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Worldwide terror alert, Russian volcano and other travel warnings

August 23, 2019 at 11:42 a.m.

Worldwide: The U.S. State Department updated a worldwide travel warning for Americans Jan. 9, days after the terrorist attack at the Charlie Hebdo headquarters in Paris. Pointing to rising conflict...

A tourist takes pictures last month from a double decker sightseeing bus as it passes the U.S. Interests Section building in Havana.

The crime outlook for Cuba visitors

August 23, 2019 at 11:40 a.m.

Cuba: With diplomatic relations on the mend, travelers may be planning tourist activities to the island nation. The U.S. State Department released a crime and safety report for Cuba, indicating...

A Delhi police officer with red flag walks ahead of his marching contingent during the upcoming Republic Day parade practice amidst morning fog in New Delhi, India on Dec. 29, 2014.

World travel: News affecting world travel

August 23, 2019 at 11:39 a.m.

Venezuela: Bandits arriving at a tourist beach by boat robbed 300 tourists at gunpoint before fleeing the beach in a stolen fishing boat. The tourists at Arapito Isla Beach on...

State Department issues global warning for Americans in holiday season

August 23, 2019 at 11:38 a.m.

Global: The U.S. Department of State issued a global travel alert for tourists during the holiday season, citing the recent hostage situation in Australia as cause for heightened caution. The...

Chimney stacks of residential apartment buildings in Paris, where wood-burning fires are banned as of Jan. 1. There are also talks of banning fuel-burning vehicles to control pollution.

Travel alerts include druggings, robberies in Ecuador

August 23, 2019 at 11:36 a.m.

Ecuador: A growing number of attacks involving tourists and others being drugged and robbed have been reported across the country. Some victims also have been sexually assaulted. Scopolamine, a topical...

Protests in Mexico among world events affecting travel

August 23, 2019 at 11:34 a.m.

Mexico: Protests have increased in Mexico City and other parts of the country in response to the 43 missing students from Guerrero. In addition, several protests blocking points of entry...

World travel alerts: El Salvador, Thailand, Netherlands

August 23, 2019 at 11:32 a.m.

El Salvador: The U.S. State Department reissued a travel warning citing high levels of crime against tourists as cause for alarm. Officials reported that 33 Americans were murdered and 366...

Eruption on island off Africa prompts Cape Verde warning

August 23, 2019 at 11:30 a.m.

Cape Verde: A volcano erupted Monday, Nov. 25, on Fogo, prompting evacuations and security warnings to tourists on the island nation off Africa's west coast. A local airport also was...

Bird flu raises concerns in United Kingdom and Netherlands

August 23, 2019 at 11:28 a.m.

Europe: Travelers in parts of the Netherlands and United Kingdom might want to minimize dining on poultry over the coming weeks as cases of H5N8 bird flu have been detected...

Atlantis resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas. The U.S. Embassy is warning travelers of Bahamas crime on the rise, including three sexual assaults against Americans.

U.S. Embassy warns of crime on the rise in the Bahamas

August 23, 2019 at 11:26 a.m.

Bahamas: The U.S. Embassy in Nassau released an advisory warning of increased crime across the country. Most notable were the sexual assaults of at least three American women by water...

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