Tag: detention
Kidnapped from the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong: 150,000 people marched in protest
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 9, 2019 19:52Kidnapped from a five-star hotel in Hongkong and appearing in a mainland China prison thereafter. This happened to a number of billionaires and publishers knwon to be critical to the ... Read More
Ramadan vice squad: Malaysian officials go undercover to catch non-fasting Muslims
Chief Assignment Editor- May 24, 2019 18:46If you are a non-fasting Muslim in Malaysia - be warned, a local official in disguise might serve your next meal having already snapped a photo of you and sent ... Read More
DNA test shows 30% of migrants detained at US border not related to ‘their’ children
Chief Assignment Editor- May 20, 2019 18:10DNA tests of migrant children arrested at the US-Mexico border with their families have revealed the minors were not related to the adults accompanying them. In a pilot program conducted ... Read More
Maldives former president Gayoom arrested for tourism related crime
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 19, 2019 05:49Maldives investigators found $1 million in former president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom bank account allegedly linked to a deal to lease public islands for tourism development in the Maldives. Abdulla Yameen Abdul ... Read More
In bizarre tit-for-tat, Ukraine detains, denies entry to Israeli tourists
Chief Assignment Editor- February 16, 2019 16:40Thirty-five Israeli tourists were detained at Ukraine's Kiev Airport and barred from entering the country on Friday. The incident appears to be a some sort of a tit-for-tat on Ukraine ... Read More
FAA restricts drone operations over DOJ and DOD facilities
Chief Assignment Editor- February 15, 2019 17:03At the request of its federal security partners, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) § ... Read More
No entry to Australia for Saudi Women traveling without male guardian?
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 3, 2019 20:59Are Australian Border Force officers targeting Saudi Arabian women whom they suspect will apply for asylum? is Australia blocking asylum seeking Saudi Arabian women from entering the down under country? ... Read More
‘Do not travel’: US State Department ups Venezuela travel warning to Level 4
Chief Assignment Editor- January 29, 2019 22:30The United States Department of State has raised its Venezuela travel advisory warning for US citizens to “do not travel,” citing civil unrest. The department issued the Level 4 red ... Read More
Updated US Travel Advisory for China: Will China tourism officials retaliate?
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 3, 2019 21:45Every day 8000 Chinese tourists enter the United States, and every day an average of 5000 American tourists enter China. Americans should exercise increased caution in China due to arbitrary enforcement ... Read More
American tourist arrested in Moscow ‘on suspicion of espionage’
Chief Assignment Editor- December 31, 2018 16:30Public relations center of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), which is the successor to the KGB, said on Monday that FSB has detained US citizen in Moscow 'on suspicion of ... Read More
Thailand Tourism Safety Image in question?
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 23, 2018 10:53A conflict between FIFA, Australia, and Bahrain on a human rights and an asylum case for involving a pro football star Hakeem AlAraibi wanted by his home country Bahrain may ... Read More
Tel Aviv court orders extension of comatose tourist’s detention
editor- April 16, 2012 06:57For second time, Tel Aviv court extends remand for the comatose tourist shot by police in Bat Yam. Read More