The US Department of State warns that Venezuela has one of the world’s highest crime rates and that armed robberies and street crime take place throughout Caracas and other cities, including in areas generally presumed safe and frequented by tourists countrywide.

Shortages of food, water, medicine and other basic goods have led to violence and looting. Electricity is unreliable, and blackouts are frequent. In addition, political rallies and demonstrations can occur with little...

On the island of Java in Indonesia, at least 12 people died during a 3-day traffic jam in early July. The 13-mile-long traffic jam at the westbound toll plaza near the town of Brebes was caused by a combination of roadwork and the large number of people traveling west, in the direction of Jakarta, on the weekend after the Eid al-Fitr holiday. 

Most of those who died succumbed to heat and exhaustion, with one reportedly dying of carbon monoxide poisoning from exhaust fumes....

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