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Turkey: Nation votes in tense election on Sunday 24th – avoid rallies and protests, remain aware of your surroundings

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Turkey goes to the polls on Sunday in a snap election that could have far reaching ramifications. The election had been scheduled for next year, but was brought...

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Travel advice: FCO warns terrorists are ‘very likely to try to carry out attacks in Indonesia’ – election day on 27th a target

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Whether you are headed to the hustle and bustle of Jakarta, looking to party in Bali or hike and snorkel in Lombok, it is worth being aware of the terror threat...

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Job: Area Manager (Kabul, Afghanistan) for Danish Refugee Council

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Role: Area Manager Company: Danish Refugee Council Location: Kabul, Afghanistan Deadline: 30th June 2018 Link: https://ww...

Job: Security Officer for United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Role: Security Officer Company: United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti Location: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Deadline: 27th Ju...

Job: Coordinator (Trafficking in Human Beings) for INTERPOL – deadline Sunday

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Role: Coordinator (Trafficking in Human Beings) Company: INTERPOL Location: Lyon, France Deadline: 24th June 2018 Link: h...

Job: Security Coordination Officer for the UN Department of Safety and Security

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Role: Security Coordination Officer Company: UN Department of Safety and Security Location: New York, NY Deadline: 28th July 20...

Job: Family Tracing and Reunification/Case Management Specialist (South Sudan) for Save the Children

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Role: Family Tracing and Reunification/Case Management Specialist Company: Save the Children Location: South Sudan Deadline: 26...

Quick Read: Foreign students falling prey to kidnapping scams: Singapore Police

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Three police reports have been made over the past two days over kidnapping scams involving foreign students, the police said yesterday.... Read full article at...

Quick Read: Body of missing German hitchhiker found in Spain: reports

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Spanish police likely found the body of missing German hitchhiker Sophia L, local media reported on Thursday. The 28-year-old Leipzig woman went missing a week...

Quick Read: Inter-faith couple say they were denied passport in India ‘unless husband converted to Hinduism’

News TeamJune 22, 2018

It was supposed to be a routine visit to the passport office for Tanvi Seth and her husband Anas Siddiqui, an interfaith couple who have been married for 12 yea...

Quick Read: Saudi Arabian royal family pilot arrested for theft in US

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Prosecutors say Marcin Urbanski was taken into custody during a stop in Bangor on Tuesday as the plane was headed to Los Angeles. Mr Urbanski was wanted for ac...

Quick Read: Romania police arrest German journalist covering protest in Bucharest

News TeamJune 22, 2018

For the past year-and-a-half, German journalist Paul Arne Wagner and his wife Madalina Rosca have covered protests against the Romanian government. But during a...

Quick Read: Portuguese woman kicked off Bali flight after making bomb joke

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Explosives on planes are no laughing matter, but for some reason, a Portuguese woman decided to crack a bomb joke when boarding an Indonesian flight this week.....

Quick Read: Taliban kill 16 Afghan soldiers, kidnap engineers after ceasefire ends

News TeamJune 22, 2018

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants killed at least 16 Afghan police and two civilians in western Badghis province after their three-day ceasefire for the Eid a...

Quick Read: Japan volcano featured in “James Bond” movie erupts, ejecting smoke and rocks

News TeamJune 22, 2018

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese volcano that figured in a 1960s James Bond movie erupted explosively on Friday for the first time since April, sending smoke thousa...

Quick Read: Police killing unarmed blacks affects mental health of African Americans, study says

News TeamJune 22, 2018

The disproportionately high rate at which unarmed black people die at the hands of police in the United States has a corrosive impact on the mental health of bl...

Quick Read: Lioness is shot dead after escaping from Belgian zoo and triggering evacuation

News TeamJune 22, 2018

A lion on the loose forced the evacuation of one Belgium’s most famous zoos Thursday, and the animal had to be killed after several failed attempts to sedate it...

Quick Read: Returning Terrorists Threaten Balkan Security, Europol Says

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Europol report highlights return of foreign terrorist fighters from conflict areas to the countries of the Western Balkans as a matter of concern.... Read full...

Quick Read: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro Young Student Shot Dead by Police During Favela Raid

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Marcos Vinicius da Silva, a 14-year-old student, died Wednesday after being shot in the stomach the day before during a civil police operation, supported by , i...

Quick Read: Social media rumour mongers accuse Chinese of looting in Osaka quake aftermath

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Rumours that spread on social media about foreigners carrying out robberies or terrorist attacks after the June 18 earthquake in Osaka have been widely condemne...

Quick Read: East Libyan forces say advance rapidly in bid to retake oil ports

News TeamJune 22, 2018

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - East Libyan forces said on Thursday they had rapidly retaken control of large areas of the shuttered oil ports of Es Sider and Ras L...

Quick Read: Flaming Condoms Are the Newest Threat to Southern Israel

News TeamJune 22, 2018

Condoms have moved out of the bedroom and into the air in the Gaza Strip, where they’ve become the newest weapon against Israel.... Read full article at the pu...