US updates Saudi Arabia, Yemen travel warnings

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  military_force_protection Image Caption:  Sanaa, Yemen Citing continued levels of terror cell activities and dangerous conditions, the U.S. State Department updated separate travel warnings for Saudi Arabia and Yemen on Nov. 19. Homepage position:  10 read more View full post on Government Security News View full…

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U.S. renews travel warnings for Colombia, but FARC peace talks gear up

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption:  FARC guerillas With continued, but diminished, kidnappings and other violent activties by terror organizations and drug cartels in Colombia, the U.S. State Department on Oct. 3 renewed a seven-month-old travel warning for U.S. government workers and citizens in the country. Although the…

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State Dept. expects 8,000 parents to seek alerts about their children’s travel plans

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  federal_agencies_legislative The U.S. State Department estimates that approximately 8,000 parents or legal guardians of minor children annually will take advantage of a department program that promises to send an alert if anyone submits an application for a U.S. passport on their child’s behalf. Homepage position: …

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Hackers Disrupt Israeli Travel, Commerce Websites

Transcript by www.newsy.com BY EVAN THOMAS ANCHOR EMILY SPAIN It’s the latest in a digital assault on Israel — hackers have knocked national transport and stock exchange websites offline. Fox Business has the details. “It sounds like a cyber war…. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…

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