Day: 25 August 2016

The latest news on the UK from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Serving member of British armed forces arrested in Northern Ireland terrorism probe

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

The 30-year-old was detained at an address in Somerset at around 12.20pm on Wednesday, while anti-terror officers were also searching a property in south Devon ...

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Quick Read: Visa concerns, parental abduction issues likely to dominate India-US dialogue

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

NEW DELHI: India should "describe more vividly" to the US Congress about Indian investment in US and importance of professional and skilled visas to India and t...

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Quick Read: Peru report finds police death squad killed 20 – Yahoo7

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

Lima (AFP) - A so-called "death squad" established within the Peruvian National Police has executed at least 20 criminals extrajudicially, amid a growing wave of insecurity in the South American country, the interior ministry found.... Read full arti...

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Quick Read: Boko Haram Militia Kill 10 People in Nigeria, Abduct 13 Others

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

The Islamist militant movement Boko Haram attacked a village near Chibok in northeastern Nigeria, killing 10 people and abducting 13 women at the weekend, the w...

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Quick Read: Venezuela Confirms Plan to Purge State Workers Who Signed Recall

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

Venezuela will remove state employees appointed to their positions by the government who signed a petition to recall President Nicolas Maduro as the opposition ...

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The latest Thailand news from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: Tourists slept on bed where killers had hidden transgender woman’s body

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

Killers hid a transgender victim’s body in a bed in a Thai resort, which went unnoticed until after tourists had stayed in the room. A couple who were staying in a resort in Pattaya complained about a smell in their room, but continued to spend the ...

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Quick Read: Thousands of Yemenis Stranded After Saudis Close Airport

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

Yemen's Transportation Ministry says 7,600 Yemenis are unable to return home after a Saudi-led military coalition ordered the closure of the international airpo...

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Quick Read: Italian mafia fugitive found on family holiday in Benidorm

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

A member of the Camorra, the notorious mafia from Naples, the 40-year-old was tracked down to Benidorm where he was staying in one of the more upmarket hotels ...

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Quick Read: North Korean defector in Hong Kong has ‘safely arrived in third country’ – report

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

The YTN channel quoted a source as saying that the student wanted to continue his studies in a third country, and he was sent to one with the third country’s approval. The report did not mention how the student left Hong Kong and which country he wen...

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Quick Read: Colombians celebrate as peace deal is reached with Farc rebels

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

Hundreds of Colombians have celebrated an historic peace accord between the government and left-wing Farc rebels, signed after 52 years of conflict. The annou...

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Quick Read: Myanmar man indicted for insulting military under controversial law

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

YANGON: A court in Myanmar indicted a man on Monday for insulting the military chief and former president on social media, under a controversial telecommunicati...

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Quick Read: El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala launch force to confront gangs

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

MEXICO CITY El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala will launch a new force aimed at combating criminal gangs and drug traffickers next month, presidents of the three Central American nations agreed on Tuesday.... Read full article at the publisher's sit...

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Quick Read: Zika safe sex reminder for Australians returning from Rio Olympics

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

Australians returning from the Rio Olympics are reminded to practise safe sex to prevent the potential spread of the Zika virus. Federal Health Minister Sussan...

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Quick Read: Iran: Hundreds of social media users to face trial for carrying out ‘immoral activities’

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

Around 450 users of social media apps, including Telegram, WhatsApp and Instagram, are to reportedly face trial after being arrested, detained or summoned in Ir...

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Quick Read: Two Jailed in Vietnam in Closed Trial Over Facebook Offense

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

A court in south-central Vietnam’s coastal Khanh Hoa province convicted two online activists of conducting propaganda against the state on Tuesday, handing one a three-year term and sentencing the other to two years in a closed trial, sources said......

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Quick Read: San Jose: Veteran cop accused of leaking police info to gang members

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

SAN JOSE -- A nine-year veteran of the San Jose Police Department was arrested Tuesday for allegedly leaking sensitive police information to gang members, accor...

