Day: March 6, 2018

The US State Department has issued a travel warning for the DRC due to civil unrest and conflict.

Travel Advisory Tweet >> Reconsider travelling to the DRC due to crime and civil unrest

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

#DRC Travel Advisory - Level 3: Reconsider travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) due to crime and civil unrest. Some areas have increased risk....

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Quick Read: US Aides: Venezuela Opens Backchannel Over Jailed American Joshua Holt

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro welcomed a visit by a top-ranking Republican congressional staffer last month to discuss the possi...

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Quick Read: Libya’s Biggest Oil Field Sharara Resumes Production

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

Libya’s Sharara oil field, the country’s biggest, began pumping after the reopening of a pipeline to the Zawiya refinery.... Read full article at the publisher's site: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-05/libya-s-biggest-oil-field-sh...

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Quick Read: Turkey Arrests 4 Connected to ‘Security Threat’ at US Embassy

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

Turkey has detained four Iraqis in connection with a security threat to the U.S. embassy in Ankara, Turkish media reported. The reports came as the U.S. embass...

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Quick Read: Myanmar: Hundreds March Against Proposed Amendments to Protest Laws

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

Hundreds of rights activists marched through Yangon City Monday to oppose proposed amendments to a bill that regulates peaceful protesting in the Southeast Asia...

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Quick Read: Protests Rock Kashmir After Deadly Shooting By Indian Troops

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

More than a dozen protests erupted across Kashmir on Monday, with government forces firing tear gas and demonstrators hurling rocks as tens of thousands of protesters poured into the streets of the disputed Himalayan region after soldiers killed four...

Quick Read: Sierra Leone to Vote Amid Discontent Over Ebola, Iron Ore

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

Sierra Leone will hold elections on Wednesday in which an unprecedented number of political parties will compete as discontent over the government’s handling of...

Quick Read: Workers say they warned Amtrak before deadly crash

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

Portland, Oregon (CNN)In the days before Amtrak 501 careened off the tracks last month in a deadly crash, engineers and conductors warned their supervisors that...

A driving ban is in place for election day in Sierra Leone.

Travel Advisory Tweet >> Sierra Leone votes on Wednesday, driving ban in place all day – be prepared for disruption

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

Security Alert for #SierraLeone: On Wednesday, March 7, Sierra Leone will hold general elections. Motor vehicle traffic will be restricted to official vehicles from 6:00am to 7:00pm country wide. The U.S. Embassy in Freetown will be closed to rout...

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Quick Read: Turkey refuses to release Greek border guards in spy row

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

Turkey has refused to release two Greek border guards arrested on suspicion of espionage, in a move that risks inflaming already strained ties between the two N...

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Quick Read: Italy election: What does the result mean?

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

The leaders of two anti-establishment parties - The Five Star Movement and the anti-illegal migrant League party - are setting their sights on power after Itali...

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Quick Read: African street vendor shot dead in Florence, Italian suspect arrested

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

FLORENCE (Reuters) - A man shot an African street vendor to death on Monday in Florence, one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations, police said.... Read full article at the publisher's site: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-shooting/af...

Quick Read: Nigeria’s Buhari to Tour Hot Spots After Kidnappings and Clashes

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will visit the state where 110 schoolgirls were abducted by suspected Islamist militants last month, his office said, as his...

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Quick Read: ‘Plastic, plastic, plastic’: British diver films sea of rubbish off Bali

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

The footage was shot at a dive site called Manta Point, a cleaning station for the large rays on the island of Nusa Penida, about 20km from the popular Indonesi...

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Quick Read: Sri Lanka imposes state of emergency over communal violence

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

Sri Lanka's government has imposed a nation-wide state of emergency to "take stern action" against people instigating communal violence, a government spokesman has said.... Read full article at the publisher's site: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/201...

Quick Read: Winds Rip Off Part Of Roof At China Airport. It Was Caught On Camera

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

In an embarrassment for authorities, a part of the ceiling at the entrance of China's Nanchang Changbei Airport collapsed due to extreme weather on Sunday after...

Quick Read: Mexico drug gang suspect and wife shot dead at hospital near Cancún beaches

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

Four gunmen burst into a hospital in the Mexican resort of Cancún and shot to death a drug gang suspect and his wife, according to officials in the Caribbean co...

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Quick Read: Trump Says He’s Considering Attending Controversial Jerusalem Embassy Opening

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced snowballing corruption allegations at home, President Trump said, during the Israeli official's visit to Washington, that the relationship between the two nations is better than ever.... Read full article...

Quick Read: The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security – Report

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 68/11 and Security Council resolution 2344 (2017), in which the Secretary-General was re...

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Quick Read: Delta loses $40m tax break after scrapping discounts for NRA members – which were only ever used 13 times

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

Delta Air Lines has provoked the ire of the National Rifle Association (NRA) by scrapping a discount for its members in the wake of the Parkland school shooting...

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Quick Read: Myanmar’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya continues, says U.N. human rights official

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar’s “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims was continuing, a senior U.N. human rights official said on Tuesday, more than six months after insurgent attacks sparked a security response that has driven nearly 700,000 people in...

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Quick Read: Tropical storm to reach Thailand by mid-week

News TeamMarch 6, 2018

BANGKOK, 5th March 2018 (NNT) - The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has warned those living in the upper regions of Thailand of heavy ra...