As reported by Timesofmalta.com, a 23-year-old French woman was injured this afternoon during a jump into the sea off the Dwejra arch in Gozo. The woman was in a group of tourists visiting the island. The incident happened at about 5 p.m. Read article
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The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens traveling to or living in Haiti about the security situation in Haiti. This replaces the Travel Warning dated December 28, 2012, to update information regarding the crime level, lack of adequate infrastructure – particularly in medical facilities – seasonal severe inclement weather, […]
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Reuters reports that Israel shot down a rocket aimed at its southern resort city of Eilat early on Tuesday, blowing it up in mid air near the border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, a military official said. Islamist militants operating in the lawless desert peninsula said they fired the rocket at the city, which was packed […]
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Eturbonews.com reports that tourists to the West Java in Indonesia were urged to obey the regulations and not to swim out into the sea. If the tide is high and the night falls, tourists may not swim or be in the water. As many as 60 tourists were stung by jellyfish at Pelabuhanratu Beach, West […]
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Latimes.com reported that, lava from an erupting volcano killed six people sleeping in a beach village on a small island in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, after ash and smoke from the volcano shot about a mile into the air, officials said. Mount Rokatenda in East Nusa Tenggara province erupted early Saturday morning, and nearly 3,000 […]
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As reported by Prokerala.com, Turkish government has warned its citizens against non-essential travel to Lebanon and called those already in the country to return home after two Turkish pilot were kidnapped in Beirut Friday. Earlier in the day, a Turkish Airlines pilot and his assistant were kidnapped in an ambush on a bus in Lebanon’s […]
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As reported by Thisdaylive.com, one Nigerian was killed while four Thai nationals were yesterday abducted in Buguma, headquarters of Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State when gunmen attacked the Israeli-run Buguma Mega Fish Farm located in the town. Also yesterday, the Rivers Peoples’ Forum restated its call for the immediate arrest and prosecution of […]
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As reported by Straitstimes.com, a young Irish teacher was found dead in her apartment in Queenstown on Wednesday night. The police received a call at 10.59pm that night requesting assistance at a residential unit along Stirling Road, said a spokesman. Read article
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Reuters.com reported that, at least six homeless people sleeping under a bridge in the heart of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown were crushed to death early on Friday when the bridge collapsed in a landslide caused by heavy rain, the country’s police inspector general said. The Jimmy Bridge, heavily used by both vehicles and pedestrians, collapsed […]
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As reported by Usatoday.com, eighteen of 19 of U.S. embassies and consulates across the Middle East, Asia and Africa closed recently will reopen on Sunday, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki announced in a statement released Friday evening. The U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, will remain closed, Psaki added added, because of continuing concerns about a […]
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