Day: 24 April 2017

Travel advisory update: Pakistan reports terror threat at Benazir Bhutto International Airport

News TeamApril 24, 2017

From the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Latest update: Summary – there are reports of planning for a potential terrorist attack at Benazir Bhutto Inter...

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Travel advisory update: Bad weather in Moldova closes Chisinau International Airport

News TeamApril 24, 2017

From the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Due to unexpected severe winter weather conditions in Moldova the international airport in Chisinau is currentl...

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Quick Read: Airport-level security at Gallipoli for Anzac Day

News TeamApril 24, 2017

New Zealanders attending Anzac commemorations at Gallipoli this year will face airport-level security restrictions after a warning terrorists could target the events.... Read full article at the publisher's site: http://ift.tt/2p90AgX Like w...

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Quick Read: Here’s Your Guide to Understanding Protest Deaths in Venezuela

News TeamApril 24, 2017

Headlines about ongoing violence in Venezuela are practically inescapable. Within the last three weeks alone, at least 22 people have died amid anti-government ...

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Quick Read: Trump Admin “Looking” at Visa Wavier Program – How It Could Impact Europe Travel

News TeamApril 24, 2017

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly has said that the Trump administration has “to start looking very hard at” the United States’ Visa Waiver Program, rem...

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Quick Read: Jamaica flying high – One of 12 countries recognised for air travel safety

News TeamApril 24, 2017

Jamaica's significant ongoing investment in air traffic management infrastructure has begun to pay off in a big way, less than eight months after the new air traffic control tower at the Norman Manley International Airport became operational. "The t...

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Quick Read: Yuba City Police Shoot And Kill Man Wanted For Kidnapping

News TeamApril 24, 2017

The Yuba City Police Department says an early-Saturday-morning security check ended with a shootout involving a man who ran from officers.... Read full article ...

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Quick Read: Collinson Group advisory: Ensuring traveller wellbeing for best-practice duty of care

News TeamApril 24, 2017

With ever increasing pressure on the bottom line, businesses are closely scrutinising their spending. More often than not travel budget is the first casualty in...

Quick Read: US: Famine Could Be Cause of Uptick in Piracy off Somalia

News TeamApril 24, 2017

U.S. officials are reluctant to label a recent spike in piracy off the waters of Somalia as a trend.... Read full article at the publisher's site: http://ift.tt/2pbAWub Like what you read? Sign up here for our free Daily Updates. We also sen...

Quick Read: Buckle up or shut up: Vietnam’s road safety conundrum

News TeamApril 24, 2017

As Vietnam’s transition from two wheels to four gathers pace, whose job is it to keep the country’s new drivers safe? “We don’t use those in Vietnam,” said the ...

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Quick Read: Taiwanese woman injured in Tas bush

News TeamApril 24, 2017

A woman who spent two nights in the Tasmanian wilderness with a badly broken ankle will spend at least one more night in the bush.... Read full article at the p...

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Quick Read: Hawaii loses bid for 11-judge 9th Circuit review of travel ban

News TeamApril 24, 2017

A San Francisco-based federal appeals court declined Friday to convene an 11-judge panel to consider President Trump’s moratorium on admitting refugees and travelers from six predominantly Muslim countries.In a brief order, the U.S.... Read full art...

Quick Read: At least 35 killed in drug violence across Mexico: officials

News TeamApril 24, 2017

MEXICO CITY At least 35 people were killed over the weekend in Mexico, according to local officials, amid a widespread surge in drug gang violence that has driv...

Quick Read: French election: Three arrested as protesters scuffle with police in Paris

News TeamApril 24, 2017

Three people have been arrested after scuffles broke out between protesters and police in Paris as the results of the French presidential election first round b...

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Quick Read: Woman forced to strip by airport security and show surgery scars after dramatic transformation thanks to 17-stone weight loss

News TeamApril 24, 2017

A WOMAN who shed half her weight had to show passport inspectors surgery scars as they did not believe the photo was of her. Fionna Murray has had seven operations to remove sagging skin after going from 26½ stone to 13st in four years.... Read full ...

Quick Read: HK hikers warned as death toll exceeds 2016 total in just four months

News TeamApril 24, 2017

HONG KONG — A spike in hiker deaths in Hong Kong has prompted experts to warn the public to take extra precaution when venturing on the city’s trails.... Read f...

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Quick Read: Nigeria: Crisis Across Several Airports As Stranded ‘Air Peace’ Passengers Protest in Abuja, Lagos, Calabar

News TeamApril 24, 2017

Air Peace has condemned the attacks on its staff by some passengers in Abuja, Lagos, Calabar and other parts of the country.... Read full article at the publish...

Quick Read: Taliban Fighters Kill at Least 140 Afghan Soldiers at Army Base

News TeamApril 24, 2017

Afghanistan is in mourning after at least 140 soldiers were killed by a group of 10 Taliban fighters at a key base in northern Afghanistan. It was the deadliest single attack against an army base since the war began 16 years ago.... Read full article...

Quick Read: ‘I Dreamed of Africa’ author Kuki Gallmann shot and wounded at Kenya conservation park

News TeamApril 24, 2017

Italian born author and conservationist Kuki Gallmann was being treated in a Nairobi hospital on Sunday after being shot in the stomach near her lodge in Kenya....

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Quick Read: One killed, four injured in hotel explosion

News TeamApril 24, 2017

IRONSHORE, St James — One hotel worker was killed and four others injured when tragedy struck here at the RIU Hotel, yesterday afternoon.... Read full article a...

Quick Read: Gunmen kill state leader of Mexico’s leftist PRD party

News TeamApril 24, 2017

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Gunmen killed the leader of Mexico's leftist Democratic Revolution Party in the southern state of Guerrero, authorities said.... Read full article at the publisher's site: http://ift.tt/2pXkY4U Like what you read? Sign up ...

Quick Read: The Most Dangerous Countries For American Tourists Revealed

News TeamApril 24, 2017

The most dangerous country for American tourists have been issued the most travel warnings and saw a large number of Americans killed. It also happens to be a f...