Hello, Australia! – Okay, now Oz isn’t getting some more US war gear – Hundreds of immigrants are rescued off Indonesia – It appears that Johnny Depp’s pets have been spared capital punishment at the hands of the Agriculture Minister – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

More than 700 Rohingya and Bangladeshi immigrants have arrived in Indonesia after their boat sank off the west.  They arrived in the port in Langsa, on Aceh’s east coast, aboard six fishing boats.  “The local fishermen saw the boat as it was sinking and then they helped them,” said a local official.  The derelict vessel had been pushed away from Malaysia, even though the Malaysian military claimed it would rescue the refugees if their boats were not sea-worthy.  It’s not clear how many immigrant ships are out there in the Strait of Malaca and nearby waters.  The immigrants are escaping oppression in Myanmar, which doesn’t consider them to be legal citizens.

Australia will not execute Johnny Depp’s teeny little Yorkie dogs.  The Hollywood actor is putting the Yorkshire Terriers named Pistol and Boo back onto a private jet on which the whole Depp menagerie will return to the US.  Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce says it’s the “best news that I’ve got”.  Some are saying that Joyce perhaps went a little overboard in suggesting the dogs would have to be put down because they did not go through the proper quarantine procedures.  Australia has eradicated rabies, but the US has not – However, it’s not quite clear why Joyce didn’t just insist the dogs go through the proper procedures.

US B1 Bombers are not heading for Australia.  The Pentagon said that a defense official misspoke when he told a US Congressional hearing that the B1s would soon be based in OZ to counter China’s “destabilizing effect” in the region.  That was picked up by news agencies and widely reported, leading Beijing to express its “serious concern”.  However, the Pentagon has backpedaled and PM Tony Abbott confirms the US official misspoke at the hearing.

The African Union is calling for dialogue to end a worsening crisis in Burundi.  President Pierre Nkurunziza claims that a coup earlier in the week had failed, but heavy fighting in parts of the capital Bujumbura suggests that nothing is settled.  Opponents want Nkurunziza to abandon plans to run for a third term in office.

Thai police say several bomb blasts rocked the southern city of Yala, injuring at least 15 people.  There’s been no specific claim of responsibility, but an Islamist insurgency in the southern part of the country has killed more than 5,000 people since 2004. 

Greece’s Left-wing Syriza government appears to have quietly reversed itself on privatizing a major port.  Athens has reportedly invited three companies to resubmit bids for the Port of Piraeus, one of the largest in the Mediterranean.  The deal would be for 51 percent of the port in exchange for 300 Million Euros.  That would be a major concession to Greece’s EU creditors, which have insisted on privatizing public assets to pay the country’s debt.

Guatemala’s congress has picked a new Vice President in the wake of a widening corruption scandal in the Customs Department.  Unfortunately, Alejandro Maldonado was one of the judges who overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt.  He replaces Roxana Baldetti, whose private secretary has been singled out by authorities as the alleged ringleader of the multimillion-dollar corruption scheme.

Chinese cops pull over a small van, and find 50 people crammed inside.