Larry Habegger

YEMEN The attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa Sept. 17, believed to have been carried out by Al Qaeda, has authorities worried about a larger issue: militants returning from...

BOLIVIA The country is in the midst of a political crisis pitting supporters of President Evo Morales against opposition demonstrators. Two weeks of conflict saw some 30 people killed and...

COSTA RICA The mugging of a 45-year-old former boxer 50 yards from his hotel in Playas del Coco is a reminder that even the most unlikely targets for crime can...

ITALY With 3,000 soldiers already patrolling Italy's cities along with police, the Italian government is considering adding more after two brutal attacks on tourists near Rome and Naples and an...

FRANCE One month into a two-month evaluation of food safety, inspectors from the French agriculture ministry found that 27 percent of the establishments checked failed quality and hygiene tests. The...

CAMBODIA Dengue fever cases are down more than half compared with last year at this time, but authorities warned that the risk is still high in major tourist areas, especially...

1 AUSTRALIA Due to street violence outside Melbourne bars, Victoria state government has imposed a three-month trial for 2 a.m. "lockouts" -- meaning that patrons cannot enter or re-enter a...

ITALY Thieves on Italian trains are increasingly using drugs to sedate victims before making off with their possessions. One method they use is to board sleeper trains and spray a...

BRAZIL Some 33,000 people have contracted dengue fever and 48 have died in Rio de Janeiro state this year in what appears to be an epidemic of the disease. Already...

CHINA A Shanghai taxi gang has been preying on tourists arriving in the city center on the high-speed train from Pudong Airport by demanding exorbitant fares and then robbing or...