Hello Australia! - The Philippines takes China to court - Israel convicts two in a murder that led the nation to war - Northern Ireland nudges itself towards normalcy regarding women's reproductive rights - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Justices at an international tribunal are giving Beijing until 1 January to The Philippines' case saying China has no business building islands and bases in the South China Sea.  China made clear that it is not taking part in the tribunal in The Hague - but China is a signatory to UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.  And it's still not clear how China can ignore the tribunal, or what the rest of the world can do about it if it does.  China's man-made islands are hundreds of kilometers beyond China's internationally-recognized maritime border in resource-rich waters already claimed by other countries and used for billions of dollars of international shipping.

Israel convicted two Jewish teens of the murder of Palestinian youth Mohammad Abu Khdair, who was abducted and burned to death in Jerusalem in 2014.  The atrocity was one of the events in the rapidly escalating tit-for-tat violence that preceded the Gaza War which killed more than 2,200 Palestinians and 73 Israelis.  The youths will be sentenced next month, while the verdict on a 31-year old codefendent is on hold pending mental health tests.

In stupid, violent America, a white Chicago cop charged with First-Degree Murder is actually free on bail after being caught on video pumping 16 shots into black teenager Laquan McDonald.  The judge set bail for dull-eyed Officer Jason Van Dyke at US$1.5 Million - meaning that he only needed to put up ten percent, which was raised by the police union.  In Baltimore, jury selection began in the trial of the first of six cops charged in the murder of Freddie Gray, an event that set off days of rioting over the summer.  Officer William Porter pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and faces life in prison if convicted.

Northern Ireland's hardline against abortion rights is contrary to human rights law, according to the Belfast High Court.  Currently, termination of pregnancy is only available if there is danger to the mother's life, health, or mental health.  Now, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) wants to extend abortion to cases of serious fetal malformation, rape or incest.  Because of that, women seeking the procedure would have to travel to other parts of the UK or Europe - campaigners say 40 women do it every week.  The ruling is a step forward, but doesn't cover women who seek a termination for every other imaginable reason.

Burkina Faso's former Prime Minister Roch Marc Christian Kabore has won the presidential election with more than 53 percent of the vote, making a runoff unnecessary.  It was the first election since last year's street protests that toppled longstanding President Blaise Compaore, who took power in a coup and stayed for 27 years.  Mr. Kabore opposed plans to extend Compaore's rule before the 2014 protests.

Venezuelan police arrested three people in the murder of an opposition political leader.  Luis Manuel Diaz was killed by a man who approached the stage after a rally.  The opposition blamed the ruling party of President Nicolas Maduro for the killing, but investigators say Diaz had organized crime links and the killing was a hit. 

When Tuesday rolls around to Buenos Aires, Mario Bravo will meet his mother for the first time since she was held prisoner by the fascist junta in the 1970s.  The two are being reunited by the group "Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo", which has tracked down 119 of the babies taken from mothers and couples who were jailed, tortured, and often killed for the Leftist political leanings.  The children were then given to fascist and military families to be raised.  In the case of Mr. Bravo, they used DNA to match him to his mother, who was not executed by the junta.