Here is your weekly news briefing for 19-25 OCT 2017.
Kurdish and Iraqi troops clash in Kirkuk over Kurdish independence
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41693143
Kurds offer suspended independence drive, seek talks with Baghdad
Madagascar plague death toll reaches 124 – epidemic still not peaking
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-10-madagascar-plague-death-toll-climbs_1_2.html
Nigerian soldiers kill 11 Boko Haram terrorists, free 85 hostages
Outspoken Russian journalist stabbed by “madman” is out of her coma
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-felgengauer-intensive-care-kremlin-blames-madman/28812762.html
President Macron lays out France’s counter-terror plan
http://www.france24.com/en/20171018-macron-france-counter-terror-security-agenda-5-years
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