Good Morning Australia!! - A deadly IS bombing that could change the fragile status quo in Afghanistan - The UN worried about civilians killed in the Saudi proxy war in Yemen - Trump's loss in the US Senate is certified - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing that killed at least 41 people in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The bombers targeted a building hosting a Shiite Muslim community center and a news agency.  The main target was the Tabayan cultural center where students had gathered to mark the 38th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with a book reading and discussion.  "My face was burning.  I fell down from the chair and I saw the other colleagues around me on the ground.  The smoke was everywhere," said witness Sayed Jan.  Even under Taliban rule, Afghanistan has not had violence along the Shiite-Sunni divide, as has happened in Iraq, Syria, and other countries.  The attack raises fears that IS is trying to spark that sort of violence in Afghanistan.

A Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Yemen killed 54 people in a busy civilian marketplace, and another fourteen - all members of a single family - were killed in a second Saudi air raid on a farm.  And all that was just on Tuesday.  In all, 109 civilians were killed by Saudi coalition actions in Yemen in just the past ten days.  The United Nations is growing frustrated with the proxy war pitting the Saudi Coalition, which is backed by the US and UK, against the Houthi Rebels who are backed by Iran.  "These incidents prove the complete disregard for human life that all parties, including the Saudi-led Coalition, continue to show in this absurd war that has only resulted in the destruction of the country and the incommensurate suffering of its people, who are being punished as part of a futile military campaign by both sides," said UN Humanitarian coordinator Jamie McGoldrick.

An Argentine judge granted house arrest to an ex-cop who was serving a life sentence for vile atrocities committed for the former fascist dictatorship.  88-year old Miguel Etchecolatz is guilty of numerous murders, illegal detention, and torture of political dissidents - as well as stealing a baby named Carmen Gallo Sanz,  born in 1977 to two Uruguayan opposition activists who were disappeared into the junta's clandestine detention centers.  His own daughter says the fascist murderer is an "evil narcissist without scruples", "cold, like a robot", and that she hoped he'd never get out of prison.  But a judge ruled that because of his "fragile health" Etchecolatz should be transferred from prison to house arrest, where his wife will be allowed to care for him.

The deep southern US state of Alabama has certified the election of Doug Jones as its new US Senator.  The former prosecutor is the first Democrat to hold that office in 25 years, and takes the former seat of US Attorney General Jeff Sessions.  All of this comes against threats of "consequences" by Republican loser and Trump ally Roy Moore, who is accused of molesting teenage girls as young as age 14, and who was twice fired as Alabama Supreme Court chief justice for violating the US Constitution.  Moore's camp is throwing a red hot tantrum, claiming that "out of state voters" (racist code words for "black people") illegally cast ballots.  So, add "sore loser" and "crybaby" to "racist", "homophobe", "incompetent judge", and "accused child molester".  Senator-elect Jones says he's looking forward to getting to work for the people of Alabama. 

George Leah won Liberia's presidential election, which will hopefully result in the country's first peaceful transfer of power in decades.  He takes over for Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female president who took office at the end of a bloody civil war.  Unfortunately, Mr. Leah's running mate was Jewel Taylor, former wife of the warlord and ex-dictator Charles Taylor who is serving a jail sentence in the UK for war crimes.

Italy dissolved parliament in anticipation of elections scheduled for March 2018.  It's likely that the ruling center-left Democratic Party (PD) will lose ground to the anti-establishment Five Star (M5S) and far right nutters Forza Italia over Italy's welcoming policy towards refugees from Africa and the Middle East.

Prosecutors in Japan have charged former Sumo Yokozuna (Grand Champion) Harumafuji with assault over a row in which he admitted to bashing a beer bottle over a fellow wrestler's head, fracturing the man's skull.  It happened during a night of drinking in October.  Authorities are seeking fines instead of jail time.  The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) will demote its director Takanohana - another former Yokozuna - for failing to report and deal with the embarrassing incident quickly.  Sumo was just recovering from a period of scandals involving alleged Yakuza ties, match fixing, violence, and the deadly beating of a teenage novice.