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Quick Read: Worker in Papua Shot Dead Allegedly by Separatists

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

Papua Police spokesman Chief Comr. Patrice confirmed the incident to reporters later on Monday afternoon. According to Lanny Jaya district head Befa Yigibalom,...

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Quick Read: Camber Sands beach sea death toll rises to five

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

Two more bodies have been pulled from the sea at Camber Sands, hours after three men died on the hottest day of the year. The RNLI said there could possibly still be a third person in the water at the East Sussex beach.... Read full article at the p...

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Quick Read: South Korea confirms first cholera outbreak in 15 years

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The South Korean health authorities said on Tuesday (Aug 23) that the country has confirmed the first case of chole...

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South Africa: Actor carjacked at gunpoint, subjected to five hour ordeal

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

On Sunday night, South African actor Tumisho Masha was carjacked at gunpoint in Soshanguve and thrown into the boot of his car. He was driven around for five ho...

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USA: Report suggests Disney employees were warned about alligators before Lane Graves was killed

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

An official report into the death of Lane Graves in June suggests multiple Disney employees were made aware of alligators in the vicinity of the beach in the run up to the incident. Piece below from Market Watch is well worth a read. From Market W...

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Afghanistan: At least 12 killed and 44 injured in attack at American University Of Afghanistan

News TeamAugust 25, 2016

On Wednesday evening gunmen attacked the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. At least twelve people were killed and 44 injured in the attack, which com...

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Feature: Anitha Karthik at Edinburgh Napier University – Storm surge: the misunderstood threat that can be as deadly as a tsunami

Feature: Dr Monica H Swahn at Georgia State University – Counterfeit alcohol is a growing concern for tourists abroad

Feature Robert McCabe at Coventry University – Gulf of Oman attacks: how merchant ships can keep safe in dangerous waters

Day: 25 August 2016

Quick Read: Serving member of British armed forces arrested in Northern Ireland terrorism probe

Quick Read: Visa concerns, parental abduction issues likely to dominate India-US dialogue

Quick Read: Peru report finds police death squad killed 20 – Yahoo7

Quick Read: Boko Haram Militia Kill 10 People in Nigeria, Abduct 13 Others

Quick Read: Venezuela Confirms Plan to Purge State Workers Who Signed Recall

Quick Read: Tourists slept on bed where killers had hidden transgender woman’s body

Quick Read: Thousands of Yemenis Stranded After Saudis Close Airport

Quick Read: Italian mafia fugitive found on family holiday in Benidorm

Quick Read: North Korean defector in Hong Kong has ‘safely arrived in third country’ – report

Quick Read: Colombians celebrate as peace deal is reached with Farc rebels

Quick Read: El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala launch force to confront gangs

Quick Read: Zika safe sex reminder for Australians returning from Rio Olympics

Quick Read: Two Jailed in Vietnam in Closed Trial Over Facebook Offense

Quick Read: San Jose: Veteran cop accused of leaking police info to gang members

Quick Read: Worker in Papua Shot Dead Allegedly by Separatists

Quick Read: Camber Sands beach sea death toll rises to five

Quick Read: South Korea confirms first cholera outbreak in 15 years

South Africa: Actor carjacked at gunpoint, subjected to five hour ordeal

USA: Report suggests Disney employees were warned about alligators before Lane Graves was killed

Afghanistan: At least 12 killed and 44 injured in attack at American University Of Afghanistan

Ghana: Two Canadian women abducted on Monday in Kumasi, Uber driver detained

Travel Advice: State Department urges people to ‘reconsider travel’ to Burkina Faso due to terrorism, crime, and kidnapping

Travel Advice: FCO warns of terror threats against Western targets in Afghanistan, especially in Kabul

Travel Advice: State Dept warns militants in Afghanistan plan vehicle-borne bombings against American targets

Travel Advice: FCO warns visitors to Jamaica as states of emergency extended due to shootings

Travel Advice: Canadian Government updates travel warning regarding crime threat to visitors in Vietnam