As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 38 destinations: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, El Salvador, Eritrea, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Israel/West Bank/Gaza, Kenya, North Korea, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Republic of South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela...

Just north of Hong Kong, a large, man-made hilltop mound of earth and debris became unstable and collapsed into the city of Shenzhen on Dec. 21, completely covering 33 buildings and over 380,000 square meters of land. As of press time, 76 people remained missing and were presumed dead, with one person confirmed dead. One man was rescued alive after being trapped for 67 hours. More than 900 people were evacuated from the area. The cause of the collapse was the instability of the mound, which...

At least nine Taliban fighters attacked Kandahar Airport — a military and civilian airport in southeastern Afghanistan — on Dec. 8, killing at least 37 people and seizing hostages. The battle lasted for 26 hours until the Afghani army was able to fully retake the airport. The airport also houses a NATO base. Kandahar is the country’s second-largest city.

On Dec. 21, a suicide bomber struck a NATO base in Bagram, in the northeast, killing six soldiers, including Americans. Later that...