Good Morning Australia! - A powerful earthquake strikes Southeast Asia - It's now been two years since the Chibok girls were kidnapped, where's the progress in getting them back? - The US "Affluenza Teen" is finally going to prison - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is imploring Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to step up the search for the Chibok Girls on the second anniversary of their kidnapping from their boarding school by Boko Haram.  "Would a president give up the fight for his own daughter?  These girls are just as precious to their families," Malala wrote in an open letter to Mr. Buhari.  "My dream is that one day they will come home, finish their education and choose their futures for themselves."  Although Boko Haram has largely been pushed back by a combined military response by Nigeria and its neighbors, there hasn't been much evidence of the more than 200 girls since a few weeks after the mass kidnapping.

Amnesty International wants a purported mass grave in Nigeria preserved amid mounting evidence that the army carried out a slaughter of Shiite Muslims in December.  The Nigerian military laid siege to The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) following accusations the sect had tried to assassinate the army chief.  But IMN says the army killed 347 of its members including the sect's leader, as well as destroying the leader's home and a shrine.  Officials admit bodies were taken from a morgue in Kaduna state to a mass grave.  Amnesty says this grave must be preserved for a forensic investigation into the alleged atrocity.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is refuting critics who say he is giving away Egyptian territory in ceding control of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.  In 1950, Saudi Arabia asked Egypt to protect Tiran and Sanafir Islands in the Gulf of Aden from Israel; in 1967, Israel captured them.  But in 1979, they were handed to Egypt as part of a peace treaty.  "We did not surrender our rights, but we restored the rights of others," al-Sisi said on Egyptian TV.  "Egypt did not relinquish even a grain of sand," he added, decrying the widening distrust of government over the past five years.

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northern Myanmar, and the tremors were felt all around the region, including as far away as China and India.  "There may be some destruction and damage," said Myanmar official Cho Cho Win of Sagaing state, "But it's difficult to know the (extent) of destruction at nighttime."  People in Kolkata, India report seeing cracks appear in walls and several people in Bangladesh were treated for injuries caused by falling debris.

South Korean President Park Gyun-hye's conservative Saenuri Party appears to have lost its majority in parliamentary elections on Wednesday, on fears about a worsening economy.  The main opposition Minjoo Party campaigned on increasing welfare projects, raising pensions, and increasing the minimum wage.  Wealth inequality is a growing concern, after an IMF study revealed that ten percent of South Korean workers take home half the total income, Asia's worst ratio. 

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff says she will fight until the "last second of the second half" as opponents attempt to impeach her for improper management of state accounts, supposedly to hide a deficit.  Debate in the full lower house in Brasilia starts on Friday, and results of the vote are expected Sunday night (both times local).  With coalition partners deserting her, Dilma faces an uphill battle.  But if two-thirds of the house do not approve it, impeachment is dead and Dilma stays in office. 

Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jets buzzed the US guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook while it sailed in international waters in the Baltic Sea twice this week.  US officials accuse the Russians of a "simulated attack" that were "unsafe, potentially provocative," and "could have caused an accident".   

The US "affluenza teen" has been sentenced to two years in prison.  In 2013, Ethan Couch killed four people in a drunk driving crash, but avoided jail time when his lawyer used an "affluenza" defense - claiming Couch couldn't understand his actions because he was raised in too gosh-darned much comfort.  After being caught on video drinking at a party - a violation of his parole - Couch and his mother fled to Mexico, where they were caught and extradited back to Texas.  Two years was all Couch could get, because his original sin occurred when he was a minor - but since he's legally an adult now, he gets to serve his two years in adult prison. 

Hey.. in Australia, our mischievous teens merely become Prime Minister.