The Prime Minister plans to avoid an important UN summit – 22 Cops are accused of running a protection racket – Is Nigeria better at condemning its own troops than fighting Boko Haram terrorists? – And much more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The European Union’s climate chief is disappointed that Prime Minister Tony Abbott will not attention the UN Climate Summit on 23 September.  US president Barack Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron will attend the Secretary-General’s summit along with more than 120 other heads of state.  EU commissioner for climate action Connie Hedegaard said Abbott’s rejection came as a surprise.

There are no reports of serious damage after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattled the Tokyo area just after the noon hour.  The epicenter was near Utsunomiya, a suburb north of the capital.  Building swayed and the Shinkansen “bullet train” temporarily suspended service.  No problems reported at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

A suicide car bomber attacked a foreign military convoy near the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan injuring at least 16 people.  The Taliban claimed responsibility.  It comes amid political uncertainty as the two presidential candidates negotiate to form a unity government.

Rio de Janeiro police have arrested 22 of their own officers in a sweep involving bribery and extortion.  One of those arrested is the third-in-command of the city’s military police in charge of the anti-gang “shock troops”.  But rather than take on gang violence in the favelas, authorities say the bad cops shook down shopkeepers, taxis, and bus companies for protection money.  Those who didn’t pay found themselves charged with legal infractions.

Details are emerging of US President Barack Obama’s massive expansion of US involvement to fight the West African Ebola Outbreak.  The US will offer to send 3,000 military personnel to the region to supply medical and logistical support, and to build 17 Ebola treatment centers with about 100 beds each.  Officials say it will take about two weeks to get troops on the ground.  Ebola has killed more than 2,400 people in the region so far this year.

Twelve Nigerian soldiers are sentenced to death for mutiny, stemming from an incident that highlights the country’s inability to mount an effective counter attack on Boko Haram Islamist militants in the northeast.  Troops complain the Nigerian government sends them into battle under-equipped, under-fed, and under-paid.  When a group of soldiers came back dead from what they knew would be a suicide mission, their brothers-in-arms opened fire on their commanding officers. Sending them fleeing for their lives.  Nigeria has been unable to stop Boko Haram’s rampages, including the kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls from Chibok town several months ago.

A court in Cairo sentence Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison for murder and inciting violence during last year’s clashes in Giza.  Badie is already sentenced to death for other charges related to the Brotherhood’s protests after being thrown out of power by then-army chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, who later became President.

Indonesia says four suspected Islamic militants are ethnic Uighurs from China and might have ties to Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.  The four were taken into custody over the weekend on the island of Sulawesi, allegedly trying to contact a local Islamist leader.  Uighur separatists have staged several deadly attacks on civilians at train stations and marketplaces around China.