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(India/Rohingya/Myanmar) ‘Repeat of what happened in Myanmar’: India detains 160 Rohingya (Al Jazeera)

Aakash Hassan and Zafar Aafaq Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir send dozens of Rohingya refugees to ‘holding centre’, as activists decry the move. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/8/repeat-of-what-happened-in-myanmar-india-detains-160-rohingya

(Iraq/Pope Francis) Pope ends historic Iraq visit with messages of coexistence (Al Jazeera)

Pope Francis leaves Iraq after touring four cities in the first-ever papal visit to the Middle Eastern country. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/8/pope-ends-iraq-visit-after-mass-in-isil-ruined-city-of-mosul

(Iraq/Kurdish Region) ‘As if she had never existed’: The graveyards for murdered women (Al Jazeera)

Julie Bindel In the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, female victims of ‘honour killings’ lie buried in unmarked graves, denied even their names in death,...

(Yemen) Deadly fire rips through migrant facility in Yemen: UN (Al Jazeera)

At least eight people killed and 170 injured in a fire at a migrant detention facility in the capital Sanaa, IOM says. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/8/fire-at-migrant-facility-in-yemen-kills-at-least-eight-says-un

(Oil and Gas) Key oil price surges above $70 after attack on Saudi facilities (Al Jazeera)

Brent crude futures rose above $70 first time since COVID pandemic began while US crude was its highest in two years. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/8/oil-surges-above-70-after-attack-on-saudi-facilities

(Mozambique) Mozambican journalists’ lives are on the line in Cabo Delgado (Al Jazeera)

Ilham Rawoot The AU has stood by as Mozambique aggressively represses journalists covering the violence in the north. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/7/mozambican-journalists-lives-are-on-the-line-in-cabo-delgado

(Cybersecurity) Bug in Apple’s Find My Feature Could’ve Exposed Users’ Location Histories (The Hacker News)

Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday disclosed two distinct design and implementation flaws in Apple's crowdsourced Bluetooth location tracking system that can lead to a...

(Cybersecurity) Mazafaka — Elite Hacking and Cybercrime Forum — Got Hacked! (The Hacker News)

Ravie Lakshmanan In what's a case of hackers getting hacked, a prominent underground online criminal forum by the name of Maza has been compromised by...

(Cybersecurity) Researchers Find 3 New Malware Strains Used by SolarWinds Hackers (The Hacker News)

Ravie Lakshmanan FireEye and Microsoft on Thursday said they discovered three more malware strains in connection with the SolarWinds supply-chain attack, including a "sophisticated second-stage...

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