Hello Australia! - An alleged terrorist recruiter will not avoid trial in Australia - China drops the hammer on officials following the killer explosion at Tianjin - President Obama calls out America's gun shame - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The NSW Supreme Court ruled that a man accused of recruiting fighters for Syria's civil war must stand trial.  41-year old Hamdi Alqudsi unsuccessfully sought to have charges dropped.  He is the first person charged under the Foreign Incursions and Recruitment Act after he allegedly helped seven men go to Syria between June and October in 2013 so they could fight for al-Nusra and other al-Qaida affiliates.  Alqudsi claims he was only giving travel advice.

Chinese authorities have 23 people either detained or under investigation for negligence in the 12 August chemical explosions in Tianjin.  This includes eleven government or Port of Tianjin officials; and the chairman, vice chairman, and ten other executives from Ruihai International Logistics, owner of the warehouse that blew up.  The explosions killed 139 people and injured at least 700.  Prosecutors say the officials allowed Ruihai to improperly handle dangerous explosives too close to Tianjin's residential areas.

Police shot at protesting University students in Papua New Guinea, injuring at least two of them.  This happened after the entire student body of Universty of Goroka in the Eastern Highlands went on strike, demanding the resignation of the vice chancellor in an ongoing distpute over what they say was the wrongful expulsions of seven students.  At least one student was transferred to Goroka base hospital for treatment.

US President Barack Obama hosted local TV reporters at the White House for a series of interviews to sell the Iran Nuclear Deal, but the subject quickly turned to the news of the day - the on-camera murders of a young TV news reporter and photographer by a disgruntled former coworker.  "Sadly, these kinds of events happen too often," Obama said, "What we know is that the number of people who die from gun-related incidents around this country dwarfs any deaths that happen through terrorism."  Earlier, a White House spokesman urged congress to pass "common sense" gun control laws - something that's been blocked by the conservative republican majority.

The mayor of Venice, Italy is provoking the LGBT community and vowing to ban Gay Pride parades in the city.  Luigi Brugnaro claims he's not homophobic (actually, he is), but the parades are too flamboyant.  "Let them go and do it in Milan, or in front of their own homes," Brugnaro told La Repubblica newspaper.  Pride parade organizers are vowing to be back next year, and are inviting the mayor to march at the head of the parade.