updates to report:

The Amazonia Theatres (Brazil) has been submitted!

Amazon theaters advance in candidacy for World Heritage status

The Village of Sidi Bou Said (Tunisia) has been submitted!

Official submission of the Sidi Bou Said registration file to UNESCO

Yay!!

Italy seems to have chosen the Theatres of the Marche region instead?
https://www.regione.marche.it/Regione-Utile/Cultura/News-ed-Eventi/Post/107572

Confirmed
https://caen.maville.com/actu/actudet_-classement-des-plages-du-debarquement-au-patrimoine-de-l-unesco-le-dossier-relance-_-6636594_actu.Htm

Seems unsure. This news item from local press in Larissa, dated Dec 2024, wonders what's going on.
https://www.kosmoslarissa.gr/blog/%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B7-%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B7-%CE%B7-unesco-%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%82-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BE%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B5%CE%B8%CE%BD%CE%B7-%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1

Koytendag and Surhanderya Reserves (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)

Seems like a possible re-submission after its deferral in 2016. Uzbekistan's Kuhitang Mountains was only added to their tentative list in October 2024. Unclear if 2026 is possible or 2027 is actually the targeted schedule?

Turkmenistan Advances Transnational UNESCO Nomination for Koytendag and Surhanderya Reserves

Discussion on Koytendag Nature Reserve's Nomination for UNESCO Listing

Frances other nomination confirmed, though the name will only be revealed on February 11th.

https://www.herault-tribune.com/articles/occitanie-la-candidature-audoise-a-lunesco-officiellement-deposee-par-la-france-et-desormais-rebaptisee/

Confirmed.

Historic Theatres of Central Italy

https://www.lospecialegiornale.it/2025/02/05/i-teatri-storici-del-centro-italia-verso-il-riconoscimento-unesco/

WHS 2026 [Potential host - Republic of Korea]

Africa (6)
- Tarrafal Concentration Camp (Cabo Verde)
- Zakouma National Park (Chad)
- Historic Sultanates (Comoros)
- Catholic Mission of Ambodifotatra (Madagascar)
- Volcanic Islands of Sao Tome and Principe (ST)
- Barotse Plains Cultural Landscape (Zambia)

Arab States (4)
- Gebel Qatrani Area (Egypt)
- Aqaba Marine Reserve [AMR] (Jordan)
- Sidi Bou Said (Tunisia)
- Wadi Wurayah (UAE)

Asia and the Pacific (9)
- Hainan Tropical Rainforest and the Traditional Settlement of Li Ethnic Group (China)
- Ancient Buddhist Site, Sarnath, Varanasi (India)
- Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological Sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals (Japan)
- Silk Roads: Fergana-Syrdarya Corridor (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan & Uzbekistan)
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats [Extension] (Korea)
- Burial Complexes of Hunnu Aristocrats (Mongolia)
- Ancient Port of Banbhore (Pakistan)
- Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape (Philippines)
- Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan (Thailand)

Europe and North America (14)
- The State of the Pyrenees (Andora, France, Spain)
- Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße (Austria)
- Una National Park (Bosnia)
- The Architectural Works of Alvar Aalto - a Human Dimension to the Modern Movement (Finland)
- Fortresses of Carcasonne (France)
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944 (France)
- Italian Condominium Theatre System (Italy)
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests [Extension] (France, Montenegro, Serbia)
- Mount Olympus (Greece)
- Abaluartadas Fortresses of Raia (Portugal)
- The Bashkir Shikhans of Toratau, Kushtau and Yuraktau (Russia)
- Water Landscape: Ribeira Sacra (Spain)
- The Historical Port City of Izmir (Türkiye)
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (USA)

Latin America and the Caribbean (4)
- La Payunia, Campos Volcánicos Llancanelo y Payún Matrú (Argentina)
- Amazonia Theaters (Brazil)
- Patzcuaro, Site of Humanistic Memory and Cultural Confluence (Mexico)
- Isla de Flores Cultural Landscape (Uruguay)

Recent confirmations in BOLD

Thanks winterkjm! Nice list. Have checked a number of the non-bold ones but no recent news.

In the timeline presented at their official website, it says that they are now aiming for 2028
https://wanuskewin.com/our-story/unesco/

Aiming now for 2027, according to the official government website:
https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/flinders-ranges-world-heritage-nomination/nomination-process