As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 28 destinations: Mali, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Israel/West Bank/Gaza, Kenya, Afghanistan, Burundi, Nigeria, Haiti, Iran, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Chad, Nepal, Lebanon, Georgia, Sudan, Colombia, Algeria, Syria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Philippines, Côte d’Ivoire and Somalia.

For details, call the State Department at 202/647-5225 or visit http://travel.state.gov/...

In the southern Philippines, 12 people died and more than 90 were wounded in bomb blasts in July.

A cathedral in Cotabato, Mindanao, was hit on July 5; a bomb went off near a gas station on Jolo on July 7, and a third blast occurred two hours later in Iligan on Mindanao. Since January, there have been more than 50 bombings in the Sulu Archipelago, most linked to Islamist extremists demanding an independent homeland.

In Jakarta, Indonesia, two suicide bombers carried out...

The US Embassy in Nairobi has designated a small portion of Kenya bordering Somalia and Ethiopia as “restricted without prior authorization” for purposes of travel by US government employees. This is based on reports of Somali-based armed groups that have crossed into Kenya to stage attacks or commit crimes. 

This restriction does not apply to people not associated with the US government but should be taken into account when planning travel. The State Department lists the restricted...