Hello Australia!! - Terrorists kill several and take hostages in an attack on an African capital - A drug trial in France leaves several patients with brain-damage - How did a sick video game attacking Aboriginal Australians get in the Apple and Google online stores? - Scary animal attack videos - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

At least 20 people are dead in an attack in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, and dozens are reportedly wounded.  Witnesses said explosions burst forth outside the Splendid Hotel, followed by three to four gunmen storming the building.  An al-Qaeda affiliate is reportedly claiming responsibility.  Cynthia Ohayon with the International Crisis Group says Burkina Faso is "still in a context of political fragility" after last year's ouster of long-time dictator Blaise Compaore, and thus "the timing of this attack is meaningful".  Government forces were preparing to respond to the attack, which bears strong similarities to one on a hotel in neighboring Mali in November.  20 people died in that earlier episode.

Al Shabaab say militants attacked a remote military base in Somalia, killing dozens of Kenyan and African Union troops.  Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said that "gallant soldiers reacted swiftly to protect their camp", but acknowledged that "some of our patriots in uniform paid the ultimate price".  A local shopkeeper in the town of Ceel Cadde says the AU troops appeared to have left and the al Shabaab Islamists were flooding the streets.

Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi says she was racially profiled, detained, and questioned at Los Angeles International Airport.  "Welcome to America", she tweeted after the idiotic treatment she and her family received by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  Dr. Faruqi, who emigrated from Pakistan to Oz in 1992, says the DHS demanded to know how she and her husband "got" Australian passports before fingerprinting them.  "I can only imagine this is only a glimpse of what goes on routinely," she said, "No one deserves to be treated with such suspicion for no reason."

Thousands of people have signed a petition demanding that Apple's iTunes App Store and Google Play drop a game that has players killing Aboriginal Australians.  The game has been removed, but it's pretty disgusting that a piece of crap like "Survival Island 3: Australia Story 3D" was able to slip through the cracks on the worldwide app stores.  The petition further demands an apology from the developers.  The game showed white males with bows and arrows who are told to "beware of Aborigines" and kill them for points.

A clinical trial in France on an experimental drug went horribly wrong:  One man is brain dead, three could have permanent brain damage, and a fifth man is suffering from neurological problems.  What's more, doctors administered the as-yet-unidentified drug to 90 patients.  The company Biotrial - which has conducted thousands of drug trials since 1989 - said on its website that "serious adverse events related to the test drug" had occurred, but that the company followed "international regulations and Biotrial's procedures".  The phase one clinical trial on the experimental drug manufactured by the Portuguese company Bial has been suspended and a major investigation is underway.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has declared an economic emergency, allowing him to govern by decree for the next 60 days.  He'll increase taxes on the wealthiest and institute emergency measures to pay for welfare services and food imports.  The country's central bank says Venezuela's economy contracted 4.5 percent in the first three quarters of 2015, and the global plunge in oil prices has slashed Venezuela's revenues by 60 percent.  This comes just before Mr. Maduro was to deliver the annual state of the union address to congress, which for the first time in 16 years is controlled by his conservative opposition.

The United Nations has evidence of troops in Burundi committing at least 13 gang rapes in the homes of opposition leaders, as well as the kidnapping, torture, and murders of young men.  The troops were suppressing protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza, who angered the opposition by running for a third term in office.  He secured that term in a disputed election last July, but dozens have been killed in protests since then.

Here is video footage of Asian Elephants surreptitiously recorded doing Asian Elephant stuff in Cambodia.  Another Elephant went on a rampage in the southern Indian city of Kozhikode - if you look closely, you can see priest priest P. Santhosh on the beast's back leaping to safety on an electrical pole.  A Leopard got into a village in India's West Bengal state, where people live in thatched huts but luckily have mobile video.