Hello, Australia! – Malaysia reverses its stance and is now planning to rescue thousands of immigrants adrift at sea – Qatar is doing a thing to improve slave labor conditions for those building its World Cup facilities – Italian police catch an alleged terrorist – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is ordering his country’s Navy to conduct search and rescue missions for the thousands of Rohingya and Bangladeshi immigrants stranded at sea on derelict boats.  “We have to prevent loss of life,” he wrote on social media.  About 7,000 people are still out there on the waves, having fled oppression in Myanmar and economic desolation in Bangladesh.  Malaysia and Indonesia will temporarily shelter those that land on their territory, but are insisting on the international community’s help with resettling or repatriating them.

Meanwhile, Australia’s Prime Minister says Oz will not resettle the migrants.  “Nope, nope, nope,” said Tony Abbott earlier today.  “We are not going to do anything that will encourage people to get on boats.  If we do the slightest thing to encourage people to get on the boats, this problem will get worse, not better,” Abbott added. 

And Thailand is denying accusations that the Thai navy threatened to shoot an immigrant boat if it wouldn’t leave Thai waters.  That accusation came from 23-year old Sirajul Islam, one of the migrants on board the vessel in question, which was later rescued by fishers and brought to Indonesia’s Aceh province.  Mr. Islam added that ten passengers had already died of starvation, “including women and children.” 

Amnesty International says Qatar is still mistreating migrant workers on its 2022 World Cup construction project.  The working and housing conditions of migrant construction workers have not significantly improved since last year, when the rights group exposed the appalling treatment.  Workers are crammed into filthy dorms and temporary housing, are forced to work long hours, are paid irregularly and cannot save up enough money to leave, assuming that their employer would even return their passports and give permission.  The report said football’s governing body FIFA had a “clear responsibility” to put pressure on Qatar to do more.

An eleven-month old baby has survived the terrible mudslides in Colombia that killed 78 people, including the boy’s mother and family members.  Doctors believe that little Jhosep Diaz managed to survive because his crib was well padded.  They found him cold and with his eyes closed, but still breathing.  “Amid so much bad news concerning the death of 16 of our relatives, my grandson’s survival is a miracle,” said grandfather Alvaro Hernandez, who is likely to assume custody of the boy.  The mudslide is Colombia worst natural disaster since 1999.

Japan’s Mount Sakurajima Volcano blew its top today, sending a cloud of smoke and ash four and a half kilometers into the sky. 

The Florida mailman who flew a gyrocopter onto the lawn of the US Capitol faces up to nine and a half years in prison.  Prosecutors indicted 61-year old gyro captain Douglas Hughes on six charges, not least of which are flying through three no-fly zones, and operating a vehicle falsely labeled as a postal carrier.  The feds are also moving to permanently confiscate his gyro.  Hughes’ stunt was intended to protest US campaign finance laws.

Police in Italy arrested a 22-year old man suspected in the terrorist attack on a museum in Tunis, Tunisia.  Gunmen killed 20 tourists at the famous Bardo Museum on 18 March.  Moroccan immigrant Touil Abdelmajid had been sought in several countries, but was found living with his mother in in Gaggiano outside Milan.  Tunisian authorities believe Abdelmajid had a role in both planning and carrying out the museum attack.