Early Bird Brief

Today's Top 5

1. World Faces Largest Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945, U.N. Official Says (National Public Radio) The world is facing its greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945, says the United Nations humanitarian coordinator, Stephen O'Brien.

2. Prosecuting Marines over nude photo scandal could be difficult (Marine Corps Times) Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller on Friday promised action against any service member involved in the social media nude photo sharing scandal, but just what punishment these troops could face remains unclear.

3. U.N. Accuses Turkey of Killing Hundreds of Kurds (New York Times) Turkey’s military and police forces have killed hundreds of people during operations against Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey, the United Nations said on Friday in a report that listed summary killings, torture, rape and widespread destruction of property among an array of human rights abuses.

4. India elections: Decisive victory for Modi's BJP in Uttar Pradesh (BBC) Narendra Modi's party has won a landslide victory in one of India's key states, a boost for the prime minister halfway through his first term.

5. Ousted leader Park remains defiant as she returns to private home (Yonghap News Agency) Former President Park Geun-hye arrived at her private home in southern Seoul on Sunday, two days after the Constitutional Court ruled to dismiss her over a massive corruption scandal that triggered a leadership crisis and left the nation sharply divided.

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