Hello, Australia! - Japan's militarist PM is publicly rebuked at the Nagasaki Atom Bomb memorial - Iraq tries streamlining government - Israel locks up more settler wingnuts after a deady arson attack - Free The Vegemite! - And more in yourCareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Liberal MPs appear to be on track to throwing their support to Victorian tory Tony Smith for House Speaker, at least according to the pols who spoke with the ABC.  He'd replace Bronwyn Bishop, who resigned after weeks of controversy over questionable travel expenses.  Liberals will meet in the party room on Monday morning to pick a new speaker, and some believe it may take more than one ballot to come to a decision.

Iraq's cabinet approved plans to scrap the government's three vice presidents and three deputy prime ministers, purportedly to save money and cut down on graft.  Currently, the positions are held by representatives of the country's oft-opposed groups: Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds.  Although it was designed as a power-sharing compromise system, critics complain the arrangement hands high office to unqualified candidates and encourages corruption.

Haiti holds long-delayed elections Sunday.  The poll is threatened by the possibility of instability and violence, but even more so by a low voter turnout that would rob it of legitimacy.  Cops confiscated a handful of weapons and shut a small number of polling places for various irregularities.  But, Haiti has never really recovered from the 2010 Earthquake that killed about a quarter million people.  Polls that year were set aside by the US-dominated Organization of American States, which appointed an unpopular, unelected president.

Mexico's Colima Volcano erupts, looks cool (as long as you're not downwind).

Israel arrested at least nine more Jewish extremists from illegal West Bank settlements as part of the crackdown following the deadly arson attack on a Palestinian family in the West Bank.  18-month old Ali Dawabsha died in the 31 July firebombing, his 32-year old father Saad died over the weekend.  It's not clear if any of the seven are linked to the despicable crime.  In addition, Israel announced that two more Jewish extremists would be jailed for six months in "administrative detention" - meaning, without trial.  That treatment was previously reserved for Palestinians.  One of them is Meir Ettinger, previously brought in for six days.  He's the grandson of the late extremist Mier Kahane, whose writings became the basis of wingnut Israeli nationalism.

A Taliban suicide bomber killed 29 members of a pro-government militia in Kunduz province in the north of Afghanistan.  The Taliban is stepping up attacks as it deals with internal strife over the appointment of its new leader, and external pressure for members from rival extremist groups like Islamic State.

At the ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaker after speaker criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe - who was in attendance - for his plans to loosen the restrictions on military involvement in foreign entanglements.  Nagasaki mayor Tomihisa Taue spoke of "widespread unease" over Abe's attempts to alter Japan's pacifist constitution.  86-year-old atomic bomb survivor Sumiteru Taniguchi said he could not accept Mr. Abe's plans to use Japanese troops in "collective self-defense" arrangements with the US.

At least twelve people were killed in China as a result of Typhoon Soudelor slamming into Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.  Around a million buildings are without power and hundreds of thousands of people had to evacuate.  Six people died when the storm hit Taiwan earlier.

Police in gun-crazy Houston, Texas responded to a complaint about gunfire in a home, and found the bodies of five children and three adults.  A man surrendered to cops shortly after that. 

Do I even have to say that the idea of limiting Vegemite sales in some communities because of reports of Vegemite-based moonshine is just plain WHACK?  Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion described my breakfast staple as a "precursor to misery", and says businesses that notice irregular bulk sales "have a responsibility to report any purchase that may raise their own suspicions".  But Dr. John Boffa of the People's Alcohol Action Coalition says the problem is not widespread, and PM Tony Abbott is reportedly against the idea.

Warning:  Seagulls will snatch your food.