#military-tension

#military-tension

The current FCDO advice is to avoid all travel to Iran. Israel launched a new attack on Iran on the night of 12 June saying its targets were military infrastructure including nuclear sites.

The U.S. Navy has experienced two losses of fighter jets in the Red Sea in under ten days, highlighting increasing tensions in the region.

Pakistan has credible intelligence that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours using the Pahalgam incident as a false pretext.

In the early days of his presidency, Lai carefully avoided riling Beijing unnecessarily. The strength of Taiwan's economy last year appeared to relieve him of political need to rally his nationalist base.