Several sailors are believed to be trapped on a submarine that exploded, burned, and sank – A US Nuclear base fails a crucial security check – And neighbors noticed they haven’t seen a woman lately, cops notice she’s been eaten by cats.

Eighteen Indian Navy sailors are feared trapped after their diesel-electric powered submarine exploded, caught fire, and sank at port in Mumbai.  Indian Navy spokesman P.V.S. Satish says the fire was probably an accident.  The 16-year old INS Sindhurakshak is Russian-made and had just returned from Russia where it had undergone an overhaul and upgrade. 

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may crank up the tension and resentment with his Asian neighbors with an offering to honor Japan’s war dead at the controversial Yasukuni Shrine.  He’s expected to skip the visit, but send a tribute with a representative of the ruling party, as he did earlier this year.  Several World War II war criminals are enshrined there, including the notorious Hideki Tojo.  China and South Korea, which suffered under the brutal Japanese occupation, say the tributes and visits are unacceptable.

More than 100,000 children in the Central African Republic are facing the threat of sexual abuse and forced induction into armed groups.  The CAR has been in a state of chaos since rebels overthrew the government in March.  Looting has stripped the country of food reserves, pharmaceuticals, and hospital equipment.  The charity “Save The Children” says many kids are suffering from malnutrition and malaria.

The Tunisian secular opposition has unveiled its alternative cabinet-in-waiting, even though the Islamist government has vowed not to let go of power.  Two years after the beginning the “Arab Spring”, patience with the government has run out because of a tanking economy and the assassinations of key opposition political figures by suspected Islamist militants.

Brazil’s Ministry of Labor is suing the South Korean electronics giant Samsung over lousy working conditions in its plant in the Amazon city of Manaus, and seeking A$120 Million in damages.  The ministry says employees at the factory work up to 15 hours a day, including 10 hours on their feet, sometimes for 27 days straight.  Samsung supplies the whole of Latin America from that giant plant.

A reclusive woman in England was eaten by her cats as her body lay undiscovered for weeks.  56-year old Janet Veal of Hampshire had a history of heart trouble.  Neighbors noticed her absence and the huge pile-up of mail at her door and called the cops, who broke in through a window; they immediately found a horrible mess, a number of dead cats and dogs, and the partially eaten body of Veal which had apparently nourished the few survivors. 

The United States Air Force says there’s no threat to the public after an inspection of a Montana base found errors that resulted in a failing grade for the nuclear missile unit. The evaluation of the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana covered operations, maintenance, security, safety and support activities.  And all received unsatisfactory rating after making “tactical-level errors during one of several exercises,” the statement said.  The US Air Force has been trying to tighten things up since 2008, when a live nuclear missile was accidentally transported across the country.

Panama is likely to release the crew of a North Korean freighter found to be carrying banned weaponry to the Pyongyang regime.  Cuba says it was sending the aging Soviet-era gear, including missiles and a MiG fighter jet, to be repaired.  Although the crew is charged with threatening Panama's security by seeking to move undeclared weapons through the Panama Canal, officials say they’ll probably be repatriated in a few weeks.