Hello, Australia! – The Saudis call a break in the fighting in Yemen – Obama tells African states to abandon anti-Gay discrimination – Why isn’t the West speaking up in defense of the Kurds? – Video of a super-cute Baby Owl! – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The international Red Cross is welcoming a Saudi cease-fire in Yemen.  The Saudi-led coalition says it will halt air strikes for five days to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid.  The United Nations says more than 3,200 people have been killed since the Saudis began bombing Houthi militia positions (and anything around them) in late March, and the UN has declared Yemen a level-three humanitarian emergency – the highest on its scale.

Disturbing news from the Middle East – Turkey unleashed a third round of aerial attacks in Syria and Northern Iraq.  But instead of targeting just Islamic State, Turkey also attacked the Kurdish Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – banned in Turkey but allied with the Kurdish YPG, which is fighting Islamic State in and around Kobani.  The US-led coalition has relied on Kurdish forces against IS, and has even supported them with bombing raids.  The US declined to comment on what the Turkish action against the Kurd means.  Oh, and the Turkish cops attacked their own people, as usual.

US President Barack Obama said his country is ready to work more closely with Kenya against the terrorist group Al Shabaab.  But he also warned that African Nations expecting help from The West shouldn’t discriminate against homosexuals.  “As an African American in the United States I am painfully aware of the what happens when people are treated differently,” said Mr. Obama, adding “bad things happen” when such a path was followed.  Obama also made a joke at the expense of some of his dumber opposition back home, insisting he’s not in Kenya to look for his birth certificate.

In mountainous Colorado, a Sheriff’s Deputy came across a fuzzy little baby owl in the middle of the road.  They looked at each other for a while and then it flew away.  That’s really about it, but you don’t get to see fuzzy little owls in the wild too often.

An Australian is among more than 200 people released from prison in Gambia on Friday.  The Aussie and some Europeans were jailed on drugs charges, though most of those released were linked to plots against Gambia’s dictator Yahya Jammeh – in some cases, only by family ties.  Amnesty International is cautiously welcoming the release: “However, we are aware that just a few weeks ago prisoners who were released were rounded up again and taken back to prison,” said Amnesty’s Sabrina Mahtani.

Authorities are advising people to stay out of the water off Tasmania’s east coast after a deadly shark attack yesterday.  A man in his 40s from Kingston, TAS died as his daughter watched the shark maul him.  Area fishers reportedly told the local marine authorities about a 12.5-meter White Pointer Shark they had seen, but it appears no warning was issued.

More than 1,300 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean arrived in Sicily, picked up by Italian, Irish, and Norwegian ships.  Most are from Syria and Africa, south of the Sahara desert.

Eight people are dead and 100 are being treated after inhaling chlorine gas in central Nigeria.  This happened after a chlorine cylinder exploded at a water treatment plant in the city of Jos.  Water supplies were not disrupted.

Taxi drivers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil formed a five-kilometer line and shut down traffic to protest the ride sharing service Uber, which has been accused of skirting local regulations and safety practices around the world.

Only one person required treatment for smoke inhalation after a frightening fire at the Cosmopolitan Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.  But it put out a lot of filthy black smoke because of plastic artificial plants and cabanas that burned.