December 6, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect held on $500,000 bond each after manhunt (CNN)
• Supreme Court justices sound ready to restrict the right to abortion (Los Angeles Times)
• U.S. to restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries (Los Angeles Times)
• Bob Dole, longtime GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee, dies at age 98  (NPR)
• Marcus Lamb, the Christian broadcaster who discouraged vaccines, dies from COVID-19 (NPR)
• Critics say bail reform needs to go following the Waukesha parade tragedy  (NPR)
• Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame (NPR)

WORLD

• Tourists bask on a battlefield as drug gangs fight over Mexican resort town (Guardian)
• Announcement of new virus variant alarms world, as stocks crash and flights are banned (Washington Post)
• Egypt: Grand opening for Luxor's 'Avenue of the Sphinxes' (BBC)
• At least 13 people are dead after volcano erupts on the Indonesian island of Java (NPR)
• Afghan Girl From Famous Cover Portrait Is Evacuated to Italy (US News & World Reports)
• Palestinian assailant kills one, injures four others in Jerusalem's Old City  (NPR)

For excerpts and links to full stories, click “read more” and scroll down.

East County News Service

November 23, 2015 (Washington D.C.)—The U.S. State Department is warning travelers about terrorist threats in multiple regions following a spate of terrorist attacks in France, Nigeria, Denmark, Turkey and Mali as well as ISIS claims of downing a Russian jetliner.

American citizens are urged to be vigilant in public places and transit, avoiding large crowds and exercising particular caution at holiday festivals or events. The alert does not advise canceling travel plans to any specific region, however.

Travelers are also urged to monitor media for updated information and to be prepared for additional security measures and screenings. Also stay in touch with family members and have a contact plan in case of emergency.  You shold also register with the State Department’s  Smart Traveler Enrollment Program

Below is the full text of the alert:

February 25, 2015 (San Diego's East County)-- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• 24 Pictures That Perfectly Capture How Insane The Snow In New England Is (Buzzfeed)
• Big US, Canadian shopping malls: Next terrorist target? (CS Monitor)
• Now You Can Sign Up To Keep Drones Away From Your Property (NPR)
• The Government’s War on Freedom of the Press (Reason)
• Anti-Semitic, Pro-Islamic State Graffiti Continues to Plague D.C. (Free Beacon)
• Anti-Semitism Spikes in the Badger State Tablet Magazine)
• The great Sim heist: how spies stole the keys to the encryption castle (The Intercept)
• Federal government: average of 10 fuel trains may derail each year (CS Monitor)
• Two men sentenced to 25 years in plot to attack Americans in Afghanistan (Reuters)
•   Supreme Court Considers Visa Case For Foreign Spouses (NPR)
•  U.S. jury orders Palestinian groups to pay attack victims $218.5 million (Reuters)

WORLD

• ISIS parades caged Kurdish fighters through Iraqi streets (JPost)
• Saudi Preacher says US never went to moon, offers 'rational' proofs Earth doesn't revolve (JPost)
• Reliving the 1930s (Town Hall)
• Denmark’s Jewish Radio Station Shuts Down (Tablet Magazine)
• Two bombs explode at residence of Iranian ambassador in Libya (JPost)
• How Russia forces its soldiers to fight against Ukraine (CS Monitor)
• After the terrorist attacks: Children deregister from Jewish school (Danmarks Radio)
• Photos: Islamic State torches musical instruments, cigarrettes in Libya
• Icelandic bankers sentenced to prison (Icelandic Review)
• WATCH: Jerusalem mayor tackles Arab terrorist seconds after suspect stabs Jewish man (JPost)

For excerpts and links to full stories, click “read more” and scroll down.

By Miriam Raftery

March 24, 2011 (Washington D.C.) – Today, North American Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced that NATO will take over enforcement of the no-fly zone. The U.S.-led coalition will continue to take the lead in handling air strikes against Libyan ground forces and a naval blockade.

Allied coalition forces led by the U.S. have crippled Libyan air power, though Libyan ground forces continue to wage attacks on rebel forces in several cities amid a civil war.