Good Morning, Australia! – Egypt releases Peter Greste and he is coming home – Japan learns the world is a dangerous place – Chile moves to scrap one of the world’s toughest laws against reproductive freedom – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Australian journalist Peter Greste is heading home, after being freed from a prison in Egypt and deported.  Greste and two fellow Al Jazeera coworkers were arrested in December 2013 and imprisoned last June for allegedly spreading false reports about the government, charges denied by the three who said they were simply reporting the news.  Greste’s codefendant Mohamed Fahmy will reportedly be deported to Canada and drop his dual Egyptian citizenship.  Al JAzeera says it will not rest until the third man Baher Mohamed is released.

Jordan is vowing to do all it can to secure the release of fighter pilot Moaz al Kasasbeh, after Islamic State (IS) released a video purported to show the execution of a Japanese hostage.  IS captured Al Kasasbeh after his jet crashed in Syria last year.  Amman is offering to exchange al Kasasbeh for a terrorist on death row – Sajida al-Rishawi, a terrorist arrested years ago after her suicide vest failed to detonate.

Japan racheted up security at airports and at Japanese facilities overseas, such as embassies and schools, according to government spokesman Yoshihide Suga.  In the video showing the beheading of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto, a black-clad Islamic State terrorist threatens Japanese nationals wherever they may be.  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the killing of Goto and the earlier execution of hostage Haruna Yukawa would not deter Japan from providing humanitarian aid to countries fighting the Islamic State extremists.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is introducing legislation to end the country’s total ban on abortion.  “Facts have shown that the absolute criminalization of abortion has not stopped the practice,” she said.  “This is a difficult situation and we must face it as a mature country.”  The former pediatrician’s plan would allow abortion to be carried out up to the 12th week of pregnancy if the mother's life is at risk, when the fetus is so badly deformed that the baby wouldn't survive or in cases of rape. For girls up to the age of 14, termination would be legal until the 18th week.  Women had some reproductive rights at one time in Chile, but that was ended by the total ban enacted under fascist dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Even though the Greek neonazi Golden Dawn party held a rally in Athens that was bolstered by nationalist weirdos from other European countries, it was still outnumbered by a counterdemonstration of Anti-fascists and other opponents.  Golden Dawn saw its share of the vote decline in the Greek elections, and the party won 17 seats in parliament.  But it’s unclear whether any of its nazi scum representatives will even be seated, as the party was declared a criminal enterprise for its violence and several leaders are jailed.

Nigeria is attempting to repel a four-front assault by Boko Haram militants on the northeastern city of Maiduguri.  A defense Ministry spokesman claims the attack was contained, and that the rebels suffered heavy casualties – however, government claims of glorious successes against Boko Haram have often turned out to be untrue.  Chad claims to be having greater success against the militants, killing more than a hundred in northern Cameroon and crossing Lake Chad to dislodge Boko Haram from a town in Nigeria.  And the fight against Boko Haram will soon be a pan-African one, as 7,500 African Union troops come online.