As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 39 destinations: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, 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,...

A bombing at a marketplace in Davao, Mindanao, Philippines, killed 15 people and wounded more than 60 others on Sept. 2. The bombing coincided with a visit to the city by the country’s president, Rodrigo Duterte, but he was not targeted. Davao is Duterte’s home city, and its mayor is his son. 

Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf claimed responsibility for the bomb. Known for kidnapping and targeting civilians in attacks, Abu Sayyaf has been fighting a civil war in the...

Taiwan was struck by three typhoons in September.

On Sept. 15, Typhoon Meranti, a “super typhoon,” struck with winds up to more than 140 miles per hour. One person was killed and 38 were injured during the typhoon, which caused flooding, damaged infrastructure and left more than 500,000 people without electricity. At the time, it was the strongest storm to touch down in Taiwan in 21 years.

Typhoon Malakas made landfall in Taiwan on Sept. 18-19. Malakas was...