In Romania, the FCDO added new guidance on 18 September about drones crossing into Romanian airspace and territorial waters, noting that drones carrying explosives have on occasion landed or washed ashore. It tells travellers to follow local guidance including the RO-Alert mobile phone alert system, and not to approach military debris. This is not a change to where you can travel, and the FCDO advises against travel to no part of Romania.
On UK threat levels, nothing moved. The national level from terrorism remains severe, where the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre set it on 30 April 2026, and the level for Northern Ireland-related terrorism in Northern Ireland remains substantial, where MI5 set it on 6 March 2024. Worth knowing when a client asks: there is no separately published figure for Northern Ireland-related terrorism in Great Britain. MI5 publishes two threat levels, and that risk now sits inside the national number.
In Turkey, the FCDO updated its guidance on 18 September about the risk of commenting on the Turkish nation or flag. Insulting the nation or national flag is illegal, and insulting the President or Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is a criminal offence. The advice states that "These laws can apply to comments or images online no matter where you were or when you posted them", with sentences of between 6 months and 3 years. That makes a social media check part of pre-deployment vetting for Turkey, because historic posts travel with the person.
At the UN, the Security Council on 17 September failed to adopt a resolution extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts monitoring sanctions on Iran. The procedural vote immediately before it was 11 in favour, 2 against, from China and the Russian Federation, and 2 abstentions, from Pakistan and Somalia. The vote on the resolution itself yielded the same result, so it fell on the negative vote of two permanent members. The Council established the Committee in 2006 and its Panel of Experts in 2010. For anyone planning Gulf or Levant work, the practical effect is the loss of an independent reporting stream on sanctions evasion.
Both main pieces are in full on the site today.
