A British MP is arrested in a rape investigation – India’s PM hasn’t yet sacked a minister over scandalous intolerant remarks – Cardinal Pell finds money – And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Metropolitan Police arrested Tory MP Mark Pritchard over an allegation of rape.  Scotland Yard said he turned himself in to a police station in central London and had been bailed until early January.  He has not yet been charged and details on the alleged offense haven’t been released. 

Sexual Assaults in the US Military rose by eight percent in 2014, and nearly two-thirds of those who reported the crimes said they faced retaliation – no significant change from the previous year.  Outgoing US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said a three-year crackdown on sexual assault is showing “real progress” but there is still “a long way to go”.  Advocates for victims of sexual assault say the fact that the rate of retaliation had not fallen should be “a screaming red flag to everyone”.

Cardinal George Pell has found some of the Catholic Church’s money – hundreds of Euros squirreled away off the balance sheets.  The Aussie cleric heads the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy.  Pell says the discovery of secret millions does not point to wrongdoing, but was the result of autonomous budgets within the various Vatican departments.  The Vatican Bank has been hit by a number of scandals over the years, most recently last year when it was alleged that the bank was used by money launderers.

Al Qaeda in Yemen is threatening to kill an American hostage by the week’s end in retaliation for a rescue attempt in which seven terrorists were killed.  Journalist Luke Somers has not been seen since September 2013, when he was snatched off a street of the Yemeni capital.  Al Qaeda usually doesn’t execute hostages, preferring to make money through ransom demands.  But the militants were angered by the predawn raid last week in which eight other hostages were rescued.

An Iraqi health official says 15 people were killed in a car bombing in Kirkuk, although other reports say as many as 31 people died in the attack.  The car targeted a busy street in a mainly Kurdish neighborhood of Kirkuk, with plenty of shops and restaurants.  Earlier, two car bombs in Baghdad’s densely populated Sadr city district also killed 15 people and wounded 47 people.  Islamic State militants are suspected.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his silence on a foul-mouthed remark from one of his ministers.  Food Processing Minsiter Niranjan Jyoti told the crowd at a rally in Delhi that they faced a choice between a “government of followers of Rama and a government of bastards”.  Not only was the remark abusive but Jyoti clearly means that she believes only Hindus are worthy of governing.  At first, Modi refused to sack her, but then later expressed strong disapproval of Jyoti’s remarks.  That’s not good enough for the opposition which demands Jyoti be fired.

Zimbabwe’s 90-year old autocrat Robert Mugabe is accusing a deputy of plotting to assassinate him.  The minister Joyce Mujuru has kept a low profile and has stayed away from congress.  Mugabe is reputedly one of the most larcenous officials in all of Africa, and he’s threatening to act against all “corrupt” officials.  Observers and dissidents believe that Mugabe is trying to clear the field of ambitious officials who might rival the political ascension of his wife Grace Mugabe.

33-year old Argentine footballer Franco Nieto is dead, after being struck with a rock thrown by a rival fan.  The hooligans surrounded him outside the stadium in Aimogasta and beat him to death in front of his wife and baby daughter.  15 people have been killed in football related violence in Argentina so far this year.