Hello Australia! - North Korea readies its nuclear weapons - The Pentagon makes a big bomb sale to a country that's bombing the Pentagon's allies - India's nationalists get a stern challenge - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered his nations nuclear weapons be ready for use "at any time", including for a "pre-emptive" strike.  The official North Korean news agency KCNA said Kim made these comments at a military exercise; possibly the same one from which the North fired a volley of missiles into the Sea of Japan in protest of econmic sanctions, which the UN Security Council tightened because of Pyongyang's nuclear weapon and bassistic missile tests.  The Pentagon's reaction was swift:  "We urge North Korea to refrain from provocative actions that aggravate tensions and instead focus on fulfilling its international obligations and commitments," said spokesman Commander Bill Urban.

The Pentagon this week announced it will sell US$682.9 Million/AU$927.5 Million worth of bunker-busting, smart bombs to Turkey.  This is the first time the US has sold the BLU-109 bombs to Turkey, which expects deliveries to be completed by 2020.  Turkey says it is engaged in an "assymetrical war", and has been bombing Kurdish targets in northern Iraq and even in its own territory.  So, if you're keeping score in this mess that is the Middle East:  The US supports the Kurds against Islamic State, and is arming Turkey which is bombing the Kurds.  Someone's getting rich.

Brazil's top court authorized charges against the speaker of the lower house of Congress Eduardo Cunha for alleged corruption.  Cunha is accused of taking some US$5 million in bribes in connection with a contract by state-owned oil company Petrobras.  It comes amid Cunha's own effort to impeach Rousseff, whom he claims violated fiscal laws.  He denies wrongdoing and refuses to stand down, but the court has still yet to rule on whether he will be removed from office.

An Indian university student charged with sedition returned to campus and made a speech that has gone viral.  Kanhaiya Kumar vowed to continue the "fight" against the "oppressive" policies of the government of Hindu nationalist Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi; and he says that the more students were suppressed, the more they would stand up.  The hashtags #KanhaiyaKumar and #Azaadi (freedom) are trending wildly on social media.  Mr. Kumar was arrested last month for attending a rally against the execution of a Kashmiri separatist - critics claimed he shouted anti-Indian slogans.  But the backlash exploded in sit-ins and protests at universities across India.