Americans around the globe were urged to 'exercise increased caution' on 22 March after the US State Department issued a rare worldwide security alert, amid growing concern about Donald Trump's handling of the conflict with Iran and the perceived risk of a wider war.
Anxiety has been simmering for weeks, ever since President Trump confirmed that US forces were working alongside Israel in an attempt to topple Iran's ruling regime. What began as a distant, messy conflict in the Middle East has steadily hardened into something more ominous, with no clear path to de‑escalation and increasingly blunt language from Washington and Tehran.
