In eastern China, a man at Shanghai Pudong International Airport threw a glass bottle containing explosives at a check-in counter on June 13, injuring himself and four others when it detonated. After throwing the bomb, the man attempted to commit suicide with a knife. Chinese authorities reported that the attacker was motivated by extreme gambling debts.

The World Health Organization (WHO) advises that, despite the presence of the Zika virus in the Rio de Janeiro area, the virus will not pose a significant health risk at the Summer Olympic Games.

According to WHO, as the games will be held during Brazil’s winter months, the population of the vector of Zika, the Aedes aegypti mosquito, will be small. WHO also recommends that all visitors stay inside whenever possible and, if outside, to wear clothing that covers much of the body...

An EgyptAir plane, flight MS804 heading from Paris to Cairo, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on May 19 shortly after airport tower operators in Greece lost contact with the pilots. There were 56 passengers and 10 crew on board, and all are presumed dead. It was later revealed that in-flight systems had reported two smoke alarms being set off on board before contact was lost. 

At press time, a multinational search team was still scanning for signals from the plane’s...