This is your weekly news briefing for 09 – 15 MAR 2017.
GLOBAL
Study: Vaccines effective against pandemic flu.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-03-vaccines-pandemic-flu.html
UN: Famine in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen constitute the greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/un-says-world-faces-largest-humanitarian-crisis-1945-n732156
EUROPE
2 arrested in attack plot on Mall in Essen, Germany
Officials: ISIS has prioritized Germany as a target
https://www.thelocal.de/20170309/intelligence-chief-warns-germany-is-increasingly-a-target-of-isis
2 shot to death in Stockholm, Sweden
https://www.thelocal.se/20170309/two-men-killed-in-stockholm-shooting
Measles outbreak in Romania threatens region
17 unvaccinated children die from measles in Romania
EAST ASIA
Analysis: N. Korea’s nuclear arsenal is a clear and present danger
US deploys attack drones to S. Korea
S. Korean court unanimously impeaches President Park over graft scandal
Chinese military expands, US strategy remains undeveloped
China resumes work on disputed island in South China Sea
Malaysian police arrest 7 ISIS members
20,000 refugees flee to China from Myanmar during ethnic cleansing
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/1211673/20-000-from-myanmar-seek-refuge-across-china-border
SOUTH / CENTRAL AMERICA
13 dead in drug-related violence in Mexico
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2432842&CategoryId=14091
Veracruz: 250 skulls found in mass grave
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39272332
Brazil stunned by brutal murder of transgender woman
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/world/americas/brazil-transgender-killing-video.html
Brazilian “Boa Esporta” football team contracts goalkeeper convicted of murdering his girlfriend and feeding her to his dogs
AFRICA
28 killed, 43 kidnapped in Ethiopia; related to conflict in South Sudan
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-southsudan-idUSKBN16M1MH
Somalia: car bomb kills 6
http://www.voanews.com/a/car-bomb-kills-mogadishu/3762926.html
MIDDLE EAST
Al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat-Fateh-al-Sham claims responsibility for Damascus bombings that killed 74
Mosul update: ISIS continues to fight while Iraqi forces continue to make headway
26 killed in bombing at a wedding north of Baghdad
US Marines and Rangers deployed to assist in siege of Raqqa, Syria
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39217015
Afghan experts probe hospital shooting in Kabul
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