Situation Reports

Indonesia is preparing regulations to enable uranium refinement and radioactive material processing, aiming to integrate nuclear power into its long-term energy strategy, the Jakarta Globe reported on June 23.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba canceled his planned attendance at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, after an accompanying meeting between the Indo-Pacific Four (Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand) was scrapped, The Asahi Shimbun reported on June 23.

China added two fentanyl precursor chemicals to its Class Two list, enabling stricter supervision of their export starting July 20 in what Chinese officials deemed "a contribution to global drug control," Bloomberg reported on June 23.

Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda's army chief and the son of President Yoweri Museveni, threatened to "hunt down" Wazalendo militias, which support the Democratic Republic of the Congo's government, in possible joint Ugandan-Congolese operations unless they surrender, Actualite.cd reported on June 22.

Panamanian authorities suspended access to internet and mobile phone services in Bocas del Toro after President Jose Raul Mulino declared a state of emergency in the province following nearly two months of protests, Deutsche Welle reported June 21. 

Canada and the European Union are expected to sign a security and defense partnership agreement on June 23 during a bilateral summit in Brussels between Prime Minister Mark Carney, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa, the summit agenda shows. 

In a June 22 royal decree, Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al Said ratified a 5% income tax on residents in Oman earning over 42,000 rials ($109,000), Bloomberg reported the next day.

The U.S. military struck Iranian nuclear facilities at Esfahan, Fordow and Natanz on June 22, Reuters reported.

According to a June 19 press release from the media wing of Pakistan's military, Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir and U.S. President Donald Trump's June 18 meeting focused on regional security, counterterrorism cooperation and expanding bilateral ties in trade, technology and energy.

Nigerien authorities announced that they would nationalize uranium mining company SOMAIR, a subsidiary of France's state-owned Orano that owns the country's only operating uranium mine, Reuters reported on June 20.