This is your news briefing for 21-28 JUN 2017.
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RUSSIA
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny barred from 2018 elections
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40385503
Russian fighter buzzes US jet over the Baltic Sea
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NORTH KOREA
Trump welcomes new South Korean President Moon Jae In
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/world/asia/trump-south-korean-president-moon-jae-in.html
South Korean President Moon Jae In heads to US to talk on North Korea threat
North Korea tests ICBM motor
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-northkorea-missiles-engine-idUSKBN19D2RC
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SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA
Mexico’s most violent month in 20 years
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2017/06/may-2017-most-violent-month-in-20-years.html
The Narco-Millienials of Mexican cartels
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2017/06/narco-millienials-sons-of-mexican-capos.html
Venezuelan Supreme Court attacked with hand grenades, helicopter
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40426642
53 years later, FARC disarms
https://colombiareports.com/53-years-taking-arms-farc-completes-disarmament-process-un/
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Middle East
Arab states present list of demands to Qatar
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40378221
Russia confident that al-Baghdadi has been killed
Victory in Mosul imminent
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-mosul-idUSKBN19I1AT
Yemen: Over 1000 dead in cholera outbreak, 17,000 infected
US shoots down Iranian-made drone in Syria
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/shoots-iranian-drone-syria-170621053255580.html
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AFGHANISTAN
Pentagon: Afghanistan still under persistent threat
Helmand Province: New Kabul bank hit by car bomb attack
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40366098
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NIGERIA
Boko Haram kidnaps 16 women in brutal ambush attack
http://allafrica.com/stories/201706220106.html
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BELGIUM
Police in Brussels thwart bomb attack
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