The PM doesn’t rule out using force in Iraq – The Vatican asks Muslim leaders to take a stand – A tweet about Robin Williams might have gone too far – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The US insists that sending an additional 130 military advisors to Iraq does not constitute “boots on the ground”.  The Marines and special operations forces have been sent to assess the humanitarian crisis in the Sinjar Mountains where thousands of minority Yazidis have fled from Islamic State militants.  Prime Minister Tony Abbott is not ruling out Australian military action in northern Iraq to protect the Yazidi from what he termed “genocide”.

The Vatican is urging Muslim leaders to condemn Islamic State’s “unspeakable criminal acts” in northern Iraq.  “No cause, and certainly no religion, can justify such barbarity,” said the Vatican.  Islamic State is accused of beheadings and forced amputations, among other atrocities.  The Vatican’s call came as Egypt’s top religious authority – Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam – condemned Islamic State as a corrupt, extremist organization that is damaging Islam.

Robin Williams made two suicide attempts during his final hours.  The Marin County Sheriff’s Department in California says cuts were found on his wrist, and he died of asphyxia caused by hanging himself with a belt.  He was found in his home north of San Francisco by his assistant on Monday. 

If you haven’t read Russell brand’s tribute to Williams, here’s the link.

There’s concern the Motion Picture Academy’s tweeted tribute to Robin Williams sends the wrong message.  It’s a still from Disney’s Aladdin with the caption, “Genie, you’re free.”  But it doesn’t explicitly condemn suicide, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention worries that it presents suicide as an option, and might inspire copycats.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is telling lawmakers not to be in a rush to reintroduce anti-gay legislation, after if was rejected by the country’s high court earlier this month.  The international community pulled back a lot of aid because of that law, and Uganda’s economy is so weak that it threatened to tank the nation.  Ruling party lawmakers want to try again to pass another anti-gay law, but without tough penalties for consenting adults. 

Everyone loves baby pandas!

A recently introduced sales tax threw cold water all over Japan’s economy, which shrank by 6.8 percent in the second quarter of the year.  It’s the biggest fall since the decline after the earthquake and tsunami in 2011.  Japan’s sales tax rose from five percent to eight percent in April.