Good Morning, Australia! – The leader of Islamic State is reportedly wounded – A stunning rise in immigrant deaths in the perilous Mediterranean Sea – They murdered her mum in Bali, and got how much prison time?  Really? – And much more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

An Egyptian court sentenced former president Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison for inciting the killing of protesters in 2012.  Amnesty International described the ruling as “a travesty of justice” that “shatters any remaining illusion of independence and impartiality in Egypt’s criminal justice system”. 

Saudi Arabia announced it is ending its bombing campaign in Yemen, claiming its goals have been achieved.  That is demonstrably not true, as the Shiite Muslim Houthi rebels are still advancing in the country lying on the border of the world’s biggest Sunni nation.  The Saudis now claim the focus will be on a diplomatic solution and internal security.

The self-appointed Caliph of Islamic State was seriously wounded in a US air strike in Iraq, and is no longer in day-to-day control of the terrorist group.  That is according to Iraqi officials quoted by The Guardian newspaper in London.  Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was not killed in the attack that reportedly took place last month, but was so badly wounded that IS leaders didn’t believe he’d survive and made plans for new leadership.  The US is not confirming the Guardian report.

1,727 immigrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe, according to the latest calculations from the International Office on Migration.  It includes the 1,100 killed in the disasters north of Libya on 13 and 19 April.  That’s a 30-fold increase from the year before – As of 21 April 2014, only 56 deaths of migrants had been reported in the Mediterranean.  European leaders meet on Thursday to deal with the crisis.

The only US Roman Catholic Bishop to be convicted of a crime in the church’s clergy sex abuse scandal has finally resigned.  In 2012, Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City was found guilty of failing to report child porn found on one of his priest’s computer.  Somehow, Finn stayed on the job, despite criticism from in and out of the church – criticism that included a petition with hundreds of thousands of signatures demanding the Pope fire Finn.

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo is offering to resign after being accused of taking around A$30,000 in bribes, in a growing scandal.  A well-connected businessman who committed suicide earlier this month apparently left documentation of illegal cash gifts he funneled to Lee and two chiefs of staff to President Park Geun-hye.  Park’s government is already on the ropes due to widespread dissatisfaction over the handling of the Sewol Ferry Disaster a year ago.

Japan’s Maglev bullet train has broken the world speed record for such a vehicle, 600 kilometers per hour on the test track west of Tokyo.

Two ne’er-do-wells from suburban Chicago somehow escaped the death penalty for murdering one of their mothers in Bali, Indonesia.  The Denpasar District Court sentenced 21-year old Tommy Schaefer to 18 years in prison, and 18-year old Heather Mack to ten years for the bludgeoning death of Chicago socialite Sheila von Wiese-Mack – widow of the soul, jazz, and classical composer James Mack.  Basically, mum didn’t approve of her daughter’s relationship with the dirtbag, so they killed her for it.  The two were arrested after the discovery of von Wiese-Mack’s corpse in a suitcase in the back of a taxi.  Afterwards, scumbag Tommy lashed out at and flipped off reporters while walking to the bus that’ll take him to his home for the next 18 years.

BTW, Indonesian President Joko Wididi has said that it’s just a “matter of time” until the executions of convicted Bali Nine drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.  So, if you’re keeping score – killing people gets less than 20-years in prison, smuggling Indonesian drugs out of Indonesia gets the firing squad.

South Africa is sending in the military to restore calm in areas around Durban and Johannesburg where xenophobic violence resulted in the deaths of at least eight foreigners.  “We come in as the last resort.  The army will serve as a deterrent,” said Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.