If you’re reading from Darwin, welcome back to the 21st Century.  Power is gradually being restored to all 100,000+ customers after a 10-hour blackout – A rogue oil tanker escapes out to sea – Israel’s reason for killing a Jordanian judge is rejected – Chile’s first female president takes the oath for a second time – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Libya’s parliament has sacked Prime Minister Ali Zeidan after a North Korean-flagged oil tanker broke through a naval blockade and escaped into the Mediterranean.  Earlier, the government had claimed it took control of the tanker, which had illegally loaded millions of dollars of crude oil from a rebel-controlled port.  Defense Minister Abdullah al-Thinni was named interim prime minister.

Israel says it regrets that IDF troops shot and killed a Jordanian judge.  This happened Monday at the Allenby Bridge border crossing.  The border guards claimed that Judge Raed Zaytar screamed “Allahu Akbar”, ran towards Israeli soldiers, grabbed one of their rifles, and tried to strangle an IDF troop with it.  Witness said he bled out on the side of the road for an hour before an ambulance was called.  Lawmakers in Jordan rejected Israel’s regrets and explanation and say the shooting was a violation of the 1994 peace treaty. 

Maoist rebels in India ambushed and killed at least 16 police officers in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh.  The cops were en route to protect road workers in the rebels’ stronghold.  Hit-and-run attacks are their favorite tactic, and they kill hundreds of people this way every year.

Michelle Bachelet has been sworn in as the president of Chile, her second time in office.  Senate President Isabel Allende placed the presidential sash around Bachelet's neck – the first time in Chile's history it was passed from one woman to another.  “Chile has but one great enemy, and its name is inequality.  Only together can we take it on,” President Bachelet said.

Six mental health organizations in England are warning that NHS cuts are putting lives at risk.  The Tory government is asking mental health trusts – including woefully underfunded suicide prevention schemes – to cut 20 percent more from next year's budgets than are hospitals.  England’s chief Medical Officer last week praised early intervention schemes for successfully lowering suicide rates, preventing patients from becoming more ill, and to keeping patients out of hospital and in work.

Oscar Pistorius “had a big love” for guns, according to a friend who testified at the Olympic sprinter’s murder trial.  Darren Fresco recalled two occasions when Pistorius fired guns inappropriately, once in a restaurant and once through the roof of a car.  Pistorius is one trial for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, who who claims he shot in mistake believing she was a burglar.

Human Rights activists in Uganda are mounting a court challenge to overturn a draconian anti-gay law, which subjects LGBT people to “cruel and inhuman punishment”.  Since the president signed it, violent homophobic attacks have increased.  The president’s former legal advisor is among those challenging the law, which allows life imprisonment as the penalty for acts of “aggravated homosexuality” and also criminalizes the “promotion of homosexuality”.

And a Japanese airline is being criticized for new uniforms for flight attendants.  Skymark wants workers to wear revealing miniskirts – a throwback to the swinging ‘60s – that barely cover up.  The Japan Federation of Cabin Attendants says Skymark is inviting leering stares, sexual harassment, or even idiots taking “upskirt” photos, and “treating women like a commodity”.  Skymark claims Flight Attendants that don’t wish to wear the new miniskirts don’t have to.