Good Morning Australia! - PM Abbott is to announce the government's plans to Syria and its weary people - Armed conflict is heating up in yet another corner of the chaotic Middle East - A city will pay millions after a man dies in police custody - Denial could get Oz kicked out of a regional group - And much more in your CareerSpot World NewsBriefs:

The government's denial of man-made global warming could get Australia kicked out of the Pacific Islands Forum.  Low-lying island nations like Kiribati are already having terrible problems with rising sea levels, and President Anote Tong warns that people will be fleeing in droves as the problem gets worse:  "We expect them as a our big brothers, not bad brothers, our big brothers to support us on this one," Mr. Tong said, well aware that Oz and New Zealand are the economically most-developed members of the PIF.  The group is meeting in Port Moresby this week.

Turkish police allegedly stood by and did nothing as hundreds of nationalist 'protesters' trashed and set fire to the headquarters of a Kurdish political party in the capital Ankara, the HDP.  "Police are just watching," said HDP lawmaker Garo Paylan, "What's being broken there is our hope of living together."

This comes after the Kurdish PKK was blamed for another bombing attack in southeastern Turkey that killed 14 soldiers in eastern Igdir province.  It came a day after suspected PKK bombs killed at least 16 Turkish soldiers in south-eastern Hakkari region.  Turkey is sending ground troops into Iraq in pursuit of the rebels - the question is, will the Turkish military bother to discern between the various Kurdish groups?

Prime Minister Tony Abbott today is expected to announce that Australia will take in more Syrian refugees, above the set quotas - as well as formalizing plans to use RAAF warplanes in aerial attacks in the Syrian war.  Aussie Islamic leaders are urging the PM to reject suggestions that Christians be given priority if and when Australia decides on taking in more refugees from the Syrian War.  "You don't ask a drowning person what your religion is before you save them," said Sydney Islamic community leader Ahmed Kilani as quoted by Fairfax Media.  Critics insist that any litmus test of race or religion is a betrayal of Australia's free and open society.  The NGO Save The Children insists that those being persecuted come from "all faiths and all cultures", and the group's CEO Paul Ronalds said, "To distinguish between them doesn't seem like an appropriate response."

Roman Catholic conservatives are not happy with Pope Francis' latest effort to make the church more people-friendly.  In a document titled "Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus" ("Lord Jesus, the Gentle Judge"), the Pope streamlines the process for Roman Catholics to get annulments and remarry within the Church.  Bishops are empowered to grant quicker annulments in cases of spousal abuse and adultery.  And, Francis specifically noted that the process should be free, save for a small administrative fee.  Technically, Catholicism does not recognize divorce and teaches marriage is a lifelong commitment - Catholics who get divorced and marry again outside the church are consider adulterers. 

Torrential rain caught drivers by surprise in southern Spain.  At least one person was killed in Adra, Almeria Province as the flood swept cars down narrow streets.

A US Federal Judge released a Kentucky county clerk from jail, where she had been sent for defying the Supreme Court ruling legalizing same sex marriage and refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.  In the six days since she was stuck in the slam, her office commenced issuing licenses.  Kim Davis was greeted by a crowd of her fellow religious crazies on her way out of jail, including a couple of moron presidential candidates who are trying to ride coattails on this settled issue.  She'll stay out of jail if she obeys the judge's order and ceases to interfere in the issuance of marriage licenses to LGBT couples.

The city of Baltimore is settling the Freddie Gray case for US$6.4 Million to be paid to the dead man's family.  Gray was 25-years old when he suffered a profound spinal injury while in custody of Baltimore Police - he died a week later.  The case set off weeks of violent unrest in the eastern US city, and resulted in six officers being arrested and charged in connection with the murder.

Thai authorities reportedly believe that the mastermind of the deadly bombing at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok last month fled the country the day before it happened.  The bomber himself, the "Man in the Yellow shirt", is believed to be still at large.  The Reuters news agency quotes police sources saying that one of the two foreign men currently under arrest has confirmed delivering a rucksack with an explosive to the bomber, while insisting he didn't know what was in the bag. 

North and South Korea have agreed to allow some families separated since the Korean War to reunite in October.  It'll be only the second set of reunions in five years, and will take place between 20 - 26 October in North Korea's Mount Kumgang resort.  Pyongyang has in the past agreed to reunions and then scrapped them at the last moments.